Kirwan Institute Brown Bag - October 2009
October 2, 2009 - Culture Death?: A Case Study from Northern Ethiopia
By Andrew Carlson, Professor at Capital University
Since the 1960s scholars have predicted the demise of Kemant culture, but elements of the language and religion remain alive. Why is this? Can it stay alive for another generation?
Andrew Carlson is a professor at Capital University who has done extensive research among the Kemant people in Ethiopia. He is co-author of Health, Wealth, and Family in Rural Ethiopia: Kossoye, North Gondar Region, 1963-2007 (Red Sea Press, 2009).
October 9, 2009 - Discussion on "Toward a Framework for Understanding Forces that Contribute to or Reinforce Racial Inequality" by William Julius Wilson
Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director of the Kirwan Institute, will lead a discussion on William Julius Wilson's article in anticipation of the upcoming engagement with William Julius Wilson on October 15, 2009.
(Presentation material - ppt and Wilson's article - pdf)
October 30, 2009 – Childhood Obesity – Racial and Ethnic Disparities
By Sarah E. Anderson, Assistant Professor in the College of Public Health, The Ohio State University
The US obesity epidemic has affected all demographic groups, but particularly concerning are increases in obesity among very young children. Research conducted by Assistant Professor Sarah Anderson indicates that racial and ethnic disparities in obesity rates are apparent in US children as young as age 4. This is the first study to include national estimates of obesity prevalence among preschool children who are American Indian/Native Alaskan and Asian. As a Principal Investigator of two research grants, she is working to understand the factors that contribute to differences in young children’s risk for obesity. This talk will describe the epidemiology of racial and ethnic disparities in obesity prevalence and will explore what is known about how these disparities have developed.
Sarah Anderson is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the College of Public Health, The Ohio State University. Her research focuses on understanding the psychosocial causes and consequences of obesity. She received her B.A. from Vassar College in Biology and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Nutritional Epidemiology from Tufts University. She teaches courses on survey research methods and the epidemiology of obesity.
All sessions will be held in room 423 Mendenhall Laboratory at noon.
For more information, please contact Rajeev Ravisankar.
