The Health Effects of Structural Racism: Using Social Science Data in Human Rights Advocacy
February 19, 2015 12:30PM -
1:30 PM
Location: Room 4-09, Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd St. New York, NY 10023
Contact: Zach Hudson | zhudson1@law.fordham.edu
Location: Room 4-09, Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd St. New York, NY 10023
Contact: Zach Hudson | zhudson1@law.fordham.edu
Speaker: Courtney Cogburn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Social Work at Columbia University 
Professor Courtney Cogburn’s scholarship focuses on, among other topics, racism and racial health disparities. In this talk, Professor Cogburn will discuss the quantifiable health affects of structural racism in the United States, and in that connection, the use of social science data (for example, medical data) in human rights advocacy.
Courtney Cogburn holds a Ph.D. in Education and Psychology from the University of Michigan. Her research encompasses psychology, stress physiology and social sciences to investigate relationships between stress and racial health disparities over the course of life. She studies, especially, the effects of racism in the media on physiological, psychological and behavioral stress reactivity and cognitive processes, the link between structural racism and disease risk, and the use of data in understanding Black/White disparities in stress-related diseases. Last year, Dr. Cogburn received an award from Columbia’s Provost’s Office for a project titled ‘Black Face to Ferguson: A Mixed Methodological Examination of Media Racism, Media Activism and Health.’ Kosher pizza will be served.
Co-sponsor: Fordham Black Law Students Association
Photo credit: Lucas Hayas / lucashayas.com
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