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Dr. Zinobia Bennefield

September 28, 2018 by Zinobia Bennefield
department: Sociology

Zinobia BennefieldAssistant Professor
Department of Sociology

I study systemic inequality in the U.S. healthcare system with a focus on how these inequities impact the health and illness experiences of women and children.[read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’]I have constructed a research agenda which involves the study of the sociology of health and illness, utilizing an intersectionality theoretical perspective in health research, and using a mixed methodological approach to create pragmatic suggestions for the eradication of health disparities. My current research explores the complexities of adolescent mental health and extends the theoretical and methodological literature concerning the relationship between socioeconomic status, race, gender, social integration and mental disorder.[/read]

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Dr. Erika Montanaro

September 28, 2018 by Erika Montanaro
department: Psychological Science

Erika MontanaroAssistant Professor
Department of Psychological Science

HIV prevention often begins with a targeted behavior, for example, a young woman negotiating condom use with her partner. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] It is important to understand what factors contribute to HIV risk behavior in order to create effective interventions. Additionally, HIV disproportionately impacts young minority populations. To that end, the goal of my research program is to integrate theory, advanced analytic techniques, and technology to develop and assess innovative and impactful interventions to decrease HIV transmission rates in at-risk minority health communities.
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Dr. Dorothy Smith Ruiz

September 28, 2018 by Dorothy Smith-Ruiz
department: Africana Studies

Dorothy Smith RuizAssociate Professor
Department of Africana Studies

I received a Ph.D. in sociology from Michigan State University and pursued postdoctoral studies in Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University, and the Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development.[read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’]I was also a Fulbright Scholar. I study race and cultural differences in health behaviors and chronic disease among women of African descent in the U.S., including African American, Afro-Caribbean, and transnational African[/read]

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Dr. Shannon Sullivan

September 28, 2018 by Shannon Sullivan
department: Philosophy

Professor
Department of Philosophy

I am Chair of Philosophy and Professor of Philosophy and Health Psychology at UNC Charlotte. [read more=’Read more’ less=’Read less’] I teach and write in the intersections of feminist philosophy, critical philosophy of race, American pragmatism, and continental philosophy. I am author of Living Across and Through Skins: Transactional Bodies, Pragmatism and Feminism (2001), Revealing Whiteness: The Unconscious Habits of Racial Privilege (2006), Good White People: The Problem with Middle Class White Anti-Racism (2014), and The Physiology of Sexist and Racist Oppression (2015). I also am co-editor of four books including Race and Epistemologies of Ignorance (2007) and Feminist Interpretations of William James (2015).

Good White People was named a 2014 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title and a Ms. Magazine Must-Read Feminist Book of 2014. It also was awarded The Society of Professors of Education 2016 Outstanding Book Award.

Currently I am finishing a monograph called White Privilege as part of Polity Press’ new general readership series, THINK, and I also am working on an edited scholarly book on Philosophy in/of the South.

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