Join us as we welcome back our former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar Courtney Cogburn, PhD, associate professor of social work, Columbia University. Dr. Cogburn’s seminar title is “Racism, culture + health: Conceptual and methodological innovations.” The Social Demography Seminars are geared towards an academic audience, such as faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and those with other academic appointments (e.g. research scientist or associate). Please REGISTER.
Could virtual reality-aided “body swapping” help to reduce racism?
Former Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholar Courtney Cogburn, PhD, will partner with Stanford University in an upcoming research project aimed at giving people a better understanding of systemic racism through the use of virtual reality. Cogburn explains in this piece in Maclean’s.
Courtney Cogburn in ScienceFriday podcast on health effects of racism
Courtney Cogburn, PhD, a Harvard RWJF HSS program alumna, is featured in this ScienceFriday podcast on the impact that racism can have on health and life expectancy.