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In the wide-ranging area of diversity, race and gender issues, Washington University has many distinguished faculty experts in the areas of African and Afro-American Studies, Women's Studies, Education and American Culture Studies.
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Sara Friedman
Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Arts and Sciences
Expertise: gender and sexuality, marriage and kinship, socialism, cultural and political change, subjectivity, gender and labor politics, ethnicity, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-8066
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sfried@wustl.edu
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Glenn Davis Stone
Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and Environmental Studies in Arts & Sciences
Stone is an ecological anthropologist who has studied indigenous agricultural systems for the past 20 years. He has written extensively on intensification, labor organization, sexual division of labor, ethnicity and production, spatial organization and especially relationships between population, conflict ...
Expertise: ecological anthropology, political and historical ecology, agricultural biotechnology, settlement patterns, population, ethnoarchaeology, Web-based scholarship, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-5239
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stone@artsci.wustl.edu
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Luis Zayas
Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor of Social Work
Luis Zayas' primary interests are in clinical practice with adolescents and families and in training clinical practitioners. His clinical experience spans 25 years of working with children, adolescents, adults, and families in community mental health, psychiatric clinics, pediatric rehabilitation, ...
Expertise: adolescent mental health, maternal mental health in pregnancy, parent-child relations, cross-cultural factors in child-rearing behavior, family functioning, psychiatric diagnosis, alcohol use by Latinos
Direct contact: (314) 935-9448
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lzayas@gwbmail.wustl.edu
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John Baugh
Director of African and African American Studies
John Baugh, Ph.D., a well-known African-American linguist and education expert, is the inaugural holder of an Arts & Sciences endowed professorship named in honor of prominent civil rights attorney and emerita trustee Margaret Bush Wilson. Baugh, author of Beyond Ebonics: Linguistic Pride and Racial ...
Direct contact: (314) 935-5690
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jbaugh@wustl.edu
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Rebecca Lester
Assistant Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology in Arts and Sciences
Lester's research focuses on medical anthropology, gender, embodiment, religion and ritual, psychological anthropology and cross-cultural psychiatry. Linking these issues at various points is her focus on gender, self and the body. She has recently completed her first book (based on her dissertation ...
Expertise: medical anthropology, gender embodiment, religion and ritual, psychological anthropology, cross-cultural psychiatry, Mexico, United States
Direct contact: (314) 935-9426
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rjlester@wustl.edu
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Harriet Hosmer
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum to showcase pioneering sculptor May 2 to July 21
April 23,
2008 --
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Neoclassical sculptor Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1830-1908) was one of the most successful women artists of her day, described by the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning as "a perfectly emancipated female." She was also the first woman to study anatomy at what would become the Washington University School of Medicine and produced many of her most significant works — such as the bronze statue of Missouri senator Thomas Hart Benton in Lafayette Park — for St. Louis patrons. This summer the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will join other local institutions in celebrating Hosmer's life and work with a special Teaching Gallery exhibition, on view May 2 to July 21.
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An expert on race relations
Poussaint to speak on tolerance and diversity
April 9,
2008 -- An expert on race relations, prejudice and diversity issues in a multicultural society, Alvin Poussaint, M.D., will present the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture for the Assembly Series. The talk will be held at 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 15, in the Laboratory Sciences Auditorium on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis.
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Tracing origins
Technique traces origins of disease genes in mixed races
April 8,
2008 -- A team of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis that includes Alan R. Templeton and the Israeli Institute of Technology (Technion) in Haifa has developed a technique to detect the ancestry of disease genes in hybrid, or mixed, human populations. The technique, called expected mutual information (EMI), determines how a set of DNA markers is likely to show the ancestral origin of locations on each chromosome.
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The roots of alcoholism . . . in the genes?
Los Angeles Times
April 30,
2008 -- WUSTL psychiatry professor and lead author Carolyn Sartor comments on a new WUSTL study that says: Young people often begin drinking alcohol because of environmental factors, such as peer pressure. But genes appear to be a significant factor in determining whether drinking progresses to problem drinking and alcoholism.
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Genes Explain Race Disparity in Response to a Heart Drug
The New York Times
and 5 others
April 29,
2008 -- Doctors who treat patients with heart failure have long been puzzled that many black patients seem to not respond to a class of drugs called beta blockers.
Now researchers at WUSTL and U. Maryland have found that these nonresponsive patients have a slightly altered version of a gene that muscles use to control responses to nerve signals.
The discovery raises questions about whom to treat with beta blockers and how to decide, researchers say. But, they add, its implications go beyond heart failure.
WUSTL cardiologist and principal investigator Gerald Dorn comments.
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Genetic link to alcoholism in women discovered
XETC-TV FOX 6 News at 6 a.m. (San Diego CA)
and 7 others
April 25,
2008 -- Story on the WUSTL medical school research on the genetic link to alcoholism in women.
Includes video link to the news story.
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Hillary Clinton's expectations contradict
United Press International
April 2,
2008 -- The challenge facing Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is that people have contradictory expectations of women leaders. WUSTL business professor Judi McLean Parks says the character traits associated with people in leadership positions are stereotypically masculine -- being assertive or competitive.
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Staying in shape 'hard for women'
BBC News (UK)
and 1 others
March 26,
2008 -- Differences in the way male and female bodies metabolise food means older women do not use protein as effectively to maintain muscle, a new study by University of Nottingham and WUSTL researchers found.
The study was published in the journal PLOS One.
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Analysis: Debate Unlikely to Change Race
Associated Press
and 66 others
Feb. 27,
2008 -- WUSTL's Wayne Fields comments on final pitches by Democratic presidential candidates as they head into the last weeks of primary elections.
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Stanford Set to Raise Aid for Students in Middle
The New York Times
and 4 others
Feb. 21,
2008 -- WUSTL has need-based loans with grants for students from families earning less than $60,000. many prominent universities are moving to expand financial aid to the middle class.
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Missouri vote signals complex national mood
Chicago Tribune
Feb. 7,
2008 -- Missouri has an uncanny ability to choose presidential winners, going with the loser only once in the past century (Adlai Stevenson in 1956). The state is effectively an intersection of cultural forces — urban and rural, north and south, east and west — and it periodically swings with prevailing national moods.
WUSTL American culture studies director Wayne Fields comments.
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Women who undergo breast reconstruction after cancer surgery are twice as likely to develop an infection
The Times (London)
Jan. 29,
2008 -- News item on WUSTL medical research -- Women who undergo breast reconstruction after cancer surgery are twice as likely to develop an infection at the surgical site if they are given a prosthetic implant instead of their own tissue.
The study appeared in the January issue of Archives of Surgery.
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Study Says Implants Double Risk of Infection After Breast Reconstructive Surgery
The New York Times
and 27 others
Jan. 22,
2008 -- More than one in 20 patients undergoing breast surgery later developed infections at incision sites, according to a new study, a complication that was more common than thought. Study co-authors WUSTL infectious diseases professor Margaret Olsen and WUSTL plastic and reconstructive surgery professor Keith Brandt comment.
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Blonde Ambition: Iconic Blondes Shape History
ABC News -- Good Morning America
Jan. 22,
2008 -- The art exhibit "Beauty and the Blonde: An Exploration of American Art and Popular Culture," is being presented by WUSTL's Kemper Art Museum. It is curated by Catharina Manchanda, and it includes the famous silkscreens of Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe and Roy Lichtenstein's pop art images of blondes in comics.
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A Hereditary Perk the Founding Fathers Failed to Anticipate
The New York Times
Jan. 15,
2008 -- Legacy admissions may be elitist, says Adam Liptak, but they're not illegal.
He also says that legacy preferences in college admissions -- the nepotistic advantages given to the children of alumni -- are indefensible.
References include an article published in the WUSTL Law Review.
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Maine program brightens college prospects -- at birth
The Christian Science Monitor
Jan. 10,
2008 -- The new Harold Alfond College Challenge is a first-in-the nation philanthropic program that will give families statewide a $500 starter grant — and assistance with paperwork — to set up 529 college savings accounts for infants. About 80 percent of account owners who receive matching grants in Maine continue to make contributions, according to a study by WUSTL.
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Huckabee oratory deemed 'low-key,' Obama's classic
The Boston Globe
Jan. 7,
2008 -- WUSTL political rhetoric specialist Wayne Fields is one of the experts commenting on victory speeches following the Iowa presidential caucuses.
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Pundit Says Iowa's Power to Pick the President May Be Over
All Headline News online
Jan. 7,
2008 -- This year's Iowa caucus may be the last time the largely rural, sparsely populated and predominately white conservative Midwestern state exerts a huge influence on the U.S. presidential nomination process, a political expert predicted. WUSTL political science professor Steven Smith comments.
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Saggy Pants Bans May Not Be Lawful
Associated Press
and 74 others
Dec. 3,
2007 -- Pine Lawn, a mostly black municipality outside St. Louis, is among a growing number of U.S. cities enacting laws that ban low-slung pants.
Critics say the bans amount to government attacks on youthful fashion that some find offensive. And constitutional scholars say they may not be lawful.
WUSTL law professor and First Amendment expert Neil Richards comments.
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Back to Campus: Parental Anxiety 101 -- What moms and dads need to know
Newsday (NY)
Aug. 20,
2007 -- Parents across Long Island are asking questions these days as they help pack their children's belongings or accompany them to campuses across the country. Their minds are filled with questions about crime and campus security, communicating with their students, finances, academics, social life, and separation anxiety.
One of the experts commenting is Karen Levin Coburn, WUSTL's associate dean for freshman transition and co-author of Letting Go: A Parent's Guide to Understanding the College Years.
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Two plead guilty in dogfighting case tied to vick
The New York Times
and 4 others
Aug. 17,
2007 -- Two more individuals who pleaded not guilty last month along with Michael Vick to charges stemming from a dog fighting ring agreed to plea agreements with the government. He faces three felony charges related to dog fighting and could face up to five years in prison and as much as a $250,000 fine if found guilty. Christopher Bracey, a professor of law and African American Studies at WUSTL, comments in a telephone interview.
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A most unlikely father and son
CBS Evening News / Assignment America
and 6 others
Aug. 13,
2007 -- This past Friday, on the CBS Evening News, Steve Hartman's "Assignment America" segment featured the special relationship between WUSTL architecture professor Bob Hansman and his adopted son Jovan.
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Don't ignore your body's warning signs
MSNBC.com
Aug. 1,
2007 -- Article looks at why people tend to dismiss symptoms that can indicate a serious illness.
Research has shown that your personality can affect how you react to medical symptoms too.
A 2005 WUSTL study found that men with low overall anxiety levels were more likely to ignore symptoms of rectal cancer and delay treatment. Those with at least moderate anxiety levels, on the other hand, tended to quickly recognize symptoms such as rectal bleeding as a sign of a serious illness.
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Dec. 2000 - A recent study indicates enormous differences in net worth between elderly black and white people - even among groups with relatively similar educational backgrounds and work histories. The majority of the black elderly retirees also earned less than half that of white elderly people during their total working years, according to the study published in the "Social Work Research" journal.
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