CSDE Affiliate Bettina Shell-Duncan, along with co-authors Dennis Matanda, Caroline Kabiru, and Chantalle Okondo recently published a new article, titled “Persistence of female genital mutilation/cutting in two Kenyan communities: What can we learn from change that falls short of abandonment?” The authors find that messaging on health risks of FGM/C and fear of criminal punishment have motivated less severe cutting and medicalisation. Legislation has also driven the practice underground.
Rollins to Present Book Talk at the American Ethnic Studies Department
The American Ethnic Studies Department is hosting a welcome meet-and-greet and book talk event for CSDE Affiliate and new faculty Oliver Rollins. Rollins’ book, Conviction: The Making and Unmaking of the Violent Brain (Stanford University Press), exposes ethical dilemmas of neuroscientific research on violence. You can also view Rollins’ recent CSDE Seminar presentation on one aspect of his book on our Youtube channel.
PAA Practice Talks This Week
CSDE is hosting PAA Practice Talks the week before the conference. We have two great groups of student presenters and discussants from across campus, see below for details. We hope you can attend to share feedback, learn about exciting CSDE research, and support your colleagues. The format is informal and is a great opportunity for the presenters to hone their presentation and get feedback from friends and colleagues.
- Session 1: Wednesday, March 30, 8:00-9:15am
- Session 2: Thursday, March 31, 2:30-3:45pm
- In person: Raitt 114
- Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98860184487
Coffee on the Quad – Every Other Tuesday This Spring!
Join us every other Tuesday, starting Tuesday, March 29, for coffee and conversation. We’ll meet between Raitt and Savery from 8:30am-9:30am. CSDE will provide the coffee and something to go with it, and we hope you provide the company! We will have some disposable cups, but bringing your own mug is encouraged. Download the flyer here.
CSDE’s Grant Writing Summer Program (GWSP) – Applications Open! (Deadline: 5/12/23)
This summer, CSDE is offering its Grant Writing Summer Program (GWSP) to assist scholars in preparing applications to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CSDE aims to demystify the grant-writing process and create a supportive environment that produces grant proposals ready for submission to the NIH within the coming year. We have a strong track record of successful funding for participants.Participants will meet in person every other week for 10 weeks over the summer. They will learn more about the details of NIH grant mechanisms, writing, and reviewing, while also engaging in intensive writing of their own proposals. Participants will be paired with a senior mentor who will review their proposals, and participants will also review each other’s work. Applying to the GWSP is open to CSDE affiliates (UW and external) as well as to local post-docs writing K awards with one or more CSDE affiliates on their mentoring team. If accepted, the program is free for applicants in these groups. Other researchers in the Seattle area are also eligible to apply and may be accepted if space is available; the program fee is $7,500 for these applicants. Current graduate students are not eligible to apply. Applications are due May 12, 2023.For more information, and to apply, please see https://csde.washington.edu/research/csde-grant-writing-summer-program/. Still have questions? Email Steve Goodreau at goodreau@uw.edu.
Add to Your Calendars: Race, Health, and Justice Symposium!
The 3rd biennial symposium entitled “Race, Health and Justice” is scheduled for Friday April 15th from 9 AM – 5 PM at the Intellectual House. The symposium will feature keynote speaker George Yancy and presentations from several of UW’s finest scholars (including Oliver Rollins,Temi Odumoso, Amanda Swarr, Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Mienah Sharif and Wendy Barrington).
The Symposium is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, the Program on Ethics, the School of Public Health, and the Benjamin Rabinowitz Endowment in Medical Ethics at UW. Click here to download the event flyer.
Schedule
8.45 AM Coffee and snacks
9.00 – 9.15 AM Welcome with Land and Labor Acknowledgement
Welcome Video: University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce
9.15 – 10.45 AM Anti-Racism
“Racism and Reparations in Public Health Research, Practice, and Education”
Wendy Barrington (Nursing & School of Public Health; ARCH Center)
“Technoscientific Imaginaries of Anti-racism”
Oliver Rollins (American Ethnic Studies)
(Break: 10.45 – 11.00 AM)
11.00 – 12.30 PM Anti-Racism and Decolonization
“Towards Equity in Public Health: A Brief Overview of Anti-Racist Principles and Strategies”
Mienah Sharif (School of Public Health)
“Indigenous Health and Thrivance in the Face of Historical Trauma and Ongoing Oppression”
Michelle Johnson-Jennings (School of Public Health)
(Break: 12.30 – 1.30 PM Bring your own lunch or try food from the HUB)
1.30 – 3.00 PM Decolonization
“Unruly Images: A Few Words on Colonial Hauntings in the Everyday Ordinary”
Temi Odumosu (Information School)
“Colonial Fallacies and Scientific Racism in Intersex Medicine: African Activists’ Challenges to Violent Legacies”
Amanda Swarr (Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies)
(Break: 3.00 – 3.30 PM)
3.30 – 5.00 PM: Philosophy Colloquium and Keynote Speech
“The Black Body and the Trauma of Whiteness”
George Yancy (Emory University)
Reception: 5.00 – 6.00 pm
Upcoming UW CHIPS Seminars on Homelessness
The University of Washington Center for Health Innovation & Policy Science, with CSDE as a co-sponsor, is excited to highlight two upcoming seminars in their ongoing Homelessness series.
On Wednesday, April 20, 2022: Graham Pruss will present a talk titled “Vehicle Residency and the Nomadic Turn: How a UW Undergrad Project Drove National Research to Inform Public Policy, Social Services, and Legal Advocacy.”
On Wednesday, May 18, 2022: Isaac Rivera, Sarah Elwood, Victoria Lawson will convene for a panel discussion titled “Portraits for Change: Homelessness and Refusal Politics.”