Tag: Dorothy Roberts

  • On Race, Medicine, and Reproduction: An Interview with Dorothy Roberts Bluestockings Magazine Brown University February 2014 (2014-02-14) Dorothy Roberts is a scholar, professor, author and social justice advocate, and currently the 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She has published a range of groundbreaking articles and books analyzing issues…

  • Advancing Health Through A Racial Lens: The New Biopolitics of Race, Health, and Justice University of Maryland, College Park Stamp Student Union Banneker Room 2212 Thursday, 2014-02-20, 12:30-15:00 EST (Local Time) Moderated by: Dorothy Roberts J.D., Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology, and the inaugural Raymond Pace and…

  • New York Times and The American Riddle Only-NeverInSweden 2013-09-03 Larry Lundgren Linköping, Sweden The [New York] Times accepted two comments on OpEd article by Charles Blow: “The Most Dangerous Negro.” Here are the two books that I presently cite in comments on this and related articles Prewitt, Kenneth, 2013, What is Your Race-The Census and…

  • Race Medicine: Treating Health Inequities from Slavery to the Genomic Age with Prof. Dorothy Roberts Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice Brown University Steven Robert ’62  Campus Center, Petteruti Lounge 75 Waterman Street Providence, Rhode Island 02912 Tuesday, 2013-12-10, 17:30 EST (Local Time) Dorothy E. Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law…

  • Loving v. Virginia as a Civil Rights Decision Cosponsored by the Center for African American Studies and the Program in Law and Public Affairs 102 Jones Hall Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Monday, 2013-12-09, 12:00-13:20 EST (Local Time) Dorothy E. Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology; Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner…

  • Interracial Marriage and the Civil Rights Revolution: A Personal Journey The University of Pennsylvania Provost presents The Inaugural Provost’s Lecture on Diversity University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School Room 110 2013-11-13, 17:00-19:00 EST (Local Time) Dorothy E. Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology; Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of…

  • The Future of Race in America The Root 2013-11-05 Jenée Desmond-Harris, Senior Staff Writer Editor’s note: This is part 2 of a three-part series. To read part 1, click here. Will we ever abandon stereotypes? Will “people of color” act as a group? Here are four possible theories about where we are headed as a…

  • Given evidence of BiDil’s efficacy, but little evidence that race mattered to its efficacy, the FDA should have made one of two decisions: reject the request for race-specific approval or approve BiDil for all heart failure patients, regardless of race. Instead, the FDA put race at the center of its decision, sparking controversy and paving…

  • Law, Race, and Biotechnology: Toward a Biopolitical and Transdisciplinary Paradigm Annual Review of Law and Social Science Volume 9, Issue 1 (November 2013) DOI: 10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-102612-134009 Dorothy E. Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights University of Pennsylvania Law influences…

  • Addressing Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities Best Practices for Clinical Care and Medical Education in the 21st Century University of Texas, Austin 2013-09-23 through 2013-09-24 One of the primary goals of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, and many public health programs is the reduction of health disparities in the…