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Public health scholars among speakers discussing African American research
March 23, 2010
Henrie Monteith Treadwell
Dr. Henrie Monteith Treadwell will give the keynote address at the first conference of the University of South Carolina’s Institute for African American Research (IAAR) March 24 – 26.
Treadwell, director of Community Voices: Healthcare for the Underserved at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, will speak at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, in the Lumpkin Auditorium, located on the eighth floor of the Darla Moore School of Business. Treadwell’s talk is titled “Criminal Justice and Reentry: Taking a Hard Look at the Costs.”
Arnold School of Public Health faculty are among the speakers for the conference, which is free and open to the public. Registration is required by Monday, March 22. For registration, go to www.cas.sc.edu/iaar/.
“The University of South Carolina and African American Research in the Twenty-First Century” is the conference theme. Scholars from around the nation and the university’s campuses will discuss issues confronting public health, education, and immigration.
The conference will feature three sessions, each with a keynote address and a panel discussion by USC scholars. The sessions will be held in McKissick Museum, which is featuring the exhibit “Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art.”
Among the sessions:
Public Health, Session I. 8:45 a.m. March 25. Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes, an associate professor of sociology and African-American Studies at Northwestern University, will discuss her research on the social and economic experience of women living with HIV/AIDs. Panelists will include Drs. Sacoby Wilson, Heather Brandt and Deborah Billings, all from the Arnold School of Public Health.
Education, Session II. 1:45 p.m. March 25. Dr. James Scheurich, a professor and chairman of the department of educational administration and human resource development at Texas A&M University, will discuss his research on race and ethnicity and how schools and school districts can help all students succeed. Panelists will include Drs. Tambra Jackson, Elizabeth Costello and Michelle Jay, all from USC’s College of Education.
Immigration, Session III. 8:45 a.m. March 26. Dr. Arlene Torres, director of the Latino Faculty Recruitment Initiative at the City University of New York, will give a talk titled “The Immigration of Latina(o)s: The ‘New’ South, Racial Politics, and Afro-Latina(o)s.” USC panelists will include Dr. David Simmons, an assistant professor of anthropology and public health; Dr. Myriam Torres, director of the Consortium for Latino Immigration Studies in the Arnold School of Public Health; and Dr. Elaine Lacy, a history professor from USC Aiken.
Treadwell earned her bachelor’s degree from USC, the first step in her distinguished career as an educator, writer, and scholar. She also earned a master’s degree from Boston University and a Ph.D. from Atlanta University.
The conference is funded in part by a grant from the S.C. Humanities Council. Sponsors include the Arnold School of Public Health’s Institute for Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities and Consortium for Latino Immigration Studies; USC’s College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, Institute for Southern Studies, department of history, McKissick Museum and S.C. Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology.
For more information about the conference, contact Francesca Fair at 777-4472 or via e-mail at fairf@mailbox.sc.edu.
