This course will highlight the history and current-day structural racism in science, public health and clinical practice. This series aims to critique how science and public health are practiced by engaging with guest speakers, critical race theory and science and technology studies. A sociological lens will be used to explore how racism in science is constructed, including the funding of science, how research is designed and racist practices in health care settings. Together we will examine our role as researchers and practitioners in reimagining a more equitable science.
Course Objectives:
· Explore the principles of critical race theory and frames the impacts of racism in scientific research.
· Analyze how racism is instituted through scientific, institutional practices, including funding, scientific publications, scientific research that can systematize racial inequalities.
· Describe examples of current racist practices in medicine, public health and scientific research
· Identify opportunities to reexamine and reconstruct science in are more equitable manner
- Instructor: Rashon Lane