Where Do We Go From Here: Body Politics & Movement Towards Racial Empowerment
A MLK Health Sciences Committee presentation
November 19, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Online in Zoom
Sponsored by: MLK Health Sciences Committee
Contact Information: Michael Kasiborski mkasibor@umich.edu
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A virtual panel discussion sponsored by the University of Michigan Health Sciences units, hosted by the School of Kinesiology. Featuring: -Vanessa Barrow, DPM is a former gymnast and cheerleader, and an alumna of UM’s School of Kinesiology. Combining her love of sports and medicine, she received her Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine at The Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. After practicing Podiatric Medicine and Surgery for 13 years, Dr. Barrow opened Sole Aesthetic, LLC, an innovative practice where the focus is on Aesthetic and Regenerative Medicine of the Foot and Ankle. - Neha Gothe, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is Director of the Exercise Psychology Lab that explores the bio-psycho-social health benefits of physical activity across the lifespan. Her research agenda has also focused on exercise and cancer, and non-traditional modes such as yoga, as a means to improve health and quality of life. - Samuel R. Hodge, PhD., Professor, Kinesiology, Department of Human Sciences in the College of Education and Human Ecology (EHE), The Ohio State University (OSU). His scholarship intersects on diversity, disability, and social justice in education and sport. He the first African American to receive Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America’s Scholar Award and he is also a Fellow of the National Association of Kinesiology in Higher Education. - NiCole R. Keith, PhD., FACSM is a professor in the Department of Kinesiology and the Associate Dean of faculty affairs in the School of Health & Human Sciences at Indiana University. She specializes in community-based participatory research and is dedicated to research and programming that increases physical activity participation, improves fitness, and positively influences health outcomes while addressing health equity.