Interested in health communication, health inequities and interprofessional experiences? Then join one of the info sessions to learn more about our 4-week Summer 2024 Study Abroad program: Health communication & health inequities across the health professions in the U.S. and Puerto Rico!

Building off the success of the past two years in Greece, Rutgers School of Communication & Information and Rutgers School of Health Professions are now taking this course to San Juan, Puerto Rico to explore topics related to health communication and health inequities faced among marginalized Puerto Rican communities that have been impacted by climate change, weather-related disasters, colonialism and other structural issues. They will be partnering with the University of Puerto Rico’s School of Public Health to discuss these topics in an interdisciplinary setting and work in teams to identify public health challenges in local communities and develop proposals for how to solve them.

This course is offered for 3-credits at the graduate level; interested undergraduate juniors or seniors in the Health and Wellness track may be eligible to participate for credit as well.

(Any other interested students may attend the info session or reach out to the program directors for more information.)

Please sign up here to attend one of the sessions!

More Information Below: 

Congratulations to Regina Marchi, professor of journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers, for receiving two awards at the International Latino Book Awards for her new book “Day of the Dead in the USA: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition,”. Professor Marchi’s book is the recipient of awards in two categories, The Raul Yzaguirre Best Political/Current Affairs Book – English and The Dolores Huerta Best Cultural & Community Themed Book – English. 

The second edition of “Day of the Dead in the USA,” published by Rutgers University Press in 2022, combines a mix of ethnography, historical research, oral history, and critical cultural analysis to explore the manifold and unexpected transformations that occur when the tradition is embraced by the mainstream. The book provides insight into the power of art and ritual to create community, transmit oppositional messages, and advance educational, political, and economic goals. 

Professor Marchi studies alternative forms of media, political communication, and civic engagement, focusing on populations historically marginalized from official politics and news media due to their race, ethnicity, social class, immigration status, gender, or age. She has traveled extensively throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa, observing a wide variety of media and cultural practices. Prior to life in academia, she worked as a journalist in the U.S. and Central America. 

Professor Marchi was also interviewed by several newspapers and media outlets. Links to the interviews are below: 

The New York Times

Woman’s Day Magazine

La Voz (the bilingual Spanish publication of The Arizona Republic)

Mosaiac

Axios 

More information on the book: Here

History Graduate Student Jian Ren presented a portion of his dissertation work on China and Latin America at a lunch workshop in the History Department sponsored by CLAS.  Grad students, faculty and undergraduates had many questions on his talk, especially about the non-ideological premises of much of Chinese involvement in Chile.  Ren's work emphasizes the individuals involved in creating and mediating the state to state relationships.  

Forty students and faculty attended a recent talk by Professor Jorge Marcone, 15 of them in person and 25 via Zoom.  

Marcone presented on the literature of and about the Peruvian Amazon (as region and as cultural imaginary), noting how despite significant cultural and literary production, as well as social and economic  density, the region remains invisible to the Peruvian literary and cultural canon.

Click below for the Slideshow.  The video will be available soon on our youtube channel.

Marcone Talk

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