RACC 2011 Lecture/Discussion Agenda

SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Department of Behavioral Sciences/CETL
(in partnership with the Learning Resources Center)

READING ACROSS THE CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY
RACC 2011

Lecture and Discussion Agenda
Selected Reading: Rebecca Skloot: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Crown/Random House. 2010
(Supplementary Reading: Harriet Washington. Medical Apartheid. Anchor Books, 2008)



RACC Online Discussion Blog Address: http://racc2011.blogspot.com
Second Life Display: Contact the Department of Behavioral Sciences
Blackboard url Information: http://bb9.aamu.edu (username: racc; password: 1234)

January 27: 12:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. LRC
RACC 2011 Kickoff / Film – The Way of All Flesh/Adam Curtis(Youtube)

February 3: 12:30 p.m. Drake Hall
Presentation/Student Discussion on: “Race and Medical Treatment, Research and Experimentation”
Presentation by Dr. Ronald L. Slaughter

February 10: 4:00 p.m. Hudson-Alpha On-Site Visit (Space Limited and Registration Required: Contact Dr. Ronald L.Slaughter)
Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology (601 Genome Way, Huntsville, AL 35806)
Presentation by Dr. Chris Gunter

February 24: 12:30 p.m. Drake Hall
Presentation/Student Discussion: “Family, Sex, and Incestuous Relationships: Change and Continuity in the American Family”
Presentation by Dr. Joseph Rosher

March 3: 12:30 p.m. Drake Hall
Presentation/Student Discussion: “Legal and Ethical Concerns”
Attorney Kimberly Carter Brown

March 24: 12:30 p.m. Drake Hall
Presentation/Student Discussion: “Philosophies of Identity, Death and Race”
Presentation by Ms. Diane Wilkinson

April 7: 12:30 p.m. Knight Center – CULMINATING EVENT
RACC 2011 Featured Lecture by Harriet A. Washington (Author of the book Medical Apartheid)