Penn Program on Race, Science, & SocietyPRSS Visiting Fellow Dr. Christopher D. E. Willoughby's new book, Masters of Health: Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical Schoolswas published by The University of North Carolina Press in 2022. PRSS Director Dorothy Roberts and previous PRSS Postdoctoral Fellow Natalie Shibley both contributed book reviews:
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February 23, 2023
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February 14, 2023
PRSS postdoctoral fellow Hafeeza Anchrum is featured in WHYY's Movers & Maker's special episode, "The Story of Mercy-Douglass Hospital." The episode covers the history of Philadelphia hospitals established by the Black community, which is the focus of Dr. Anchrum's research. The episode will air on WHYY-TV 12 on February 16 at 7:30pm & 11pm. See link for more details: https://whyy.org/episodes/preview-the-story-of-mercy-douglass-hospital/
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January 31, 2023
PRSS Director Dorothy Roberts is featured in the second episode of Hulu's docu-series, "The 1619 Project" which is based on her chapter contribution "Race." See link for information about how to watch the episode: The 1619 Project - Hulu
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December 7, 2022
On December 3, the CBS Sunday Morning Program featured PRSS Director Dorothy Roberts in a piece highlighting the harms of the family policing system on children and families. Follow the link to watch the segment: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/experts-say-a-system-designed-to-protect-children-is-breaking-up-families/#app
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April 5, 2022
Mother Jones magazine published an excerpt from Professor Dorothy Roberts's new book, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World, released on April 5th. “Policing” is the word that captures best what the system does to America’s most disfranchised families. It subjects them to surveillance, coercion, and punishment. It is a family-policing system.
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March 25, 2022
Hafeeza Anchrum, a postdoctoral fellow in PRSS, received the Marion R. Gregory Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing. The award recognizes the most outstanding doctoral dissertation in the field of nursing. The nomination received the support of three faculty members, and it was considered by doctorally prepared professors at the School of Nursing. Hafeeza earned her PhD in nursing from Penn in December 2021.
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January 5, 2022
Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World, by Professor and PRSS Director Dorothy Roberts, will be released by Basic Books on April 5, 2022.
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January 5, 2022
PRSS Director, Dorothy Roberts published a chapter entitled "Race" in The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine 45-61 (New York: One World, 2021).
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December 16, 2021
PRSS Director Dorothy Roberts was quoted by ABC news in an article about race-norming in neuropsychological tests.
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October 13, 2021