Epidemics and the Politics of Blame: Eugenic and Racial Logics in Shaping U.S. Health Policy

5 credits

Explores the role of narrative in the construction and circulation of scientific and social notions of risk, disease, and contagion, and how these notions are linked to enduring lines of social inequality. Students develop a critical understanding of the relationship between social inequality, medical knowledge, and policy. Recommended: coursework in either bioethics and humanities, sociology, or public health. Offered: W.