Ithaca College

Jamila Michener, PhD will speak on Health Equity and Democracy on Monday, Oct . 7 at 7pm in Textor 101.

Dr. Michener is in the Dept of Government at Cornell U. She is the author of Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism and Unequal Politics.
Dr. Michener studies American politics and policy, with a particular focus on the political causes and consequences of poverty and racial inequality

Sponsored by the Dept. of Health Promotion and Physical Education and the Dean’s Office of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance.

 BIO

Jamila Michener, PhD is a professor in the department of Government at Cornell University. She studies American politics and policy, with a particular focus on the political causes and consequences of poverty and racial inequality. She is author of Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism and Unequal Politics (Cambridge University Press). Michener’s research has been supported by the Institute for Research on Poverty, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Ford Foundation.  Her public writing has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Vox, Salon, and other outlets. As an engaged scholar, Michener is co-leader of the Finger Lakes chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network, an organization focused on bringing academic research to policymakers, civil associations, and the media. Prior to working at Cornell, she was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Scholar at the University of Michigan. She received her MA and PhD from the University of Chicago and her undergraduate degree from Princeton University.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Stewart Auyash at 607-274-1312 or auyash@ithaca.edu.  We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.