国际学院“全英教师俱乐部”学术讲座

 Academic Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Karen Meenan
 
Topic Ⅰ: Domestic Violence
Time: 3:30pm, Dec 29th, 2011 (Thursday)
Venue: Rm 316, International School
 
Topic Ⅱ: The Health Care System in America
Time: 10:00 am, Dec 30th, 2011 (Friday)
Venue: Rm 316, International School
 
Host: Dr. Wu Chipeng （吴赤蓬）
 
Speaker’s biography
 
Dr. Karen Meenan is a professor in the School of Community Health at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. She received her B.A. in sociology at California State University, Chico, her M.S.W. in health and social welfare policy from the University of Washington, and her Ph.D. in sociology from Washington State University.
 Dr. Meenan’s primary research interests focus on poverty, welfare use, and social inequality and the structure of the U.S. health care system. Her work includes attention to the antecedents and consequences of health insurance coverage for individuals and families, gendered experiences within the family and health care systems, the use of health services among the poor, and the social construction of illness.
She is a fellow in the National Council on Family Relations, and a member of the American Sociological Association and the Pacific Sociological Association.
 

作者：赵珣