Course Information

Epidemics of Injustice is a 2 credit special-topics course hosted at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health that is open to students across the university, faculty, staff, community members, and long-distance learners. This course was co-created by Radical Public Health, a student organization at UIC that seeks to address the systemic, underlying causes of public health challenges and to push their community to consider more radical solutions that "get to the root" of the problem. Epidemics of Injustice seeks to address ongoing threats to democracy, social justice, and the public’s health by focusing on the historical, social, cultural, and political factors related to historical and contemporary health.

Session Information

Session Dates and Times

This course meets weekly on Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 pm cst from January 12th-April 27th. There will be no class on March 23rd. The course features lecture-based and action lab class sessions. Action labs will include interactive activities to facilitate learning.

Zoom

This course currently takes place via Zoom. Please visit the Registration Links tab for information about how to register for sessions.

Instructor and Teaching Assistants

Washieka Torres (she/her) - Instructor

Washieka Torres is a disability rights scholar, activist, and documentarian. She is from the South Bronx in New York City and is currently a third-year Ph.D. student in the Disability Studies Program at UIC. She is a documentarian, researcher, and public speaker. Her work explores the intersections of poverty, disability, food insecurity, and food justice. Her current projects focus on disabled cooking methods, meaning, and knowledge translation.

Nandini Sarup (she/her) - Teaching Assistant

Nandini Sarup (she/her) is a second year MPH student in the Health Policy and Administration division with a concentraton in Global Health. Her work is focused on research-based bladder health and HIV prevention and care for underserved communities and priority jurisdictions. Nandini's research interests include HIV policymaking, health equity, and climate change.

Katie O'Connell (she/her) - Teaching Assistant

Katie O'Connell (she/her) is a first year MPH student in the Community Health Sciences division. She has experience working in the mental health field and her interests include queer public health, medication and drug use, health insurance, and the social determinants of health.

Syllabus

IPHS 430 Epidemics of Injustice Syllabus 2023.docx

Questions/Comments

If you have questions or comments, please send an email to Katie O'Connell (koconn37@uic.edu) with E of I in the subject line. Katie will respond to emails within 48 hours with the exception of emails received over the weekend and holidays.

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