Research Colloquy
January 25, 2006
Presenters:
| Dr. Pratibha Shukla | |
| Social Construction of Health: Using a Discursive Approach to Understanding Health. | |
| Dr. Shukla's research focus is on health communication and intercultural/international communication. She has over 10 research papers on various issues concerning health communication. Prior to coming to US she worked in the feild of International Health for ten years and collaborated with several international development agencies. Last summer she did a consultancy with UNDP (United Nations Development Program) which is a part of the United Nations Organization on developing communication strategy for removing barriers in health behavior adoption |
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| Dr. Brian Lain | |
| Dr.
Lain's research examines the intersection between American and Japanese
culture, specifically in the areas of public address, argumentation, and
visual rhetoric. His recent research examined the public memory
and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. |
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