Armelagos Lecture: Chelsey Carter, Yale University
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Commonwealth Honors College Lecture Hall
Department of Anthropology Armelagos Lecturer Presents:
Chelsey Carter, Yale University
Wednesday April 3, 2024, 4:00pm-5:30pm in the Commonwealth Honors College Lecture Hall
Title: The Myth of Race, the Reality of Racism: An ALS Perspective
Chelsey R. Carter, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Public Health in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Yale University, with a secondary affiliation in the Department of Anthropology. Dr. Carter is a native of St. Louis and a Black feminist anthropologist with specializations in medicine, public health, and race. She is Founder & Director of The LEITH (Lived Experiences Igniting Transformations in Health) Lab, a hub to address Black invisibility and misdiagnosis for rare neurodegenerative diseases, in honor of Dr. Leith Mullings.