In the News: Robert A. Rubinstein
Rubinstein Discusses Lead Poisoning in Onondaga County on WCNY’s CONNECT NY
“We can show the overlapping of areas of lead poisoning with poor educational performance, with teen pregnancy, with entry into the criminal justice system, and so on. So there's a whole set of ramifications,” says Robert Rubinstein, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology.
See related: Children, Adolescents, Health Policy, Infrastructure, New York State, Urban Issues
Peacebuilding Through Cooperation in Health Care and Public Health Between Israel and Palestine
“Peacebuilding Through Cooperation in Health Care and Public Health Between Israel and Palestine,” co-authored by Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Robert Rubinstein, was published in the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice.
9 Projects Awarded MetLife Foundation-Lender Center Racial Wealth Gap Grants
The awards are funded by a 2022 MetLife Foundation grant that supports research and community programming over three years to examine the racial wealth gap’s root causes and ideas that may resolve its economic and social inequalities, says Kendall Phillips, Lender Center interim director.
See related: Defense & Security, Economic Policy, Housing, Income, Infrastructure, Race & Ethnicity, State & Local, U.S. Education, United States
Action anthropology and public policy change: Lead poisoning in Syracuse, NY
"Action anthropology and public policy change: Lead poisoning in Syracuse, NY," co-authored by Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Robert Rubinstein, was published in the Annals of Anthropological Practice.
See related: Black, Children, Adolescents, Disability, Education, Housing, New York State, U.S. Health Policy
Research by Rubinstein, Lane on Lead Poisoning and Community Violence Featured on CNY Central
Research on the relationship between lead poisoning and community violence by Robert Rubinstein, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, and Sandra Lane, professor of anthropology by courtesy appointment, was featured on the CNY Central segment, "Could Syracuse's lead paint problem be causing more youth violence? Researchers think so."
See related: Crime & Violence, Health Policy, New York State
New Books
In this selection of recently published books, faculty explore insurrections in Mexico, the intersection of race and class, the longevity of China's Communist Party, the effect of culture and social context on parenting, the origin of the farmer's address, race and borders in the Colonial Caribbean, and disaster and health
Maxwell Faculty, Graduate Students Contribute to New Social Sciences Book
Faculty members Robert Rubinstein and Sandra Lane are among the co-editors and contributors to this handbook, which investigates the social contexts of health—including food and nutrition, race, class, ethnicity, trauma, gender, mental illness and the environment—to explain the complicated nature of illness.
See related: Aging, Gender and Sex, Health Policy, Natural Disasters, Race & Ethnicity
Rubinstein Piece on Onondaga County’s Lead Poisoning Crisis Published on Syracuse.com
"$85M for aquarium better spent attacking lead poisoning," co-authored by Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Robert Rubinstein, was published on Syracuse.com.
See related: Health Policy, New York State, State & Local
Rubinstein Contributes Chapter to Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict
The chapter, "Cultural Anthropology Studies of Conflict," was co-authored by Maxwell alum Fethi Keles '08 M.A. (Anth)/'14 Ph.D. (Anth).
In Memoriam: John Burdick Remembered for Teaching, Advocacy
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Anthropology student participates in community-based research
Rubinstein publishes paper on community violence in Syracuse
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Rubinstein study on health literacy and life history published in Human Organization
Practicing Military Anthropology: Beyond Traditional Boundaries and Expectations
Dangerous Liaisons: Anthropologists and the National Security State
Doing Fieldwork: The Correspondence of Robert Redfield and Sol Tax, Revised Edition
The Social Dynamics of Peace and Conflict: Culture in International Security
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