Community Analysis of American and Kenyan Issues

At the beginning of the semester, the students participate in a ice-breaker and compare living and political conditions in their respective communities. In addition, SAYDS students have attended lectures about affirmative action policies, Black conservatism, and the U.S. Supreme Court. The students then participate in online breakout groups and discuss the results of the 2024 presidential election. At the end of the semester, they participate in another discussion about youth-led activism in American and Kenyan communities.

Multicultural Perspectives in Human-Wildlife Conflict

This course introduces students to the issues of Human Wildlife Conflict both in historical context and present day conservation.  We will explore a variety of solutions, including innovative and traditional agricultural practices, wildlife valuation as potential means of off-setting the cost of wildlife damage, and policy development at the local, regional, and national or international levels that aims to remediate this conflict.  Ultimately we must aim for prevention of HWC; however, until this goal is achieved, we must implement practical and culturally appropriate solutions.  

Russo, Sandra (PhD)

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Director, Office for Global Research Engagement, UF International Center
Director, Office for Global Research Engagement
UF International Center

Email: 

srusso@ufic.ufl.edu
  • Gender and development related to climate change and adaptation
  • Ecofeminism
  • Water resource management
  • Food security

Area of Research: 

  • Agriculture, Livestock and Plant Science
  • Community and Economic Development
  • Cultural and Social Factors
  • Water and Conservation, Climate Change and Environmental Factors

Region of Practice: 

  • Africa
  • Middle East
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Tropical Africa

Country of Practice: 

  • Botswana
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • Gambia
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia

Sonke, Jill (MA)

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Director, Center for Arts in Medicine and Assistant Director, UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine

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  • College of the Arts

Email: 

jsonke@arts.ufl.edu
  • Arts and health.
  • Arts and epidemic response.
  • Arts and health messaging.
  • Music in emergency and trauma medicine.

Area of Research: 

  • Community and Economic Development
  • Cross-Disciplinary Methodologies
  • Implementation and Behavioral Science

Region of Practice: 

  • Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa

Country of Practice: 

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Gambia
  • Ireland
  • Kenya
  • Rwanda
  • Uganda

Wood, Elizabeth (DHS, MPH)

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Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental and Global Health

College: 

  • College of Public Health and Health Professions

Email: 

liz07@phhp.ufl.edu
  • Integrating gender and nutrition within agriculture extension services.
  • Collaborating with academic institutions abroad to build public health workforce capacity.
  • Perceptions of water within the Global South, specifically Haiti.
  • Misconceptions and food taboos among pregnant women.

Area of Research: 

  • Nutrition
  • Training and Capacity Building
  • Water and Conservation, Climate Change and Environmental Factors
  • Women's Health

Region of Practice: 

  • Africa
  • Caribbean
  • Sub-Saharan Africa

Country of Practice: 

  • Haiti
  • Kenya
  • Tajikistan

Henderson, Brent, (PhD)

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Associate Professor
Department of Linguistics

College: 

  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Email: 

bhendrsn@ufl.edu
  • Theoretical syntax and morphology with a strong empirical basis. Most of this work centers around Bantu (and to a lesser extent Semitic) languages and is couched within the ‘minimalist program’ approach to generative grammar.
  • Documenting endangered languages, in particular the Chimiini Language, an endangered language of the southern Somali coast.
  • Research at the intersection of language and health care, chiefly in Guatemala in association with Wuqu’Kawoq: Maya Health Alliance.

Area of Research: 

  • Cross-Disciplinary Methodologies
  • Cultural and Social Factors

Region of Practice: 

  • Africa
  • South America

Country of Practice: 

  • Guatemala
  • Kenya
  • Somalia

Cottler, Linda (PhD, MPH, FACE)

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Associate Dean for Research and Planning, College of Public Health and Health Professions and Chair of Epidemiology
Professor
Department of Epidemiology

College: 

  • College of Public Health and Health Professions

Email: 

lbcottler@ufl.edu
  • Development of culturally reliable and valid measures for identifying substance use, abuse and dependence, along with mental illness and their risk factors.
  • Innovative methods for conducting national surveys of high-risk behaviors among youth.
  • Community engagement models to identify cohorts for longitudinal assessment of health needs, concerns and reduce health disparities.

Area of Research: 

  • Community and Economic Development
  • Cross-Disciplinary Methodologies
  • Cultural and Social Factors

Region of Practice: 

  • Africa
  • Caribbean

Country of Practice: 

  • Afghanistan
  • Australia
  • Haiti
  • India
  • Kenya
  • Tanzania
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