May 2021 African American History Calendar Honoree Dr. Sherman James, who taught at Duke University, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, explains the role and function of a social epidemiologist.
A social epidemiologist, Dr. Sherman James is the Susan B. King Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at Duke University. He taught at Duke, the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. In the early 1980s, Dr. James formulated the John Henryism Hypothesis, which posits that repeated, “high-effort” coping (“John Henryism”) over many years with adversity, including adversity caused by structural racism, contributes to the well-known high risk for hypertension in African Americans. He received many awards and accolades for his work.
Presented through a partnership between the South Carolina Department of Education and South Carolina ETV. Download the SC African American History Calendar here.
May 2021 African American History Calendar Honoree Dr. Sherman James, who taught at Duke University, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, explains the role and function of a social epidemiologist.
A social epidemiologist, Dr. Sherman James is the Susan B. King Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at Duke University. He taught at Duke, the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. In the early 1980s, Dr. James formulated the John Henryism Hypothesis, which posits that repeated, “high-effort” coping (“John Henryism”) over many years with adversity, including adversity caused by structural racism, contributes to the well-known high risk for hypertension in African Americans. He received many awards and accolades for his work.
Presented through a partnership between the South Carolina Department of Education and South Carolina ETV. Download the SC African American History Calendar here.
Standards
- 8.5.E Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to analyze multiple perspectives on the cultural changes in South Carolina and the U.S.
- I Inquiry-Based Literacy Standards
- I Inquiry-Based Literacy Standards
- I Inquiry-Based Literacy Standards
- I Inquiry-Based Literacy Standards
- I Inquiry-Based Literacy Standards
- I Inquiry-Based Literacy Standards
- I Inquiry-Based Literacy Standards
- Life Science: Heredity–Inheritance and Variation of Traits
- 7.L.4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of how genetic information is transferred from parent to offspring and how environmental factors and the use of technologies influence the transfer of genetic information.
