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Merlin Chowkwanyun

Ph.D. Student
merlinc@sas.upenn.edu

Education

A.B. (summa cum laude), History, Sociology, Columbia University (2005)

Fields

20th Century U.S., urban history, African-Amerian history, history of public health/medicine

Research Interests

history of public health (esp. urban), racial ideology/health care, urban political economy and sociology, public policy (anti-poverty, civil rights, health), medical rofessionalization, American radicalism and social movements, Herbert Gans Studies

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