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Dr. Wairimu Mwangi

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Programs

Courses Taught

SOCY 100 Introduction to Sociology
SOCY 320 Sociology of Health and Illness
SOCY 321 Inequality & Society
SOCY 381 Understand AIDS: Interdisciplinary Seminar

Education

  • BSc., Natural Resource Management, Egerton University- Kenya
  • M.B.A., Business Administration, University of Central Oklahoma
  • Ph.D., Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University

Interests

  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Gender and International Development
  • Sociology of HIV and AIDS
  • Sociology of Health and Illnes
  • Social Inequalities
  • Globalization and Social Change

Select Works Published

  • Intersectionality and Black Women’s Health: Making Room for Rurality
    Constance-Huggins, M. and Mwangi, E.W., Journal of Progressive Human Services, 30:1, 11-24, 2019
  • The Effects of Poverty on Racial Health Disparity among Women
    Constance-Huggins, M. and Mwangi, E.W., V.C Copeland (Eds.) Contemporary Issues of People of Color: Surviving and Thriving in the United States Today: Volume 4: Health and Wellness., 2016
  • Gendered and Contextual Factors in the Design of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programs for Tomato Growers in East Africa
    Mwangi, E.W., Erbaugh, J.M., Sibuga, K., Maerere, A., & Waiganjo, M, International Journal of Social Science Research 3(2): 56-72, 2015
  • Women and Rural Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa in Mehmet Odekon
    Mwangi, E.W., Sage Encyclopedia of World Poverty, 2015
  • Regional Agricultural-Consumption Regimes and Women’s Vulnerability to HIV in Kenya
    Mwangi, E.W., In A. Niehof, G. Rugalema & S. Gillespie (Eds.), AIDS and Rural Livelihoods: Dynamics and Diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa. London: Earthscan Publications, 2010
  • AIDS and Livelihoods: What Have We Learned and Where Are We Heading?
    Gillespie, S. Mwangi, E.W., Niehof, A., & Rugalema, G., In A. Niehof, G. Rugalema & S. Gillespie (Eds.), AIDS and Rural Livelihoods: Dynamics and Diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa. London: Earthscan Publication, 2010