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SPH Reads 2025<\/p>\n

SPH Reads is a school-wide reading program hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice. It aims to encourage critical thought and discussion among all members of the BUSPH community and is centered on a carefully chosen thought-provoking book. The 2025- 2026 selection is Ripples of Hope in the Mississippi Delta <\/i>by author and late SPH Professor, David K. Jones, edited by Debra Bingham, Nicole Huberfeld, Sarah H. Gordon.<\/span><\/p>\n

All incoming (first year) MPH students and core-course faculty are encouraged to read a minimum of the first chapter of the selected book to prepare for discussions during orientation. We encourage returning students, non-core curriculum faculty, and staff to join the incoming class in reading the first chapter as well. Throughout the year, beginning with Orientation, there will be opportunities to gather and talk about the issues presented in the book through lectures, seminars, and small discussion groups involving all members of the SPH community.<\/span><\/p>\n

This fall, we will be joined by editors Debra Bingham, Nicole Huberfeld and Sarah H. Gordon on September 30th<\/i>\u00a0for our SPH Reads Public Health Conversation<\/a>. Additionally, over the school year, we will have opportunities for the community to engage in discussions surrounding the topics of the book.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"2025<\/strong>
\nRipples of Hope in the Mississippi Delta: Charting the Health Equity Policy Agenda<\/a>
\n<\/em>David K. Jones
\nEdited by Debra Bingham, Nicole Huberfeld, and Sarah H. Gordon<\/p>\n

\"\"2024<\/strong>
\nStrangers in Their Own Land<\/a>
\n<\/em>Arlie Russell Hochschild<\/div>\n
\"\"2023<\/strong>
\nDisability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century<\/em>
\nEdited by Alice Wong<\/div>\n
\n

\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

2022<\/strong>
\nThe Fortune Men<\/a><\/em>
\nNadifa Mohamed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\"\"
\n2021
\n<\/strong>Waste: One Woman\u2019s Fight Against America\u2019s Dirty Secret<\/em><\/a>
\nCatherine Coleman Flowers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\"\"
\n2020<\/strong>
\nThere Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration<\/a>
\n<\/em>Ali Noorani (SPH ’99)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\"The
\n2019<\/strong>
\nThe Desire to Heal: A Doctor\u2019s Education in Empathy, Identity, and Poetry<\/em><\/a>
\nRafael Campo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

2018<\/strong>\"\"
\nEvicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City<\/em><\/a>
\nMatthew Desmond<\/div>\n

\n2017<\/strong>
\nAll Souls: A Family Story from Southie<\/em><\/a>
\nMichael Patrick MacDonald<\/div>\n

\n2016<\/strong>
\nThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks<\/em><\/a>
\nRebecca Skloot<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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