Mary M. Childers, PhD: “Access, Aptitude, Attitude: Higher Education, Health Care and Lower-income People”

“Access, Aptitude, Attitude: Higher Education, Health Care and Lower-income People”

• Mary M. Childers, Ph.D. 
• Author of Welfare Brat: A Memoir 
• Dartmouth College Ombudsperson
• Faculty Member, Higher Education Resource Services

Mary Childers is the author of Welfare Brat, a memoir that she has used to inspire honest and realistic problem-solving among people who struggle with poverty and those who try to assist them. She brings to this work extensive experience as a change agent and advocate for dispute resolution. At Dartmouth College she served as Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and at Brandeis University she was Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences and Senior Advisor to the Provost. She has provided discrimination prevention and diversity training for faculty and staff at over twenty institutions. After receiving a Ph.D. in English Literature at the State University of New York at Buffalo, she taught at several universities and published articles on literature and a variety of equity issues.

• Tuesday, November 3, 2009 • 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
• Davis Auditorium, Medical Education Complex
• Reception and book signing immediately following:
• 4:30 – 6:00 pm – outside of Davis Auditorium
• Book purchases available from 2:30 onward outside Davis Auditorium
• Hosted by Sharon Henry, PhD, PT, Professor, Rehabilitation and Movement Science
• Co-sponsored by the Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences, CNHS
• For more information call Sharon Henry: 656-8146