Faculty Biography:

Robert Yamashita, Associate Professor, Ph.D., 1992, University of California, Berkeley, Sociology. Dr. Yamashita joined the department in 1998. His continuing research interests focus on the social context of health, specifically the inherited blood disorders sickle cell disease and thalassemia; the environmental relationship to health outcomes (asthma); the impact race has on the clinical relationship; and the new information technologies impact on applied qualitative methodologies. He teaches courses on science and society as well as race and multiculturalism.   Recent important publications include:

Choy, J., D Foote, J Bojanowski, R Yamashita, and E Vichinsky. "Outreach Strategies for Southeast Asian Communities: Experience, Practice, and Suggestions for Approaching Southeast Asian Immigrant and Refugee Communities to Provide Thalassemia Education and Trait Testing," Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2000, Volume 22(6).

Yamashita, R. "Outlining Social and Economic Cost Center Models for the Distribution of Digital and Analog Images," Visual Resources, 1999, Volume XIV, pages 375-397.