Meet President Julio Frenk
Dr. Julio Frenk is the sixth president of the University of Miami. A fourth-generation physician whose paternal grandparents fled Germany in the 1930s for a new life in Mexico, Frenk’s gratitude for the kindness of strangers has inspired his career. He was previously dean of the faculty at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development. As minister of health of Mexico, he expanded access to health care for more than 55 million uninsured people. Frenk was the founding director-general of the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico and held top positions at the Mexican Health Foundation, World Health Organization, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Carso Health Institute. He holds an M.D., a Master of Public Health, and joint Ph.D.s in medical care organization and sociology. He has authored more than 30 books and monographs, and was a recipient of the Clinton Global Citizen Award. Frenk is married to Dr. Felicia Knaul, a social-sector economist, and is the proud father of four children.
Vice Dean and Professor of Law Osamudia James
How I Became Comfortable as That Lady: Racial Identity, Silence, and Equality in American Public Schools
American public schools have a critical role in preparing citizens for democracy. While they hold promise for an egalitarian future, Osamudia James, Vice Dean at the University of Miami School of Law, argues that public schools also simultaneously entrench deep racial inequality. What happens when people of color enter predominantly white institutions and try to retain their racial identities? James examines diversity and identity in public schools, exploring how “colorblind” laws and policy pose harm not just for people of color, but American democracy.
Osamudia James is Vice Dean and professor of law at the University of Miami School of Law, where she writes and teaches in the areas of education law, race and the law, administrative law, and torts.. Her scholarship explores the interaction of law and identity in the context of public education. She is the author of numerous law review articles and her commentary has been published by the New York Times, The Washington Post, and other national outlets.
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