Calvin Odhiambo
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Media 308
(864) 503-5658
E-mail: codhiambo@uscupstate.edu
Degrees
Ph.D. Indiana University, Sociology, African Studies, 2003
Dissertation: “HIV/AIDS in Kenya and the Health Belief Model.”
M.A. University of Nairobi, Sociology, 1994
Thesis: “Institutionalization as a Form of Old Age Care in Kenya.”
B.A. University of Nairobi, 1990
First Class Honors in Sociology.
Areas of Specialty
Health, Healing, and Illness
HIV/AIDS
Aging
Inequality
Culture: Cultural Anthropology
Africa, Race and Ethnic Relations
Social Change
Globalization
Scholarship
"The Name Game: Using Insults to Illustrate the Social Construction of Gender" (2012): College Teaching, 60(1), 25-30.
Enabore, J.A., and Odhiambo, C. "Your faith has made you well: A Examination of the Relationship between Religion and Medicine." (2011). USC Upstate Undergraduate Research Journal, (4), 23-28.
"HIV/AIDS and the Women of Africa." (2012). International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(2), 178-191.
“Racial
Disparities in the Risks for Cardiovascular Disease in the HIV Population” a
paper presented at the 7th
Annual South Carolina Upstate Research Symposium”. Spartanburg, SC. April
15. 2011.
“Your
Faith has Made You Well: An Examination of the Conflict between the State and
Faith Healing” a paper presented at the 7th
Annual South Carolina Upstate Research Symposium in collaboration with Jan
Enabore, Honors Student Research Assistant. Spartanburg, SC. April 15. 2011.
“Drawing
Pictures and Conclusions: An Examination of why Black College Students view
White Children, as opposed to Black Children, as Pretty” a paper
presented at the 2011 South Carolina
Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Charleston Southern University.
February 11. 2011.
“Cardiovascular
Disease Implications of HIV Treatment”. 25th
Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension and Related
Risk Factors in Ethnic Populations. Organized by the International Society
on Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB). Washington, DC. 2010.
“HIV/AIDS
and the Physical Environment: Environmental Conservation as an HIV/AIDS
Campaign” South Carolina Sociological
Association Conference. Claflin University, South Carolina. February 19, 2010.
“Risks
for Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans who are HIV Positive” United States Conference on AIDS. San
Francisco, CA. October 28-November 1, 2009.
“Derogatory
Terms in Class: Simulating the Social Construction of Gender.” 16th Annual Georgia Conference on College
and University Teaching. Kennesaw State University, Georgia. February 2009.
“Women as Collateral Damage in the Ongoing Political Crisis in Kenya”, talk presented at the ‘Women in…Series,’ University of South Carolina Upstate. 2008.
Panelist – Juvenile Delinquency Exhibit, “Art as Symbolic Representations.” Loras College. 2007.
Midwest Sociological Society Conference, Omaha, NE. Presented paper on “The Female Face of HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries.” 2006.
Midwest Sociological Society Conference, Omaha, NE. Presented paper on “HIV/AIDS and Aging: Are These Strange Bed-fellows?” 2006.
Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN. Presented paper on “Misapplication of Theory in Formulating HIV/AIDS Campaigns in Developing Countries.” 2005.
Papers in Progress:
“Dirty Names in Class: An Exercise in the Social Construction of Gender."
“The Female Face of HIV/AIDS in Developing Societies: HIV/AIDS and Gender Inequality."
“Misapplication of Theory in Formulating HIV/AIDS Campaign in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
“HIV/AIDS and the Elderly: Are These Strange Bed Fellows?”
“The Role of Traditional Healers in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Africa.”
Professional and Community Service
Board Member – Dubuque Regional AIDS Coalition (DRAC)
Volunteer - Soup Kitchen
Academic Career
2007-present Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina Upstate.
2003-2007 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Loras College, Dubuque, IA.
2001-2003 Sociology Instructor, Loras College, Dubuque, IA.
1997-2001 Associate Instructor, Sociology. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
1996-1997 Graduate Assistant, Sociology. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
1994-1995 Adjunct Lecturer, Sociology. Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
1992-1995 Tutorial Fellow, Sociology. University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
1991-1992 Graduate Assistant, Sociology. University of Nairobi. Nairobi, Kenya.
1986-1987 High School Teacher, Ministry of Education, Kenya
Experience in the Field
2003 Principal Researcher. “HIV/AIDS in Kenya and the Health Belief Model.” (Doctoral Dissertation).
1998 Research Assistant. Sociological Research Practicum (SRP), Department of Sociology, Indiana University. Prof Mike Wallace, Principal Researcher.
1997 Principal Researcher. “Community-based Care as an Alternative to Institutionalization of Old Age Care”. (Pre-dissertation research).
1994 Principal Researcher. “Institutionalization as a Form of Old Age Care in Kenya”. (Masters Dissertation).
1994 Research Assistant. National Council for Population Control and Development and the Center for the Study of Adolescence in Kenya. “The Kenya Youth Initiative Project.” Dr. P. Njau, Principal Researcher.
1990 Principal Researcher. “Garbage Scavenging and an Income-generating Activity in Nairobi, Kenya.” (Undergraduate Dissertation).
1989 Research Assistant. International Labor Organization (ILO). “Problems of Urbanization in Nairobi." Dr. Odegi Awuondo, Principal Researcher