Sabrina Strings Wins a Hellman Fellowship to Complete a Book on Fat Stigma

Sabrina Strings, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine was awarded a 2017-18 Hellman Fellowship so she can complete work on her book, Thin, White & Saved: Fat Stigma and the Fear of the Big Black Body. The book, under contract with New York University Press, documents the development of fat stigma and the adulation of slimness in the Western World and how this may have contributed to racial/ethnic and gender disparities in health outcomes.

“In the book, I show that race, religion, and immigration were critical to the development of an anti-fat, pro-thin bias in the Western World,” Dr. Strings states.

Dr. Strings joined the faculty at the University of California, Irvine in 2015. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where she majored in psychology. Dr. Strings holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, San Diego.

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Get the JBHE Weekly Bulletin

Receive our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox

Latest News

The Education Department Takes Aim at Colleges’ Diversity and Inclusion Programs

The acting assistant secretary for civil rights at the United States Department of Education, warned colleges and universities that they risked losing federal funding if they continued to use race as a factor in a wide range of programs.

Black Americans Represent Just 5 Percent of All Top Staff in the New U.S. Congress

While Black Americans represent nearly 14 percent of the total U.S. population, they represent just 5.5 percent of all top staff positions in the personal offices of U.S. House members and senators.

Thierno Thiam Named Provost of Tuskegee University in Alabama

Dr. Thiam previously spent several years with Tuskegee University, serving in both academic and administrative capacities. Most recently, he served as the chief academic officer for Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina.

Examining Racial Diversity Among Lead Actors in 2024’s Highest-Earning Films

Only 25 films out of the top 100 highest-earning movies in 2024 featured a non-White lead or co-lead actor. These 25 films feature a combined 26 protagonists, 10 of whom are Black.

Featured Jobs