{"id":3444,"date":"2012-10-04T12:38:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T18:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/?p=3444"},"modified":"2026-06-26T01:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:05:49","slug":"dr-carla-stokes-speaks-at-university-of-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2012\/10\/dr-carla-stokes-speaks-at-university-of-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Carla Featured Doctoral Alumni Speaker at University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School Centennial Lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pbs-main-wrapper\"><p>Dr. Carla Stokes was one of four distinguished doctoral alumni of the\u00a0<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/thelinkhbhealum.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/glanz-henry-ramirez-valles-stokes-come.html');\" target=\"_blank\"  href=\"http:\/\/thelinkhbhealum.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/glanz-henry-ramirez-valles-stokes-come.html\" xlink=\"href\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Michigan&#8217;s\u00a0Department of Health Behavior and Health Education<\/a> invited to speak in honor of the Rackham Graduate School&#8217;s Centennial celebration. The University of Michigan dedicated the month of October to honoring and showcasing the diversity and quality of the intellectual legacy of the University&#8217;s graduates through the Centennial Lectures.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/HBHElecture500px.jpg\" alt=\"HBHE lecture flyer\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During her lecture, Dr. Carla reflected on her master&#8217;s and doctoral training at the University of Michigan and the unique path that led to her rewarding career as a health educator, professional speaker, girl empowerment coach, social entrepreneur and Founding Executive Director of\u00a0Helping Our Teen Girls In Real Life Situations, Inc. 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She also discussed how her groundbreaking doctoral dissertation research on the intersection between hip hop culture and black adolescent girls&#8217; self-representations, identity construction and sexuality in social media profiles has informed her work as a public health practitioner and influenced the direction of HOTGIRLS, Inc.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8363\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8363\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8363\" src=\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MeandGant-cropped.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MeandGant-cropped.png 500w, https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MeandGant-cropped-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Carla with University of Michigan School of Social Work Professor Dr. Larry Gant at the Rackham Graduate School\u2019s Centennial Doctoral Alumni Lecture sponsored by the Department of Health Behavior &amp; Health Education<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Carla&#8217;s graduate training at the University of Michigan focused on improving the health of women, adolescents, girls and communities of color by developing, implementing and evaluating effective programs and strategies to promote healthy choices and behaviors. She also taught courses on women\u2019s health and representations of women in hip hop and popular culture as an instructor in the Department of Women\u2019s Studies. Dr. Carla investigated racial\/ethnic health disparities and health policy issues as a National Institutes of Health Doctoral Trainee at the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture &amp; Health, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Health Policy Research Fellow, and Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Public Health Fellow. 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