It has been a busy and rewarding year at the Center, and we are
looking forward to more of the same in 2015. Meanwhile, be
sure to check out our new policy brief highlighting the complex
relationship between water quality and child health in rural
immigrant communities. This newsletter also brings you two
profiles of faculty who are having an impact on our
community–one a local faculty affiliate, and another who was a
2014 visiting scholar. Best wishes for a happy holiday
season.
With obesity affecting over a third of the U.S. population,
public health advocates—including first lady Michelle
Obama—have called to “drink up” on water instead of sugary
beverages. In new work, supported by the Center for Poverty
Research, we find that low-quality drinking water is a potential
barrier to reducing the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages
in high-poverty rural immigrant communities.
During Ariel Kalil’s visit in April as a Center for Poverty
Research Visiting Faculty Scholar, snatches of conversation could
be heard from her temporary office. One student asked about how
to make his work more relevant to public policy. Another talked
about what it was like being a first-generation college student.
“I guess in some part they wanted to find out more about the path
that I had taken, because it is a bit unusual,” says Kalil.
Vicki Smith received her degree in Sociology from UC Berkeley in
1987. Her areas of specialization include employment, pathways to
work, and inequality.
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