Clarence Spigner is a Professor of Health Services and Adjunct Professor of American Ethnic Studies and Global Health at UW Seattle. Currently he is the acting coordinator of the MIRT program and the faculty director of the Global Partnerships Travel Grant. He received a Dr.P.H. and M.P.H. in Behavioral Science and a B.A. in Sociology at UC Berkeley
Spigner's teaching and research interests are in the health of disadvantage populations, race & ethnic relations, and the intersections of popular culture's influence. His primary and critical focus is in community based research and the inherent contradictions of race, gender, and structural inequalities within institutions of health and medicine. His research/publications include, but are not limited to; tobacco-related behavior, organ donation & transplantation, stress and coping strategies, and intra-ethnic tensions. His research interests include: tobacco-related behavior, racism as a stressor, social construction of 'race' vis-a-vis biological reductionism in health research and behavior, knowledge and opinions about organ donation among ethnic groups, program evaluation, popular culture, health behavior and health education, institutional racism, and structural inequalities.
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