Meredith Minkler
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Meredith Ann Minkler | |
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| Born | September 23, 1946 |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | Role conflict and role shock : American and Indian perspectives on the role of U.S. family planning advisors in India (1975) |
Meredith Minkler (born September 23, 1946) is an American public health researcher who is emeritus Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. She is known for her work on community-based participatory research and its use in public policy, criminal justice reform and democratizing access to food.
Minkler was born in San Francisco. Her mother worked in medical records and her father was in education. She was an undergraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, where she majored in social sciences.[1] She remained at the University of California, Berkeley for doctoral studies, where she investigated American and Indian perspectives on the role of United States' family planning advisors working in India.[2]
