My Black is Transnational

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Meet The Host/Creator

Dr. Kelechi Ibe-Lamberts is a professor and researcher in health behaviors, health disparities and health outcomes among culturally diverse populations. His research interest specifically involve immigrant health and the development of transnational ties among immigrants. He identifies as a 1.5 generation Transnational Nigerian American. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, he immigrated to the United States at the age of 8, where he grew up in the Chicago, Illinois. He received his undergraduate and doctorate degrees in Community Health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He continued his postdoctotoral training at the University of Florida until 2018. He currently teaches and conducts research at SUNY Cortland in upstate New York.