Robert Joseph

Nov 26, 2024 | theconversation.com | Robert Joseph

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course:“Road to Hell: The Apocalypse in Classical and Contemporary Forms”What prompted the idea for the course? When Meghan R. Henning, a scholar of early Christianity, completed her 2014 book on how the concept of hell evolved in the early Christian church, she wanted to develop a course that examined how these visions of hell found their way into contemporary media.

Mar 10, 2024 | bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com | Harry Owen |Robert Joseph |Factor-Inwentash Faculty

The current analysis investigated the relationship between interpersonal, structural, and subjective social isolation and 12-month and lifetime anxiety disorders in a nationally representative sample of community-dwelling adults. This study is the first to simultaneously examine how multiple dimensions of social isolation are related to a range of DSM-IV anxiety disorders in a nationally representative sample of Black and white Americans aged 18 and older.

Feb 18, 2024 | theconversation.com | Claire Breen |Robert Joseph |Thilini Karunaratne

Aotearoa New Zealand ranks among the highest in youth suicide rates among OECD countries – and it is Māori youth at the forefront of this national crisis. Recent statistics show the number of suspected self-inflicted deaths for Māori males is nearly double the rate for non-Māori males. The rate for Māori females is around 1.8 times higher than the rate for non-Māori females.