About Dr. Hutchinson Janis Faye Hutchinson, Ph.D., M.P.H. is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at The University of Houston-University Park. As a medical anthropologist, her research interests include condom use, HIV/AIDS, racism and health, and health issues among People of Color. Her publications focus on these topics as shown in her books: The Coexistence of Race and Racism: Can They Become Extinct Together (2005), Power, Race, and Culture: The Evolution of a Black Anthropologist (2005), and Cultural Portrayals of African Americans: Creating an Ethnic/Racial Identity (1997). She is currently examining the impact of recent DNA information (mapping of the human genome) on health beliefs among Indian Americans from India.