Gender+ Justice Fellows 2021
Meet Our Fellows
The 2021 cohort counts 18 Fellows, including 6 Faculty Fellows, 10 Graduate Student Fellows and 2 Undergraduate Student Fellows.
Click on their profile to explore their research project.
Faculty Fellows
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Lydia Brown, J.D.
Lecturer, Disability Studies Program, Department of English, Georgetown University College
Troubling Borders, Binaries, and Biopolitical Mechanisms: Narratives of Disability and Race in Transracial and Transnational Adoption
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Sara Collina, J.D.
Lecturer, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Georgetown University
Title IX for a New Generation: Lessons Learned
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Melicia Escobar, WHNP
Clinical Faculty Director and Doctor of Nursing Practice Student (DNP), Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies
Evaluating a Health Equity Curriculum
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Amanda Levendowski, J.D.
Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Resisting Face Recognition with Copyright Law
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LaTasha Seliby Perkins, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Black Women’s Behavioral Health Media Initiative
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University
Climate Colonialism, Migration, and Gender Justice
Graduate and Undergraduate Student Fellows
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Beba Cibralic
Ph.D Candidate in Philosophy, Georgetown University
Climate Colonialism, Migration, and Gender Justice
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Sarie Finley
Law Student, Georgetown University Law Center
Incarceration and Domestic Violence – Barriers Faced by Women Survivors of Domestic Violence Upon Reentry
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Alexis Grady
Law Student, Georgetown University Law CenterLaw Student, Georgetown University Law Center
Option X: The Fight for Legal Recognition of Non-Binary Individuals and Why It Matters
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Mariama Jallow
M.D. Student, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Black Tax: Creating Space for Self-Care
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Lauren Jordan
MBA Candidate, McDonough School of Business
Black Women’s Relationship with Death and Mental Health
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Hager Koraym
M.D. Student, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Black Tax: Creating Space for Self-Care
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Lady Nwadike
Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
A Seat At the Table: A Look at Systematic Exclusion Based on Race and Sexual Orientation in Clinical Trials and Health Related Studies
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Anna Reed
Law Student, Georgetown University Law Center
Obstetric Violence: Community-Based Solutions for Accountability
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Eish Sumra
Master Student in Communications, Culture & Technology, Georgetown University
Exploring the user experience of dating apps for people of color within the LGBTQ community
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Jane Varner Malhotra
Master Student of Arts in Liberal Studies, Georgetown University
Documenting the Stories of the First Known Women Enrolled at Georgetown School of Medicine in 1881
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Denzell Brown
BA Candidate in Psychology, Georgetown University
Understanding Black Mothers Who Lost A Child to Gun Violence: The Brave Behind the Bullet
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Amber Stanford
BA Candidate in Government and Theology, Georgetown University
Exodus: Black Women’s Flight to Jonestown