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
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
Sara Collina, J.D.
Lecturer, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Georgetown University
Title IX for a New Generation: Lessons Learned
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
Amanda Levendowski, J.D.
Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Resisting Face Recognition with Copyright Law
LaTasha Seliby Perkins, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Black Women’s Behavioral Health Media Initiative
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University
Climate Colonialism, Migration, and Gender Justice
Graduate and Undergraduate Student Fellows
Beba Cibralic
Ph.D Candidate in Philosophy, Georgetown University
Climate Colonialism, Migration, and Gender Justice
Sarie Finley
Law Student, Georgetown University Law Center
Incarceration and Domestic Violence – Barriers Faced by Women Survivors of Domestic Violence Upon Reentry
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
Mariama Jallow
M.D. Student, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Black Tax: Creating Space for Self-Care
Lauren Jordan
MBA Candidate, McDonough School of Business
Black Women’s Relationship with Death and Mental Health
Hager Koraym
M.D. Student, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Black Tax: Creating Space for Self-Care
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
Anna Reed
Law Student, Georgetown University Law Center
Obstetric Violence: Community-Based Solutions for Accountability
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
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
Denzell Brown
BA Candidate in Psychology, Georgetown University
Understanding Black Mothers Who Lost A Child to Gun Violence: The Brave Behind the Bullet
Amber Stanford
BA Candidate in Government and Theology, Georgetown University
Exodus: Black Women’s Flight to Jonestown