Gender+ Justice Fellows 2022
Meet our Fellows
We are pleased to introduce our 27 Fellows, including 8 Faculty, 13 Graduate Students and 6 Undergraduate Students. The G+JI is delighted to partner with the Georgetown Women’s and Gender Studies Program to sponsor 6 undergraduate student fellows.
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G+JI Faculty Fellows

Jamillah Bowman Williams
Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Intersectionality in Action: An Empirical Analysis of Multi-Trait Claims in Federal Courts

Erica Coates
Assistant Professor of Clinical of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Pandemic-Related Stressors and Mental Health of Black Mothers from Marginalized Communities: A Mixed Methods Approach

Anjali Gupta
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine
The Experiences of Women in Medicine

Meg Leta Jones
Associate Professor of Communication, Culture & Technology, Georgetown University
Feminist Cyberlaw

Mariangela Mihai
Postdoctoral Fellow, Culture & Politics Program, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
I Am A Whisper, My Dear

Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University
Problematizing Trauma, Dreaming of Resilience: An Anti-Carceral Indigenous Feminist Framework for Care Work

April Sizemore-Barber
Associate Professor of the Practice of Women’s & Gender Studies, Georgetown University
Decolonial Genders: Trans(form)ing South African Protest Repertoires

Elke Zschaebitz
Assistant Professor of Nursing & Health Studies, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies
SafeRSpaces: Creating and Sustaining Intentional Recovery Spaces for BIPOC Trans Communities
G+JI Graduate Student Fellows

Arthi Bala
MS Student in Systems Medicine, Biomedical Graduate Education, Georgetown University
Where Do I Belong: Understanding the Asian-American Woman Experience and Influences on Mental Health

Janeth Campbell
MD Student, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Analyzing Stress in Black Women in Medical School and its Impact on Physical Health

Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
MA Student in Journalism, Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies
DC Sexual Health Education and the Effects on Black, Latinx and LGBTQIA Youth

Camila Gomes
Ph.D Student in Economics, Georgetown University
Judicial Gender Discrimination: Are Judges More Lenient with Perpetrators of Violence Against Women?

Valentina Gonzalez Blanco
LL.M Student, Georgetown University Law Center
Administrative and Legal Barriers in the U.S. Immigration Process Faced by Refugees and Asylum Seekers of Diverse Gender Identities

Safia Z. Jilani
Ph.D in Chemistry ’21, Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Addressing a Hidden Inequity in STEM: Valuing and Measuring the Impact of Invisible Work

Christopher Kochevar
Ph.D Student in Philosophy, Georgetown University
Privacy Rights and Gender Expression

Madeleine Lippey
J.D Student, Georgetown University Law Center
Banned Parenthood: Anti-Choice and Eugenics Movements in American Criminal Procedure

Marina Martes
LL.M Student, Georgetown University Law Center
Administrative and Legal Barriers in the U.S. Immigration Process Faced by Refugees and Asylum Seekers of Diverse Gender Identities

Gloria Ngumi
LL.M Student, Georgetown University Law Center
A Seat At The Table: Addressing Trade Policies Impacting Menstrual Health Management in Kenya

Claris Park
J.D Student, Georgetown University Law Center
오뉴월에도 서리가 내린다 – Context-Driven Feminism in the Korean Diaspora

Alisha Saxena
MA of Public Policy Student, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Disabled in Higher Education: Exploring the Roles of Ableism, Exclusion, and Intersectional Disempowerment on Student Experiences

Martina Thorne
Ph.D Student in Spanish and Portuguese, Georgetown University
Gender and Social Justice in Literature: Decolonizing and Challenging the Latin American Literary Canon
WGST & G+JI Undergraduate Fellows

Alanna Cronk
BA Student in Philosophy and English, Georgetown University College
The Stakes of Recognition: Co-Theorizing Disability and Indigenous Sovereignty

Kayla Edwards-Friedland
BA Student in Culture and Politics and Women’s & Gender Studies, Georgetown University SFS
The Black Survivor Coalition Transforms

Audrey Hall
BA Student in English, Georgetown University College
How to Make a Criminal: Media Portrayals of Indigenous Women Offenders

Rachael Johnson
BA Student in English, Georgetown University College
The Thing That’s Never Broken: An Illustrated Memoir

Sophia Nunn
BA Student in Psychology, Philosophy and Women’s & Gender Studies, Georgetown University College
Decolonizing Sex & Re-Centering Pleasure: a Comprehensive Sexual Education Program

Carolyn Ren
BA Student in International Politics and History, Georgetown University SFS
Korean “Comfort Women”: The Intersection of Colonialist Legacies, Transnational Feminism, and Nationalism.
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