Gender+ Justice Initiative 2021 Colloquium

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The 2021 Colloquium

This year’s Colloquium featured 3 panels, 14 presentations, 18 presenters and brought together 150 attendees across schools and fields. The 3 panels explored Anti-racism and Gender Justice in Health Care, Centering Marginalized Voices and Experiences, Achieving Intersectional Gender Justice Through Policy.

Watch the recorded videos below.

Panel 1: Anti-racism and Gender Justice in Health Care

Moderated by Dionne S. Coker-Appiah, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine, G+JI Faculty Co-Director

Time stamps for each presentation available in the video description.

Video Panel 1

Panel 2: Centering Marginalized Voices and Experiences

Moderated by Denise Brennan, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, Georgetown College, G+JI Faculty Co-Director

Time stamps for each presentation available in the video description.

Video Panel 2

Panel 3: Achieving Intersectional Gender Justice Through Policy

Moderated by Naomi Mezey (she/her), Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Time stamps for each presentation available in the video description.

Video Panel 3

Agenda

April 8, 3pm-5:15pm and April 9, 10am-12pm

Welcome and Introductions

April 8, 2021 – 3pm-3:05pm

Melyssa Haffaf, Program Director Gender+ Justice Initiative

Denise Brennan, Faculty Co-Director Gender+ Justice Initiative

Dionne S. Coker-Appiah, Faculty Co-Director Gender+ Justice Initiative


Panel 1: Anti-racism and Gender Justice in Health Care 

April 8, 2021 – 3:05pm-4pm

Moderated by Dionne S. Coker-Appiah (she/her), Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Gender+ Justice Initiative Faculty Co-Director

  • Integrating a Health Equity Framework for Health Professional Education

Christina Marea (she/her), Assistant Professor, Dept. of Advanced Practice Nursing, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies 

Melicia Escobar (she/her), Clinical Faculty Director and Instructor, Dept. of Advanced Practice Nursing, Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies

  • Using Authentic Voices for Interprofessional Medical and Nursing Education & Simulation

Elke Zschaebitz (she/her), Assistant Professor, Dept. of Advanced Practice Nursing, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies 

Kelly Walker (she/her), Assistant Professor and Program Director, Dept. of Advanced Practice Nursing, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies 

Susan Cheng (she/her), Senior Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Deputy Title IX Coordinator and Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine       

  • In passing: Elder Care and Expendability in the Era of COVID-19

You-me Park (she/her), Teaching Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Georgetown College

  • The potential and promise of MLPs as anti-racist public health interventions

Prashasti Bhatnagar (she/her), JD/MPH Candidate, Georgetown University Law Center

S. Janae Van Buren (she/her), MD Candidate, Georgetown University School of Medicine 


Panel 2: Centering Marginalized Voices and Experiences

April 8, 2021 – 4:15pm-5:15pm

Moderated by Denise Brennan (she/her), Professor and Chair of Anthropology, Georgetown College, Gender+ Justice Initiative Faculty Co-Director

  • Telling Gender: The Pragmatics and Ethics of Gender Ascriptions

Mark Lance (they/them), Professor of Philosophy, Co-Director, Justice and Peace Program, Georgetown College 

Quill Kukla (they/them), Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown College, Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics

  • LGBTQ Memorials: Remembrance and Advocacy

Ronald Johnson (he/him), Emeritus Professor of American History, Georgetown College

  • Revisioning Care, Access, and Healing: The Creation of Disability Justice Wisdom Tarot

Lydia X. Z. Brown (they/them), Lecturer, Disability Studies Program, Georgetown College

  • Conversations with a Cairene Housekeeper: An Oral History Project

Dina El-baradie (she/her), Ph.D Candidate, Department of History, Georgetown University


Panel 3: Achieving Intersectional Gender Justice Through Policy

April 9, 2021 – 10am-11:00am

Moderated by Naomi Mezey (she/her), Professor of Law,Georgetown University Law Center

  • Data and Civil Justice for All

Tanina Rostain (she/her), Professor of Law and Director, Justice Lab, Georgetown University Law Center

Anna L. Stone (she/her), Access to Justice Fellow, Institute for Technology Law and Policy, Georgetown University Law Center

  • Beyond Sex-plus: Acknowledging Black Women in Employment Law and Policy

Jamillah Bowman Williams (she/her), Associate Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Workers’ Rights Institute, Georgetown University Law Center

  • Responding to rising intimate partner violence amid COVID-19 – A rapid global review

Jeni Klugman (she/her), Managing Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

Sara K. Andrews (she/her), Senior International Pro Bono Counsel, DLA Piper LLP

  • Creating an Anti-Racist Culture in a Historically Unwelcoming Organization

Samuel J. Aronson (he/him), Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service  

  • Policy Paradox: The role of Mexico’s Feminist Foreign Policy in U.S.-Mexico Relations

Elizabeth Pantaleon (she/her), MS Candidate, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service   


Coffee Hour and Celebration 

April 9, 2021 – 11:am-11:30am