Meet the Team
The Gender+ Justice Initiative is led by a dedicated team, including an executive director, faculty co-directors from the Main Campus, Medical Center, and Law Center, a program coordinator, and a steering committee. Supported by student assistants, this team works collaboratively to advance intersectional gender justice through research, advocacy, and community engagement across Georgetown’s campuses.
Team
Professor of Oncology, Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Faculty Co-Director, AY2026
Executive Director, Gender+ Justice Initiative
Instructor
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Faculty Co-Director, AY2026
Kwame Edwin Otu, Ph.D (he/him)
Associate Professor of African Anthropology
Faculty Co-Director, AY2026
Steering Committee
Denise Brennan, Ph.D (she/her)
Professor and Chair of Anthropology, Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences
Steering Committee: Presently Serving
Professor of Government, Chair of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences
Steering Committee: Served 2022 – Present
Dionne S. Coker-Appiah, Ph.D (she/her)
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Faculty Co-Director 2019-2021, Steering Committee: Served 2018 – Present
Assistant Professor of Arabic & Islamic Studies, Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences
Steering Committee: Served 2022 – Present
Amanda D. Phillips, Ph.D. (they/he/she)
Associate Professor of English, Film and Media Studies
Steering Committee: Presently Serving
Student Assistants
Program Assistant
Communications Assistant