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.

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.

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.
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