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Research Colloquium 2021

Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 3:00 PM – 5:15 PM EST and Friday, April 9 at 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Virtual

The Gender+ Justice Initiative presents its fifth Research Colloquium!

The Georgetown Gender+ Justice Initiative is delighted to host its fifth interdisciplinary Research Colloquium. The annual Colloquium brings together faculty, scholars and graduate students from across Georgetown’s three DC campuses to showcase their research related to intersectional issues of gender, racial, and economic justice. 

Thematic panels offer short presentations from varied perspectives and methodologies and are followed by interactive discussions. Presentations will include interdisciplinary works about sex, gender, sexuality, feminism, intersectionality, inequality and inequity.

This year’s Colloquium featured 3 panels, 14 presentations, 18 presenters, and brought together 150 attendees across schools and fields.

Watch videos of recorded panel sessions at the bottom of this page.


Program

April 8, 2021 | 3:00 PM – 3:05 PM

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

April 8, 2021 | 3:05 PM – 4 PM

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 

April 8, 2021 | 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

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

More To The Story: Dr. Annie E. Rice and Dr. Jeannette J. Sumner, Georgetown’s Oft-Forgotten First Female Students

  • Jane Varner Malhotra (she/her), MA Candidate, Liberal Studies, Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies

April 9, 2021 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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-10: 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

April 9, 2021 | 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM


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


Panel 2: Centering Marginalized Voices and Experiences


Panel 3: Achieving Intersectional Gender Justice Through Policy