Gender Justice Initiative Fall 2018 Colloquium

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2018 Colloquium Information:
The 2018 Gender+ Justice Colloquium featured many incredible speakers and panels. Below was the agenda and information for day.

When: Friday, November 9th
Where: Riggs Library
Colloquium 1:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. | Reception 5:15 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Agenda
Introduction and Welcome
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Dionne Coker-Appiah, Medical Center
Deborah Epstein, Law Center
Krisit Graves, Medical Center
Nan Hunter, Law Center
Naomi Mezey, Law Center
#MeToo and Women in the Workplace
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Moderator: Deborah Epstein, Professor and Co-Director, Domestic Violence Clinic, Law Center
#MeToo – Converting Conversation in Change
Lisa Singh, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Georgeotwn
Jamillah Williams, Professor, Law Center
Naomi Mezey, Professor, Law Center
The #MeToo Movement’s Hidden Roots
Lane Windham, Associate Director, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, Georgetown College
Gender Degradation: How Legal Structures Perpetuate Occupational Segregation and Gender Disparities
Kristen Tiscione, Profesor Law Center
Intersectionality: Gender+
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Moderator: Nan Hunter, Professor, Law Center
Intertextuality, Intersectionality, and Rachel Jeantel’s Voice in the State of Florida v. George Zimmerman
Grace Sullivan Buker, Adjunct Lecturer, Linguistics Department, Georgetown College
Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood
Rebecca Epstein, Executive Director, Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality
Engendering a Clinical Atmosphere of Safety and Acceptance for LGBTQ+ Patients at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Department of Psychiatry
Emily Aron, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
Matt Salmon, Child Psychiatry Chief Fellow, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Activism on Issues of Female Circumcision in Sub Saharan Africe
Rogaia Abusharaf, Professor of Anthropology, Qatar Campus
Access to Health and Justice
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Moderator: Dionne Coker-Apiah, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Intimate Partner Violence: Enabling Access to Justice in Conflict-Affected States
Jeni Klugman, Managing Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security
Matthew Moore, Hillary Rodham Clinton Law Fellow, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security
Barriers to Health Care Access and Utilization Among Low Income High-Risk Transgender in the United States: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Jennifer Bouey, Associate Professor, Department of International Health, School of Nursing and Health Studies
Telemedicine and Teen Access to Contraception
Sonia Francone, Class of 2022, School of Medicine
Julie Graves, Associate Professor, Vice Chair for Education, Department of Family Medicine
Jessica Knox, Propel Medical PC
Hot Topics Open Mic Session
5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Moderator: Kristi Graves, Associate Professor of Oncology, School of Medicine
Reception
5:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.