Research Colloquium 2016

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Moderated by Kathryn Sandberg, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for the Study of Sex Differences, Georgetown University School of Medicine

Sex: Why is it Soooo Complicated?

• Kathryn Sandberg, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for the Study of Sex Differences, Georgetown University School of Medicine

What Differences Do Gender Differences in Ways of Speaking— and Listening— Make?

• Deborah Tannen, University Professor of Linguistics, Georgetown University

Sex Differences in Memory and Language

• Michael Ullman, Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Brain and Language Lab, Georgetown University School of Medicine

2:45 PM – 4:15 PM
Moderated by Naomi Mezey, Professor of Law and Associate Dean, Georgetown University Law Center

Intro: Findings of Campus Sexual Assault Survey at Georgetown

• Laura Cutaway, Title IX Coordinator, Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Affirmative Action (IDEAA)

Past and Future of the Violence Against Women Act

• Victoria Nourse, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Violence, Trauma & Resilience Following Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault & Childhood Abuse

• Mary Ann Dutton, Professor of Psychiatry & Associate Director of the Center for Trauma and the Community, Georgetown University School of Medicine

Gender Based Violence in Conflict Zones

• Ranit Mishori, Professor of Family Medicine & Director of Global Health Initiatives & Director of Capital Area Primary Care Research Network (CAPRICORN), Georgetown University School of Medicine

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Moderated by Denise Brennan, Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Georgetown University

#CanYouHearUsNow – American Muslim Women Responses to Islamophobia

• Engy Abdelkader, Senior Fellow, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service

Custom in Question: Female Circumcision Between Cultural Accommodation and Universal Human Rights

• Romania Abusharaf, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service

Practices of Freedom: From Lorraine Hansberry to Suzan-Lori Parks

• Soyica Colbert, Associate Professor of African American Studies and Theater and Performance Studies, Georgetown University

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Transformations of the T Party, 2007-2016

• Natsu Onoda Power, Associate Professor of Performing Arts & Artistic Director of the Davis Performing Arts Center, Georgetown University