Black Feminist Health Science Studies Symposium
Black Feminist Health Science Studies Symposium
18 March 2021 | 1:00-5:30pm EDT | VIRTUAL
Organized by MLK Visiting Professor Moya Bailey
Join us for a day of Black Feminist Health Science Studies featuring leaders in the field as well as those who inspire us.
The first Black Feminist Health Science Studies Symposium is an introduction to the field and collective that claim the name.
Join us as we talk about the need to integrate Black feminism into science, medicine, technology, and health.
We hope to see you there! (It’s okay to join for just one panel, see schedule below).
Schedule
1:00 – 2:30pm EST: Black Feminist Health Science Studies: Fertile Fields
Hosted by Whitney Peoples, Director, Educational Development & Assessment Services. Coordinator of DEI Initiatives & Critical Race Pedagogies, University of Michigan
Nicole Charles, Assistant Professor, Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga
OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
Adeola Oni-Orisan, MD, PhD, Resident in Family Medicine at University of Californiaa
Ugo Edu, Assistant Professor, Department of African American Studies, UCLA
Moya Bailey, Assistant Professor, Africana and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Northeastern University
2:30 – 3pm: Break
3:00 – 3:50pm: Student Showcase! Listen to podcasts created by Black Feminist Health Science Studies Students
4:00 – 5:30pm EST: Black Feminist Health Science Studies: Radical Roots
Hosted by Ruha Benjamin, Professor, African American Studies, Princeton University
Harriet Washington, science writer, editor, and medical ethicist
Evelynn Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science, Professor, African and African American Studies, Harvard University
Patricia Williams, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities, Northeastern University
Co-sponsored by Northeastern University and with many thanks to the ICEO!
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