Thursday, Apr 18, 2024
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Faculty Panel
Location: Parlor Room, First Floor, Phillips Brooks House (Harvard Yard, 1, Cambridge, MA 02138)
Speakers:
- J.T. Roane, PhD, Assistant Professor and Andrew W. Mellon chair in Global Racial Justice in the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, Rutgers University
- Teona Williams, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
- Fushcia-Ann Hoover, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
- Moderator: George Aumoithe, PhD, Harvard University
Friday, Apr 19, 2024
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast and Networking
Location: Penthouse Floor Lobby, Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH)
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Welcome and Keynote, Marcos Luna, PhD
Location: Performance Hall, Penthouse, Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH)
Speaker: Marcos Luna, PhD, Professor Geography & Sustainability, Salem State University
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Concurrent Panels: Student Panels A & B
Safety, Security and Justice
Respondent: Teona Williams, PhD
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“Pipeline to Prostitution” A Study of Sex Culture and Taboo Conversations within the California Child Welfare System
- Mellony Palma, University of California-Berkeley
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Marginalization, Medical Mistrust, and Resistance: Korean Immigrant Women’s Experiences Living with Chronic Pain in the United States
- Hannah Lee, Princeton University
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The Food Distribution Paradox: Neoliberalism, Responsibilization, and Food Sovereignty Practices in New York City's Food Distribution System
- Ramatoulaye Diarra, The City College of New York
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Community v. North Carolina: The Persisting War between Medical Racism and Reproductive Justice
- Maite McPherson, Duke University
Global Impressions
Respondent: Americo Mendoza-Mori, PhD
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Exploring Healthcare Barriers and Collective Healing Practices Among Rural Women in Pakistan
- Urooj Ahmed, Georgetown University
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Not a Burden: Community Self-help through Entrepreneurship among Ukrainian Refugees in Poland
- Anna Rygielska, New York University-Abu Dhabi
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Ancient Cures to Modern Diseases: The Role of Traditional South Indian Medical Knowledge in the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Shruthi Kumar, Harvard College
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Institutionalizing Migrant Reception: Exploring the Transformation of Low and Middle-Income Countries’ Inclusive Citizenship Regimes
- Juan Carlos Venancio, Harvard University
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM LUNCH & POSTER REVIEW
Location: Penthouse Lounge
Lunch will not be provided for non-speakers/presenters. Please plan to bring your own.
Physical Posters will be on display during lunch and recorded presentations will be played on a TV screen. Presentations will also be viewable online.
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Who’s the Man: Decoding Black Precariat Masculinity in Reagan Era Gangsta Rap
- Jay Nelson, Hunter College
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Casteist Ideology Hidden by the Ruse of Decolonization: Ex-Colonial Language as a Possible Tool of Dalit Liberation
- Abisha Joyce, Simmons University
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What’s the Effect of Service?: A Multidimensional Assessment of the Relationships Between Merrimack Students’ Service Learning Participation and Comprehension of Social Justice Curriculum
- Clare Bowen, Anthony Clapp, Kyle Donahue, Rori Donaldson, Emma Festa, Lucas Gammal, Marissa Kobelski, Maddie Lorenz, Rebecca Rau, William Saunders, Jasmine Syriac, Ariam Tavarez, Taiya Wohr (Merrimack College)
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Miss the Motherland? Mix the Music! How Jamaican Selectahs, alongside Greater West-Indian Audio Mixers and Disc Jockeys, Transformed the Urban Geography of Brooklyn (1960s to 2010)
- Anique Edward, Barnard College
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“Love at First Card”: Analyzing Quezon City's Right to Care Card through a Social Justice Lens
- Riona Bianca S. Basco, Jerhode Erceil Dandan, and Jericho Angelo Navarro (Ateneo de Manila University)
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An Intersectional Approach to Experiences of Belonging & its Influence on Wellbeing for AAPI in the LGBT+ Community
- Rachel Zhou, Harvard College
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Muslims’ Experiences with the Healthcare System in Massachusetts
- Leila Aydibi, Simmons University
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Erasing the 'Jerusalem of the Balkans': Assault in Jewish Life in Interwar Thessaloniki
- Julia Tellides, Harvard College
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Concurrent Panels: Student Panels C, D, & E
Location: Penthouse Classrooms, SOCH
Narratives & Images
Respondent: Alta Mauro, PhD
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Trafficker or Trafficked? Introducing a Typology of Women Indicted for Sex Trafficking Crimes
- Sarah Elizabeth Sowell & Ava Kamden, Rice University
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The Girl with the Medusa Tattoo: Sexuality, Radical Resistance, and Dis-Respectability at Spelman College
- Kourtney Payne, Spelman College
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The Stolen Spaces of Pop Culture: How Feminist Narratives of Afro-Latinidad and the Migration of Blackness Reshape Understandings of Misogynoir in Pop Culture
- Simone Jacque, Spelman College*
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Imperial Ink: Tracing the “Devilish Child” Motif in American Media Representations of Filipinos, 1898-1902
- Ryan Doan Nguyen, Harvard College
Sustainability and Resilience in Black Communities
Respondent: Marcos Luna, PhD
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Growing Subversion; Black Queer Kinship and Chocolate
- Victoria Harwell, Washington University
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Consuming Chocolate and Blackness: Reparative Imagery and Policy to Address Racial Injustice in the Chocolate Industry
- Ebony Smith, Harvard College
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Ridin’ Clean: Equity for Black Americans in Access to Electric Vehicle Technology
- Brady Dye, Howard University
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’This Is A Place of Healing:’ A Study of Sustainable Food Justice in Northeast Ohio through the Radical Interior of Black Women Farmers
- Kai Vera Menafee, Oberlin College
Mental Health, Education and Resistance
Respondent: JT Roane, PhD
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Where the Streets are Made of Music: A Visual Exploration of Music Therapy's Impact Between Socioeconomic Groups in New York City
- Gabriel McDerment, New York University
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Subsidizing Sickness: State Subsidies, Environmental Degradation, and Community Well-being in Louisiana
- Charles Milne-Home, Wagner College
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The Dilemma of Educational Inequity in the United States
- Emily Muniz, New York University; Dominic Woods, University of Pennsylvania
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From Marginalization to Empowerment: Resisting Epistemic Injustice in the Mental Health Narratives of Our Daily Lives
- Serenity Chavez, University of California-San Bernadino
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Where the Streets are Made of Music: A Visual Exploration of Music Therapy's Impact Between Socioeconomic Groups in New York City
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Reflection & Closing
Location: SOCH Performance Hall
Speaker: Habiba Braimah
SENIOR DIRECTOR, HARVARD FOUNDATION FOR INTERCULTURAL AND RACE RELATIONS