NWSA 2017 Sessions

“A Hard Town By The Sea” Feminist of Color Science, Health, Medicine, and Technology Studies in Baltimore Workshop
Fri, Nov 17, 2:45 to 4:00pm, Hilton Baltimore, Douglass (LCD)
Workshop Presenters:
Bettina A. Judd, University of Washington
Diana Louis, Indiana University

Lack(ing) a History and Producing Just Narratives: Henrietta Lacks and the telling of Black Women’s Life Stories
Fri, Nov 17, 4:15 to 5:30pm, Hilton Baltimore, Brent
Moderator: Moya Bailey, Northeastern University
Roundtable Presenters:
Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University
Bettina A. Judd, University of Washington
Whitney A. Peoples, University of Michigan

Queer Science: Feminist Speculative Fictions as Decolonial Science-Making
Fri, Nov 17, 5:45 to 7:00pm, Baltimore Convention Center, Room 348
Moderator: Gwen D’Arcangelis, Skidmore College
Roundtable Presenters:
Rana Jaleel, University of California, Davis
Dana Robin Jaleel, Morehouse School of Medicine
Sara Giordano, University of California, Davis
Kalindi Vora, University of California, Davis

Scientific Knowledge Production, Social Justice Movements, and Ways of Knowing in the Context of Gender, Race, and Nation
Sat, Nov 18, 9:30 to 10:45am, Baltimore Convention Center, Room 347
Moderator: Gwen D’Arcangelis, Skidmore College
Panel Presenters:
“Claiming or contesting truth: feminist activists interface with population sex ratios”
Rajani Bhatia, University at Albany
“Environmental Science, Racial Technology, and Population Control”
Jade S. Sasser, University of California, Riverside
“Reframing Risk, Health, and Security: Nurses Challenge the National Smallpox Vaccination Program of 2002”
Gwen D’Arcangelis, Skidmore College

Radical Reproductive Justice: Intersectionality and White Supremacist Politics in the Age of Trump
Sat, Nov 18, 11:00am to 12:15pm, Hilton Baltimore, Carroll B
Moderator: Whitney A. Peoples, University of Michigan
Panel Presenters:
“Reproductive Justice in a Neo-Fascist Age”
Loretta J. Ross, Independent Scholar
“White Women Using Reproductive Justice: Opportunities and Challenges”
Erika Derkas, New Mexico Highlands University
“Defining Reproductive Justice and Public Health Advocacy”
Lynn Roberts, Hunter College

How do Black Lives Matter in Biomedical Research, Teaching, and Practice?
Sat, Nov 18, 5:30 to 6:45pm, Hilton Baltimore, Holiday 3
Moderator: Banu Subramaniam, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Rondtable Presenters:
Anne Pollock, Georgia Institute of Technology
Deboleena Roy, Emory University
Kimberly Jackson, Spelman College
Kristen Abatsis McHenry, Spelman College
Jennifer Singh, Georgia Institute of Technology
Renee Shelby, Georgia Institute of Technology