Women and health conference
Roundtable Themes and Presentations
Racism and Women’s health
“Is it all in My Head?: Finding the Physiological Effects of Racism on Black Women’s Bodies and Brains,” presented by Evangeline A. Wheeler, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology, Towson University
“Advancing the Discourse on Racial Residential Segregation,” presented by Kimberlie J. Warren, M.P.A., Ph.D. Candidate, Walden University
“My Hair, My Health”, presented by Yolanda Chapman, MA, Anthropology Georgia State University
Women’s Ways of Knowing and Healing
“Survivors of Violence Against Women and the Long Term Health Effects” presented by Paula Rangel, Department of Women’s Studies, Towson University
with "Storytelling as a Medium for Healing" presented by Chris Potts, Department of Women's Studies, Towson University
“A Life Unenvied: Voices from the Stitches Doll Project for HIV+ Women,” presented by Kathleen M. Gerus-Darbison, Director, STITCHES Doll Project
Going Global!: Intersections of Race, Class, Gender and Ethnicity at the International Level
“The Intersection of Economic Development, Reproductive Technology and Women's Health,” presented by Esther Wangari, Associate Professor, Towson University
“Women and War: Direct and Indirect Health Effects,” presented by Rebecca Reviere, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Howard University
“Women’s Health and Well-Being: Intersectional Perspectives Online,” presented by Kimberlee Staking, Doctoral Student, Women’s Studies, University of Maryland
“Perceptions of Low-income, HIV positive, women on prevention and condom use” presented by Hannah Mugambi, PhD. Candidate, Language Literacy, and Culture Department, UMBC
Creating Pro-Women/Empowering Health Care Models
“Through the Lens of Relationship: Emerging Adult Women, Illness Experience and the Construction of Meaning,” presented by Amy Rutstein-Riley, Ph.D, MPH, Assistant Professor, Social Science & Professional Studies, Lesley University,
Visiting Scholar in Residence,
Women's Studies Research Center,
Brandeis University
“Hands-On Sexual Healing Modalities for Women: Problems and Prospects,” presented by Loraine Hutchins, Ph.D.,
“The Relationship to Birth Experience of Women With a History of Childhood Sexual Abuse,” presented by Heather Sprague, Doctoral Student, Ecological Community Psychology Department, Michigan State University.
Intersectionality and Policy: How Governmental, Economic and Medical Policies Affect Women’s Health
“The Wise Owl: How to Visit Your Physician in the Age of Big Business Medicine - Your Guide to Early Cancer Detection,” presented by Dr. Rita Duarte Marinho
Professor of Family Studies and Community Development, Towson University
“A Problem of Sunlight Exposure, Dark(er) Skin and Other: An Intersectional Critique of Some Breastfeeding Advocates’ Critical Responses about Vitamin D Supplementation for Breastfed Infants,” presented by Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Towson University
“Intersectionality and Women’s Health Research and Policy in Canada: A Brief Overview,” presented by Olena Hankivsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University
Our Perceptions, Our Acts: Women’s Health-Related Behavior and Perceptions of Health
“Perceived Social Support and HIV/AIDS Medication Adherence Among African American Women,” presented by Loreece V. Edwards, DrPH, MHS, Public Health Consultant
“Postpartum Smoking Relapse: The Role of Race, Motherhood, and Gender on Women's Health” presented by Mia J. Ko, Ph.D., CHES, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science, Towson University
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