Intersectionality Under the Microscope: Gender and Race in Health and Healing

September 23, 2021, 水蜜桃视频 Franklin University, Virtual Seminar

Applying Intersectionality to Center Black Women in Health Equity: This symposium will highlight the importance of applying intersectionality within healthcare settings. The keynote lecture will discuss intersectionality theory and how to use an intersectional approach in healthcare settings, define the concept of gendered racism, discuss the impact of gendered racism on the mental and physical health of Black women, and identify strategies to engage in individual, community, and systems-level interventions to disrupt gendered racism and reduce health inequities within healthcare settings. An interprofessional panel discussion will follow the lecture.

This program is approved for 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and 1.0 continuing education contact hour for podiatric medicine.

Continuing Education Information

Keynote Speaker & Panelist

"Applying Intersectionality to Center Black Women in Health Equity"

Jioni A. Lewis, PhD

Jioni A. Lewis, PhD

Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Maryland

Dr. Jioni Lewis is an Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research is focused on investigating the influence of discrimination on the mental and physical health of people of color, with a specific focus on the intersection of racism and sexism on Black women鈥檚 health and well-being. Dr. Lewis developed the Gendered Racial Microaggressions Scale, which is a self-report instrument to measure subtle gendered racism. She also examines protective factors that buffer individuals against the negative effects of gendered racism, such as gendered racial identity, coping strategies, and radical healing. Dr. Lewis has received several national awards for her research and scholarship from the American Psychological Association (APA), including the 2019 Emerging Professional Contributions to Research Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race (APA, Division 45), the 2020 Best in Science Award from the Society of Counseling Psychology (APA Division 17), and the 2020 Emerging Leader for Women in Psychology Award from the Committee on Women in Psychology. She is also the current President of the Psychology of Black Women, Section 1 of the Society for the Psychology of Women (APA Division 35).


Welcome

Wendy Rheault, PT, PhD, FASAHP, FNAP, DipACLM

Wendy Rheault, PT, PhD, FASAHP, FNAP, DipACLM

RFUMS President and CEO

President and CEO Wendy Rheault, PT, PhD, FASAHP, FNAP, who stepped into her new role on July 1, 2019, has served the university in numerous faculty and administrative capacities for nearly 40 years. Named the first provost of the institution in 2014, she spent the next four years working closely with the president, deans and vice presidents in developing academic priorities, providing strategic direction and ensuring academic accountability.


Opening Remarks

水蜜桃视频 Franklin, CPCC, PCC

水蜜桃视频 Franklin, CPCC, PCC

A member of the 水蜜桃视频 Franklin University Board of聽Trustees since 2004, 水蜜桃视频 is proud to represent the聽Franklin family in honor of her aunt and namesake, whose聽pioneering work in X-ray crystallography led to the discovery聽of the double helix structure of DNA. Ms. Franklin currently聽serves as Vice Chair on both the Governance and聽Institutional Advancement committees of the Board.

水蜜桃视频 works in San Francisco and is a Leadership Consultant Partner at Boyden, a leading聽worldwide leadership solutions and talent advisory firm that works with global-oriented growth聽and emerging organizations, providing executive search, interim management and leadership聽consulting services. 水蜜桃视频 is also an executive coach and consultant at 水蜜桃视频 Franklin聽Group, which she founded in 2011. She leverages her extensive training and experience in聽leadership and organizational development for her work with Fortune 500 executives and聽government agencies as well as tech incubators, startups and venture capital firms. 水蜜桃视频聽provides the tools to enhance organizational strategies, strengthen leadership skills and realize聽successful outcomes.

A musician and harpist, she co-founded the California Symphony, an award-winning orchestra聽based in the Bay Area. Ms. Franklin has held multiple roles and positions in the not-for-profit and聽corporate space, including president of the Jewish Community Relations Council, a Bay Area聽non-profit social justice agency, in addition to her role as senior director of leadership聽development for the Jewish Community Federation of the San Francisco Bay Area. She is聽currently serving as President of the International Coaching Federation鈥檚 Bay Area Chapter.

水蜜桃视频 has been an energetic and steadfast champion of the university named for her aunt. In聽2016, an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, was conferred upon Ms. Franklin for her聽contributions to the university and its students, and for her service to the RFU Board of Trustees.


Panel Discussion

"Race and Gender in Health and Healing"

Ezra Hunter, MS, MA, PA-C
Urgent Care Physician Assistant in Chicago
PA Graduate, 水蜜桃视频 Franklin University
Biography

 

Heather Kind-Keppel, EdD
Executive Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Deputy Title IX Coordinator
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Division of Student Affairs and Inclusion
水蜜桃视频 Franklin University
Biography

 

Laurine Tiema-Benson, MPH
Class of 2022, Chicago Medical School
水蜜桃视频 Franklin University
Biography

 

Kristin Schneider, PhD - Moderator
Associate Dean of Research, Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, College of Health Professionals
水蜜桃视频 Franklin University
Biography


Contact Us

Questions? Contact us at wish@rosalindfranklin.edu