Reiss Family Visiting Lectureship

The Center for Bioethics and Humanities is proud to welcome this year's Reiss Lecturer in Ethics and Equity, Dr. Jennifer James, April 10-11, 2025.

                                                                                                            

 

Jennifer James, PhD, MSW, MSSP, is an Associate Professor in the Institute for Health and Aging, the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Bioethics Program at UCSF. Jen is a qualitative researcher and Black Feminist scholar who conducts qualitative community-engaged research on the intersection of race, gender, and health. Her empirical ethics research is grounded in Black bioethics and challenging and advancing the way justice is considered in health and healthcare. Her current work is focused on experiences of health and illness for people who are or have been incarcerated. 

 During her lectureship, Dr. James will be presenting four talks:

 

CBH Grand Rounds: "Structural Racism and Carceral Medicine: Imagining an abolitionist alternative ." 

Jennifer James, a sociologist, bioethicist, and Black feminist scholar, explores structural racism in medicine. In this talk, she will trace the history of medical racism, examining segregation and carcerality embedded in hospital care, and consider what abolition medicine could be.

April 10th 8am-9am NAB 1144/hybrid

Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6-x0HvyAJoN9qoTCbg0cTlKLP2AnYdxomzfRsW3GNB8BfHg/viewform

Webinar link: https://upstate.webex.com/weblink/register/re4da95f55be8c6a265594c7711aa8c36

 

College of Nursing x Reiss Lecture Event: "Surveilled Bodies: Reproductive Care at the Intersection of Medical Authority and State Control"

Jennifer James, a sociologist, bioethicist, and Black feminist scholar, will trace the history of reductive care in the US, examining structural racism from the time of slavery to modern obstetric violence. Attendees will be asked to consider the role of healthcare workers in the criminalization of pregnancy and birth. 

 April 11, 10-11:30am, NAB 2244

 Event registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8mUM9YvlVmX6K8rJdgMtl1KhLVMbzUWzUk6rV7hGNtDB16g/viewform

Webinar link: https://upstate.webex.com/weblink/register/ra6f1bdd3a4d8c2cf81fbf0971adf7360

 

CBH April Journal Club

"Black Bioethics in the Age of Black Lives Matter"

April 10th, noon-1pm virtual

Link to register: https://upstate.zoom.us/j/98976567210

Please contact Andrea Chiaravalloti at [email protected] for the article.

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CBH Evening Ethics: From forced sterilizations to reproductive control: Prisons as Eugenic Institutions 

 

Jennifer James, a sociologist and advocate with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners tells the story of forced sterilizations in California Prisons. By tracing the history of eugenic policies and mass incarceration in California, coupled with the stories, art, and advocacy of survivors, Jen centers prisons themselves as eugenic institutions and considers the role of racist institutions in disrupting family formation in marginalized communities. 

April 11th, 5:30-7:00pm, Salt City Market Community Room

Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6ebkzAudK5G2QgCnG_Bi6FIjNl6bTeLDHA1VJBVo_oJIZEg/viewform

 

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Please contact Andrea Chiaravalloti at [email protected] with any questions.