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 ."
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.
CBH Evening Ethics: From forced sterilizations to reproductive control: Prisons as Eugenic Institutions
April 11th, 5:30-7:00pm, Salt City Market Community Room
Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6ebkzAudK5G2QgCnG_Bi6FIjNl6bTeLDHA1VJBVo_oJIZEg/viewform
Please contact Andrea Chiaravalloti at [email protected] with any questions.