Global Social Justice Summer Research Symposium

Our annual Global Social Justice Research Symposium, hosted by the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching & Service (CSJ) and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs will take place on Friday, September 26, 2025 from 10:00am ET – 2:00pm ET. Please attend in person or via Zoom. (RSVP details coming in summer 2025.)

Our student researchers have conducted compelling, timely, interdisciplinary research. Their creativity and resilience has been remarkable. We are so proud of them and are eager for them to share with you where they are in the research process. Address questions about this event to csjresearch@georgetown.edu.

Details for 2024 conference below. 2025 schedule will be update by fall 2025.

10:00am: Welcome // Education & Social Justice Fellows, Panel #1

• Michelle Hadebe (SFS’25), Identity and Belonging: Exploring How Ukrainian Teens Use the Aspire EduHubs to Integrate into Polish Society
• Minahil Mahmud (SFS’26), Interreligious Dialogue and Social Justice in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Julianne Meneses (C’25), Democracy and Non-Formal Education: The Creation of Agency in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Moderator: Ryann Craig, Special Assistant to the Vice President for Mission and Ministry & Director for Academic Initiatives and Assistant Research Professor

11:15am: Student Research Panel #2

• Sydney Blackston (SON’25), Maeve McKean (G/L’09) Fellow, Effects of Wildfires within the Kelowna Area on Indigenous Populations from the Perspectives of Knowledge Keepers/Elders
• Cameryn James (C’25), Kalorama Fellow, Racisms and Reverse Linguistic Stereotyping in Mozambican Portuguese
• Tanvi Kamath (C’26), Raines Fellow, Envisioning Housing for All: An Abolitionist Approach to Housing Justice in Washington, DC

Moderator: Min-Ah Cho, Assistant Teaching Professor, College-Department of Theology and Religious Studies

12:30pm: Lunch for Registered Attendees

1:00pm: Student Research Panel #3

• Evan Bianchi (C’25), Provost’s Distinguished Fellow, The Role of Education-setting Transitions between Pre-k and Kindergarten on Student Social-emotional Outcomes in Kindergarten and Beyond
• Allie Schlicht (SFS’27) and Fathia Fasasi (SOH’27), Laidlaw Scholars, The Black Central Americas Project: Phase I-Constellating Black Central America
• Noriko O’Shea (SFS’25), Penner Family Experiences Awardee, The Militarization of the Pacific: Legacies in Palau

Moderator: Arjun Shankar, Assistant Professor and Center for Social Justice Faculty Director

Read the Student Researchers’ Bios and Abstracts

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