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 18, 2026 from 9:00a.m. ET – 1:00p.m. ET in the Healey Family Student Center Social Room on the Hilltop Campus. Guests will be able to attend in person or via Zoom.
Our student researchers conducted compelling, timely, interdisciplinary research during summer 2026. Join us in supporting and learning from them. Address questions about this event to csjresearch@georgetown.edu.
Panel 1: Community in Action: Belonging, Empowerment, and Social Justice
9:00 a.m. Education and Social Justice Fellows
Myha Hill, Centering Community Knowledge in Environmental Justice and Public Health: The Caño Martín Peña Partnership
Maya Mohosin, Reconciling Body and Belief: Identity Formation and Gender-Based Violence Advocacy at Sagrado in Partnership with Hogar Ruth
Mara Lewis, Belonging: Youth Engagement at Concordia Social Projects Moldova
Livi Ray, Youth Empowerment at Concordia: Building Confidence and Civic Engagement in Moldova
Moderator: Fr. Andy Downing, SJ
Panel 2: Research in Times of Crisis: Heritage, Health, and Humanitarianism
10:45 a.m. Laidlaw and Stapleton Scholars
Rachel Rochford, Documenting Wartime Damage to Lviv’s Cultural Heritage
Luke Keller, Cash on Delivery Fieldwork: Efficiently Scaling a Proven Maternal and Infant Health Care Intervention
Julia Ortiz-Tzul, An Ethnographic Documentary on the Culture of Humanitarian Aid Work in Contemporary Southern Arizona
Moderator: Professor Helal Mohammed Khan
Panel 3: Embodied Inequalities: Health, Gender, and Everyday Life
12:00 p.m. Maeve Kennedy McKean Global Health Award Recipients and David F. Andretta Research Fellow
Jordan Pai, Unequal Strides: Dismantling Barriers and Designing Equity in Kenyan Running Communities
Kayla Wontumi, A Mixed Methods Analysis of Maternal Mental Health Experiences Among Pregnant Women Across Southern and Urban West Zanzibar
Yasmin Abdul Nasser, Women Who Carry the City
Moderator: Professor Christina Marea
Read the Student Researchers’ Bios
This event will be photographed in person and recorded via Zoom. We may use the photographs for Georgetown University communications purposes. To request accommodations related to a disability for this event, we kindly ask that you fill out this Google Form or contact csjresearch@georgetown.edu. A good faith effort will be made to meet requests made with 5 business days’ notice.