As governments across the globe have begun vaccinating in response to the current pandemic, waves of vaccine hesitancy and refusal have emerged, generating difficult questions about the nature of medical consent, histories of violence and mistrust, and the interlocking politics surrounding race, gender, disability, nation, and class that shapes patient interactions with state and health authorities.

This event brings together five experts from different perspectives to discuss these issues and to consider how a feminist approach to vaccine hesitancy can help us envision a more enduring solution to this crisis of care.

Participants

Dr Bernice Hausman, Chair, Department of Humanities, Professor, Humanities and Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine.

Dr Elena Conis, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Journalism and Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society, University of California, Berkeley.

Dr Yolonda Wilson, Associate Professor, Department of Health Care Ethics, Philosophy, and African American Studies, St Louis University.

Dr Travis Chi Wing Lau, Assistant Professor, English Department, Kenyon College.

Dr Nichole Charles, Assistant Professor, Women and Gender Studies and Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga.

Moderator

Dr Farren Yero, Department of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Duke University.

Running time: 90 minutes

This is an online event and will be hosted on Zoom, please refer to their privacy policy before registering for this event. You will be emailed a link with instructions on how to join the event after registering.

This event is hosted by the Department of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies at Duke University.

5:00-6:30pm GMT | 12:00-1:30pm EST