Thursday April 10th
8:30 AM - Breakfast Registration
9:00 AM - Welcome
9:30-10:30 AM - Keynote Speaker
- Dr. Melissa Walls (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
10:30 AM -12 PM - Panel I: Interdisciplinary views on Indigenous Futures
- Ian Her Many Horses (Assistant Teaching Professor, CS: University of Colorado, Boulder)
- Bethany Hughes (Assistant Professor, Theater/Performance Studies: University of Michigan)
- Dr. Diego Arispe-Buzan (Assistant Professor & Faculty Fellow, Anthropology: Northwestern University)
- Moderator – Dr. Michael Turcios (Assistant Professor, RTVF: Northwestern University)
This interdisciplinary panel highlights scholars who are incorporating Indigenous methods and knowledges within humanities. They are promoting a richer understanding across fields encouraging the inclusion and synthesizing of diverse perspectives including communication, anthropology, theater, heritage language and computer science.
12-1 PM - Lunch
1pm-1:30pm Project Highlight
The Ojibwe Muzzeniegun Digital Archive (or Literary Voyager) by Kelly Wisecup and team members
1:30-2:30 PM - Research Poster Presentations
2:30 PM - Networking Break
3-4:30 PM- Panel II: Maternal Health: the well-being of the next generation
- Dr. Deana Around Him (DrPH, ScM, Research Scholar: Indigenous Children, Youth and Families)
- Camie Goldhammer (MSW, LICSW, IBCLC: Clinical Social Worker & founding executive director, Hummingbird Indigenous Family services)
- Moderator – Dr. Melissa Walls
Improving the well-being of mothers, infants, and children is an important public health goal for most communities and especially the Indigenous community given their unique histories and challenges. Their well-being determines the health of the next generation and can impact future public health challenges for families, communities, and the healthcare system.
6:00 PM - Dinner