CEDI Lab member Twanna Hodge was the moderator, and Dr. Ana Ndumu was a panelist, for the panel “Libraries’ Role in Fostering Critical Information Literacy: Nurturing Democracy through Informed Citizenship” as part of the University of Maryland Libraries’ Living Democracy Symposium. The panel was held on October 13th from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m. Photo credit to Hayley Park, 1st year PhD student in the College of Information.
On December 5, Dr. Jasmine L. Garland McKinney participated in a panel hosted by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Technical Assistance Innovation Center (TAIC) to share her insights on maternal mental health. The panel investigated “the complexities of using screening tools for perinatal mental health and substance use disorders, focusing on cultural and linguistic responsiveness.”
With other BELIEVE collaborators, Dr. Gibson published an open-access article on designing systematic reviews that consider systemic bias and racism in academic literature, especially against Black birthing parents. The coauthors use McLemore’s framework of “Retrofit, Reform, and Reimagine” to consider how systematic reviews can be better conducted to build health equity. You can find the open-access article in the Health Equity journal here.
At the Black Maternal Health Conference and Training Institute being held this fall by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Dr. Amelia Gibson and Dr. Jasmine L. Garland McKinney joined BELIEVE collaborators to present findings from surveys and interviews for developing a new Black maternal healthcare interprofessional medical training curriculum. The conference and training institute took place September 12–14 and had two CEDI presentations:
On July 24–28, Dr. Jasmine L. Garland McKinney co-presented a training model for community-health workers in perinatal mental health at the Postpartum Support International Annual Conference. Information on the conference can be found here.
Sam DiBella presented his research into encryption technology as a sign of community membership “Pretty good privacy as free/open source software shibboleth” in the “Privacy-enhancing technologies: from solution to reconfiguration” panel at the 4S/EASST conference on July 17. The conference program and panel description are here.
Amelia Gibson discussed her library research at the May 16 (10am) meeting of the Southern Maryland Regional Library Association.
On July 24–27 in New Orleans, Twanna Hodge presented at the twelfth annual conference for the National Conference of African American Librarians, which has the theme “Culture Keepers XII: Unity in Diversity – Stronger Together in the African Diaspora.” The conference program is posted here.
Dr. Jasmine Garland McKinney presented “Redefining Wellness by Setting Realistic Expectations” as part of the UNC–Greensboro Trauma Informed and Culturally Responsive Wellness Workshop Series on April 11, 2024. You can download the program PDF here.
Twanna Hodge presented twice at the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Archives and Libraries (IDEAL) conference in Toronto, on July 14, 2024. The two panels are “Challenging ‘Racial Monolith Myths’ in the Library Profession Through Critical Race Theory: A Panel Discussion” and “We Got the Receipts: Navigating Reimbursement Culture in Academic Librarianship.” You can find the IDEAL conference program here.