Anti-RacismforDesign Professionals[Session 1]
Saturday / September 19 / 10:00 AM
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Details
Date & Time
Saturday, September 19
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location
Zoom
Speakers
Dr. Enid Montague
Engineer/designer/researcher improving health, wellness, equity and social justice
She | Her | Hers
Dr. Montague is currently an Associate Professor in the college of computing at DePaul University and adjunct professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. She received MS and PhD degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, specializing in human factors and ergonomics engineering and human computer interaction. Dr. Montague has received numerous awards for her research including the Francis Research Fellowship for research that emphasizes “longer, safer and healthier lives” and a Kl2 award from that National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore trust in health care systems. She has over 100 peer reviewed publications on topics at the intersection of human technology interaction and healthcare and is currently the director of the Wellness and Health Enhancement Engineering Laboratory (WHEEL).
WebsitePlatform and Prerequisites
This event will be streamed via Zoom. In order to participate fully, attendees should plan to join on the Zoom app via their computer, tablet, or mobile device with enough bandwidth to support viewing video. In order to ensure only those who have registered for the event are able to attend — and to create space for intimate conversations — only those whose display name fully matches the name on our registration list will be admitted from the waiting room. You can find more about joining our virtual events, including how to connect, directions to troubleshoot, and information about our refund policy in our FAQ.
Prerequisites
We want participants to actively participate in the conversation and come in wanting to think, reflect, and share. Please be sure to read the shared pre-reading. While not required, we strongly encourage participants to attend with their video “on” in order to create a more intimate space for conversation.
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More Information
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