On August 3rd, 2020 two of Tulane’s School Psychology doctoral candidates, Whitney Davis, M.S, M.A, and Elsia (Elsa) Obus, M.S., presented as panelists for The University of Southern Mississippi Honors College. The Panel was part of a series called “Knowledge Is Power”. Elsa and Whitney presented as part of a student-led initiative to educate and create a more inclusive campus and community for the University.
Whitney and Elsa spoke on the importance of grounding ourselves in intersectionality, a term coined by lawyer and civil rights activist Kimberly Crenshaw. Intersectionality is a framework that has come widely from Black feminist scholars, and Whitney and Elsa centered their discussion on the important work of those scholars.
The presentation expands viewers’ understanding of equity and justice as the overarching goal of an intersectional framework and lens. If you would like to develop your understanding of intersectionality, explore your own intersectional identity, and learn about the applications of intersectionality to the fields of education and criminal justice then we highly recommend you watch the panel linked here. Thank you Whitney and Elsa for your contributions!