Engaging Diversity, Building Peace, Changing Communities

The Seventh Annual Doyle Symposium

Wednesday, March 30, 2016
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EDT
Location: Healey Family Student Center Social Room Map

In an era of increasing global interconnectedness, engaging diversity is essential to enhance awareness of difference and create inclusive communities. However, what does this mean in practice? To what extent are our university community and other organizations engaging these issues and what challenges remain?

Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet shared her reflections on the history and development of the Peace Corps’ intentional engagement with interreligious and intercultural diversity to build peace and enhance global development. Following the keynote, faculty and student panelists addressed these questions through their experiences with Doyle programs and diversity initiatives on campus and beyond. Georgetown Provost Robert Groves introduced the event.

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Provost Robert M. Groves opens the event.

Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet shared her reflections on the Peace Corps’ engagement with diversity.

CNDLS Director Edward Maloney speaks about his experience with Doyle faculty programs.

Berkley Center Managing Director Michael Kessler reflects on the center's Doyle student programs.

Student panelists discuss their experience with Doyle programs.

Joy Robertson and Caitlin Snell describe their participation in Doyle programs.

An audience member asks a question.

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About Carrie Hessler-Radelet

Carrie Hessler-Radelet has served as the nineteenth director of the Peace Corps since 2014. Prior to this, she served as the agency’s acting director and deputy director from 2010 to 2014. Over her career, she has worked in public health, focusing on HIV/AIDS and maternal and child health. Hessler-Radelet has also helped forge strategic partnerships, such as Let Girls Learn, a collaboration with Michelle Obama, and the Global Health Service Partnership. Previously, Hessler-Radelet served as vice president and director of the Washington, D.C., office of John Snow Inc., a global public-health organization. She was also involved in establishing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and served as a primary author of PEPFAR’s first strategic plan. Hessler-Radelet holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Boston University and a Master of Science degree in health policy and management from the Harvard School of Public Health.

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Other Participants

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About Robert M. Groves

Robert M. Groves is the provost of Georgetown University, as well as Gerard Campbell Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Department of Sociology. His scholarly work focuses on the impact of social cognitive and behavioral influences on the quality of statistical information. Before joining Georgetown in August 2012, Groves was director of the US Census Bureau. He previously was the director of the University of Michigan Survey Research Center, professor of sociology, and research professor at the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland. Groves holds an A.B. from Dartmouth College and two M.A. degrees and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

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About Michelle Ohnona

Michelle Ohnona is the faculty director and assistant professor of the practice for the B.A. in Liberal Studies at Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies. Before joining the School of Continuing Studies, she worked at Georgetown’s Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship as Assistant Director for Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives. A passionate educator, Dr. Ohnona is motivated by the capacity of education to transform lives and foster a more just world. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses on gender, sexuality, postcolonialism, visual culture, and learning design. She holds a PhD from the University of London, Goldsmiths College, in media, communications, and cultural Studies, and an M.A. in media studies from Concordia University (Canada).

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About Jasmin Ouseph

Jasmin Ouseph is an undergraduate student in the School of Foreign Service class of 2019, majoring in international politics and pursuing a certificate in justice and peace studies. She also serves as a senator in the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA), where she co-chairs the Racial and Cultural Inclusivity policy team. She engages with difference on campus while learning more about diversity education through her work in GUSA, as a facilitator for Leaders in Education About Diversity (LEAD), and as peer leader in LEAD’s pre-orientation program.

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About Joy Robertson

Joy Robertson graduated from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service in 2016 with a major in regional and comparative studies, focused on economic and human development in West Africa. Originally from Virginia, she now calls the Lone Star State home. While in Lyon, France during the fall 2014 semester, Joy studied African history and culture and politics, took courses in the social sciences, and blogged for the Junior Year Abroad Network. She enjoyed improving her French language skills and taking advantage of her time in the country's gastronomic capital.

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About Caitlin Snell

Caitlin Snell graduated from Georgetown University in 2016 with a major in sociology and minor in education, inquiry, and justice. She was a second-year resident assistant in a first-year dorm and enjoyed planning engaging and educational programs for her residents concerning identity and social justice issues. She worked on the Educating Residents About Social Equity Board to encourage dialogue on campus. She was an active member of the Georgetown University Children’s Theater and worked as the president of the organization to bring performing arts to students across Washington, D.C. Originally from San Diego, California, Snell also participated in the Berkley Center's Education and Social Justice Research Project in Canada during summer 2015.

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