Research Advancing Justice
This presentation is from the first part of my book which recovers the story of feminist AIDS activists in the 1980s. These advocates succeeded in changing the scientific definition of AIDS used by the CDC. They targeted the CDC because of the direct relationship between the medical definition of AIDS and the distribution of benefits…
This event is free to attend. Open to Fellows and nominees only. Featured Presentation: "The ABF: History, Achievements, and Research Highlights" with Ajay K. Mehrotra (ABF Executive Director and Research Professor; Professor of Law and Affiliated Professor of History, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law) For nearly 70 years, the ABF has sought to advance the…
Consent is often celebrated as liberatory: at its best, it allows individuals to choose for themselves how to live a good life. But consent is also a tool wielded by the powerful to stifle individual agency. This is particularly so, I argue, when consent is operationalized with legalistic and formalistic instruments such as consent forms.…