Thursday, April 14, 2016

Dr. Rosay speaks at two events at Harvard about violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and men

 On April 26 at Harvard University, Dr. André Rosay, Justice Center Director, joins Christine Crossland (National Institute of Justice) and Ada Pecos Melton (American Indian Development Associates) at two events about policy and research addressing violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and men.

The first event, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will be held at 12:30 p.m. and is titled, "A discussion of research priorities, implementation, and findings on violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and men."

In the evening at 6:00 p.m. there will be a dinner event at the Harvard Law School. The evening program is titled, "A discussion of the intersection of policy and research related to understanding and preventing violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and men."

Dr. Rosay will be discussing his research as a Visiting Executive Research Fellow at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ).

The events are sponsored by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Native American Student Organization, the Harvard Medical School Native American Health Organization, and the Harvard Law School Native American Law Students Association, with support from the Harvard University Native American Program, the Harvard Society for the Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, and multiple units at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health (the Office for Student Affairs; the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences; the Women of Color Collective; and the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Women, Gender, and Health).