Social Justice in Community: "Black Women, Yoga, and Wellness" with Tori Justin
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The Social Justice in Community series brings human rights scholars into conversation about how their work illuminates human rights struggles around us today and what we can do about those struggles.
Join Social Justice in Community on April 11th for Black Women, Yoga, and Wellness with Tori Justin here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwAQQnhCPQc.
Tori Justin is a PhD candidate in the department of Kinesiology. Her research interests articulate black feminist theory, health equity, and the philosophy of science. More specifically, her position is the disparate health outcomes of Black women as the embodied outcome of structural injustice. Tori's past and present projects focus on how scientific knowledge historically and contemporarily subjugate the Black body and alternative ways of knowing the body. You may find her research in "Feminist Media Studies and Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal and the Sociology of Sport Journal." Tori also serves as Vice President of the Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Association.