This Building Allyship session focuses on developing an
understanding of performative allyship and its dangerous impacts. The featured
speaker and panelists provide insights on their experiences with
performative allyship and share strategies for demonstrating critical allyship.
- Featured Speaker and Moderator: Chelsea Stephens, Ph.D. Student, Biomedical
Engineering
- Panelist: Tiffany Agard, M.P.A. Student, Cornell Institute
for Public Affairs
- Panelist: Elvisha Dhamala, Ph.D. Candidate, Neuroscience
- Panelist: Jesse Goldberg, Ph.D. ‘18, African American
Literature, Visiting Research Fellow, Auburn University
- Panelist: Kelly Zamudio,
Ph.D., Goldwin Smith Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology;
Faculty Curator of Herpetology, Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates