Get a solid grounding in the basics of intersectionality.
Learn the basics of intersectionality and its benefits for health equity
Interest in intersectionality has flourished within mainstream academic and national health institutions in recent years and continues to grow in fields such as health equity and diversity, equity, and inclusion. High-impact scholarly journals such as American Psychologist, the American Journal of Public Health, Social Science and Medicine, and The Lancet have published highly-cited articles on intersectionality, and Institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) such as the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities routinely highlight intersectionality in their requests for applications. Yet, seismic gaps exist about intersectionality, particularly how to apply it to social and behavioral science research with fidelity to the critical framework’s core tenets. Moreover, formal opportunities to learn about intersectionality and its applications to health equity work are rare. We developed this training to fill these gaps.
This training is ideal for any group or team seeking to get a solid grounding in what intersectionality is, and the benefits of intersectionality for health equity or diversity, equity, and inclusion work.
Course level: Level 1 (Introductory)
- Save time! The intersectionality literature is multidisciplinary and vast. We’ve synthesized lots of critical information into an engaging and digestible format to expedite learning.
- Leverage your learning to enhance your grant proposals, publications, research, or other health equity work.
- Elevate your group or team’s capacity and competency to do more innovative and transformative health equity work.
- Lisa Bowleg, ITI Founder and President, a leading scholar of the application of intersectionality to health equity, and an engaging and highly sought after speaker, is the instructor.
- The history of intersectionality,
- Core themes of intersectionality,
- A definition of intersectionality,
- The benefits of intersectionality for health equity work, and
- The “flattening” of intersectionality and ways to avoid it.
- Confidently define intersectionality;
- Discuss intersectionality’s history, core themes, and implications for health equity;
- Recognize what it means to “flatten” intersectionality, and be able to avoid doing so; and
- Identify applications and implications of intersectionality for your group or team’s health equity work
Lisa Bowleg, PhD, MA, Founder and President of the Intersectionality Training Institute is the winner of the 2023 James S. Jackson Memorial Award from the National Institutes of Mental Health, and is nationally and internationally renowned for her research and scholarship advancing intersectionality and health equity. She has published numerous high-impact articles on intersectionality, has served as principal investigator and co-investigator on numerous NIH-funded intersectionality grants, and is a mentor to countless students and faculty conducting intersectionality-related projects.
