Keynotes & Speaking Engagements
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Find out more about Dr. Bowleg and her acheivements.
Lisa Bowleg, PhD, MA, Founder and CEO of the Intersectionality Training Institute, has a knack for translating the complexity of intersectionality into practical and applied knowledge to inform and address health and workplace inequities.
Professor Bowleg is internationally renowned for her intersectionality and health equity scholarship, and her leadership in the application of intersectionality to social and behavioral science health equity research.
Her 2012 article, “The Problem with the Phrase Women and Minorities: Intersectionality — an Important Theoretical Framework for Public Health,” ranks as one of the top three most cited articles in the American Journal of Public Health.
Her 2026 article, “A Framework for Applied Intersectionality Research (FAIR): Reframing Intersectionality as a Tool to Advance Health Equity and Social Justice Action, Not Just Empirical Research,” in the Annual Review of Public Health, is essential reading for researchers who want to apply intersectionality to their work with fidelity to the framework’s core themes, and those who read and evaluate work that purports to be intersectional.
If you’re seeking an engaging speaker adept at blending intellectual rigor, theoretical and empirical depth, and critical thinking about real-world problems; one who leaves audiences educated, inspired, and ready to take transformative action, Professor Bowleg’s is the voice you want on the main stage.
Professor Bowleg’s speaking engagements in 2026 include:
- The Transformative Power of Intersectionality: What Business Leaders Need to Know and Do to Promote Culturally and Racially Marginalized (CARM) Women into Executive Leadership. Invited keynote to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, NY, March 2026
- It’s Gendered Racism, not Just Racism: What We Miss When We Focus on Black Women Living with Cancer through the Single-Axis Prism of Racism. Invited (virtual) keynote to Cierra Sisters Research Training Graduation, Seattle, WA, March 2026
- Do You Speak Intersectionality?: A Powerful Language to Explain the Realities of CARM Women and Workplace Leadership in Australia. Invited (virtual) keynote to Diversity Council of Australia, June 2026
- The Transformative Power of Intersectionality: Why the U.S. Needs More Critical Psychology Now!. Invited keynote to the American Psychological Association 2026 Convention, Washington, DC, August 2026
- Why FAIR ( A Framework for Applied Intersectionality Research)?.Invited (virtual) keynote to Methodological Innovations in Intersectional Research International Workshop, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, October 2026
- Transcending (Just) Thinking About Intersectionality. Invited (virtual) keynote to the, "Thinking Social Inequalities in the Age of Intersectionality: An Interdisciplinary Approach," Conference, Université Paris 8, Paris, France, November 2026.
Contact us to find out if Dr. Bowleg is available for your next conference or function.
Dr. Bowleg will be giving a keynote address at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting 2026 in Washington DC.
Dr. Bowleg's 2026 speaking engagements have incouded:
Dr. Bowleg gave the keynote address at the Diversity Council of Australia's RISE Summit in 2026.
Dr. Bowleg's recently spoke at the seventieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from in March 2026.