Intersectionality Summer Intensive™

Oh there are so many! As a result of attending ISI, you’ll:

• Gain an in-depth understanding of intersectionality as theoretical framework and methodological tool for health equity research and critical praxis.
• Increase your proficiency to develop and conduct rigorous qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods intersectionality research with fidelity to core themes of intersectionality.
• Learn LOTS of important information to help you write stronger intersectionality grant proposals and articles.
• Have opportunities for mentorship from ISI facilitators, past ISI cohort members and your peers.
• Make new friends, meet new colleagues, and find collaborators for grant proposals and publications.
• Join an engaging and thriving community of people passionate and committed to intersectionality, social justice, and health equity.
• Have countless opportunities to interact with, learn from, and be mentored by an engaging team of leading intersectionality researchers and community activists using intersectionality as a tool for critical praxis.

It runs from Monday through Friday, roughly 9 to 5 pm each day. It includes a blend didactic and interactive activities to engage and enhance your learning. These include, but are not limited to:

• Large group sessions with presentations of core material and opportunities for Q&A
• Small group “clinics” focused on specific topics (e.g., “pain points,” dissertations)
• Small group qualitative and quantitative research sessions
• Small group academic-community partner conversations
• Opportunities for individuals with facilitators and peer-mentoring.

We issue Certificates of Completion on the closing day of ISI.

Participant evaluations and feedback from ISI 2022, ISI 2023, and ISI 2024 were stellar. By all accounts, our ISI program is excellent and we are so proud of it. Thus, other than a few tweaks to keep things fresh, a review of the ISI 2024 agenda will provide you with a pretty good idea of what you can expect at ISI.

Oh, they say the most wonderful things about their experiences at ISI, things like:

“The Intensive brought together such an inspiring group of people dedicated to the pursuit of scientific inquiry for the advancement of social justice. In doing so, it reminded me that we are not alone, that we are connected to a history of incredible scholars and activists who have fought against these oppressive systems so that we can have the opportunity to deconstruct these systems further and build a better world. It reconnected me with the true reasons I pursued an academic path in the first place and empowered me to continue forward in line with my values. I simply cannot understate how powerful that is.” M Pease, Doctoral Student, ISI 2023

The summer intensive exceeded all of my expectations (and I had heard it was amazing!). The content was exceptional — I now feel like I can apply intersectionality to grant proposals and do research more responsibly that benefits communities. I enjoyed the connections with each other. I appreciated the thoughtful and helpful feedback and learning about everyone’s incredible work. I also loved how much we laughed and had fun amid all the learning and growth. Leah Marcotte, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Washington, ISI 2023

Your registration includes the following:

• Resources and materials for each training session
• Lunch and a welcome networking reception

The registration does NOT cover:

• Travel and lodging expenses
• Local transportation
• Breakfast and Dinner

We're thrilled to be welcoming back to the ISI Dr. Patricia Hill Collins, Distinguished University Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland.

Professor Collins is a social theorist whose research and scholarship have examined issues of race, gender, social class, sexuality and/or nation. Her first book, Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (Routledge), published in 1990, with a revised tenth year anniversary edition published in 2000, won the Jessie Bernard Award of the American Sociological Association (ASA) for significant scholarship in gender, and the C. Wright Mills Award of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Her second book, Race, Class, and Gender: An Anthology, 8th ed. (2013), edited with Margaret Andersen, is widely used in undergraduate classrooms in over 200 colleges and universities. Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism (Routledge, 2004) received ASA’s 2007 Distinguished Publication Award. Her other books include Fighting Words: Black Women and the Search for Justice (University of Minnesota Press, 1998); From Black Power to Hip Hop: Racism, Nationalism, and Feminism (Temple University Press 2005); Another Kind of Public Education: Race, Schools, the Media and Democratic Possibilities (Beacon Press, 2009); the Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies, edited with John Solomos (Sage, 2010); and On Intellectual Activism (Temple University Press, 2012). She has published many articles in professional journals such as the Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Qualitative Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies, the American Sociological Review, Signs, Sociological Theory, Social Problems, and Black Scholar, as well as in edited volumes. Professor Collins has taught at several institutions, held editorial positions with professional journals, lectured widely in the United States and abroad, served in many capacities in professional organizations, and has acted as consultant for a number of businesses and community organizations. In 2008, she became the 100th President of the American Sociological Association, the first African American woman elected to this position in the organization’s 104-year history. Professor Collins also holds an appointment as the Charles Phelps Taft Emeritus Professor of Sociology within the Department of African American Studies at the University of Cincinnati.

We’d be happy to hear from you. Please email us at info@intersectionalitytraining.com