WGD Conference Planning COMMITTEE
Dr. Jessica Agnew
Assistant Director, Research, Operations, and Program Management, Center for International Research, Education, and Development (CIRED) , Virginia Tech
Dr. Andrea Baldwin
Assistant Professor, Women's and Gender Studies and Africana Studies programs, Department of Sociology Virginia Tech
Dr. Maria Elisa Christie
Director, Women and Gender in International Development, Center for International Research, Education, and Development (CIRED), Vrginia Tech
Dr. Ralph Hall
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) program, & Director of the Undergraduate Program, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), Virginia Tech
Jane Kato-Wallace, MPH
Fellow, Promundo-US
Dr. Lisa Kennedy
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Virginia Tech
Dr. Christine Labuski
Associate Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, Department of Sociology, Virginia Tech & Director, Gender, Bodies and Technology, Virginia Tech
Dr. Catherine Larochelle
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AAEC), Virginia Tech
Giovanna Lauro, M.Sc
Vice President of Programs and Research, Promundo-US
Cristina Manfre, M.Sc
Global Gender Director, TechnoServe
Dr. Kim Niewolny
Director, Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation, Virginia Tech & Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Leadership and Community Education, Virginia Tech
Sofia Rincón Gallardo Patiño, M.Sc, RD, PhD Candidate
PhD Candidate, Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise (HNFE), Virginia Tech; Graduate Assistant, Women and Gender in International Development,, Center for International Research, Education, and Development (CIRED), Virginia Tech
Valeska Rodriguez, JD, ML, PhD Student
PhD Student, School of Public and International Affairs & Graduate Assistant, Women and Gender in International Development, Center for International Research, Education and Development (CIRED) Virginia Tech
Dr. Deborah Rubin
Co-Director, Cultural Practice, LLC
Dr. Bikrum Singh Gill
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Core Faculty, Alliance for Social Political, Ethical and Cultural Thought (ASPECT), Virginia Tech
Daniel Sumner, M.Sc
Assistant Director, Women and Gender in International Development, Center for International Research, Education, and Development (CIRED), Virginia Tech
