Join Us for Our Symposium on Reproductive Health in a Digital World!

Please join us on April 11 for an engaging symposium on Reproductive Health in a Digital World, led by JGRJ Volume 28 Senior Symposium Editor, Nora K. Harding. We would love for you to be part of the conversation! 

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Here’s a list of the incredible talent featured at the Symposium! We’re thrilled to have an outstanding keynote speaker, who will be announced soon. Stay tuned!

Dr. Phoebe Jean-Pierre, Assistant Professor Indiana University. Dr. Jean-Pierre is introducing the overall systematic issue of women not being taken seriously by medical professionals and others when it comes to reporting our symptoms/experiences. Dr. Jean-Pierre was also a visiting professor at Iowa Law in recent years.

Dr. Stacey Ann Tovino, University of Oklahoma Law School. Dr. Tovino is writing and speaking on HIPAA Privacy Rule's new reproductive health regulation. Her current research focuses on patient privacy and health information confidentiality, mental health law, substance use disorders and the law, and virus and vaccine law. 

Professor Michael Ulrich, Associate Professor of Health Law, Ethics, & Human Rights at Boston University’s School of Public Health and School of Law. His research focuses on the intersection of public health, constitutional law, bioethics, and social justice, with an emphasis on the role of law in the health outcomes of marginalized and underserved populations.

Professor Anya Prince, University of Iowa Law School Professor of Law and Joseph F. Rosenfield Fellow in Law. Professor Prince has been instrumental in assisting JGRJ with strategy & tactics for executing the symposium this year. JGRJ is also fortunate to have her as a speaker for the symposium and an author for the special symposium edition of JGRJ. Her teaching and research interests explore the ethical, legal, and social implications of genomic testing, with particular focus on genetic discrimination, health and reproductive privacy, and use of big data and algorithms. She teaches torts, health law, insurance law, and genetics law.

Professor Jill Wieber Lens, University of Iowa Law School Professor of Law, Dorothy M. Willie Professor in Excellence. Professor Wieber Lens is speaking and writing about the need for increased data on stillbirth, serious privacy problems there, especially post Dobbs. Her recent work has appeared in the Michigan Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Vanderbilt Law Review, and U.C. Davis Law Review. Her popular press writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, and Time. UC Press is publishing her book, Stillbirth & the Law, in spring 2025. JGRJ is honored to feature Prof. Wiber Lens as a speaker at the symposium and author for the special symposium edition of JGRJ.

Alex Rosenblat, Technology Ethnographer. Alex Rosenblat is the Director of Sociotechnical Research at CalMatters and The Markup, where she studies dark patterns, privacy and product design in U.S. healthcare. Rosenblat is a blend of researcher and writer, exploring the social and cultural impacts of technology through ethnography. She is the author of Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work, and her writing has appeared in media outlets including The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and The Globe and Mail. Her prize-winning academic research has been published in scholarly and professional publications including the International Journal of Communication and the Columbia Law Review.