Dr. Elaine Carey
Elaine Carey is an Associate Professor of History at St. John's
University in Queens, New York and the Lloyd Sealy Research Fellow
at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Her research and teaching
interests include Latin American social movements, international
human rights, globalization and crime, history of narcotics, and
gender studies. She is the author of Plaza of Sacrifices:
Gender, Power, and Terror in 1968 Mexico (2005). Continuing
her work on human rights, she serves as an expert witness for
gender-based violence asylum claims from Mexico and Central
America. Currently, she is completing a book entitled
Selling is more of a Habit: Women and Drug Trafficking in North
America, 1900-1970. Dr. Carey serves on the Women’s
Studies Program Committee headed by Dr. Koziak.
Dr. Barbara Koziak
Dr. Barbara Koziak is Associate Professor of Government and
Politics at St. John’s University in New York, and director of the
Women’s and Gender Studies Program. Dr. Koziak has a
Ph.D. from Yale University with concentrations in ancient political
philosophy, contemporary political theory, and feminist political
theory. She is the author of "Tragedy, Citizens, and Strangers:
The Configuration of Aristotelian Political Emotion," in
Feminist Interpretations of Aristotle and the book Retrieving
Political Emotion: Aristotle, Thumos and Gender among other
works. She is currently working on an article about
catharsis and the South African Truth and Reconciliation
Commission.
Dr. Vibhuti Arya
Vibhuti Arya, PharmD, is an Assistant Clinical Professor
in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy Practice and a consultant
for the New York City Department of Health. She earned her PharmD
from St. John’s University, and completed a postgraduate residency
in pharmaceutical care leadership at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Arya’s teaching and research interests lie in cultural
perspectives in health care, improving disparities among
underserved populations, and global health. Dr. Arya continues her
work with the American Pharmacists Association, where she served as
National President for the Academy of Student Pharmacists and a
member of the Board of Trustees. She is currently writing in the
area of pharmacists’ role in reducing health disparities through
cultural competency.