Dialogue Speakers

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.