Theme: The Iceberg Effect

This year we will be hosting an event all about the Iceberg Effect- or talks about more than what meets the eye. Topics range from death, physics to sexual violence and more. Anyone is welcome to attend!

JST Event Center
718 W Rochford Street
Chicago, Illinois, 60607
United States

Andrew Gonzalez

Dr. Andrew Gonzalez is a third year general surgery resident and lecturer in health policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He recently returned to clinical duties after spending two years at the University of Michigan conducting health services research on measures of hospital quality. An active health policy commentator, he blogs for PolicyRx.com and tweets under @DrAGonzMD.

Colette Ghunim

Colette Ghunim is a 23-year-old recent graduate of Northwestern University. She is currently co-directing a documentary in Egypt, called "The People's Girls," which focuses on the issue of sexual harassment in Cairo. She is passionate about utilizing video and film to positively alter perspectives and policy, as well as foster cross-cultural understanding.

Irina Jordan

Irina Jordan is the founder and owner of ARTISURN (www.artisurn.com), a successful online marketplace of progressive handcrafted cremation urns, jewelry and keepsakes. Prior to ARTISURN, she ran a think tank dedicated to research focused on ensuring trustworthiness and correctness of public information.

Myisha Cherry

Myisha Cherry is a philosopher and essayist. She does research in moral psychology as well as social and political philosophy with a focus on the nature and role of emotions in the private and public spheres and character and gender. The end goal of her work always begs the question: How can philosophy aid in the empowerment and liberation of those who are marginalized and oppressed? A former educator at the Fortune Society and Faculty Associate at John Jay College’s Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics, she is also passionate about the relation between character, forgiveness, race, and the criminal justice system. Her work in this area has been published in "Philosophy and the Wire" (OpenCourt) and in the forthcoming "Oxford Handbook on Philosophy and Race."