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Dissertation Defense: Leslie Coney, "MAMAFESTO: Toward A Community-Driven Service Design Approach For Black Maternal Health Equity"
Members of the HCDE & DUB communities are invited to attend a dissertation defense by PhD Candidate Leslie Coney. MAMAFESTO: Toward A Community-Driven Service Design Approach For Black Maternal Health Equity, PhD Candidate: Leslie Coney
Abstract:
Black mothers and birthing people in the United States continue to experience profound maternal health inequities shaped by enduring histories of racism, medical violence, and systemic neglect. While dominant maternal health interventions often center hospitals, providers, and technological innovation as primary sites of change, Black communities have long cultivated their own infrastructures of care rooted in cultural knowledge, collective responsibility, and ancestral wisdom. This dissertation examines Black maternal health through the lens of community care, service design, and Black feminist thought, arguing that Black communities are not passively navigating maternal health systems, but actively designing alternative systems of care.
Guided by Ruha Benjamin’s…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/99955039782. Campus room: Allen Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, June 11, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
HCDE Graduation and Awards Ceremony
Join the University of Washington Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for the 2026 HCDE Graduation & Awards Ceremony celebrating graduating BS, MS, and PhD students.
The ceremony will include remarks from HCDE Chair Julie Kientz, a graduation address by Ram Shankar Siva Kumar, and the presentation of student awards recognizing academic excellence, leadership, innovation, and contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: Ballroom. Accessibility Contact: mewing3@uw.edu. Event Types: Ceremonies. Target Audience: HCDE graduating bachelor's, master's, and PhD students, their families and friends.
Friday, June 12, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
For more info visit hcde.uw.edu. HCDE PhD Recognition Ceremony
Recognition Ceremony honoring HCDE PhD Graduates with faculty advisors and invited guests. Closed Event.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: tbd. Accessibility Contact: Kathleen Rascon, khorenst@uw.edu. Event Types: Ceremonies.
Friday, June 12, 2026, 12:30 PM – 3:00 PM.