Health Humanities Lab

Humanities Research Center

2023
January 21
Network for Undergraduate Research in Virginia (NURVa) Conference
Christopher Newport University
Newport News, Virginia
Arya Hangagi, Cynthia Lin, Olivia Washington
June 1-4
Cultural Studies Conference
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
Dr. Chris Cynn, Emma Geisler, Arya Hanjagi, Abeer Haroun, Rome Kamarouthu, Neha Potla,
Grace Smith
September 25
"The Lives Between the Lines"
Screening and Discussion
VCU Health Hub
Richmond, Virginia
Carmen Foster, Erik Duda, Jessica Harris, DeTeasa Brown Gathers
Moderated by Maggie Goddard and Daniel Sunshine
November 3
13th Annual Midwestern Medical Humanities Conference
Western Michigan University
(Participated Virtually)
Dr. Chris Cynn, I-Kamilah Hiwott, Logan Vetrovec, Olivia Washington
2024
February 19
Honors College Research and Creative Scholarship Symposium
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Arya Hangagi, Cynthia Lin, Olivia Washington
March 23
14th Annual Lemon Project Spring Symposium
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia
Prof. Ana Edwards, Dr. Maggie Unverzagt-Goddard, Dr. Joe Jones, Rome Kamarouthu, Dr. Daniel Sunshine, Olivia Washington
April 5
Virginia Forum
Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Richmond, Virginia
Erica R. Brody, Maggie Unverzagt-Goddard,
Dr. Daniel Sunshine, Michael Verner, Sunday Wright
April 22
College of Humanities and Sciences Research Pecha Kucha
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Cynthia Lin, Rome Kamarouthu
April 25
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Poster Symposium
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Rome Kamarouthu
April 27
The Afterlives of Medical Exploitation:
The East Marshall Street Well Project Symposium
VCU Academic Learning Commons
Richmond, Virginia
Naomi Begunov, Dr. Chris Cynn, Dr. Michael Dickinson, Prof. Ana Edwards, Dr. Carmen Foster, Dr. Maggie Unverzagt Goddard, Arya Harjagi, Abeer Haroun, I-Kamilah Hiwott, Rome Kamarouthu, Cynthia Lin, Dr. Tal Simmons, Stephanie Smith, Dr. Daniel Sunshine, Olivia Washington, Micah White, Sunday Wright
June
East Marshall Street Well Panel Exhibit
The Valentine Museum
Richmond, Virginia
September
East Marshall Street Well Panel Exhibit
Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Richmond, Virginia
September 7
Conrad M. Hall Symposium for Virginia History
Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Richmond, Virginia
I-Kamilah Hiwott and Sunday Wright
September 18
HRC Lightning Talk
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Dr. Chris Cynn and Rome Kamarouthu
October 18
Catalyst Conference
Richmond, Virginia
Dr. Chris Cynn, Anne Massey, Dr. Victoria Tucker, Micah White
October 25
Midwestern Medical Humanities Conference
Western Michigan University
(Participated Virtually)
Ashley Burks, Dr. Chris Cynn, Arya Hanjagi, Rome Kamarouthu, Logan Vetrovec, Victoria Vidal, Olivia Washington
October 26
Network for Undergraduate Research in Virginia Conference
Virginia State University
Petersburg, VA
I-Kamilah Hiwott and Victoria Vidal
November 12
Mellon Pathways Program Presentation
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Dr. Chris Cynn, Micah White
December 5
VCU Academic Community Partnership Initiative
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Dr. Chris Cynn and Dr. Michael Dickinson
2025
January 22
Martin Luther King, Jr., Week Community Conversation
VCU Health Hub
Richmond, Virginia
Arya Hanjagi, I-Kamilah Hiwott, Maryam Shaw
January 24
National Collegiate Research Conference
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Arya Hanjagi, Rome Kamarouthu, Maryam Shaw, Olivia Washington
February 1
Black History Found and Forged:
Chronicling the East Marshall Street Well
Virginia Black History Museum
Richmond, Virginia
Ashley Burks, Dr. Chris Cynn, Dr. Michael Dickinson, Dr. Carmen Foster, I-Kamilah Hiwott, Rome Kamarouthu, Stephanie Smith, and Sunday Wright
February 19
The East Marshall Street Well Oral History and Memorialization Project: Presentation for Rho Kappa (National Honors Society for Social Studies)
Cosby High School
Midlothian, Virginia
I-Kamilah Hiwott, Victoria Vidal
February 22
Health Humanities Lab:
EMSWP Panel Exhibition and Presentation
Westover Hills Library
Richmond, Virginia
Olivia Washington
February 25
VCU Medical Ethics Student Interest Group Lunch
VCU School of Medicine
Richmond, Virginia
Arya Hanjagi, Rome Kamarouthu, Maryam Shaw, Victoria Vidal
March 5
Health Humanities Lab Student Outreach Event
VCU Student Commons
Richmond, Virginia
I-Kamilah Hiwott, Rome Kamarouthu, Sunday Wright
March 22
The 15th Annual Lemon Project Spring Symposium
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia
Dr. Chris Cynn, Dr. Michael Dickinson, Arya Hanjagi, I-Kamilah Hiwott, Maryam Shaw, Victoria Vidal
April 12
Symposium
Unburying Voices: Community- Engaged Reparative Justice
Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Richmond, Virginia
Maggie Bertsche, Dr. Chris Cynn, Dr. Michael Dickinson, Dr. Carmen Foster, Arya Hanjagi, I-Kamilah Hiwott, Rome Kamarouthu, Stephanie Smith, Dr. Daniel Sunshine, Victoria Vidal, Olivia Washington, Micah White, Sunday Wright

Jazmin Benton, Sacharja Cunningham, and Lex Wilson from Finding Ceremony Black Philadelphians Descendant Community Group;
Jessica Harris and DeTeasa Gathers from The Descendants of Enslaved Communities at the University of Virginia
April 17
Impact 2025 Vertically Integrated Projects Panel
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Dr. Chris Cynn
June 20 & June 21
East Marshall Street Well Panel Exhibit
Maggie L. Walker Museum
Richmond, Virginia
Mike Carrington, Nichole Harper, Jada Ross, Maryam Shaw
October 17
2025 Catalyst Annual Summit: Healthy Systems, Thriving Communities
Richmond, VA
Dr. Christine Cynn, Dr. Michael Dickinson, Dr. Victoria Tucker
2026
April 8-11
2026 Health Humanities Consortium Conference:
“Health Justice: So it goes?” Panel and roundtable
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
Dr. Chris Cynn, Dr. Michael Dickinson, Maryam Shaw, Dr. Victoria Tucker, Victoria Vidal, Olivia Washington
April 20
Creating Space 16: The Impact of Identities on Health and Wellbeing
Ottawa, Canada
Dr. Chris Cynn, Dr. Michael Dickinson, Maryam Shaw, Dr. Victoria Tucker, Victoria Vidal