Well, What Were You Wearing? Panel Discussion

Join us for a panel discussion exploring the Well, What Were You Wearing? exhibit, victim-blaming, and supporting survivors of sexual assault.

The panel will be joined by:

• Kat Cambareri, MPH, Jefferson College of Population Health, Class of 2019
• Steve DiDonato, PhD, Associate Professor, Jefferson College of Nursing, Co-director, Jefferson Trauma Education Network
• Monique Howard, EdD, MPH, Senior Director of Women’s Health Initiatives, Center for Global Women’s Health, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
• Susan Sorenson, PhD, Director, Ortner Center on Violence & Abuse
• Katie Vodzak, JD, Title IX Coordinator, Thomas Jefferson University

Moderated by Rosie Frasso, PhD, Director, Master of Public Health Program, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University.

This virtual panel discussion is free and open to the public. Please register to receive a Zoom link leading up to the event.

About the Exhibit

Jefferson Humanities & Health is partnering with Jefferson College of Population Health to present Well, What Were You Wearing? This exhibition of photos by MPH graduate Kat Cambareri explores victim-blaming and sexual assault. Cambareri’s ongoing project has been featured in Time Magazine and HuffPost. The exhibit is on display for Jefferson students, faculty, and staff the week of October 4. Check out the hours and details here. Attendees will be invited to share anonymous reflections on the work.

About the Panelists

Kat Cambareri, MPH, is a JCPH graduate living and working in Philadelphia. She currently works as a clinical research coordinator and is enjoying working on clinical trials in the pediatric population. Outside of work, she spends time with friends and family, and loves cooking, creating art, hiking, and exploring Philly.

Stephen DiDonato, Phd, is an Associate Professor in the Jefferson College of Nursing and the co-Director of the Jefferson Trauma Education Network (J-TEN) at Thomas Jefferson University. He holds his Master’s Degree in Counseling from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and his Ph.D. in International Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Dr. DiDonato has extensive experience in training and consulting with behavioral health and medical departments to enhance the health and vibrancy of the workforce. Dr. DiDonato’s clinical expertise working with children, families, and communities who have been exposed to potentially traumatic events, with a primary focus on child sexual abuse victims. Dr. DiDonato’s research is primarily focused on how providers and students adherence to myths, implicit stereotypes, and restricted stereotypes influence engagement with clients/patients and families. Dr. DiDonato also focuses his scholarly inquiry on program evaluation (higher education and training models).

Monique Howard, EdD, MPH, is the Senior Director of Women’s Health Initiatives at Penn Nursing’s Center for Global Women’s Health (CGWH). Dr. Howard has been a public health practitioner with a focus on women’s health for over 25 years. She has led a statewide female specific AIDS service organization in New Jersey, a maternal and child health organization in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the New Jersey Department of Women’s Health, and most recently, WOAR, Philadelphia’s only rape crisis center (formerly known as Women Organized Against Rape). Dr. Howard is a thought leader on issues that impact women and communities. Throughout her career, Dr. Howard has advocated for consumers and service providers and promoted systems to increase access and quality of care for women. She is committed to providing programming and services that increase the health and well-being of women and their families.

Susan B. Sorenson, PhD, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has devoted her career to the topic of violence against women. She was part of the research team that first documented that the person most likely to sexually assault a woman is a man she knows, often one she cares about. Sorenson, with over 150 publications to her credit, taught the first violence prevention course in a school of public health in the nation. Her most recent work, After Campus Sexual Assault: A Guide for Parents (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021), is a book for students as they are deciding whether and what to tell a parent about having been assaulted, parents who have received the news, helpers (therapists, campus staff members, etc.), and parents who are all-in on preparing themselves for their daughter going off to college.

Katie Colgan Vodzak, JD, is the Title IX Coordinator for Thomas Jefferson University. Her focus across Jefferson is educating our community about sex and gender-based misconduct, providing information, resources, and options to those affected, and coordinating institutional response to these types of incidents to address the concerns and prevent their recurrence. Prior to joining Jefferson, Ms. Vodzak served in a similar role as Director of Equal Opportunity and Title IX Compliance at Drexel University and previously spent a number of years investigating and prosecuting sexual assaults, intimate partner violence, child abuse, and human trafficking. Ms. Vodzak more recently served as a co-chair of the PA Office of Attorney General’s working group on Campus Sexual Assault and has trained numerous Title IX investigators in the region on conducting trauma-informed investigations.

Moderator

Rosemary (Rosie) Frasso, PhD, is the director of the Master of Public Health program, and a professor in Jefferson's College of Population Health. Her expertise in qualitative methods focuses on traditional and alternative data sources and data collection approaches, including, but not limited to, arts informed research, walking interviews, photo-elicitation, and consensus-deriving group approaches. Her recent work focuses on the intersection of art and research as a tool for advocacy and education.

Sneakers, Photograph, Kat Cambareri from her series Well, What Were You Wearing?