Sarah-Jane Brubaker – Professor of Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University

Sarah Jane Brubaker (she/her) holds a Ph.D. in sociology and is Professor of Criminal Justice and Public Policy in the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. She studies and teaches about gender violence and juvenile justice from feminist, social justice, and intersectional lenses. She has received federal grants to reduce violence against women on college campuses and to provide programming to girls who are involved in the juvenile justice system in addition to publishing her work in scholarly journals.

Eli Coston – Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University

Dr. Eli Coston is a faculty member of the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies. Eli is an activist-scholar who received their PhD in Sociology from Stony Brook University, specializing in Criminology, Gender and Sexuality, and Race and Ethnicity. Their research examines how the intersections of race, class, and gender create differing experiences of marginalization and oppression for people who are LGBTQ.

Eli’s research focuses, generally, on the politics of visibility and identity. The largest project to come out of this focus is on anti-LGBTQ hate violence; specifically, how structural visibility from LGBTQ public policy decisions impact rates of violence and how further marginalization due to race, class, and gender create differing experiences for victimization.

Ashley Hawkins – Executive Director, Studio Two Three

Ashley Hawkins is the co-founder and Executive Director of Studio Two Three. She believes deeply in the power of art to elevate voices, agitate for change, and connect communities. She holds a BFA in Painting and Printmaking and Masters in Public Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. Ashley is mom to Max and Zoey, two awesome human children and a bulldog named Piggy.

Kate Fowler – Director of Community Partnerships & Development, Studio Two Three

Kate Elizabeth Fowler is a photographer & educator from Richmond, Virginia. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Photography & Filmmaking and has since directed arts-based programming educational programming in Richmond, NYC, Europe and Whitesburg, Kentucky. Kate has worked for the Magnum Foundation, leading their Photography Expanded initiative, and at Appalshop as Director of their Appalachian Media Institute. She is currently the Director of Community Partnerships & Development at Studio Two Three, a community arts organization in Richmond, Virginia.

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