Inspiring Health Justice
A collaborative art-science scholar-in-residence program
Inspiring Health Justice is a new partnership between Dillard University’s Minority Health and Health Equity Research Center and A Studio in the Woods.
The aim of this program is to bring the arts and public health together to address our region’s longstanding health disparities through creative, cross-disciplinary mentorship to focus the energy and passion of Dillard art students towards fostering health equity.
For the 2022-23 academic year Dr. Robert Maupin will work Dillard faculty members John Barnes and Raymond A. Vrazel Jr. and students Breah Broussard, Tia Green, Olivia Johnson, and Gabriel Prewitt.
During the 2021-22 academic year Dr. Kristi Anderson worked with Dillard faculty members Dr. Nancy Dixon and Dr. Zhang Wen and Dillard Vocal and English students Karen Grant-Anderson, Zaria Ivory, William Shelton, and Nailah Starks. Together they created a program that highlighted the talents and gifts of the students while providing the audience and Dillard community with an understanding of how health disparities and inequities are situated within many of our communities.
In Spring semester 2021 Dr. Sacoby Wilson worked remotely with Dillard faculty members John Barnes and Keith Morris and four Dillard independent study students: Aaliyah Arnold, Hildevert Promesse Lafeuille, Jermaine Robinson, and Juwan Saint Charles to create film and art works about COVID-19 and health disparities in our region.
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Inspiring Health Justice Residents
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Breah Broussard Visual Artist, 2023, Louisiana “My work is typically abstract and for the most part whatever comes to mind or whatever I feel. School has taught me how to get out of my comfort zone a little. I always drew things but more recently have… -
Tia Green Visual Artist, 2023, Louisiana “I am a traditional artist more talented with sketching, shading, and watercolor. I am a huge nerd so I like a lot of things from books, movies, anime, video games, etc.” – Tia Green Tia was a student artist participant… -
Olivia Johnson Performing Artist, 2023, Louisiana “I am a graduating senior at Dillard University. For the duration of my college career, I have majored in theatre performance. This includes acting as well as playwriting. In the Woods, I am interested in possibly writing and performing a… -
Gabriel Prewitt Performing Artist, 2023, Louisiana Gabriel Prewitt is a Junior majoring in Theatre Arts with a concentration in Performance at Dillard University. They are originally from Columbus, Ohio. Gabriel began performing at a young age and has always loved the performing arts. Their goal has… -
Robert Maupin, MD Scholar, 2023, Louisiana Dr. Robert Maupin is the Division Head for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Associate Dean of Diversity & Community Engagement, at the LSU Health Sciences Center. He is originally a native of Washington DC and an alumnus of the University Maryland Medical… -
Kristi L. Anderson, Ph.D. Scholar, 2022, Louisiana Kristi L. Anderson, Ph.D., currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Research for the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, LSU Health Sciences Center, Lafayette LA Campus. In her role, she provides oversight of the accreditation of graduate medical education… -
Karen Grant-Anderson Performing Artist, 2022, Louisiana Karen Grant-Anderson has been singing “Since the womb!” She has also been writing her own lyrics for many years. A New Orleans native, the youngest of six children, Karen was raised by her aunt after her mother died when she… -
Zaria Ivory Performing Artist, 2022, Louisiana Zaria Ivory is a Vocal performance major at Dillard University originally from Oakland, California. Music has played a vital role in her life from the moment it started. Like her mother likes to tell it, she was singing before she… -
William Shelton Literary Artist, 2022, Louisiana William Shelton joins A Studio in the Woods in the final year of his undergraduate studies at Dillard University. William is an English major, hailing from Nashville, TN, and has a passion for creative writing—specifically playwriting, short stories, and poetry.… -
Nailah Starks Literary Artist, 2022, Louisiana Nailah Starks is a junior English major from Amite, Louisiana. She chose Dillard University for its appreciation and culture of the humanities. Nailah decided to pursue English because she has always had a passion for teaching, reading, and writing. When… -
Sacoby Wilson Scholar, 2021, Maryland Dr. Sacoby Wilson is an environmental health scientist with over 15 years of experience in the areas of exposure science, environmental justice, environmental health disparities, community-engaged research including crowd science and community-based participatory research (CBPR), water quality analysis, air pollution… -
Hildevert Promesse Lafeuille Filmmaker, 2021, Louisiana Hildevert Promesse Lafeuille was born in Africa and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He is a young passionate filmmaker with a vision. In his junior year of high school he started taking film seriously and decided to follow it as… -
Aaliyah Arnold Visual Artist, 2021, Louisiana “My name is Aaliyah Arnold, I am a 20 year old photographer and printmaker from Jeanerette, Louisiana. My inspiration for my art has always been the raw and unfiltered world, and life experiences. My love for art started like many… -
Jermaine Robinson Visual Artist, 2021, Louisiana “My name is Jermaine Robinson, I go by the name of the ART HSTLR, I am a 22 year old acrylic painter from New Orleans, LA. Growing up in New Orleans, a city full of creatives, culture, art in all… -
Juwan Saint Charles Filmmaker, 2021, Louisiana Juwan Saint Charles is a filmmaker and student artist participant in Inspiring Health Justice: A Collaborative Art-Science Scholar-in-Residence Program.