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Current Research 

Giovanni is currently researching the experiences of first and second African Immigrants in the United States. She is interviewing adult African Immigrants about their processes of Immigration, experiences of (In)Equality and Identity. If you are interested in participating, or would like to refer someone to participate, simply click the African Immigrant Survey tab.



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Call for participants: African Immigrants in the US Study participants needed.
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If you're a first or second generation African Immigrant who has lived in the US for 10+ years, please participate in this research study by clicking the picture.



She is also, along with the HER Initiative of Atlanta, completing a research project entitled Mama Said focusing on Mother Daughter Sexuality Education Communication in the African American Community 

Previous Research 


National Women's Studies Association  
​Columbus, OH 2013

Author Talk Back (Laboring Positions: Black Women, Mothering and the Academy): 
Single Mothers, Broke Queers, &  Communal Ownership: The Profane Existence of Academic Non Normatives

Community Property: African American Mother's Communal Ownership of their Daughter's Degrees by The Womanist/Feminist Pedagogy Group on Scribd

The above presentation is derived from the book chapter entitled, "Community Property, Black Mother's Communal Ownership of their Daughter's Degrees" by Giovanni Dortch and Candice Bledose. Published in Laboring Positions Black Women, Laboring and the Academy
edited by Sekile Nzinga Johnson. Demeter Press 2013
RWJF Health Policy Institute Meharry Medical College Nashville, TN 2017
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Group Presentation : Health Disparities in Dallas, Texas
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Institute at Meharry Medical College by The Womanist/Feminist Pedagogy Group on Scribd


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Texas National Association of Multicultural Education Mesquite, TX  2011
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Poster Session Presentation:
Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Education through 
African American Women’s Children's Literature 



Southwestern Social Science Association    
Las Vegas, NV  2011


Session Chair :
Feminism and Race 

Race, Class, Gender and Social Inequality
Paper:
For Colored Girls: A Womanist Analysis

Paper:
African Identity Formation A Review of the Literature

TEXAS National Association of Multicultural Educators 2011 Handout by The Womanist/Feminist Pedagogy Group on Scribd


UNT 11th Annual Equity and Diversity Conference Denton, TX  2011
Workshop Facilitator:
Feminist/Womanist Pedagogy Teaching for Social Justice 

Phi Sigma Tau Student Symposium       Denton, TX  2011        
Paper:
Race Nationality and Identity: A theoretical exploration of the case against race


Southwestern Social Science Association  Houston, TX   2010
Paper:
Identity Formation and African Immigrants: A Preliminary Case Study

Texas National Association of Multicultural Education    Denton, TX     2010

Paper:
Feminist Pedagogy: Theory to Practice

Association of Black Sociologists New Orleans, LA   2009
Paper:
Africans and African Americans 

Southwestern Social Science Association Denver, CO 2009
Paper:
Immigrant Job Competition; What Black Folks Really Think.








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