Sexual Racism and Social Justice

Denton Callander is a Senior Research Fellow at the Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales. Callander is a social epidemiologist who studies sex, sexualities, and sexual health. His research in Australasia, North America, Europe, and Africa seeks to unravel the sociocultural dimensions of sexuality and their impacts on health and wellbeing. Panteá Farvid is an Associate Professor of Applied Psychology in the Schools of Public Engagement at The New School. She is the founder and director of The SexTech Lab, an interdisciplinary psychology lab that works at the intersection of gender, race, sexuality, culture, technology, AI, ethics, social justice, and intimacy. Her teaching and research focus on the critical psychology of gender and sexuality, psychology for social change/justice, and technologically mediated life. Amir Baradaran is the Founder and Director of the augmented reality start-up, ABXRStudio. He is an artist, activist, and technologist whose work focuses on social justice and equity. He is also the Founder of the international conference and platform, Another AI in Art: Decolonizing Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Art Making. Thomas A. Vance is the Clinical and Research Director at ClearMinds LLC, and Adjunct Professor in the Schools of Public Engagement at The New School. He is a counseling psychologist, scholar, and researcher. His work encompasses interdisciplinary psychology, having authored numerous articles addressing the mental health needs of the Black and LGBTQ+ communities.