WASHINGTON – The Office of Alumni Relations at Howard University will resume the Bison Roundtable series in an upcoming event highlighting the experiences of women in advance of Women’s History Month. Forward Thinking: A Bison Roundtable on Women’s Empowerment will be held via Zoom at noon on Friday, February 26. The event will feature Howard University women leaders across campus and special guest Nicole Monson (JD ’01), senior vice president and deputy general counsel for The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., who also serves as the executive sponsor for She’s Howard: Own Your Power, a first-of-its-kind program specifically for Howard alumnae. Registration is currently open.

“This rendition of the Bison Roundtable is extra special to me because of the focus on women’s empowerment,” said Sharon Strange Lewis, director of alumni relations. “As a university, we are really looking at the unique experiences of women and investing in ways to engage women’s issues through research and programming. The launch of She’s Howard: Own Your Power, our new program designed to create a safe space for the personal and professional development of Howard alumnae, and the new Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership, led by Dr. J. Jarpa Dawuni, are just two of the efforts that alumni will have a chance to learn about during the event. I look forward to gathering with the Howard community to listen and learn from women across the University.”

Four Howard University women will share their personal stories, strategies and opportunities to inspire and encourage others during the event. Information on each of the panelists is provided below:

J. Jarpa Dawuni, Esq., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Political Science, Executive Director of the Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership at Howard University, Fulbright Specialist Scholar and Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow

Nicole Monson, JD ’01

Senior Vice President of Global Employment Compliance and Data Privacy for The Estée Lauder Companies and executive sponsor for the She’s Howard: Own Your Power program

Andreya J. Davis, B.A. ‘16

Assistant Dean for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the Office of the Dean of the Chapel and member of Womxn of the MECCA

Rachel Howell

Political science major, philosophy minor in the Class of 2021 and President of the Howard University Student Association (HUSA)

To register for Forward Thinking: A Bison Roundtable on Women’s Empowerment, click here.

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About Howard University

Founded in 1867, Howard University is a private, research university that is comprised of 13 schools and colleges. Students pursue more than 140 programs of study leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University operates with a commitment to Excellence in Truth and Service and has produced one Schwarzman Scholar, three Marshall Scholars, four Rhodes Scholars, 11 Truman Scholars, 25 Pickering Fellows and more than 165 Fulbright recipients. Howard also produces more on-campus African-American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United States. For more information on Howard University, visit www.howard.edu.

Media Contact: Misha Cornelius, misha.cornelius@howard.edu