Seventh International Symposium

The Seventh International Symposium on Human Rights and Modern Society convened in the Georgetown University Conference Center in Washington, DC, USA on April 4-7, 2002.

Faculty

Jeannine Parvati Baker, MS, Director, NOCIRC of Utah – Joseph,co-founder, Six Directions, and author. Joseph, Utah, USA.
Peter Ball, MA, MB, B Chir, retired family practitioner, member, NORM-UK, and producer and director, non-surgical foreskin restoration video. Turnbridge Wells, Kent, UK.
Michel Beauge, Medical Doctor and Sexologist, Vice Chairman, National Union of Sexologists, Secretary General, Group of Western France Sexologists for Advanced Training. Quimper,France.
Daniel H. Bollinger, III, BA, Director, NOCIRC of Indiana, founder and director of Wabash Men’s Council, Media Outreach Coordinator for NOCIRC. West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Charles A. Bonner, JD, civil rights, personal injury, and medical mal practice attorney. Sausalito, California, USA.
Mary Conant, RN, nurse conscientious objector to circumcision, co-founder of Nurses for the Rights of the Child, and Director, NOCIRC of NM. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
Amber Craig, MS, Director, NOCIRC of North Carolina and coordinator, Medicaid Project. Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
George C. Denniston, MD, MPH, founder and Director, Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.) and author. Norland, Washington, USA.
Milton Diamond, PhD, Professor, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, host and co-producer, PBS TV series, Human Sexuality, President, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and Past President, International Academy for Sex Research. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Steve C. Donnell, MB, ChB, FRCS, DCH, FRCS Ed, senior registrar, pediatric surgery and urology, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK, and consultant pediatric surgeon, Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Birmingham, UK.
Laurie Evans, Director, NOCIRC of New York – Hudson Valley. Katonah, NY, USA.
Rudolph P. Fedrizzi, MD, board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, Northern New Mexico Women’s Health and Birth Center. Taos, New Mexico, USA.
Paul Fleiss, MD, MPH, assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, University of Southern California Medical Center, pediatrician,and author. Los Angeles, California, USA.
Leonard Glick, MD, PhD, professor of anthropology, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, and author. New Salem, MA, USA.
Ronald Goldman, PhD, psychologist, educator, author, and executive director, Circumcision Resource Center. Boston, MA, USA.
Gary Harryman, MA, coordinator, National Organization of Restoring Men, Southern California (NORM-SC), researcher, author. Topanga, CA, USA.
Greg Hartley, PE, graduated cum laude in engineering, University of Pittsburgh, completed Naval Nuclear Power School, was a civilian instructor, US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, now works in fleet support, and Director, NOCIRC of PA. Ingomar,PA, USA.
Frederick Mansfield Hodges, D. Phil. (Oxon), medical historian, post-doctoral research associate, Department of History, Yale University, and author. New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Yngve Hofvander, MD, pediatrician, Professor, International Child Health, Uppsala University, Sweden, consultant to the Swedish International Development Authority, World Health Organization, and UNICEF. Uppsala, Sweden.
Duane Jorde, Director, NOCIRC of Hawaii, co-ordinator,“Fathers in Rebellion” exhibit. Honolulu, HI, USA.
Van Lewis, Director, NOCIRC of Florida. Panacea, Florida, USA.
Hanny Lightfoot-Klein, MA, cross-cultural sexologist, clinical supervisor, The American Board of Sexology, and author. Tucson, Arizona, USA.
David J. Llewellyn, BA, JD, practicing attorney at law representing plaintiffs in wrongful circumcision and other genital injury cases. Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Linda Massie, BSc, PG/Dip, founder and Director, NOCIRC of Northern Ireland. Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Harry Meislahn BA, MBA, magna cum laude graduate in Economics, Harvard, MBA recipient, Harvard Business School, and Director, NOCIRC of Illinois. Winnetka, IL, USA.
Marilyn Milos, RN, Director, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC),Coordinator, International Symposia on Genital Integrity. San Anselmo, California, USA.
Soraya Mire, Director, Persistent Productions, producer, FireEyes. Pasadena, CA, USA.
Dr. Jotham Musinguzi, Past Public Health Physician, Makerere Medical School, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Director of the Population Secretariat, Ministry of Finance and Planning – Government of Uganda. Kampala, Uganda.
Martin Novoa, investment banker, twenty years experience in research and counseling about male circumcision. San Francisco, CA, USA.
Kristen O’Hara, BS in Education, Salem College, Salem, Massachusetts, and author. Boston, MA, USA.
Shane Peterson, PhD, affiliated with the International Office for Men’s Health and Gender Studies, School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University, Director, NOCIRC of Australia. Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Mark Reiss, MD, retired physician, active member of a Conservative synagogue, child’s rights activist, and researcher. San Francisco, CA, USA.
Marianne M. Sarkis, MA, applied medical anthropologist, Director, Female Genital Mutilation Awareness and Education Project of NOCIRC, originator of first female genital mutilation website. Albany, CA, USA.
Steve Scott, Educational Outreach Coordinator, National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers, Director, NOCIRC of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Morris Sorrells, MD, retired pediatrician, consultant, andresearcher. Port Ludlow, WA, USA.
William Stowell, A1C, Security Forces, US Air Force, first 18-year-old to file circumcision lawsuit. Denver, CO, USA.
J. Steven Svoboda, JD, founder and Director, Attorneys for theRights of the Child (ARC). Berkeley, California, USA.John Taylor, MB, FRCPC, pathologist (retired), Health Sciences Centre and University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin, PhD, Director, The Israeli Association Against Genital Mutilation, and currently a medical student. Sturt, South Australia, Australia.