Conceiving Equity 2025 and the Roe v. Wade Annual Lecture with Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer

Conceiving Equity will feature poster presentations by Newcomb Institute’s Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health interns, followed by the annual Roe v. Wade lecture with Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer, authors of The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America.

Elizabeth Dias, national religion correspondent for The New York Times, has covered American religion, politics, and culture for fifteen years. She has reported from Washington, DC, the Vatican, and across the United States. She is a Livingston Award finalist, and a graduate of Wheaton College and Princeton Theological Seminary.

Lisa Lerer, national political correspondent for The New York Times, has covered American politics, power, and elections for nearly two decades. She has covered five presidential campaigns, the White House and Congress. She was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Columbia University Journalism School.

The annual Roe v. Wade Lecture is supported by the Donna and Richard Esteves Fund for Women’s Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health.