Men in Conversation

• Wednesday, November 30
• 6 – 7:30 p.m. (virtual via Zoom)
• Register: go.wisc.edu/meninconversation
• Moderated by UHS Mental Health Provider Matt Sablan

• Participants will learn ideas on how to define success for themselves, cope with stress, and better support men.
• The event is open to students, faculty, and staff. Register with a wisc.edu email address.
• The event will not be recorded.

Lorenzo Edwards, Jr. | Lorenzo serves as judicial officer for Milwaukee County and presides over a great variety of matters in the family, domestic abuse, and harassment injunction courts. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Lorenzo worked as an attorney representing children in high conflict litigation in both children and family courts. Presently, Lorenzo also works as an adjunct instructor at Marquette University teaching a graduate level course on social justice and social activism, and volunteers as a yoga instructor for various community organizations. Lorenzo is committed to constantly re-examining himself, his place in society’s social order, his power and privilege, and how he can widen and create paths toward justice for others.

Jason Stephenson | Jason Stephenson is the Associate Dean of Multicultural Affairs for Health Professions Learners, an Associate Professor of Radiology in the Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention Section, and the former Integrated Block Leader for the Mind & Motion course.   He is a former Centennial Scholar and now is a member of the Centennial Scholars and Centennial Clinicians Program Advisory Committee.  His work has been recognized with numerous awards for teaching, mentoring, and service. He received a Dean’s Teaching Award in 2018 and in 2020 was inducted into the Gold Humanism in Medicine Society.  At that time he was also selected by SMPH to receive the Gold Foundation’s Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award.  Dr. Stephenson earned his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and his medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri in 2004. He completed both a diagnostic radiology residency and musculoskeletal radiology fellowship at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

Matthew Gebbie | Matthew Gebbie joined the UW-Madison Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering in 2019, where he is the Michael F. and Virginia H. Conway Assistant Professor. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from NC State University and Ph.D. in Materials from the UC Santa Barbara, where he was a Science and Engineering Fellow in the NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society. He was then a GLAM Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University before joining UW–Madison. Dr. Gebbie’s research addresses fundamental roadblocks at the intersection of soft matter, interface science, and electrochemistry to achieve sustainable interconversion of electrical and chemical energy. His group’s current projects focus on exploring new electrolyte design paradigms to enable safe, high-performance batteries and facilitate recycling of waste CO₂. Matt prioritizes work-life balance, and his favorite hobbies are biking, running, swimming, hiking, and camping with family, and trying to convince his daughter that rock climbing should be her favorite sport.

Brian A. Whitmore | Brian A Whitmore M.S.Ed is an Undergraduate Program Career Development Manager and Career Coach. Brian has worked in higher education for more than years in areas of Multicultural Education, Career Services and Student Affairs Administration. Prior to joining the Undergraduate Program as a Career Coach/Career Development Manager, Brian served as the Assistant Director of Career Management in the MBA program office at the Wisconsin School of Business.  Prior to his higher education experience, Brian served with the University of Wisconsin Madison Police Department for 8 years in the capacity of Police Officer and Community Officer. Brian believes in learning from his students and gaining an understanding of what skills they need to achieve their goals. He is steadfast in his belief of empowerment, strategic planning, professional development, and knowing one’s own strength and morals. Personal values, branding and mental health are the heart of Brian’s coaching and advising ethos. Brian has earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Eastern Michigan University in Communications and Criminal Justice and a Master’s Degree from University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in Student Affairs Administration.  His focus area in his education was student identity development and persistence/retention of UREP, Marginalized and BIPOC students in higher education. Brian is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys spending time with his two children Calvin and Maya.