stef shuster

Associate Professor of Sociology of Medicine and Gender · Michigan State University

stef shuster's research explores how evidence is a social artifact that is constituted through social, cultural, and historical contexts.

Inequality Gender Gender Affirmative Care Medical Sociology Social Movements

Genny Beemyn

Director of The Stonewall Center · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Genny Beemyn is an expert on the lives of transgender college students and on trans-inclusive policies and practices on college campuses.

LGBTQ Equality Transgender Issues Trans Youth Transgender Mental Health Transgender Law and Policy

Elizabeth (Libby) Sharrow

Associate Professor of History and Public Policy and Director of Faculty Research, Institute for Social Science Research · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Libby Sharrow examines the ways public policy has shaped understandings of gender, race, sexuality, disability and class in U.S. politics.

History of Title IX Politics of Sport Transgender Athletes Politics of Sex and Gender Public Policy and Disability

Hui Liu

Assistant Professor of Sociology · Michigan State University

Hui Liu is an expert in the relationship between health and relationships, including marriage, divorce, and ethnic minorities.

Aging Marriage Health Family Medicine

Debbie Cannon

LGBTQ Policy advisor - Transgender Expert · Debbie Cannon

LGBTQ Expert/Policy Advisor, Diversity Role Model, Freelance writer, Motivational Speaker

Lgbtq Issues Lgbtq Awareness Transgender Lesbian Issues Feminisms and Gender Studies

Debra W Soh, PhD

Sex science journalist & Playboy.com columnist · Self-employed

Columnist for Playboy.com. Bylines: Harper's, the Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, the Globe and Mail, Scientific American & more.

paraphilias (unusual sexual interests) furries transgender children gender dysphoria in children neuroscience of gender identity

Dara Parker

Vice-President, Grants & Community Initiatives · Vancouver Foundation

A nonprofit executive who is helping shift the sector from charity to justice.

Nonprofit Leadership Nonprofit Management Gender Lgbtq Issues Diversity and Inclusion

Cameron Awkward-Rich

Associate Professor in the Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Program · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Cameron Awkward-Rich is a poet and a scholar of trans theory/expressive culture.

Trans Theory Trans Expressive Culture Trans/Feminist/Queer Theory and Methods Disability Studies Contemporary American Literature

Alayne "Mimi" Ormerod, Ph.D.

Doctoral Faculty - Clinical Psychology · Fielding Graduate University

Racial/Ethnic harassment, sexual harassment, and discrimination in the schools, workplace, and military; Sexual violence

Research Methods Psychometric Theory Research in Psychotherapy Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in the Schools, Workplace, and Military Sexual Violence

Sarah Teetzel

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management · University of Manitoba

Dr. Sarah Teetzel’s research focuses on applied ethical issues in sport with emphasis on the intersection of rules and values.

Gender in sport Doping and drug testing in sport Olympic studies Philosophy and ethics of sport

Emily Fisher

Professor · Loyola Marymount University

Department of Specialized Programs in Professional Psychology

Counseling Children & Adolescents School Supports for LGBTQ Youth Positive Psychology Solution-Focused Brief Counseling Multicultural Counseling

Gabriele Magni

Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science and International Relations · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

M.V. Lee Badgett

Professor of Economics · University of Massachusetts Amherst

M. V. Lee Badgett is one of the world’s leading experts on the economics of same-sex marriage.

Economics of Sexual Orientation and Same-Sex Marriage Gay Marriage LGBT Inclusion Labor Economics Same-sex Couples

Helen Chang

Visiting Professor · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: changhel@uchastings.edu / Office 384-200

Tony Smith

Professor of Political Science and Law · UC Irvine

Tony Smith’s knowledge of politics includes Constitutional Law, the U.S. Supreme Court and election law.

Political Science International Law Legal Institutions US Politics Comparative Law

Heather McCauley

Assistant Professor · Michigan State University

Heather McCauley is an expert in the prevention of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and reproductive coercion.

Sexual Violence Gender and Sexuality Intimate Partner Violence LGBTQ Studies Public Health

Kaston Anderson-Carpenter

Assistant Professor of Psychology · Michigan State University

Kaston Anderson-Carpenter investigates the psychosocial determinants that influence addiction and health equity in marginalized communities.

Social Determinants of Health Addiction Applied Behavior Analysis Community Health Behavioral Psychology

Lisa Loutzenheiser

Associate Professor, Curriculum and Pedagogy · University of British Columbia

Lisa Loutzenheiser's research is focused on the educational experiences of marginalized youth.

Youth and Education Qualitative Methods Sociology of Education Anthropology of Education Queer Theory

Jean Hardy

Assistant Professor · Michigan State University

Jean Hardy's primary research focus is on the role of high-tech entrepreneurship and technological innovation.

Science and technology studies LGBTQ Studies Rural Computing Community and Economic Development Human-Computer Interaction

Erin Westgate

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Erin Westgate studies boredom, interest, and thinking (...and why it's so hard for so many people).

Happiness Boredom Emotion Social Psychology Social Cognition