LGBTQSOC Master Program - FINAL
The inaugural LGBTQ Scholars of Color Conference will be held on April 8-10, 2015 at John Jay College of Criminal Justice - City University of New York. The conference will feature speakers like Dr. David Malebranche, Dr. Tania Israel, Geena Rocero, and more. The conference is sponsored by CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Arcus Foundation, the Andrus Family Fund, and more.
Content
1
LGBTQ
Scholars
of
Color
Conference
John
Jay
College
of
Criminal
Justice
City
University
of
New
York
New
York,
New
York
April
8-‐10,
2015
#lgbtqsoc
2
WELCOME
LETTER
Kevin
L.
Nadal,
Ph.D.
I
am
so
honored
and
excited
to
welcome
you
all
to
our
inaugural
LGBTQ
Scholars
of
Color
Conference.
What
started
as
a
mere
idea
with
my
dear
colleague
Dr.
Debra
Joy
Perez
has
finally
become
a
reality,
and
I
am
so
happy
that
you
are
all
here
to
experience
this
with
us.
The
LGBTQ
Scholars
of
Color
Conference
and
Network
was
created
in
response
to
the
underrepresentation
of
LGBTQ
scholars
of
color
in
advanced
research,
evaluation
and
academic
positions.
Because
of
the
multiple
obstacles
that
LGBTQ
people
of
color
experience
due
to
their
multiple
marginalized
identities,
we
wanted
to
gather
of
group
of
individuals
who
could
provide
each
other
support
and
validation,
while
also
gaining
skill
sets
that
can
assist
them
in
their
careers.
We
wanted
to
create
a
safe
space
where
participants
can
talk
about
everything
from
the
woes
of
graduate
school
or
the
tenure
process,
to
our
strengths
and
abilities
to
overcome
adversity
in
multiple
contexts
and
communities.
It
is
only
fitting
that
CLAGS:
The
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
is
part
of
this
convening.
CLAGS
is
the
first
university-‐based
LGBTQ
research
center
in
the
country,
and
we
are
dedicated
to
the
study
of
historical,
cultural,
and
political
issues
of
vital
concern
to
LGBTQ
individuals
and
communities.
One
of
the
ways
that
CLAGS
has
evolved
over
the
years
is
that
we
are
particularly
committed
to
understanding
how
intersectionalities
affect
the
lives
of
LGBTQ
people.
The
fact
that
there
are
over
175
participants
gathered
here
at
this
meeting
(and
many
more
who
could
not
attend)
is
evidence
that
we
need
to
continue
these
conversations
about
our
multiple
identities
and
change
the
ways
that
people
think
about
diversity.
Over
the
next
three
days,
we
will
highlight
the
state
of
academia
as
it
relates
to
LGBTQ
scholars
of
color,
while
showcasing
exemplar
scholars
and
leaders
who
care
deeply
about
issues
affecting
our
communities.
We
also
will
have
many
opportunities
for
fun
and
entertainment-‐
with
excellent
food,
music,
performances,
and
dancing.
We
hope
the
networking
opportunities
during
our
convening
foster
future
collaborations
and
long-‐term
meaningful
relationships.
We
are
grateful
for
support
of
The
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation,
the
Arcus
Foundation,
and
the
Andrus
Family
Fund
for
their
support.
We
also
thank
the
CUNY,
Graduate
Center,
and
John
Jay
College
community,
as
well
as
our
allies,
volunteers
and
interns
for
their
time
and
dedication
to
this
movement.
So
on
behalf
of
the
Conference
Planning
Committee,
I
welcome
you
and
hope
you
leave
us
this
conference
feeling
rejuvenated,
empowered
and
inspired
to
continue
your
work
and
achieve
all
your
dreams!
Maraming
salamat
(many
thanks),
Kevin
L.
Nadal,
Ph.D.
Executive
Director,
CLAGS:
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
Associate
Professor,
Psychology
John
Jay
College
of
Criminal
Justice
Associate
Professor,
Clinical
Psychology
and
Critical/Social
Personality
Psychology
The
Graduate
Center-‐
City
University
of
New
York
WELCOME
LETTER
3
As
part
of
AECF’s
commitment
to
diversity
we
are
always
looking
for
ways
to
introduce
new
researchers
and
scholars
to
the
Foundation’s
program
priorities.
To
this
end,
our
Research,
Evaluation,
and
Learning
(REAL)
unit
launched
the
Expanding
the
Bench
initiative
led
by
Dr.
Kantahyanee
Murray
last
year
to
increase
the
number
of
historically
under-‐represented
researchers
and
evaluators
of
color
through
a
three-‐
pronged
approach
of
strengthening
ties,
building
capacity
and
increasing
field
demand.
Along
with
celebrating
the
accomplishments
of
LGBTQ
researchers
of
color,
you
will
have
a
chance
to
network
with
each
other
and
hear
the
stories
of
courage,
inspiration,
and
hope
toward
a
stronger
and
vibrant
community.
Debra
Joy
Pérez,
Ph.D.
Welcome
Participants,
We
are
pleased
to
support
the
LGBTQ
Scholars
of
Color
Conference.
The
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation
(AECF)
has
a
long-‐standing
commitment
to
expanding
the
diversity
of
perspectives
galvanized
to
address
inequality
and
disparities.
Our
work
in
systems
reform
including
investments
in
child
welfare
and
juvenile
justice
has
uncovered
the
grave
disparities
that
exist
and
the
negative
impact
these
systems
have
on
communities
of
color.
In
a
recent
report
title:
“Race
for
Results”
we
were
able
to
document
the
vast
disparities
that
occur
between
people
of
color
and
white
populations
in
achieving
key
milestones
along
the
various
stages
of
development.
As
the
report
states
“The
public
systems
designed
to
help
children
and
families
have
functioned
in
ways
that
denied
opportunity
to
people
of
color
—
and
even
worked
to
push
them
down
the
ladder.
Throughout
much
of
our
history,
laws
severely
restricted
access
to
jobs,
health
care
and
education.
Even
today,
despite
great
progress,
opportunities
are
not
equitably
distributed
to
all
Americans.”
Because
of
these
disparities,
we
are
in
need
of
diverse
scholars
who
can
help
find
solutions
to
these
pressing
problems.
This
conference
provides
a
venue
for
diverse
scholars
to
network,
strengthen
skill
sets,
and
affirm
their
commitment
to
research
that
impacts
the
communities
we
serve.
We
are
so
grateful
for
the
leadership
of
and
partnership
with
Dr.
Kevin
Nadal,
my
colleague
and
Conference
Co-‐Chair
and
Executive
Director
of
the
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
(CLAGS)
at
the
Graduate
Center,
CUNY
(GC)
and
Associate
Professor
of
psychology
at
both
John
Jay
College
of
Criminal
Justice
and
GC-‐
CUNY.
We
also
thank
the
planning
committee,
and
the
many
CUNY
interns
and
volunteers
for
their
tireless
work
in
making
this
conference
possible.
A
special
thank
you
to
National
Urban
Fellow,
Ilana
Yamin
for
her
incredible
dedication
and
hard
work.
Finally,
we
are
pleased
to
join
Jason
McGill
of
the
Arcus
Foundation,
Leticia
Peguero
of
The
Andrus
Family
Fund,
CLAGS,
CUNY
and
John
Jay
College
in
supporting
this
important
conference
and
appreciate
their
contributions
to
this
effort.
On
behalf
of
our
President
and
CEO,
Patrick
McCarthy
and
myself,
welcome!
To
your
success,
Debra
Joy
Pérez,
Ph.D.
Vice
President
for
Research,
Evaluation
and
Learning
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation
MAJOR
SPONSORS
Developing
solutions
to
build
a
brighter
future
for
children,
families
and
communities.
www.aecf.org
www.aecf.org
Dedicated
to
supporting
LGBT
social
justice
and
the
conservation
of
great
apes.
Push
boundaries.
Make
change.
www.arcusfoundation.org
Fostering
just
and
sustainable
change
in
the
United
States.
Fostering
connections.
Unlocking
promise.
www.affund.org
The
first
university-‐based
LGBTQ
research
center
in
the
United
States
committed
to
nurturing
cutting-‐edge
scholarship,
organizing
events
for
examining
and
affirming
LGBT
lives,
fostering
network-‐building
among
academics,
artists,
activists,
policy
makers,
and
community
members,
and
providing
fellowships
that
promote
reflection
on
queer
pasts,
presents,
and
futures.
www.clags.org
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SUPPORTERS
5
ABOUT
THE
NETWORK
Despite
great
progress,
opportunities
are
not
equitably
distributed
to
all
Americans.
Because
of
these
disparities,
we
are
in
need
of
diverse
scholars
who
can
help
find
solutions
to
the
nation’s
most
pressing
social
problems.
Solutions
require
innovation
and
diversity.
Unfortunately,
today’s
universities
and
colleges
are
far
from
diverse.
Scholars
of
color
lack
representation
in
research
and
evaluation
thus
facing
unique
challenges
in
pursuing
their
professional
and
academic
goals.
These
challenges
are
particularly
severe
for
LGBTQ
scholars
of
Color
from
historically
under-‐represented
racial
and
ethnic
groups.
Mission:
The
purpose
of
this
LGBTQ
Scholars
of
Color
network
is
to
provide
methodological,
social,
and
spiritual
support
to
LGBTQ
Scholars
of
Color
working
to
find
solutions
to
social
problems.
The
following
goals
and
guiding
principles
are
intended
to
ensure
the
success
of
historically
under-‐represented
researchers
and
evaluators
of
color
through
strengthening
ties,
building
capacity
and
increasing
visibility.
This
network
celebrates
the
accomplishments
of
LGBTQ
scholars
of
color,
and
highlights
their
stories
of
courage,
inspiration,
and
hope
toward
a
stronger
and
vibrant
community.
Goals
and
Guiding
Principles:
• Share
ideas
and
best
practices
for
providing
support,
building
capacity,
and
increasing
opportunities
for
LGBTQ
scholars
of
color,
regardless
of
research
area
or
discipline.
• Foster
a
collaborative
network
that
is
self-‐sustaining
and
organized
without
being
“owned”
by
any
one
organization,
individual,
or
group.
• Prioritize
the
needs
and
interests
of
historically
under-‐represented
scholars
of
color
while
actively
considering
the
importance
of
intersectionality
(e.g.,
race,
gender,
class)
and
a
diversity
of
identities.
• Contributes
to
just
and
sustainable
change
by
strengthening
the
pipeline
of
LGBTQ
scholars
of
color.
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7
Wednesday,
April
8,
2015
4:30
p.m.
–
9:00
p.m.
Foyer
(Atrium)
Check-‐in
5:30
p.m.
–
6:30
p.m.
L61
Conference
Welcome
Remarks
6:30
p.m.
–
8:30
p.m.
1.85
Conference
Welcome
Reception
&
Student
Poster
Showcase
Kevin
L.
Nadal,
Ph.D.
Executive
Director,
CLAGS:
The
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
&
Associate
Professor
of
Psychology
at
John
Jay
College
of
Criminal
Justice
Debra
Joy
Pérez,
Ph.D.,
Vice
President,
Research,
Evaluation
&
Learning
at
The
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation
*Poster
Presentation
Topics
and
Authors
on
Page
26
Icebreaker
Activity
C.
Riley
Snorton,
Ph.D.,
Cornell
University
&
CLAGS:
The
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
Spoken
Word/Poetry
Alexis
Gumbs,
Ph.D.
Thursday,
April
9,
2015
8:00
a.m.
–
8:50
a.m.
Room
L.61
9:00
a.m.
–
9:15
a.m.
Lecture
Hall,
L.63
9:15
a.m.
–
10:30
a.m.
Lecture
Hall,
L.63
Check-‐in
&
Continental
Breakfast
Opening
Remarks
Debra
Joy
Pérez,
Ph.D.,
The
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation
Plenary
Session
Life
in
Academia
for
LGBTQ
People
of
Color:
State
of
the
Field
Kevin
L.
Nadal,
Ph.D.,
John
Jay
College
of
Criminal
Justice
&
CLAGS:
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
John
Paul
Sánchez,
M.D.,
M.P.H.,
Albert
Einstein
College
of
Medicine,
Montefiore
Medical
Center
Anneliese
Singh,
Ph.D.,
University
of
Georgia
Moderator:
C.
Riley
Snorton,
Ph.D.,
Cornell
University
In
response
to
the
underrepresentation
of
LGBTQ
faculty
of
color
in
the
academy,
the
panel
highlights
the
state
of
the
field
for
LGBTQ
Scholars
of
Color,
needs
and
opportunities
for
LGBTQ
faculty
of
color
and
career
pathways
to
success.
10:30
a.m.
–
10:45
a.m.
Morning
Break
Room
L.
61
8
10:45
a.m.
–
12:00
p.m.
Lecture
Hall,
L.63
Plenary
Session
12:15
p.m.
–
1:30
p.m.
Dining
Hall
(2nd
Floor)
Networking
Lunch
Welcoming
Remarks:
Andrew
Spieldenner,
Ph.D.,
Board
Chair
of
CLAGS:
The
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
&
Assistant
Professor
at
Hofstra
University
Networking
Lunch
Facilitators:
Tonia
Poteat,
Ph.D.,
Johns
Hopkins
University
Kantahyanee
W.
Murray,
Ph.D.,
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation
1:30
p.m.
–
2:45
p.m.
Lecture
Hall,
L.63
Keynote
Address
David
J.
Malebranche,
M.D.,
University
of
Pennsylvania
3:00
p.m.
–
4:15
p.m.
Breakout
Sessions
*Descriptions
on
Page
28
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1.82
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1.83
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1.85
NB
1.87
NB
1.89
4:30
p.m.
–
5:45
p.m.
Lecture
Hall
(L63)
Being
an
LGBTQ
Scholar
of
Color
Beverly
Greene,
Ph.D.,
St.
John’s
University
Sel
Hwahng,
Ph.D.,
Mt.
Sinai
Beth
Israel
Hospital
Francisco
Sánchez,
Ph.D.,
University
of
Wisconsin,
Madison
Moderator:
Tonia
Poteat,
Ph.D.,
Johns
Hopkins
University
Previous
literature
has
described
the
difficulty
in
being
a
dual
minority
(i.e.,
LGBTQ
and
a
person
of
color),
citing
the
experiences
of
historical
and
present-‐day
marginalization
(e.g.,
stereotyping,
oppression,
stigmatization,
and
negative
reactions)
by
one’s
racial/
ethnic
community,
by
one’s
LGBTQ
community,
and
by
the
general
dominant
society.
This
panel
will
focus
on
the
personal
experiences
of
LGBTQ
scholars
of
color,
focusing
on
issues
like
coming
out,
navigating
various
systems
and
institutions,
and
addressing
issues
like
overt
discrimination
to
subtle
microaggressions.
Navigating
the
Tenure
Process
Michael
Mobley,
Ph.D.
&
Raul
Rubio,
Ph.D.
Demystifying
Academic
Writing:
How
to
Get
Published
Anneliese
Singh,
Ph.D.
&
Tavia
Nyong’o,
Ph.D.
Communications/Media
101:
How
to
Make
Your
Research
Accessible
to
the
Public
andré
carrington,
Ph.D.
What
privilege?
Intersectionality,
privilege,
marginalization,
and
solidarity
María
R.
Scharrón-‐del
Río,
Ph.D.
Research
is
Personal
Nadine
Nakamura,
Ph.D.
&
Edgar
Rivera
Colon,
Ph.D.
Advanced
Quantitative
Research
Methods
Jose
Bauermeister,
Ph.D.
PLENARY
SESSION
Life
in
Academia:
State
of
the
Field
9
Y.
Barry
Chung,
Ph.D.,
Indiana
University
Renee
M.
Johnson,
Ph.D.,
M.P.H.,
Johns
Hopkins
University
Moderator:
India
J.
Ornelas,
Ph.D.,
M.P.H.,
University
of
Washington
Over
the
past
two
decades,
there
has
been
a
growth
in
literature
that
has
focused
on
the
experiences
of
lesbian,
gay,
bisexual,
transgender,
and
queer
(LGBTQ)
people
of
color,
namely
Black/African
Americans,
Latina/os,
Asian
Americans,
Pacific
Islanders,
and
Native
Americans.
Most
of
this
research
has
concentrated
on
health
and
mental
disparities
of
this
subgroup,
revealing
a
higher
prevalence
of
substance
abuse,
HIV/AIDS,
self-‐esteem
issues,
emotional
trauma,
suicidal
ideation,
and
general
health
disparities
than
their
LGBTQ
White
counterparts
community,
by
their
LGBTQ
community,
and
by
the
general
dominant
society
(Nadal,
2013).
This
panel
will
focus
on
some
of
the
current
trends
in
research
on
LGBTQ
communities
of
color
in
health,
social
sciences,
humanities,
and
more.
5:45
p.m.
–
7:45
p.m.
Room
L.61
Networking
Reception
&
Early
Career/Student
Poster
Showcase
*Poster
Presentation
Topics
and
Authors
on
Page
27
Entertainment
J.
Mase,
Spoken
Word
Artist
Closing
Remarks
Debra
Joy
Pérez,
Ph.D.,
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation
Friday,
April
10,
2015
8:00
a.m.
–
8:50
a.m.
Foyer
(Atrium)
9:00
a.m.
–
9:15
a.m.
Lecture
Hall,
L.63
9:15
a.m.
–
10:30
a.m.
Lecture
Hall,
L.63
PLENARY
SESSION
Plenary
Session
Check-‐in
&
Continental
Breakfast
Opening
Remarks
Kevin
L.
Nadal,
Ph.D.,
John
Jay
College
of
Criminal
Justice
&
CLAGS:
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
Advocating
for
Social
Justice:
Translating
Research
into
Policy
&
Practice
Osman
Ahmed,
New
York
City
Anti-‐Violence
Project
Cecilia
Gentili,
APICHA
Community
Health
Center
Alexis
Pauline
Gumbs,
Ph.D.,
Brilliance
Remastered
Charlotte
Tate,
Ph.D.,
San
Francisco
State
University
Moderator:
David
P.
Rivera,
Ph.D.,
William
Paterson
University
Because
of
the
many
issues
that
affect
LGBTQ
communities,
communities
of
color,
and
LGBTQ
communities
of
color,
it
becomes
crucial
for
academics,
researchers,
and
evaluators
to
use
their
work
to
advocate
for
social
justice
and
change,
while
also
using
their
work
to
implement
change
on
systemic
and
institutional
levels.
This
panel
will
focus
on
the
various
ways
that
individuals
have
used
research
(either
their
own
research
or
others’
research)
to
advocate
for
change
in
policy,
education,
and
social
service.
10
10:30
a.m.
–
10:45
a.m.
Room
L.
61
10:45
a.m.
–
12:00
p.m.
Lecture
Hall,
L.63
12:15
p.m.
–
1:30
p.m.
Dining
Hall
(2nd
Floor)
1:30
p.m.
–
2:45
p.m.
NB
1.69
NB
1.71
NB
1.73
NB
1.75
NB
1.76
NB
1.77
Morning
Break
Plenary
Session
Funding
Research
on
LGBTQ
People
of
Color
Cheryl
Anne
Boyce,
Ph.D.,
National
Institutes
of
Health
Sophie
Dagenais,
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation
Leticia
Peguero,
Andrus
Family
Fund
&
Andrus
Family
Philanthropy
Program
Michael
Mobley,
Ph.D.,
Salem
State
University
Moderator:
Kantahyanee
W.
Murray,
Ph.D.,
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation
While
limited
funding
is
a
concern
for
most
scholars,
it
is
particularly
concerning
for
LGBTQ
scholars
of
color.
There
will
be
two
purposes
for
this
panel:
(1)
representatives
from
various
private
and
federal
funding
organizations
will
discuss
their
organization’s
research/evaluation
priorities
and
processes
for
identifying
research/evaluation
partners
and
(2)
one
researcher
will
describe
his
process
is
successfully
attaining
funding
from
various
sources.
Networking
Lunch
Invited
Speaker
Geena
Rocero,
Founder
of
Gender
Proud
Breakout
Sessions
*Descriptions
on
Page
29
Diversity
Issues
in
Universities:
Best
Models
&
Practices
India
J.
Ornelas,
Ph.D.,
M.P.H.
&
Marta
E.
Esquilin,
Ed.D.
Community-‐Based
Evaluation:
Developing
Partnerships
&
Infusing
Data
into
Daily
Operations
Andrew
Spieldenner,
Ph.D.
&
Tammi
Fleming,
Ph.D.
Our
Inclusive
“Quilt
Bagpipe”:
Using
Standpoint
Theory
as
a
Framework
for
Mentoring
Students
John
Frederick,
Ph.D.
Developing
Skills
for
Social
Justice
Advocacy
Kalaya’an
Mendoza
Self-‐Care,
Intersectionalities,
and
Social
Justice
Marie
Miville,
Ph.D.
Action
Based
Qualitative
Research
&
Intersectionality
Annemarie
Vaccaro,
Ph.D.
11
3:00
p.m.
–
4:15
p.m.
Lecture
Hall,
L.63
4:30
p.m.
–
6:00
p.m.
Faculty
Dining
Room
(2nd
Floor)
7:30
p.m.
–
10:30
p.m.
Dining
Hall
(2nd
Floor)
Keynote
Address
Tania
Israel,
Ph.D.,
University
of
California,
Santa
Barbara
Speed
Mentoring
Session
Participants
who
signed
up
for
and
were
selected
for
Speed
Mentoring
will
have
an
opportunity
to
meet
three
mentors
for
10
minute
mentoring
sessions.
You
should
receive
a
schedule
for
Speed
Mentoring
during
Registration.
Mentors
include
Drs.
Jose
Bauermeister,
Cheryl
Boyce,
Barry
Chung,
Edgar
Rivera
Colón,
John
Frederick,
Sel
Hwahng,
Tania
Israel,
Renee
Johnson,
David
Malebranche,
Marie
Miville,
Michael
Mobley,
Kevin
Nadal,
Nadine
Nakumura,
Jose
Nanín,
Debra
Joy
Pérez,
Tonia
Poteat,
David
Rivera,
JP
Sanchez,
Maria
Scharron-‐del
Rio,
Anneliese
Singh,
Andrew
Spieldenner,
Charlotte
Tate,
and
Annemarie
Vaccaro
Dinner
&
Celebration
Closing
Remarks
Kevin
L.
Nadal,
Ph.D.
Executive
Director,
CLAGS:
The
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
&
Associate
Professor
of
Psychology
at
John
Jay
College
of
Criminal
Justice
Debra
Joy
Pérez,
Ph.D.,
Vice
President,
Research,
Evaluation
&
Learning
at
The
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation
Performance
Karen
Jaime,
Ph.D.
Music
by
Goldie
Was
Here
www.goldiewashere.com
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by:
Picsfly
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KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS
BIOGRAPHIES
Tania
Israel,
Ph.D.
is
a
Professor
in
the
Department
of
Counseling,
Clinical,
and
School
Psychology
at
the
University
of
California,
Santa
Barbara.
She
received
a
Ph.D.
in
Counseling
Psychology
from
Arizona
State
University
and
a
Masters
degree
in
Human
Sexuality
Education
and
a
B.A.
in
Psychology
and
Women’s
Studies
from
the
University
of
Pennsylvania.
Dr.
Israel
is
a
Fellow
of
the
American
Psychological
Association
(APA),
Past-‐President
of
the
Society
of
Counseling
Psychology
(SCP),
and
recipient
of
a
five-‐year
career
development
grant
from
the
National
Institute
of
Mental
Health.
Her
honors
include
the
Asian
and
Pacific
Islander
Heritage
Award
for
Excellence
in
Mental
Health
from
the
California
Asian
&
Pacific
Islander
Legislative
Caucus,
the
Emerging
Leader
Award
from
the
APA
Committee
on
Women
in
Psychology,
a
Shining
Star
Award
from
the
National
Multicultural
Conference
and
Summit,
the
SCP
Section
for
the
Advancement
of
Women
2011
Woman
of
the
Year
Award,
and
the
SCP
Section
for
LGBT
Issues
Award
for
Significant
Contribution
to
Social
Justice
and
Advocacy.
Her
scholarship
focuses
on
interventions
to
support
the
mental
health
and
well-‐being
of
lesbian,
gay,
bisexual,
transgender,
and
queer
(LGBTQ)
individuals
and
communities;
privilege
and
oppression;
intersections
among
gender,
ethnicity,
and
sexual
orientation;
and
social
justice.
David
J.
Malebranche,
MD,
MPH
is
a
clinician-‐researcher
with
expertise
in
the
clinical
management
of
HIV
and
behavioral
HIV
prevention
research
with
Black
men
in
the
United
States.
He
is
currently
a
primary
care
physician
at
the
University
of
Pennsylvania's
Student
Health
Center
in
Philadelphia,
PA.
Dr.
Malebranche
is
board
certified
in
Internal
Medicine
and
is
recognized
as
an
HIV
Specialist
from
the
American
Academy
of
HIV
Medicine.
He
is
also
an
experienced
qualitative
HIV
behavioral
prevention
researcher
who
has
completed
several
studies
on
sexual
health
among
Black
men
of
diverse
sexualities.
His
other
areas
of
expertise
are
Men's
and
LGBT
health,
as
well
as
the
diagnosis
and
treatment
of
HIV
and
Sexually
Transmitted
Infections
(STI).
Dr.
Malebranche’s
work
has
been
featured
in
medical
and
public
health
journals
such
as
The
Annals
of
Internal
Medicine,
The
American
Journal
of
Public
Health,
The
Journal
of
General
Internal
Medicine,
Health
Affairs,
Men
and
Masculinities,
The
Archives
of
Sexual
Behavior
and
The
Journal
of
the
National
Medical
Association.
He
is
known
as
a
dynamic
speaker
nationwide
and
has
appeared
in
documentaries
on
CNN,
ABC
News
Primetime,
TV
One
and
Black
Entertainment
Television
(BET)
for
his
expertise
on
HIV
in
the
Black
community.
Dr.
Malebranche
also
served
as
a
member
of
the
President’s
Advisory
Council
on
HIV/AIDS
(PACHA)
from
2006
–
2008,
and
was
the
HIV/AIDS
clinical
expert
on
WebMD
from
2010
-‐
2012.
KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS
BIOGRAPHIES
Geena
Rocero
is
a
professional
model
for
fashion
and
beauty
companies
around
the
world.
Originally
from
the
Philippines,
she
immigrated
to
New
York
to
pursue
her
dream
of
being
a
supermodel.
In
2014,
she
came
out
as
transgender
during
a
“Ted
Talk”
which
was
viewed
over
2
million
times
in
just
a
few
months.
She
founded
Gender
Proud,
an
advocacy
and
awareness
organization
that
brings
attention
to
the
need
for
all
transgender
individuals
to
self-‐identify
with
the
fewest
barriers
possible.
She
has
been
featured
in
notable
magazines,
including
an
August
2014
spread
in
Elle
Magazine.
www.genderproud.com
13
FEATURED
SPEAKERS
BIOGRAPHIES
Osman
Ahmed
is
the
National
Coalition
of
Anti-‐Violence
Programs
(NCAVP)
Research
and
Education
Coordinator
at
the
New
York
City
Anti-‐Violence
Project.
NCAVP
works
to
prevent,
respond
to,
and
end
all
violence
within
and
against
LGBTQ
and
HIV-‐affected
communities.
NCAVP
produces
two
annual
national
reports
on
LGBTQH
Hate
Violence
and
LGBTQH
Intimate
Partner
Violence,
the
only
national
reports
of
their
kind.
NCAVP
uses
these
reports
to
document
and
raise
awareness
of
the
prevalence
of
this
violence,
advocate
for
policy
and
funding
changes
that
will
increase
resources
to
address
LGBTQH
violence,
and
recommend
strategies
to
prevent,
respond
to,
and
end
this
violence.
Jose
Bauermeister,
PhD
is
the
John
G.
Searle
Assistant
Professor
of
Health
Behavior
and
Health
Education
(HBHE),
and
Director
of
the
Center
for
Sexuality
&
Health
Disparities
(SexLab)
at
the
University
of
Michigan’s
School
Of
Public
Health.
Originally
from
San
Juan,
Puerto
Rico,
Dr.
Bauermeister
completed
his
MPH
and
PhD
in
Public
Health
from
the
University
of
Michigan.
Prior
to
joining
the
HBHE
faculty,
Dr.
Bauermeister
was
a
NIH
postdoctoral
fellow
in
the
HIV
Center
for
Clinical
and
Behavioral
Studies
at
Columbia
University.
Dr.
Bauermeister's
work
explores
the
role
that
sexuality
and
sexual
behaviors
play
in
youths'
lives,
and
how
those
experiences
transform
into
HIV/AIDS
vulnerability.
Since
2010,
Dr.
Bauermeister
has
led
an
academic-‐
community
partnership
(UHIP)
focused
on
addressing
the
structural
barriers
fueling
the
HIV/STI
disparities
faced
by
Black
and
Latino
YMSM
in
the
Detroit
Metro
Area.
This
work
has
led
to
the
development
of
Mfierce,
a
3-‐year
structural
intervention
project
funded
by
the
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention
(CDC),
and
an
online
HIV/STI
testing
intervention
for
YMSM
in
Southeast
Michigan
(Get
Connected!).
He
also
serves
in
the
Editorial
Boards
of
the
Journal
of
Youth
&
Adolescence,
Archives
of
Sexual
Behavior,
AIDS
and
Behavior,
and
Health
Education
&
Behavior.
Cheryl
Anne
Boyce,
Ph.D.
is
currently
the
Chief
of
the
Behavioral
and
Brain
Development
Branch
and
Associate
Director
for
Child
and
Adolescent
Research
within
the
Division
of
Clinical
Neuroscience
and
Behavioral
Research,
National
Institute
on
Drug
Abuse
(NIDA),
National
Institutes
of
Health
(NIH),
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
(DHHS).
For
over
a
decade,
she
has
collaborated
and
consulted
on
issues
of
research
and
policy
on
the
topics
of
child
abuse
and
neglect,
trauma
and
violence,
early
childhood,
health
disparities,
mental
health
and
substance
use
with
agencies,
research
investigators,
those
in
clinical
practice
and
the
Nation’s
public
as
a
federal
health
scientist
administrator.
A
native
of
Washington,
DC,
she
completed
her
bachelor’s
degree
cum
laude
at
the
Catholic
University
of
America
with
University
Honors
in
the
Social
Sciences
and
completed
her
doctoral
studies
in
clinical
psychology
at
the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Chapel
Hill.
Building
upon
clinical
and
research
training
and
fellowships
at
the
Children’s
National
Medical
Center
and
the
University
of
Maryland
Department
of
Psychiatry,
she
began
her
Federal
career
as
a
Society
for
Research
in
Child
Development
(SRCD)/American
Association
for
the
Advancement
of
Science
(AAAS)
Executive
Branch
Policy
Fellow
with
a
joint
appointment
to
the
Administration
for
Children
and
Families
and
National
Institute
of
Mental
Health
(NIMH).
andré
m.
carrington,
Ph.D.
is
Assistant
Professor
of
African-‐American
Literature
at
Drexel
University.
He
has
contributed
to
Black
Gay
Genius:
Answering
Joseph
Beam's
Call
and
Race/Gender/Class/Media
3.0.
His
first
book,
Speculative
Blackness:
The
Future
of
Race
in
Science
Fiction,
will
be
published
by
University
of
Minnesota
Press
in
2015.
He
is
on
the
Board
of
Directors
for
CLAGS:
The
Center
for
LGBTQ,
the
nation's
oldest
university-‐based
institute
for
scholarship
in
the
interest
of
the
LGBT
community,
and
has
been
called
on
as
a
peer
reviewer
for
African
American
Review,
the
Journal
of
Modern
Literature,
Racial
History
Review,
and
the
Journal
of
Homosexuality.
14
15
Y.
Barry
Chung,
Ph.D.
is
a
Professor
and
Director
of
the
counseling
psychology
doctoral
program
at
Indiana
University
Bloomington.
He
received
his
Ph.D.
in
counseling
psychology
from
the
University
of
Illinois
at
Urbana-‐Champaign
and
has
worked
at
Georgia
State
University
and
Northeastern
University
prior
to
joining
the
faculty
at
Indiana
University
in
2012.
His
research
interests
include
career
development;
multicultural
counseling;
and
lesbian,
gay,
bisexual,
and
transgender
issues.
He
was
President
of
the
National
Career
Development
Association
(2006-‐07)
and
Society
of
Counseling
Psychology
(2011-‐12).
He
also
served
on
the
following
Boards
of
the
American
Psychological
Association:
Board
of
Educational
Affairs
(2007-‐09),
Board
for
the
Advancement
of
Psychology
in
the
Public
Interest
(2010-‐12),
and
Membership
Board
(2013-‐15).
He
is
currently
Chair
of
the
APA
Membership
Board,
and
a
member
on
the
Council
of
Representatives
(Division
17
Rep)
of
the
American
Psychological
Association
(2015-‐17).
He
is
also
a
Fellow
of
the
National
Career
Development
Association,
Asian
American
Psychological
Association,
and
American
Psychological
Association
(Divisions
17,
44,
and
45).
Edgar
Rivera
Colón,
Ph.D.
is
a
lecturer
in
the
Narrative
Medicine
program
teaching
qualitative
research
methods.
Dr.
Rivera
Colón
is
a
medical
anthropologist
who
trains
frontline
African
American
and
Latino/a
HIV/AIDS
activists
in
the
use
of
ethnographic
research
methods
in
developing
community-‐level
interventions.
For
the
last
fifteen
years,
he
has
been
conducting
ethnographic
research
on
New
York
City’s
House
Ball
community.
He
is
an
expert
on
Latino
gay
and
bisexual
male
sexual
cultures
and
HIV
and
regularly
trains
public
health
professionals
in
cultural
competency
in
working
with
Latino/a
LGBTQ
communities.
Recently,
Dr.
Rivera
Colón
published
“Between
the
Runway
&
the
Empty
Tomb:
Bodily
Transformation
and
Christian
Praxis
in
New
York
City’s
House
Ball
Community”
in
an
edited
volume
by
Dr.
Samuel
Cruz
entitled
Christianity
and
Culture
in
the
City:
A
Postcolonial
Approach.
He
is
now
working
on
a
co-‐edited
volume
entitled
Queer
Latino/a
Theologies
and
the
Churches.
Sophie
Dagenais
is
Director
of
the
Baltimore
Civic
Site
at
the
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation.
In
this
capacity,
Ms.
Dagenais
oversees
the
Foundation's
place-‐based
investment
strategies
in
Baltimore,
directs
the
entire
portfolio
of
grant
making
activities
in
Baltimore,
and
advises
the
Foundation's
President
and
senior
leadership
team
concerning
the
Foundation's
large
portfolio
of
financial
investments
associated
with
the
East
Baltimore
Revitalization
Initiative
-‐
an
ambitious,
$1.8B
community
change
initiative
in
partnership
with
the
City
of
Baltimore,
State
of
Maryland,
and
Johns
Hopkins
Institutions.
Prior
to
joining
the
Foundation,
Sophie
was
Mayor
Stephanie
Rawlings-‐Blake’s
Chief
of
Staff.
In
her
role
as
Chief
of
Staff,
Sophie
oversaw
a
Mayoral
transition,
helped
to
structure
and
organize
the
Administration’s
approach
to
governing,
supervised
the
City’s
administrative
functions,
including
Finance
and
HR,
and
provided
leadership
support
to
the
City’s
complex
portfolio
of
human
and
social
services
agencies.
Previously,
Sophie
was
a
Partner
at
Ballard
Spahr
LLP
from
1996
to
2004,
and
from
2008
to
2010,
where
she
advised
a
diverse
group
of
public
and
private
sector
clients
in
a
wide
range
of
complex
projects
and
transactions,
specializing
in
finance,
energy
and
real
estate.
Sophie
has
also
served
as
General
Counsel
and
Chief
Administrative
Officer
of
Rockwood
Realty,
a
real
estate
investment-‐banking
firm
in
New
York
City,
and
is
a
co-‐founder
of
real
estate
development
and
investment
company
FiveStone
Properties,
LLC.
Sophie
was
an
associate
at
Ballard
Spahr
from
1992
to
1996,
and
at
Frank
Bernstein
Conaway
&
Goldman
from
1988
to
16
Marta
Elena
Esquilin
is
a
social
justice
educator,
multicultural
affairs
administrator,
community
builder,
and
diversity
consultant.
In
addition
to
her
consulting
work
with
the
Posse
Foundation
and
various
colleges
and
universities
around
the
United
States,
she
is
currently
the
Director
of
Intercultural
and
Social
Justice
Programs
within
the
Office
of
Multicultural
Affairs
at
Columbia
University.
She
holds
a
degree
in
Higher
Education
Administration
from
Teachers
college,
Columbia
University.
Marta’s
passion
and
current
work
focuses
on
creating
opportunities
for
students
to
have
difficult
dialogues
about
issues
of
social
inequity
that
create
schisms
between
communities.
She
is
particularly
interested
in
raising
awareness
about
how
micro
aggressions
manifest
to
create
hostile
environments
for
marginalized
identities
within
work
and
school
settings.
Most
recently,
she
has
been
developing
trainings,
assessment
tools,
and
educational
opportunities
to
address
the
impacts
of
microaggressions
within
educational
settings.
Through
her
work,
she
is
most
committed
to
creating
spaces
for
healing
and
liberation
for
communities
impacted
by
oppression,
violence,
and
marginalization.
She
was
recently
appointed
as
a
board
member
of
CLAGS:
The
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
at
the
CUNY
Graduate
Center.
Tammi
Fleming,
Ph.D.
CHES,
is
a
Senior
Associate
at
The
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation
in
Baltimore,
MD.
Prior
to
this
position,
she
was
the
Director
of
the
Plain
Talk
National
Replication
Center
at
Public
Health
Management
Corporation
in
Philadelphia,
PA.
Her
work
extends
over
20
years
and
include
her
roles
as
community
organizer,
program
design
expert,
and
program
administrator.
Dr.
Fleming
earned
her
Master
of
Public
Health
from
Tulane
University
with
a
dual
concentration
in
Maternal
Child
Health
and
Health
Education
and
Communication.
Dr.
Fleming
earned
her
doctorate
in
Public
Health
from
Walden
University.
Her
research
interest
include,
replication
of
evidence-‐based
programs,
implementation
fidelity,
and
adolescent
reproductive
health.
Dr.
John
Frederick
is
currently
the
Director
of
Academic
Planning
and
Assessment
at
the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Charlotte
(UNC
Charlotte).
In
this
facilitative
leadership
role,
he
works
with
various
UNC
Charlotte
academic
affairs
units
to
plan,
implement
and
sustain
their
efforts
in
the
assessment
of
student
learning
and
strategic
planning.
Prior
to
UNC-‐Charlotte,
he
served
as
a
faculty
member
and
as
an
administrator
at
Miami
Dade
College
(MDC).
Accordingly,
he
conducted
workshops
on
performance-‐based
assessment
design,
building
rubrics,
writing
learning
outcomes
and
“closing
the
assessment
loop.”
In
addition
to
his
work
in
student
learning
outcomes
assessment,
his
academic
interests
include
African-‐American
rhetoric,
intercultural
communication,
nonverbal
communication,
identity
and
body
politics,
and
representations
of
Black
males.
He
earned
his
Bachelor
of
Arts
degree
from
Brooklyn
College,
CUNY
and
his
Master
of
Arts
and
Doctor
of
Philosophy
degrees
from
Howard
University
in
Washington,
DC.
Originally
from
Argentina,
Cecilia
Gentili
has
embarked
on
an
incredible
journey
of
transformation,
ultimately
turning
her
into
a
widely
respected
advocate
for
trans
rights
in
New
York
City.
Currently,
she
serves
as
the
Trans
Health
Coordinator
for
the
APICHA
Community
Health
Center,
while
continuing
her
work
as
a
mentor
and
an
advocate
within
her
local
community
in
Jackson
Heights,
Queens.
She
was
also
a
contributor
to
Trans
Bodies,Trans
Selves,
a
672-‐page
book
and
resource
guide
for
transgender
and
gender
non-‐conforming
populations.
17
Dr.
Beverly
Greene
received
her
Ph.D.
in
Clinical
Psychology
from
the
Derner
Institute
of
Adelphi
University,
and
was
a
Doctoral
Fellow
in
Mental
Retardation
at
the
Mental
Retardation
Institute
of
New
York
Medical
College
in
Valhalla,
New
York.
She
has
served
on
the
editorial
boards
of
numerous
scholarly
journals
and
is
the
author
of
nearly
100
publications
in
the
psychological
literature.
Nine
of
those
publications
have
received
national
awards
as
significant
contributions
to
the
psychological
literature
on
women,
women
of
color,
sexual
minorities,
African
American
women
and
families.
She
is
the
founding
co-‐editor
of
the
APA
Div.
44
book
series
Psychological
Perspectives
on
Lesbian,
Gay
&
Bisexual
Issues.
She
is
also
the
recipient
of
numerous
national
awards
that
include
the
1996
Outstanding
Leadership
Award
from
the
APA
Committee
on
Lesbian,
Gay
and
Bisexual
Concerns;
2000
APA
Society
for
the
Psychology
of
Women
Heritage
Award;
2003
APA
Committee
on
Women
in
Psychology
Distinguished
Leadership
Award;2004
Award
for
Distinguished
Senior
Career
Contributions
to
Ethnic
Minority
Research
(APA
Division
45);
2005
Stanley
Sue
Award
for
Distinguished
Professional
Contributions
to
Diversity
in
Clinical
Psychology
(APA
Division
12);
2006
Helms
Award
for
Scholarship
and
Mentoring
(TC,
Columbia
Univ
Cross
Cultural
Roundtable);
2006
Florence
Halpern
Award
for
Distinguished
Professional
Contributions
to
Clinical
Psychology(APA
Division
12);
2007
Distinguished
Scientific
Contributions
to
LGB
Psychology
Award
(APA
Division
44);
2007
Distinguished
Career
Award
(Assn
for
Women
in
Psych);
2008
Carolyn
Wood
Sherif
Award(APA
Division
35);
2009
Distinguished
Contributions
to
Psychology
in
the
Public
Interest
Senior
Career
Award(APA).
Alexis
Pauline
Gumbs,
Ph.D.
is
a
queer
black
troublemaker,
a
black
feminist
love
evangelist
and
a
prayer
poet
priestess.
Alexis
has
a
PhD
in
English,
African
and
African
American
Studies
and
Women
and
Gender
Studies
from
Duke
University.
Alexis
was
the
first
scholar
to
research
the
Audre
Lorde
Papers
at
Spelman
College,
the
June
Jordan
Papers
at
Harvard
University,
and
the
Lucille
Clifton
Papers
at
Emory
University,
and
she
is
currently
on
tour
with
her
interactive
oracle
project
“The
Lorde
Concordance,”
a
series
of
ritual
mobilizing
the
life
and
work
of
Audre
Lorde
as
a
dynamic
sacred
text.
Alexis
has
also
published
widely
on
Caribbean
Women’s
Literature
with
a
special
interest
in
Dionne
Brand.
Her
scholarly
work
is
published
in
Obsidian,
Symbiosis,
Macomere,
The
Routledge
Companion
to
Anglophone
Literature,
SIGNS,
Feminist
Collections,
The
Black
Imagination,
Mothering
and
Hip
Hop
Culture,
The
Business
of
Black
Power
and
more.
Alexis
is
the
author
of
an
acclaimed
collections
of
poems
101
Things
That
Are
Not
True
About
the
Most
Famous
Black
Women
Alive
and
Good
Hair
Gone
Forever.
Her
poetic
work
is
published
in
Kweli,
Vinyl,
Backbone,
Everyday
Genius,
Turning
Wheel,
UNFold,
Makeshift
and
more.
She
has
several
books
in
progress
including
Blue
Airmail
Letter
a
scholarly
monograph
on
black
feminism
in
diaspora,
a
prose
experiment
called
Spill
and
an
educational
resource
called
the
School
of
Our
Lorde.
She
is
also
the
co-‐editor
of
a
forthcoming
edited
collection
on
legacies
of
radical
mothering
called
Revolutionary
Mothering:
Love
on
the
Frontlines.
Alexis
is
the
founder
of
Brilliance
Remastered,
a
service
to
help
visionary
underrepresented
graduate
students
stay
connected
to
purpose,
passion,
and
community,
co-‐founder
of
the
Mobile
Homecoming
Project,
a
national
experiential
archive
amplifying
generations
of
Black
LGBTQ
Brilliance,
and
the
community
school
Eternal
Summer
of
the
Black
Feminist
Mind.
Alexis
has
received
many
honors
for
her
creative
community
accountable
intellectual
work
including
being
one
of
UTNE
Reader's
50
Visionaries
Transforming
the
World,
Advocate
Magazine's
40
under
40,
Go
Magazines
100
Women
We
Love
and
she
is
the
proud
recipient
of
a
Too-‐Sexy
for
501c3
trophy.
18
Sel
J.
Hwahng,
Ph.D.
is
a
Co-‐Investigator
at
the
Baron
Edmond
de
Rothschild
Chemical
Dependency
Institute,
Mount
Sinai
Beth
Israel,
and
an
Adjunct
Professor
at
the
Center
for
the
Study
of
Ethnicity
and
Race,
Columbia
University.
Sel
has
received
numerous
grants,
awards,
and
fellowships
from
such
organizations/institutions
as
the
National
Institute
on
Drug
Abuse
(NIDA),
the
National
Institutes
of
Health,
the
American
Public
Health
Association,
the
International
AIDS
Society,
and
the
Association
for
Women
in
Psychology.
Sel
has
participated
as
a
Research
Investigator
on
studies
funded
by
institutions/organizations
such
as
NIDA,
Substance
Abuse
and
Mental
Health
Services
Administration,
New
York
State
AIDS
Institute,
and
the
Keith
Haring
Foundation.
Publications
include
over
25
sole-‐,
first-‐,
and
co-‐authored
articles
and
book
chapters
in
peer-‐reviewed
journals
and
edited
volumes
as
well
as
first-‐author
on
multiple
public
health
reports
and
advisor
for
edited
volumes,
reports,
and
health
resource
guides.
Sel
is
Program
Chair
of
the
Lesbian,
Gay,
Bisexual,
and
Transgender
Caucus
of
the
American
Public
Health
Association.
Renee
M.
Johnson,
PhD,
MPH,
is
an
Assistant
Professor
at
the
Johns
Hopkins
Bloomberg
School
of
Public
Health,
in
the
Department
of
Mental
Health.
She
also
co-‐directs
the
NIDA-‐funded
Drug
Dependence
Epidemiology
Training
Program
at
Johns
Hopkins;
the
program
currently
has
22
pre-‐
and
post-‐doctoral
trainees.
Originally
from
Philadelphia,
PA,
she
completed
her
MPH
and
PhD
in
Public
Health
from
the
UNC
Gillings
School
of
Global
Public
Health.
She
was
an
Alonzo
Smythe
Yerby
Post-‐Doctoral
Fellow
at
Harvard
School
of
Public
Health,
and
worked
at
the
Harvard
Youth
Violence
Prevention
Center.
Dr.
Johnson
is
a
social
scientist
who
studies
violence
and
substance
use
among
low-‐income,
urban
adolescents
and
emerging
adults.
She
is
particularly
interested
in
the
experiences
of
youth
of
color,
LGBT
youth,
and
immigrant
youth.
Relevant
to
LGBT
youth,
she
examines
the
role
of
family
support,
school
support,
and
peer
violence
in
well-‐
being.
She
served
on
the
Executive
Committee
of
the
Massachusetts
Commission
on
LGBT
Youth
from
2010-‐
2012,
and,
as
part
of
that
committee,
made
recommendations
to
the
governor
of
Massachusetts
for
protecting
LGBT
youth
in
their
schools
and
communities.
Dr.
Johnson’s
work
has
been
featured
in
medical
and
public
health
journals
such
as
JAMA,
American
Journal
of
Preventive
Medicine,
and
the
Journal
of
Interpersonal
Violence.
She
is
on
the
editorial
board
of
the
Journal
of
School
Violence.
Kalaya’an
Mendoza
has
spent
his
15–year
activist
career
working
for
various
issues
ranging
from
Queer
rights
to
Tibetan
independence
to
anti–racist
organizing
and
beyond.
He
is
currently
serving
as
Amnesty
International
USA's
Western
Regional
Field
Organizer,
coordinating
with
human
rights
activists
in
Southern
California,
Colorado,
Idaho
and
Wyoming.
His
charge
as
a
Field
Organizer
is
to
empower
activists
with
the
tools,
training
and
materials
needed
to
positively
impact
human
rights
in
the
US
and
abroad.
Prior
to
working
at
Amnesty
International
USA
he
was
the
Grassroots
Coordinator
for
Students
for
a
Free
Tibet
International
during
the
Beijing
2008
Olympics
campaign.
In
his
role
as
Grassroots
Coordinator
Kalaya’an
launched
and
coordinated
numerous
social
network–based
campaigns
globally,
utilizing
social
media
platforms
ranging
from
to
to
Youtube.
Kalaya’an
was
part
of
a
team
Tibet
activists
who
were
detained,
interrogated
and
ejected
from
China
for
protesting
human
rights
abuses
in
Beijing
during
the
Opening
Ceremonies
of
the
2008
Olympic
Games.
Outside
of
his
human
rights
organizing,
Kalaya’an
facilitates
a
multitude
of
workshops
for
community
groups,
high
school
and
university
students.
These
info-‐shares
include
everything
from
“Non-‐violent
Direct
Action
Organizing”
to
“Decolonizing
the
Mind”
to
“Social
Media
Strategy
For
Activists.”
19
Marie
Miville,
Ph.D.
is
an
Associate
Professor
and
Department
Chair
in
the
Department
of
Counseling
and
Clinical
Psychology
at
Teachers
College,
Columbia
University.
Professor
Miville
has
conducted
research
and
developed
workshops
exploring
the
impact
of
oppression
and
privilege
as
based
on
various
aspects
of
identity,
including
race,
culture,
and
gender,
among
populations
of
color.
Dr.
Miville
is
the
editor
of
two
books,
Multicultural
Gender
Roles
(Wiley)
and,
with
Angela
Ferguson,
Handbook
of
Race-‐Ethnicity
and
Gender
in
Psychology
(Springer),
and
the
author
of
over
60
journal
articles
and
book
chapters
dealing
with
multicultural
issues
in
counseling
and
psychology.
Dr.
Miville
also
served
as
Chair
of
the
Council
of
Counseling
Psychology
Training
Programs
(CCPTP)
and
Co-‐Chair
of
the
joint
Division
17/CCPTP
Special
Task
Group
that
developed
the
Integrative
Training
Model,
a
competency-‐based
model
integrating
multiple
aspects
of
diversity.
Dr.
Miville
also
helped
to
develop
the
Counseling
Psychology
Model
Training
Values
Statement
Addressing
Diversity
(http://www.ccptp.org/trainingdirectorpage6.html),
and
was
among
a
group
of
authors
who
won
the
"2009
Major
Contribution
Award"
for
a
series
of
articles
about
the
statement
published
in
The
Counseling
Psychologist.
She
is
the
2015
President
of
the
National
Latina/o
Psychology
Association,
the
Vice-‐
President
for
Education
and
Training
for
American
Psychological
Association
(APA)
Division
17,
the
Book
Series
Editor
for
APA
Division
44,
and
is
an
APA
Fellow
(Division
17
and
45).
Michael
Mobley,
Ph.D.
received
his
doctorate
in
Counseling
Psychology
from
The
Pennsylvania
State
University.
He
is
an
Associate
Professor
in
the
Department
of
Psychology
at
Salem
State
University
and
Graduate
Program
Coordinator
of
the
M.S.
Counseling
program.
His
research
interests
include
multicultural
counseling
competencies,
perfectionism,
scale
development,
risks
&
protective
factors
among
culturally
diverse
adolescents,
and
racial/ethnic
and
gay
&
lesbian
identity
development
models.
As
the
current
President
of
the
Society
of
Counseling
Psychology
(SCP),
Division
17
of
the
American
Psychological
Association,
his
presidential
initiatives
have
focused
on
Engagement,
Empowering
Youth,
and
Integrative
Behavioral
Mental
Health.
He
has
served
as
SCP
Treasurer
and
2013
National
Multicultural
Conference
and
Summit
Coordinator,
as
co-‐founding
chair
of
Give
Back:
Stepping
Up
to
the
Plate
initiative
(now,
Community
Engagement
Committee),
and
as
Chair/Past
Chair
of
the
Section
for
Gay,
Lesbian,
Bisexual
and
Transgender
Issues.
He
was
also
a
chair
and
member
of
the
APA
Committee
on
Lesbian,
Gay,
Bisexual,
and
Transgender
Concerns.
Kantahyanee
W.
Murray,
PhD
is
a
Senior
Research
Associate
in
the
Research,
Evaluation
and
Learning
(REAL)
Unit
at
the
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation.
She
commissions
and
monitors
research
and
evaluation
projects
in
collaboration
with
AECF’s
Center
for
Systems
Innovation,
particularly
in
the
areas
of
child
welfare
and
evidence-‐based
practice.
In
addition,
Dr.
Murray
directs
AECF’s
Expanding
the
Bench
initiative,
a
core
strategy
of
REAL
to
increase
the
number
of
historically
underrepresented
evaluators
of
color
in
the
evaluation
field.
Current
Expanding
the
Bench
initiatives
for
underrepresented
evaluators
of
color
include
a
Call
for
Qualifications,
an
evaluation
pipeline
development
program
for
PhD
level
researchers,
and
launch
of
the
LGBTQ
Scholars
of
Color
Network.
In
prior
work,
Dr.
Murray
conducted
a
wide
range
of
community-‐based,
state
and
federally
funded
evaluation
and
research
studies
in
the
areas
of
child
welfare
and
youth
violence
prevention
as
research
faculty.
20
Kevin
L.
Nadal,
Ph.D.
is
an
award-‐winning
professor,
psychologist,
performer,
activist,
and
author,
who
received
his
doctorate
in
counseling
psychology
from
Columbia
University
in
New
York
City.
Currently,
he
is
the
Executive
Director
of
the
CLAGS:
The
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
at
the
Graduate
Center
(GC)
at
the
City
University
of
New
York
(CUNY),
as
well
as
an
Associate
Professor
of
psychology
at
both
John
Jay
College
of
Criminal
Justice
and
GC-‐
CUNY.
He
is
one
of
the
leading
researchers
in
understanding
the
impacts
of
microaggressions
,
or
subtle
forms
of
discrimination,
on
the
mental
and
physical
health
of
people
of
color,
lesbian,
gay,
bisexual,
and
transgender
(LGBT)
people,
and
other
marginalized
groups.
He
has
published
over
50
works
on
multicultural
issues
in
the
fields
of
psychology
and
education.
A
California-‐bred
New
Yorker,
Kevin
is
also
a
part-‐time
comedian
and
spoken
word
artist
who
has
performed
across
the
United
States
since
2000.
He
was
named
one
of
People
Magazine's
hottest
bachelors
in
2006;
he
once
won
an
argument
with
Bill
O'Reilly
on
Fox
News
Channel's
"The
O'Reilly
Factor";
he
has
been
featured
on
The
Filipino
Channel,
PBS,
the
Weather
Channel,
the
History
Channel,
HGTV,
Philippine
News,
and
Filipinas
Magazine;
and
he
was
even
once
a
Hot
Topic
on
ABC's
"The
View".
He
is
the
author
of
the
books
Filipino
American
Psychology:
A
Handbook
of
Theory,
Research,
and
Clinical
Practice
(2011,
John
Wiley
and
Sons)
and
Filipino
American
Psychology:
A
Collection
of
Personal
Narratives
(2010,
Author
House),
a
co-‐editor
of
Women
and
Mental
Disorders
(2011,
Praeger),
and
the
author
of
That's
So
Gay:
Microaggressions
and
the
Lesbian,
Gay,
Bisexual,
and
Transgender
Community
(2013,
APA
Books).
He
is
the
President-‐Elect
of
the
Asian
American
Psychological
Association,
a
National
Trustee
of
the
Filipino
American
National
Historical
Society
(FANHS),
a
grantee
of
the
Robert
Wood
Johnson
Foundation,
and
a
co-‐founder
of
the
LGBTQ
Scholars
of
Color
Network.
In
2011,
he
received
the
Early
Career
Award
for
Contributions
to
Excellence
by
the
Asian
American
Psychological
Association
and
in
2012,
he
received
the
Emerging
Professional
Award
for
Research
from
the
American
Psychological
Association
Division
45.
Nadine
Nakamura,
Ph.D.
is
an
Assistant
Professor
of
Psychology
at
the
University
of
La
Verne.
She
attained
her
doctorate
in
clinical
psychology
from
George
Washington
University
in
2007.
Her
research
interests
relate
to
multiculturalism
and
intersectionality
and
include
immigration,
HIV
and
ethnic
and
sexual
minority
health
and
mental
health.
Her
current
research
focuses
on
sexual
minority
immigrants.
She
is
conducting
several
studies
on
same-‐sex
binational
couples
(with
one
partner
who
is
a
U.S.
citizen
and
one
who
is
not).
One
study
focuses
on
same-‐sex
binational
couples
who
are
living
in
the
U.S.,
but
faced
an
uncertain
future
before
DOMA
was
struck
down.
A
second
study
explores
the
experiences
of
same-‐sex
binational
couples
who
have
immigrated
to
other
countries
in
order
to
remain
together.
She
was
awarded
grant
funding
from
the
Society
for
the
Psychological
Study
of
Social
Issues
for
her
project
“Love
exiles:
Same-‐sex
binational
couples
living
outside
of
the
United
States.”
Nakamura
was
a
member
of
the
APA
Presidential
Task
Force
on
Immigration
and
was
a
guest
editor
of
a
special
issue
on
"Immigration
for
Cultural
Diversity
and
Ethnic
Minority
Psychology,"
as
well
as
a
guest
editor
of
a
special
issue
on
"LGBT
Immigration"
for
the
Journal
of
LGBT
Issues
in
Counseling.
21
Dr.
Jose
Nanín
is
Full
Professor
and
Co-‐director
in
the
Community
Health
Program
of
the
Department
of
Health,
Physical
Education,
and
Recreation
at
Kingsborough
Community
College
of
the
City
University
of
New
York
(CUNY),
as
well
as
a
member
of
the
doctoral
faculty
of
the
CUNY
School
of
Public
Health..
He
teaches
in
and
directs
a
program
which
offers
associate’s
degrees
focusing
on
health
education,
health
service
administration,
and
gerontology.
He
has
been
lead
investigator
or
co-‐investigator
on
several
federally-‐funded
studies
for
reducing
HIV
transmission
and
enhancing
sexual
health
among
communities
of
color,
LGBTQ
communities,
and
other
disenfranchised
populations.
Dr.
Nanín
is
also
a
Master
Certified
Health
Education
Specialist
(MCHES)
as
well
as
a
Certified
Sexuality
Educator
(CSE).
Furthermore,
he
has
a
wealth
of
experience
in
HIV
prevention/sexual
health
education
and
research,
having
worked
at
Gay
Men’s
Health
Crisis,
the
NYC
Department
of
Health
and
Mental
Hygiene,
and
the
Center
for
HIV
Educational
Studies
and
Training
at
Hunter
College.
He
also
has
managerial
experience
in
governmental
health
agencies
as
well
as
health
maintenance
organizations.
His
current
interests
include
mentorship
and
professional
development
of
emerging
public
health
professionals
as
well
as
the
development
of
a
public
health
academic
and
professional
track
from
community
college
to
graduate
school
at
CUNY.
Tavia
Nyong’o,
Ph.D.
is
Associate
Professor
of
Performance
Studies
at
New
York
University.
His
areas
of
interest
include
black
studies,
queer
studies,
critical
theory,
popular
music
studies
and
cultural
critique.
His
first
book,
The
Amalgamation
Waltz:
Race,
Performance,
and
the
Ruses
of
Memory
(Minnesota,
2009),
won
the
Errol
Hill
Award
for
best
book
in
African
American
theatre
and
performance
studies.
Nyong’o
has
published
in
venues
such
as
Radical
History
Review,
Criticism,
TDR:
The
Journal
of
Performance
Studies,
Women
&
Performance:
A
Journal
of
Feminist
Theory,
Women
Studies
Quarterly,
The
Nation,
and
n+1.
He
is
co-‐editor
of
the
journal
Social
Text.
India
J.
Ornelas,
Ph.D.
is
an
Assistant
Professor
of
Health
Services
at
the
University
of
Washington.
She
attained
her
doctorate
in
Health
Behavior
and
Health
Education
from
the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Chapel
Hill,
a
M.P.H.
from
the
University
of
Washington
and
an
A.B.
in
Health
and
Society
from
Brown
University.
She
was
a
postdoctoral
fellow
in
the
Biobehavioral
Cancer
Prevention
Training
and
Control
Program
at
the
Fred
Hutchinson
Cancer
Research
Center
and
University
of
Washington.
Her
research
focuses
on
how
social
and
cultural
factors
influence
health,
as
well
as
developing
interventions
to
address
racial/ethnic
health
disparities.
Leticia
Peguero
was
appointed
Executive
Director
of
the
Andrus
Family
Fund
and
Andrus
Family
Philanthropy
Program
in
2013
bringing
over
20
years
of
experience
in
social
justice
programming
and
philanthropy
to
her
work
at
Andrus.
Leticia
has
dedicated
her
career
thus
far
to
issues
of
social
equity
for
women
and
vulnerable
young
people
with
the
goal
of
building
capacity
in
traditionally
underserved
communities
and
organizations.
Prior
to
her
current
role
Leticia
was
the
Regional
Vice
President
at
the
Posse
Foundation
where
she
managed
Posse
sites
in
Los
Angeles,
Boston,
New
Orleans
and
was
in
charge
of
the
replication
in
Posse’s
newest
location
in
Houston,
Texas.
She
came
to
the
Posse
Foundation
with
diverse
experience
in
both
direct
service
and
national
grant
making.
Leticia
spent
5
years
as
the
Deputy
Director
of
the
Robert
Wood
Johnson
Local
Funding
Partnerships
(LFP)
where
she
worked
with
a
team
to
oversee
a
$6.5
million
portfolio
that
sourced
community
based
innovation
for
traditionally
marginalized
communities.
Leticia
worked
closely
with
organizations
and
funders
across
the
country
to
identify
community
based
innovation
in
those
that
worked
at
the
intersection
of
health
and
social
factors.
Leticia
is
a
graduate
of
one
of
the
country’s
top
leadership
development
programs
–
the
National
Urban
Fellows.
Her
intense
fellowship
experience
included
working
in
the
Vulnerable
Populations
portfolio
at
the
Robert
Wood
Johnson
Foundation
while
simultaneously
attending
graduate
school.
She
is
the
recipient
of
the
Hispanics
in
Philanthropy
2014
HIPGivers
award
for
leadership
in
Latino
philanthropy.
.
She
currently
serves
as
the
22
treasurer
of
the
New
York
Juvenile
Justice
Imitative.
In
addition
to
Leticia
helps
run
Areytos
Performance
Works
–
a
dance
theatre
company
working
at
the
crossroads
of
African-‐Caribbean
forms,
contemporary
modern
dance
and
performance
art.
Leticia
holds
a
B.A
from
Fordham
University
and
graduated
with
honors
from
the
School
of
Public
Affairs
at
Baruch
College
with
a
Masters
in
Public
Administration
Debra
Joy
Pérez,
Ph.D.
is
Vice
President
for
Research,
Evaluation
and
Learning
at
the
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation,
directs
and
manages
program
performance
measurement,
evaluation,
policy
research,
data
development,
knowledge
management
and
organizational
learning.
She
also
promotes
the
sharing
of
knowledge
and
learning
from
research
and
evaluations
and
drives
a
broad
learning
agenda
for
the
Foundation
and
the
field.
Prior
to
joining
Casey,
Pérez
was
the
assistant
vice
president
for
research
and
evaluation
for
the
Robert
Wood
Johnson
Foundation,
where
she
focused
on
public
health
and
disparities
in
health
care
and
played
a
critical
role
in
helping
the
foundation
and
its
grantees
represent
greater
diversity
—
while
also
managing
its
National
Urban
Fellows
program,
which
mentors
under-‐represented
mid-‐career
professionals.
She
earned
a
bachelor’s
in
communication
from
Douglass
College;
a
master’s
in
social
science
and
women’s
studies
from
the
University
of
Kent
in
Canterbury,
England;
a
master
of
public
administration
from
Baruch
College,
City
University
of
New
York;
and
a
PhD
in
health
policy
from
Harvard
University.
Among
numerous
honors,
Pérez
was
named
a
2010
Latino
Trendsetter
by
Latino
Trends
magazine
and
awarded
the
Opening
Doors
Award
by
the
Institute
of
Wonderful
Working
Women,
a
nonprofit
in
her
hometown
of
Trenton,
N.J.,
that
supports
low-‐income
African-‐American
women
pursuing
nursing
careers.
Pérez
is
a
trustee
of
the
Princeton
Area
Community
Foundation
and
a
donor
advisor
for
its
“Twenty-‐five
dollar
fund,”
which
she
helped
establish
to
support
low-‐income
high
school
students
applying
for
college.
David
P.
Rivera,
Ph.D.
is
an
Assistant
Professor
of
Psychology
at
William
Paterson
University
and
Instructor
in
the
Student
Affairs
and
Higher
Education
Program
at
Colorado
State
University.
A
counseling
psychologist
by
training,
he
also
practices
in
college
counseling
centers
and
consults
with
institutions
on
climate
issues
affecting
marginalized
groups.
Dr.
Rivera
holds
degrees
from
Teachers
College,
Columbia
University,
Johns
Hopkins
University,
and
the
University
of
Wyoming.
His
research
focuses
on
issues
impacting
the
well-‐being
of
marginalized
people,
focusing
on
race,
ethnicity,
sexual
orientation,
and
gender
identity.
He
is
currently
on
the
executive
committee
of
the
American
Psychological
Association’s
Society
for
the
Psychological
Study
of
Lesbian,
Gay,
Bisexual,
and
Transgender
Issues;
is
a
consulting
editor
of
the
journal
Psychology
of
Sexual
Orientation
and
Gender
Diversity;
and
is
a
Board
Member
of
CLAGS:
The
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
at
the
CUNY
Graduate
Center.
Raul
Rubio,
Ph.D.
is
Associate
Professor
of
Modern
Languages
&
Literatures
and
an
affiliated
faculty
member
of
the
Gender
Studies
Program
at
John
Jay
College,
CUNY.
Professor
Rubio
received
a
doctorate
in
Latin
American
Literature
and
Cultural
Studies
from
Tulane
University
in
New
Orleans
and
earned
a
Master’s
degree
in
Spanish
from
Middlebury
College
of
Vermont.
He
is
a
Cuba
Project
Fellow
of
the
Bildner
Center
for
Western
Hemisphere
Studies
at
The
Graduate
Center
of
the
City
University
of
New
York.
He
recently
completed
a
four-‐year
term
(2010-‐2014)
on
the
Board
of
Directors
of
the
National
Association
for
Ethnic
Studies
(NAES).
Before
arriving
at
John
Jay
College
(CUNY)
in
2008,
Professor
Rubio
held
research
and
teaching
positions
at
the
College
of
William
and
Mary
in
Williamsburg,
Virginia,
and
at
Wellesley
College
in
Massachusetts.
23
Francisco
“Cisco”
J.
Sánchez,
Ph.D.
is
an
Assistant
Professor
of
Counseling
Psychology
at
the
University
of
Wisconsin
-‐
Madison.
He
is
also
a
staff
counselor
at
the
University
Health
Services;
a
faculty
affiliate
with
the
Department
of
Psychology
(Developmental
Area);
and
an
Assistant
Research
Scientist
of
Human
Genetics
at
the
UCLA
School
of
Medicine
in
Los
Angeles.
He
received
his
B.S.
in
Psychology
from
Texas
A&M
University
and
his
Ph.D.
in
Counseling
Psychology
from
the
University
of
Iowa.
His
primary
research
projects
focus
on
the
effect
of
traditional
masculine
norms
on
gay
men
and
quality-‐of-‐life
issues
among
transgender
people
and
people
with
intersex
conditions.
He
is
also
a
co-‐investigator
on
“The
Neurological
and
Genetic
Basis
of
Transsexualism”;
the
"Genetic
Studies
of
Sexual
Orientation,”
and
the
"Genetic
Studies
of
Disorders
of
Sexual
and
Reproductive
Development.”
John
Paul
Sanchez,
MD,
MPH
has
focused
his
research
on
the
health
needs
of
the
LGBT
community
in
the
areas
of
medical
education
and
health
disparities,
in
particular
sexually
transmitted
infections
and
smoking
cessation.
He
is
a
founding
Board
Member
of
the
Bronx
Lesbian
and
Gay
Health
Resource
Consortium
(currently
the
Bronx
Community
Pride
Center).
He
currently
serves
as
the
Chairperson
of
the
Einstein
LGBT
Steering
Committee
of
the
Albert
Einstein
College
of
Medicine
and
is
charged
with
building
a
supportive
institutional
climate
to
support
the
personal
and
professional
development
of
students.
Clinically,
he
practices
emergency
medicine
at
Montefiore
Medical
Center,
Bronx,
NY.
María
R.
Scharrón-‐del
Río,
Ph.D.
is
an
Associate
Professor
and
the
Program
and
Clinical
Coordinator
of
the
School
Counseling
Program
in
the
Department
of
School
Psychology,
Counseling,
and
Leadership
(SPCL)
at
Brooklyn
College
City
University
of
New
York.
She
received
her
Ph.D.
in
Clinical
Psychology
from
the
University
of
Puerto
Rico,
and
completed
her
clinical
internship
at
the
Harvard
Medical
School
in
Boston.
After
moving
to
New
York
City,
she
worked
with
children,
adolescents,
and
families
at
the
Washington
Heights
Family
Health
Center,
a
primary-‐care
clinic
that
serves
a
predominantly
Latino/a
immigrant
community.
She
is
an
active
leader
in
GLARE
(GLBTQ
Advocacy
in
Research
and
Education)
since
joining
the
Brooklyn
College
faculty
in
2006.
She
is
committed
to
the
development
of
multicultural
competencies
in
counselors,
psychologists,
and
educators
using
experiential
and
affective
educational
approaches.
Her
research,
scholarship,
and
advocacy
focuses
on
ethnic
and
cultural
minority
psychology
and
education,
including
multicultural
competencies,
LGBTQ
issues,
gender
variance,
mental
health
disparities,
spirituality,
resilience,
and
well-‐being.
Anneliese
A.
Singh,
Ph.D.
is
an
Associate
Professor
at
The
University
of
Georgia
and
co-‐founder
of
the
Georgia
Safe
Schools
Coalition
and
Trans
Resilience
Project.
Her
research,
practice,
and
advocacy
has
centered
on
the
resilience
of
trans*
youth
and
people
of
color,
survivors
of
trauma,
and
social
justice
and
empowerment
training.
She
has
worked
on
several
national
competencies
and
guidelines
projects
for
the
American
Counseling
Association
and
American
Psychological
Association
(e.g.,
APA
Transgender
and
Gender
Nonconforming
Guidelines,
ACA
Transgender
Counseling
Competencies,
APA
Prevention
Guidelines).
As
a
Sikh
American,
she
passionately
works
for
and
believes
in
justice
for
all
sentient
beings.
C.
Riley
Snorton,
Ph.D.
is
an
Assistant
Professor
of
Black
Queer
Studies
at
Cornell
University.
Snorton's
research
focuses
on
black
cultural
politics,
theories
of
gender
and
transgender,
and
sexual
epistemologies.
Snorton's
first
book,
Nobody
is
Supposed
to
Know:
Black
Sexuality
on
the
Down
Low
(UMinn
Press,
2014)
traces
the
emergence
and
circulation
of
the
down
low
in
news
and
popular
culture.
24
Andrew
Spieldenner,
Ph.D.
earned
his
doctorate
in
Communication
&
Culture
from
Howard
University
with
an
emphasis
on
health.
Dr.
Spieldenner
has
held
positions
at
the
NYC
Department
of
Health,
Black
AIDS
Institute,
the
Latino
Commission
on
AIDS
and
the
National
Association
of
People
with
AIDS.
He
is
currently
Assistant
Professor
in
the
Department
of
Speech
Communication,
Rhetoric
and
Performance
Studies
at
Hofstra
University.
Dr.
Spieldenner
is
openly
living
with
HIV
and
a
long-‐time
community
advocate
with
twenty
years
serving
high-‐risk
populations
including
racial/ethnic
minorities,
gay
men
and
people
living
with
HIV/AIDS.
His
research
focuses
on
HIV
stigma
and
disclosure,
intercultural
communication,
health
communication,
cultural
studies
and
sexuality.
He
is
also
the
board
chair
of
CLAGS:
The
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
at
the
CUNY
Graduate
Center.
Tonia
Poteat,
PhD,
PA-‐C,
MPH
is
an
Assistant
Professor
in
the
Department
of
Epidemiology
at
Johns
Hopkins
Bloomberg
School
of
Public
Health
where
she
teaches
“Introduction
to
Sexual
Orientation,
Gender
Identity,
and
Public
Health.”
Her
research,
teaching,
and
practice
focus
on
HIV
and
LGBT
health
with
particular
attention
to
transgender
health
disparities.
She
sits
on
the
editorial
board
of
LGBT
Health
as
well
as
the
Education
Committee
of
the
Gay
and
Lesbian
Medical
Association.
Dr.
Poteat
completed
her
doctoral
dissertation
on
stigma
and
access
to
health
care
for
transgender
adults
in
Baltimore,
co-‐authored
a
recent
meta-‐analysis
examining
the
burden
of
HIV
among
transgender
women
worldwide,
and
is
lead
author
of
an
article
on
HIV
among
transgender
sex
workers
in
The
Lancet
HIV
and
Sex
Workers
series.
Dr.
Charlotte
Tate
is
currently
an
Assistant
Professor
at
San
Francisco
State
University.
She
received
her
Bachelor
of
Science
(B.S.)
degree
summa
cum
laude
from
Loyola
University
Chicago.
She
received
both
her
Master's
of
Science
(M.S.)
and
Doctor
of
Philosophy
(Ph.D.)
degrees
in
Social/Personality
Psychology
at
the
University
of
Oregon.
Dr.
Tate
is
a
butch-‐presenting
lesbian
and
openly
trans
woman.
She
conducts
research
in
two
primary
domains:
(a)
social
perception
and
(b)
attitudes.
Within
the
social
perception
domain,
she
focuses
on
how
individuals
understand
themselves
(viz.
self-‐identity)
and
others.
Current
work
explores
how
adults
maintain
a
gender-‐self
categorization
whether
they
have
a
cisgender
or
trans*
profile.
Other
work
in
this
area
explores
how
people
define
social
categories
such
as
"race/ethnicity"
and
"sexual
orientation"
to
understand
and
navigate
the
social
world.
Within
the
attitudes
domain,
Dr.
Tate
focuses
on
prejudice
and
discrimination
toward
ethnic,
gender,
and
sexual
orientation
groups
in
the
U.S.
specifically,
with
an
emphasis
on
identifying
the
factors
that
both
support
and
lessen
bias
toward
these
groups.
She
publishes
under
a
variety
of
names
(e.g.,
“Charlotte
Chucky
Tate,”
“Chuck
Tate”)
to
have
different
forms
of
gender
and
sexual
orientation
visibility.
Annemarie
Vaccaro,
Ph.D.
is
an
Associate
Professor
in
the
Department
of
Human
Development
and
Family
Studies
at
the
University
of
Rhode
Island.
For
twenty
years,
she
has
taught
and
advised
queer
students
in
multiple
university
settings.
As
a
scholar,
she
uses
qualitative
methods
to
explore
intersectionality,
campus
climate,
leadership,
family
dynamics,
and
identity
development.
Annemarie's
research
on
queer
students,
faculty,
staff,
and
families
can
be
found
in:
The
Journal
of
LGBT
Youth,
The
Journal
of
GLBT
Family
Studies,
and
The
Journal
of
Gay
and
Lesbian
Mental
Health,
and
The
Journal
of
Student
Affairs
Research
and
Practice.
In
2012,
she
co-‐authored
Safe
Spaces:
Making
Schools
and
Communities
Welcoming
to
LGBT
Youth
with
Gerri
August
and
Megan
Kennedy.
Annemarie
is
committed
to
social
change
through
action
research.
She
uses
data
to
design
programs
and
workshops
aimed
at
making
collegiate
curriculum
and
student
services
inclusive
for
queer
people.
POSTER
PRESENTATIONS
25
WEDNESDAY
POSTER
SESSIONS:
“The
Voices
of
Bisexual
Women
of
the
African
Diaspora:
Experiences
Related
to
Identity
and
Disclosure
in
Social
Support
Networks
and
Health
Care
Settings,
in
the
US
and
UK”
Kristin
Brown
Doctoral
Student
in
Social
Work
Florida
State
University
“Structural
Violence:
The
United
States
healthcare
system’s
oppression
of
the
LGBT
community
from
the
1980s
to
2015”
David
Camacho
Doctoral
Student
in
Social
Work
Columbia
University
“The
Role
of
Sexual
Minority
Status
and
Link
to
Religious
Community
in
the
Acculturation
of
Latina/o
and
Asian
Immigrants”
Siu
Kwan
"Eddie"
Chong
Doctoral
Student
in
Counseling
Psychology
University
of
Maryland,
College
Park
“Conflicts
in
Allegiances
among
Black
LGB
Individuals:
Prevalence,
Correlates,
and
Future
Directions”
Skyler
Jackson
Doctoral
Student
in
Counseling
Psychology
University
of
Maryland,
College
Park
“Deep
Community
Engagement
in
the
Development
of
a
New
Culturally-‐-‐-‐Based
HIV
Prevention
Intervention
for
Young
Black
MSM
and
Transwomen”
Darrin
K.
Johnson
Doctoral
Student
in
Social
Work/
Project
Director
The
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Charlotte
“From
Minority
Stress
to
Minority
Growth:
How
Stigma
Facilitates
Psychological
Growth
among
LGBTQ
People
Nadav
Antebi-‐Gruszka
Department
of
Sociomedical
Sciences,
Columbia
University
26
THURSDAY
POSTER
SESSIONS:
“The
Intersection
of
Gender
and
Sexuality:
Differences
in
mental
health,
alcohol
use,
and
substance
use
among
young
sexual
minority
transgender
women”
Sean
Arayasikyul
Ph.D.
Student,
Social
&
Behavioral
Science
University
of
California
–
San
Francisco
“Hard
to
Swallow,
Y
Que?:
“Homombre
L.A.”
and
the
making
of
Queer
Utopian
Chicanismos”
Jesus
Estrada
Perez
Ph.D.
Candidate,
American
Studies
University
of
Minnesota
“Living
with
Discrimination
and
Stigmatization:
Minority
Stress
and
Coping
among
Gay
Men
of
Colour
in
Canada”
Sulaimon
Giwa
Doctoral
Candidate
of
Social
Work
York
University
“Born
in
the
‘Wrong’
Body:
The
Reification
of
Hegemonic
Binary
Gender
Norms
in
U.S.
Trans*
Narratives”
Andrés
López
MA
Student
in
Women,
Gender,
and
Sexuality
Studies
Oregon
State
University
“Experiences
of
HIV
Stigma,
Coping
and
Behavior
Among
Ghanaian
and
African
American
MSM:
A
Cross-‐
National
Study”
Rose
Pulliam,
Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor
of
Social
Work
Texas
State
University
“We
Are
Expected
to
Work
as
if
We
Are
Not
Who
We
Are”:
Reflections
on
Working
with
Queer
Black
Youth”
Marie-‐Jolie
Rwigema
Doctoral
Student
in
Social
Work
University
of
Toronto
BREAKOUT
SESSIONS
27
THURSDAY
SESSION
DESCRIPTIONS
(3:00
–
4:15pm)
Navigating
the
Tenure
Process
In
support
of
LGBTQ
scholars
of
color
across
disciplines
and
throughout
a
wide-‐range
of
institutions,
this
session
provides
an
overview
of
strategies
and
recommendations
based
on
first-‐hand
personal
experiences.
Participants
will
have
the
opportunity
to
engage
with
the
session
organizers
and
fellow
participants
in
order
to
exchange
anecdotes,
experiences
and
strategize
about
future
organizing
related
to
the
tenure
process.
Communications/Media
101:
How
to
Make
Your
Research
Accessible
to
the
Public
This
session
will
provide
an
opportunity
to
discuss
how
we
share
our
research
with
non-‐specialists,
how
we
define
the
audiences
for
our
work,
and
how
we
explain
the
importance
of
our
expertise
as
LGBTQ
scholars
of
color
within
and
beyond
academic
institutions.
Whatever
your
field,
bring
your
questions
and
experiences
to
share.
Advanced
Quantitative
Research
Methods
This
session
will
focus
on
multilevel
modeling,
an
advanced
regression
technique
used
to
understand
and
work
with
nested
data
in
the
social
sciences.
The
goal
of
the
session
is
to
acquire
a
working
knowledge
regarding
how
to
interpret
studies
that
examine
how
organizational
effects
(e.g.,
community,
agency,
or
neighborhood
characteristics)
are
associated
with
individual-‐level
outcomes.
Research
is
Personal
This
session
will
focus
on
the
benefits
and
challenges
associated
with
researching
one’s
own
community.
How
do
researchers
walk
the
line
between
scientific
empiricism
and
insider
knowledge?
In
addition,
presenters
will
discuss
how
research
is
shaped
by
the
identity
of
the
researcher,
as
well
as
how
the
researcher
is
shaped
by
research.
Participants
will
be
encouraged
to
share
their
personal
experiences
as
well.
Demystifying
Academic
Writing:
How
to
Get
Published
Queer
and
trans*
faculty
of
color
often
engage
in
creative
and
innovative
scholarship,
but
there
may
be
a
lack
of
mentoring
on
the
pathway
to
publication.
Led
by
a
social
scientist
and
humanist,
this
session
provides
information
on
publishing
conceptual
and
empirical
work
in
a
variety
of
venues,
from
peer-‐reviewed
journal
articles
to
book
series.
Presenters
will
share
their
own
journeys
in
academic
publishing
and
share
how
to
move
from
publish-‐or-‐perish
to
thrive-‐and-‐write.
Participants
will
have
the
opportunity
to
engage
with
the
presenters
in
an
interactive
discussion.
What
privilege?
Intersectionality,
privilege,
marginalization,
and
solidarity
The
word
privilege
can
elicit
intense
emotions
in
any
conversation.
This
session
will
focus
on
exploring
privilege
(from
both
historically
privileged
and
marginalized
perspectives)
and
its
intersectionality
with
our
identities
as
LGBTQ
PoCs.
Participants
will
explore
how
privilege
in
other
areas
of
their
identity
and
background
(e.g.,
ability,
SES)
impacts
their
worldview.
Common
reactions
and
dynamics
in
conversations
around
privilege
will
be
explored,
and
suggestions
on
fostering
solidarity
and
openness
within
them
will
be
addressed.
28
FRIDAY
SESSION
DESCRIPTIONS
(1:30-‐
2:45pm)
Diversity
Issues
in
Universities
–
Best
Models
and
Practices
This
session
will
examine
challenges
related
to
diversity
in
higher
education,
particularly
within
Faculty
and
Student
Affairs.
Presenters
will
share
best
practices
for
faculty
search
committees
in
order
to
recruit
diverse
applicant
pools,
while
also
discussing
how
groups
like
Women
Investigating
Race,
Ethnicity
and
Difference
(WIRED),
can
help
support
diverse
faculty.
Presenters
will
describe
how
campus
climate
issues
and
microaggressions
impact
mental
health,
academic
performance,
and
overall
student
success,
as
well
as
ways
to
approach
hostile
campus
climates.
Participants
will
also
be
invited
to
share
their
own
best
practices
at
their
own
academic
institutions.
Community-‐Based
Evaluation:
Developing
Partnerships
and
Infusing
Data
into
Daily
Operations
This
session
will
focus
on
building
the
knowledge
and
skills
needed
to
effectively
conduct
evaluation
in
community-‐based
settings.
The
session
activities
will
be
framed
around
two
central
themes;
1)
Getting
community-‐based
organizations
to
view
evaluation
as
a
tool
to
tell
a
better
story
of
their
work,
and
2)
Demystifying
evaluation
for
CBOs
by
promoting
the
use
of
evaluation
principles
into
the
day-‐to-‐day
operations
of
CBOs.
Participants
will
discuss
various
perspectives
that
impede
the
relationship
building
process
and
develop
strategies
to
successfully
navigate
the
culture
of
community-‐based
organizations
as
an
evaluator.
Our
Inclusive
“Quilt
Bagpipe:”
Using
Standpoint
Theory
as
a
Framework
for
Mentoring
Students
LGBTQ
students
often
look
for
mentors
who
are
supportive,
reflect
their
identity
and
can
provide
safe
spaces
to
develop
personally
and
professionally.
This
session
provides
practical
applications
of
fundamental
tenets
of
standpoint
theory
to
the
mentoring
of
LGBTQ
students.
Participants
will
engage
in
interactive
discussions
that
interrogate
how
intersectionality,
power
relations,
lived
experiences,
and
reflexivity
can
serve
as
gateways
to
effective
mentoring.
Developing
Skills
for
Social
Justice
Advocacy
In
the
struggle
for
social
justice,
nonviolent
direct
action
has
been
used
as
an
effective
tool
to
unmask
the
brutality
of
governments,
hold
corporations
accountable
and
to
shine
a
light
on
human
rights
abuses
worldwide.
Activists,
scholars,
researchers,
and
community
leaders
have
taken
a
stand
against
injustice
using
strategic
nonviolence.
From
the
Student
Nonviolent
Coordinating
Committee
to
the
Serbian
youth
movement
“Otpor”,
direct
action
has
been
used
to
creatively
highlight
egregious
violations.
In
this
session
we
will
discuss
proven
nonviolent
direct
action
tactics
like
banner
hangs,
guerilla
theatre
and
projection
actions
along
with
de-‐escalation
tactics
and
activist
street
med.
Action
Based
Qualitative
Research
&
Intersectionality
Drawing
examples
from
a
qualitative
study
with
queer
college
students
of
color,
the
presenter
will
highlight
how
“key
elements”
of
qualitative
design
(e.g.,
depth,
complexity,
holistic
accounts,
emergent
themes,
flexible
design,
naturalistic
settings,
voice,
agency)
can
be
used
to
delve
deeply
into
complicated
issues
of
intersectionality
for
queer
people
of
color.
Attendees
will
also
explore
how
qualitative
research
can
be
used
to
inspire
socially-‐just
action.
Self-‐Care,
Intersectionalities,
and
Social
Justice
Dr.
Laura
Brown,
feminist
psychologist,
recently
declared
that
self-‐care
is
a
social
justice
issue!
This
session
will
focus
on
how/why
understanding
self
care
within
a
social
justice
framework
is
important
for
LBGTQ
scholars
of
color
to
consider.
Participants
will
discuss
barriers,
both
socially
and
individually,
that
prevent
us
from
embracing
a
wellness
approach
to
our
lives,
especially
as
we
seek
to
help
others
improve
their
lives.
A
discussion
of
best
practices
for
developing
a
genuine
self-‐care
framework
will
round
out
the
session.
PLANNING
COMMITTEE
29
Co-‐Chairs:
Kevin
L.
Nadal,
Ph.D.,
Executive
Director,
CLAGS:
The
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
and
Associate
Professor
of
Psychology
-‐
City
University
of
New
York
Debra
Joy
Pérez,
Ph.D.,
Vice
President
for
Research,
Evaluation
and
Learning,
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation
Programming
Committee:
India
Ornelas,
Ph.D.,
Assistant
Professor,
Health
Services,
University
of
Washington
David
P.
Rivera,
Ph.D.,
Assistant
Professor,
Psychology,
William
Paterson
University
Registration
Committee:
Andrew
Spieldenner,
Ph.D.,
Board
Chair,
CLAGS:
The
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
and
Assistant
Professor
of
Communication
-‐
Hofstra
University
Ilana
Yamin,
MSW,
National
Urban
Fellow,
MPA
Candidate
2015,
Research,
Evaluation
and
Learning
(REAL),
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation
LGBTQ
Scholars
of
Color
Network
Committee:
Tonia
Poteat,
Ph.D.,
Assistant
Professor
at
Johns
Hopkins
Bloomberg
School
of
Public
Health
Kantahyanee
W.
Murray,
Ph.D.,
Senior
Research
Associate
in
the
Research,
Evaluation
and
Learning
(REAL)
Unit
at
the
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation
Logistics
Committee:
Marta
Esquilin,
Ed.M.,
Director
of
Intercultural
and
Social
Justice
Programs
within
the
Office
of
Multicultural
Affairs
at
Columbia
University
Nomvuyo
Nolushungu,
PhD
Candidate,
Adjunct
Lecturer,
Women
and
Gender
Studies,
Hunter
College,
City
University
of
New
York
Jasmina
Sinanovic,
Finance
Director,
CLAGS:
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
Entertainment
Committee:
Karen
Jaime,
Ph.D.,
Postdoctoral
Associate,
Performing
and
Media
Arts,
Cornell
University
Riley
Snorton,
Ph.D.,
Assistant
Professor
of
Black
Queer
Studies
at
Cornell
University
Bianca
Laureano,
Board
Member,
CLAGS:
The
Center
for
LGBTQ
Studies
General
Committee:
Joseph
Gavrilovich,
Program
Associate,
Child
Welfare
Strategy
Group,
The
Annie
E.
Casey
Foundation
Lourdes
Follins,
Assistant
Professor,
Kingsborough
Community
College,
City
University
of
New
York
Special
Thank
You!
John
Jay
College
Facilities
Department
~
MBJ
Catering
~
Riya
Ortiz
Photography
~
J.
Mase~
Alexis
Gumbs
~
DJ
Goldie
Was
Here,
Yana
Calou,
Noam
Parness,
Jasmina
Sinanovic,
Nancy
Amin,
Lourdes
Follins,
Leticia
Peguero,
Jason
McGill,
Nomvuyo
Nolushungu,
and
all
of
our
amazing
volunteers!
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