
Interested in conducting research with LGBTQ populations? Do you identify as a member of or support the LGBTQ community at U-M?
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Substantial research and scholarship with, for, and by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ+) communities is occurring here. Experts will share and discuss their research, career trajectories, and more at the LGBTQ Inclusion as Researchers and in Research Symposium for U-M faculty, staff, and students.
Dr. Tim Retzloff received his BA with highest honors in history from the University of Michigan in 2006 and earned his PhD in history from Yale in 2014. Prior to graduate school, he worked for seventeen years in various U-M libraries. He teaches history and LGBTQ studies at Michigan State University. His scholarship has appeared in the anthology Creating a Place for Ourselves, the journal GLQ, Centro: Journal of Puerto Rican Studies, and the collection Making Suburbia. Retzloff is currently at work on his first book, Metro Gay, about gay and lesbian life and politics in Metro Detroit from 1945 to 1985.
TRACK 1:Â Identifying as an LGBTQ Researcher/Scholar (panels)
10:25-10:50am – Out in Academia // Cortney Turner, Patricia Wren, Jennie Jester, David Michener
10:55-11:25am – LGBTQ Policy & Law // Bruce Frier, Kerene Moore, Adam Eickmeyer
11:30-12pm – Get to Know LGBTQ Scientists // Chris Meiners, Heather Dawson, Karl Jepsen
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TRACK 2:Â Research/Scholarship Related to LGBTQ-Identified Individuals (workshops)
10:25-10:50am – Intersectionality & Inclusivity // Gary Harper
10:55-11:25am – LGBTQ Research in Non-Western Contexts // Amy Brainer
11:30-12pm – Evaluating Health Outcomes in LGBTQ Individuals // Lee Roosevelt
TRACK 1: Social and Health Sciences
1-1:40pm – Social Sciences // Shanna Kattari
1:50-2:30pm – Public Health // Kristi Gamarel
2:40-3:20pm – Health Care Research // Rob Stephenson, Daphna Stroumsa
3:30-4:10pm – Medicine // Daniel Schumer, Ellen Selkie
TRACK 2:Â Additional Academic Disciplines
1-1:40pm – Higher Education // Kristen Renn
1:50-2:30pm – Literature & History Roundtable // Valerie Traub, Helmut Puff
2:40-3:20pm – Performing Arts // Peter Sparling
3:30-4:10pm – Architecture Panel // Jonathan Massey, Mierelle Roddier, Will Thomson, Sharon Haar