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LGBTQ Inclusion as Researchers & in Research:

_{SYMPOSIUM for U-M Faculty, Staff & Students}

Thursday

September

7:30am

4:30pm

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Why Attend?

Interested in conducting research with LGBTQ populations? Do you identify as a member of or support the LGBTQ community at U-M?

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.

WHERE & WHEN

Thursday

September

7:30am

4:30pm

Your Speakers

Dr. Kate Davy

Provost & Vice Chancellor for academic affairs

UM-DEARBORN

Dr. Tim Retzloff

Professor, Department of History & Center for Gender in Global Context

Michigan State University

Dr. Patricia Wren

Professor, Public Health;
Chair, Department of Health & Human Services

UM-Dearborn

Dr. Jennie Jester

Professor, Psychiatry Department

University of Michigan

Dr. David Michener

Curator, U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

University of Michigan

Dr. Bruce Frier

Professor, Classics & Roman Law

University of Michigan

Kerene Moore

Supervising attorney

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Dr. Adam Eickmeyer

Academic director, Health sciences scholars program

university of Michigan

Dr. Jens-Christian Meiners

Professor, Biophysics & Physics

university of Michigan

Dr. Heather Dawson

Associate professor of Biology

UM-Flint

Dr. Karl Jepsen

Professor & Associate Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Dr. Amy Brainer

Asst. professor of Women's & Gender studies and Sociology; LGBTQ Studies Certificate program coordinator

UM-Dearborn

Dr. Gary Harper

Professor, Department of health behavior & Health education

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Dr. Lee Roosevelt

Clinical assistant professor, school of nursing

University of michigan

Dr. Shanna Kattari

Assistant professor, School of social work and Dept. of women's studies

university of michigan

Dr. Kristi Gamarel

assistant professor, Dept. of Health Behavior & Health Education

university of michigan

Dr. Rob Stephenson

Professor, Dept. of systems, population & leadership, School of nursing

university of michigan

Dr. Daphna Stroumsa

Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Research fellow

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Dr. Daniel Shumer

Pediatric Endocrinologist, Medical Director of Child & Adolescent Gender Clinic

Mott Children's Hospital

Dr. Ellen Selkie

Adolescent medicine clinician

Mott Children's Hospital

Dr. Kristen Renn

Professor, higher, adult & lifelong education

michigan state university

Dr. Valerie Traub

Professor, English & Women's studies

University of Michigan

Dr. Helmut Puff

Professor, History, German & women's studies

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Dr. Peter Sparling

Professor emeritus of Dance

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Dr. Jonathan Massey

Dean & professor, taubman College of architecture & urban planning

University of Michigan

Mireille Roddier

Associate Professor of Architecture

university of Michigan

Dr. Will Thomson

Lecturer in Architecture

University of Michigan

Dr. Sharon Haar

Chair and Professor of Architecture

university of michigan

Will Sherry

Director, Spectrum Center

University of Michigan

Vidhya Aravind

Graduate Student, UMSI

University of Michigan

Lena Dreves Cartujano

Undergraduate Student, Public Policy

University of Michigan

Dr. George A. Mashour

Executive Director, Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR)

University of Michigan

Topics & Schedule

8:45-9am

Welcome

Dr. Catherine (Kate) Davy, Provost and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan-Dearborn

9-9:15am

Welcome

George A. Mashour, MD, PhD, Associate Dean, Clinical & Translational Research, Executive Director, Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR)

9:15-10am

Keynote Address

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.

10-10:15am

Reactor Panel

Dr. Kerene Moore, Dr. Amy Brainer, Will Sherry, Vidhya Aravind, Lena Dreves Cartujano

10:15-10:25am

Break

10-25am-12pm

Morning Concurrent Sessions

TRACK 1: 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

TRACK 2: 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

12:00-1pm

Lunch

Assembly Hall

1-4:10pm

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions

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: 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

4:15-4:30pm

Summary & Closing Remarks

TBD

5pm

LGBTQ Graduate Student Welcome Mixer

Start fall on the right foot by joining Rackham and the Spectrum Center in kicking off the new academic year. Meet new friends, reconnect with old colleagues, and learn more about resources that enhance your experience on campus.

Rackham Assembly Hall

Our aim is to provide an outstanding experience for all attendees. If you require reasonable accommodations in order to attend, please contact the organizers at the link below at least one week before the event.

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