Department of Psychology The University of Tennessee 1404 Circle Drive, 303C Austin Peay Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0900 [email protected] psychology.utk.edu/faculty/grzanka.php socialactionrt.org Twitter: @dr_grzanka PATRICK R. GRZANKA
research & sexualities; intersectionality; sex & gender; race & racism; LGBTQ issues; emotions; teaching mixed-methods research; research design; feminist, queer, & critical race theories; interests mental health & psychotherapy; science & technology studies; critical psychology
academic The University of Tennessee appointments Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Psychology (Aug 2019-present) Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Psychology (2014-2019) Chair, Women, Gender & Sexuality Interdisciplinary Program (2019-present) Core Faculty, Counseling Psychology Program
Arizona State University Honors Faculty Fellow, Barrett, the Honors College (2010-2014) Affiliate Faculty, Center for Biology & Society (2012-2014)
education University of Maryland Department of American Studies Ph.D., American Studies (2010) Dissertation: “White Guilt: Race, Gender, Sexuality & Emergent Racisms”
University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism B.A., Journalism (2004) University Honors Citation in Honors Humanities Summa cum laude, GPA: 4.0, graduated 1st in class
awards, 2019 Faculty Academic Outreach Award honors & College of Arts & Sciences, The University of Tennessee fellowships 2018 Michele Alexander Early Career Award for Scholarship and Service Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (APA Division 9)
2018 Mary Roth Walsh Teaching the Psychology of Women Award Society for the Psychology of Women (APA Division 35)
2018 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Teaching Award SPSSI (APA Division 9) Speaker at the National Institute for Teaching of Psychology
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2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program (Finalist) Carnegie Corporation of New York [The University of Tennessee’s Junior Faculty Nominee (2016, 2017, 2018)]
2017 Early-Career Excellence in Research/Creative Achievement Award College of Arts & Sciences, The University of Tennessee
2017 Excellence in Teaching Award (Junior Level) College of Arts & Sciences, The University of Tennessee
2017 LGBT Advocate Award Chancellor’s Commission for LGBT People, The University of Tennessee
2017 Chancellor’s Grant for Faculty Research Office of Research and Engagement, The University of Tennessee
2016 Early-Career Excellence in Research/Creative Achievement Award (Nominee) College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tennessee
2015 Development of Interdepartmental Collaboration in Scholarship and Research Award College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tennessee
2014 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award Faculty Women’s Association, Arizona State University
2014 Outstanding Achievement & Contribution Award (Nominee) Commission on the Status of Women, Arizona State University
2013 Outstanding Faculty and Staff Award LGBTQA Services, Arizona State University
2013 Outstanding Academic Service Award Barrett, the Honors College, Arizona State University
2012 Excellence in Diversity Award (Nominee) Campus Environment Team, Arizona State University
2010 Commencement Speaker Departments of American Studies & Women’s Studies, University of Maryland
2009 Lilly-East Conference Travel Award Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland
2009 Graduate Travel Grant For travel to the American Psychological Association Convention College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland
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2008-2009 Graduate Teaching Fellowship Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland
2008 Goldhaber Travel Grant The Graduate School, University of Maryland
2007 Mitretek-Young Alumni Club Graduate Scholarship University of Maryland Alumni Association
2007 Graduate Student Distinguished Service Award (Finalist, 1 of 3) University of Maryland
2006-2007 “High Pass” Designation on all Comprehensive Exams Department of American Studies, University of Maryland
2004-2005 Graduate Fellowship The Graduate School, University of Maryland
2004 Julie Galvan National Outstanding Graduate in Journalism Award Society of Professional Journalists
2004 Commencement Speaker Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
2004 Kappa Tau Alpha Top Scholar Award for Graduating 1st in Class Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
2004 Phi Beta Kappa University of Maryland
research underline denotes student collaborator
books Grzanka, P. R. (Under contract). The “born this way” wars: Sexuality, science and the future of equality. Cambridge University Press.
Grzanka, P. R. (Ed.) (2019). Intersectionality: Foundations and frontiers (2nd ed.). Routledge. • Reviewed in Psychology of Women Quarterly
Grzanka, P. R. (Ed.) (2014). Intersectionality: A foundations and frontiers reader (1st ed.). Westview Press. • Reviewed in Hypatia
edited journal Eaton, A. A., Grzanka, P. R., Schlehofer, M. M., & Silka, L. (Eds.) (2021). Public issues psychology: Cultivating socially engaged science for the 21st century. American Psychologist.
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Grzanka, P. R., & Moradi, B. (Eds.) (2021). Method, power, and process: Frontiers of qualitative and mixed-methods research. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 68(3).
Grzanka, P. R. (Ed.) (2020). Intersectionality in psychology: Science, policy, and social justice. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 6(4), 304-403.
Santos, C. E., Grzanka, P. R., & Moradi, B. (Eds.) (2017). Intersectionality research in counseling psychology (Special section). Journal of Counseling Psychology, 64, 453-513.
Grzanka, P. R., Mann, E. S., & Elliott, S. (Eds.) (2016). Neoliberalism in sexuality research and social policy. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 13(4), 297- 427.
articles in Grzanka, P. R., & Cole, E. R. (In press). An argument for bad psychology: Disciplinary peer-reviewed disruption, public engagement, and social transformation. American journals Psychologist.
Dull, B. D., Hoyt, L. T., Grzanka, P. R., Zeiders, K. H. (2021). Can White guilt motivate action? The role of civic beliefs. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01401-7
Tierney, D., Spengler, E. S., Schuch, E., & Grzanka, P. R. (2021). Sexual orientation beliefs and identity development: A person-centered analysis among sexual minorities. The Journal of Sex Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2021.1878344
Grzanka, P. R. (2021). The shape of knowledge: Situational analysis in counseling psychology research. Journal of Counseling Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000527
Brian, J. D., Grzanka, P. R., & Mann, E. S. (2020). The age of LARC: Making sexual citizens on the frontiers of technoscientific healthism. Health Sociology Review, 29(3), 312-328. https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2020.1784018
Grzanka, P. R., DeVore, E. N., Frantell, K. A., Miles, J. R., & Spengler, E. S. (2020). Conscience clauses and sexual and gender minority mental health care: A case study. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 56(5), 551-567. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000396
Grzanka, P. R., Zeiders, K. H., Spengler, E. S., Hoyt, L. T., & Toomey, R. B. (2020). Do beliefs about sexual orientation predict voting behavior? Results from the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 7(3), 241-252. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000434 Note: lead article, APA Journals Article Spotlight
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Grzanka, P. R. (2020). From buzzword to critical psychology: An invitation to take intersectionality seriously. Women and Therapy, 43(3-4), 244-261. [Special issue on “Intersectionality in Education, Training, and Practice” edited by K. A. Case, N. T. Buchanan, & D. Rios] https://doi.org/10.1080/02703149.2020.1729473
Grzanka, P. R., & Schuch, E.1 (2020). Reproductive anxiety and conditional agency at the intersections of privilege: A focus group study of emerging adults’ perception of long-acting reversible contraception. Journal of Social Issues, 76(2), 270-313. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12363
Fry, K., Grzanka, P. R.2, Miles, J. R., & DeVore, E. N. (2020). Is essentialism essential? Reducing homonegative prejudice by targeting diverse sexual orientation beliefs. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49(5), 1725-1739. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01706-x
Hage, S. M., Miles, J. R., Lewis, J. A., Grzanka, P. R., & Goodman, L. A. (2020). The social justice practicum in psychology training. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 14(2), 155-166. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000299
Grzanka, P. R., Spengler, E. S., Miles, J. R., Frantell, K. A., & DeVore, E. N. (2020). “Sincerely held principles” or prejudice?: The Tennessee Counseling Discrimination Law. The Counseling Psychologist, 48(2), 223-248. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000019886972
Grzanka, P. R., Miles, J. R., Spengler, E. S., Arnett, J., & Pruett, J. (2020). Measuring neoliberalism: Development and initial validation of a scale of anti-neoliberal attitudes. Social Justice Research, 33(1), 44-80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-019-00339-3
Grzanka, P. R., Frantell, K. A., & Fassinger, R. E. (2020). The White Racial Affect Scale (WRAS): A measure of White guilt, shame, and negation. The Counseling Psychologist, 48(1), 47-77. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000019878808
Fritzlen, K. A., Phillips, J. E., March, D. S., Grzanka, P. R., & Olson, M. A. (2020). I know (what) you are, but what am I?: The effect of recategorization threat and perceived immutability on prejudice. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(1), 94-108. https:/doi.org/10.1177/0146167219843932
Grzanka, P. R., Gonzalez, K. A., & Spanierman, L. B. (2019). White supremacy and counseling psychology: A critical-conceptual framework. The Counseling Psychologist, 47(4), 478-529. [Invited contribution, 50th anniversary special volume]. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000019880843
Seraphin, S. B., Grizzell, J. A., Kerr-German, A., Perkins, M. A., Grzanka, P. R., & Hardin, E. (2019). A conceptual framework for non-disposable assignments: Inspiring implementation, innovation, and research. Psychology Learning and Teaching, 18(1), 84-97. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475725718811711
1 The first and second authors contributed equally to the manuscript and are listed alphabetically. 2 The second and third authors contributed equally to the manuscript and are listed alphabetically.
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Mann, E. S., & Grzanka, P. R. (2018). Agency-without-choice: The visual rhetorics of long-acting reversible contraception promotion. Symbolic Interaction, 41(3), 334-356. https://doi.org/10.1002/SYMB.349
Boggan, C. E., Grzanka, P. R., & Bain, C. L. (2017). Perspectives on queer music therapy: A qualitative analysis of music therapists' reactions to radically inclusive practice. Journal of Music Therapy, 54(4), 375-404. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thx016
Moradi, B., & Grzanka, P. R. (2017). Using intersectionality responsibly: Toward critical epistemology, structural analysis, and social justice activism. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 64(5), 500-513. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000203 Note: This was the top cited article in JCP published 2017-2018.
Grzanka, P. R., Bhatia, R., Lewis, M. M., Parks, S. L., Woodfork, J., & Casiano, M. (2017). Intersectionality, Inc.: A dialogue on intersectionality’s travels and tribulations. Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture, & Social Justice, 38(1), 16-27.
Grzanka, P. R., & Frantell, K. A. (2017). Counseling psychology and reproductive justice: A call to action. The Counseling Psychologist, 45(3), 326-352. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000017699871
Grzanka, P. R. (2016). Queer survey research and the ontological dimensions of heterosexism. WSQ: Women’s Studies Quarterly, 44(3-4), 131-149. https://doi:10.1353/wsq.2016.0039
**Reprinted in: Ghaziani, A., & Brim, M. (Eds.) (2019). Imagining queer methods (pp. 84-102). NYU Press.**
Grzanka, P. R., Mann, E. S., & Elliott, S. (2016). The neoliberalism wars, or notes on the persistence of neoliberalism. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 13(4), 297- 307. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-016-0255-8
Grzanka, P. R., & Miles, J. R. (2016). The problem with the phrase “intersecting identities”: LGBT affirmative therapy, intersectionality, and neoliberalism. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 13(4), 371-389. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-016-0240-2
Bain, C. L., Grzanka, P. R., & Crowe, B. J. (2016). Toward a queer music therapy: The implications of queer theory for a radically inclusive music therapy. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 50, 22-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2016.03.004
Grzanka, P. R., Zeiders, K. H., & Miles, J. R. (2016). Beyond “born this way?” Reconsidering sexual orientation beliefs and attitudes. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 63(1), 67-75. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000124
Grzanka, P. R., Adler, J., & Blazer, J. (2015). Making up allies: The identity choreography of straight LGBT activism. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 12(3), 165-181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-014-0179-0
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Grzanka, P. R., & Mann, E. S. (2014). Queer youth suicide and the psychopolitics of “It Gets Better.” Sexualities, 17(4), 363-393. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460713516785
Arseneau, J. R., Grzanka, P. R.3, Miles, J. R., & Fassinger, R. E. (2013). Development and initial validation of the Sexual Orientation Beliefs Scale (SOBS). Journal of Counseling Psychology, 60(3), 407-420. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032799
Grzanka, P. R., & Maher, J. T. (2012). Different, like everyone else: Stuff White People Like and the marketplace of diversity. Symbolic Interaction, 35(3), 368-393. https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.24
commentaries Grzanka, P. R., & Moradi, B. (In press). The qualitative imagination in counseling in peer- psychology: Enhancing rigor across all methods. Journal of Counseling reviewed Psychology, 68(3). https;//doi.org/10.1037/cou0000560
journals Grzanka, P. R., Flores, M. J., VanDaalen, R. A., & Velez, G. (2020). Intersectionality in psychology: Translational science for social justice. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 6(4), 304-313. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000276
Grzanka, P. R., & Brian, J. D. (2019). Clinical encounters: The social justice question in intersectional medicine. The American Journal of Bioethics, 19(2), 22-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2018.1557295
Grzanka, P. R., DeVore, E. N., Gonzalez, K. A., Pulice-Farrow, L., & Tierney, D. (2018). The biopolitics of passing and the possibility of radically inclusive transgender health care. The American Journal of Bioethics, 18(12), 17-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2018.1531167
Grzanka, P. R., Santos, C. E., & Moradi, B. (2017). Intersectionality research in counseling psychology. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 64, 453-457. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000237
Grzanka, P. R., & Morrison, D. R. (2017). Post-racial fantasies and the reproduction of scientific racism. The American Journal of Bioethics, 17(9), 65-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2017.1353179
Grzanka, P. R., Brian, J. D., & Shim, J. K. (2016). My bioethics will be intersectional or it will be [bleep]. The American Journal of Bioethics, 16(4), 27-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2016.1145289
Grzanka, P. R. (2016). Intersections and configurations. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45, 501-503. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0624-z
Brian, J. D., & Grzanka, P. R.4 (2014). The machine in the garden of desire. The American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience, 5(1),17-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2013.863255
3 The first two authors contributed equally to the manuscript and are listed alphabetically. 3 The first two authors contributed equally to the manuscript and are listed alphabetically.
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refereed Grzanka, P. R. (Invited contribution, 2021). Pushing (gender) hard on the bike: book chapters Negotiating normativities as a queer spin instructor. In D. Berkowitz, E. Windsor, & C-S. Han (Eds.), Male femininities. NYU Press.
Warner, L., Wagner, L., and Grzanka, P. R. (2021). White privilege in the classroom. In M. E. Kite, K. A. Case, & W. R. Williams (Eds.), Navigating difficult moments in teaching diversity and social justice: Perseverance and resilience (pp. 151- 163). American Psychological Association Books. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000216-011
Grzanka, P. R. (2019). Queer survey research and the ontological dimensions of heterosexism. In A. Ghaziani & M. Brim (Eds.), Imagining queer methods (pp. 84-102). NYU Press.
Grzanka, P. R. (2018). Intersectionality and feminist psychology: Power, knowledge, and process. In C. B. Travis & J. W. White (Eds.), Handbook of the psychology of women: Vol 1. History, theory, and battlegrounds (pp. 585-602). American Psychological Association Books. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000059-030
Fishman, J. R., Mamo, L., & Grzanka, P. R. (2017). Sex, gender, & sexuality in biomedicine. In U. Felt, R. Fouché, C. Miller, & L. Smith-Doerr (Eds.), The handbook of science and technology studies (4th ed., pp. 379-405). MIT Press.
Grzanka, P. R. (2017). Undoing the psychology of gender: Intersectional feminism and social science pedagogy. In K. A. Case (Ed.), Intersectional pedagogy: A model for complicating identity and social justice (pp. 61-79). Routledge.
Lewis, J. A., & Grzanka, P. R. (2016). Applying intersectionality theory to research on perceived racism. In A. N. Alvarez, C. T. H. Liang, & H. A. Neville (Eds.), The cost of racism for people of color: Contextualizing experiences of discrimination (pp. 31-54). American Psychological Association Books. https://doi.org/10.1037/14852-003
book chapters Grzanka, P. R. (2020). “With allies like these…”: Toward a sociology of straight allies. In J. J. Dean & N. L. Fischer (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of heterosexualities studies (pp. 404-418). Routledge.
Grzanka, P. R. (2019). Queer theory. In P. A. Atkinson, S. Delamont, M. A. Hardy, & M. Williams (Eds.), SAGE research methods foundations. SAGE Publications. http://doi.org/10.4135/9781526421036767663
Grzanka, P. R., & Arnett, J. (2017). Sexual orientation as a research variable. In K. L. Nadal (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of psychology and gender (pp. 1533- 1534). SAGE Publications.
Grzanka, P. R., & Arnett, J. (2017). White/European Americans and sexual orientation. In K. L. Nadal (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of psychology and gender (pp. 1776-1780). SAGE Publications.
Lewis, J. A., & Grzanka, P. R. (2017). Intersectionality theories. In K. Nadal (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of psychology and gender (pp. 969-971). SAGE Publications.
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Grzanka, P. R. (2010). Buffy the black feminist?: Intersectionality and pedagogy. In J. A. Kreider & M. K. Winchell (Eds.), Buffy in the classroom: Essays on teaching with the vampire slayer (pp. 186-201). Jefferson, NC: McFarland Press.
book reviews Grzanka, P. R. (2018). The straight line: How the fringe science of ex-gay therapy reoriented sexuality by Tom Waidzunas [Invited review]. New Genetics and Society, 37, 268-270. https://doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2017.1351874
Grzanka, P. R. (2012). Affirmative reaction: New formations of white masculinity by Hamilton Carroll. Men and Masculinities, 15, 536-540. https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184X12461018
Grzanka, P. R. (2010). Teaching graphic novels: Practical strategies for the ELA classroom by Kate Monnin. Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 1, 221-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2010.526377
Grzanka, P. R. (2010). Magnetic appeal: MRI and the myth of transparency by Kelly Joyce. Body & Society, 16, 169-173. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034X10364771
Grzanka, P. R. (2008). From turkey basters to the fertility clinic: Lesbian reproductive practices in biomedicalization (Queering Reproduction by Laura Mamo). Symbolic Interaction, 31, 345-349. https://doi.org/10.1525/si.2008.31.3.345
public Grzanka, P. R. (2020, October 20). Amy Coney Barrett was criticized for using the scholarship & term ‘sexual preference.’ Should we care? The Washington Post. Retrieved from other https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/20/amy-coney-barrett-was- criticized-using-term-sexual-preference-should-we-care/ publications Grzanka, P. R. (2020, June 30). Anti-Chinese SECURE CAMPUS Act is a return to earlier, discriminatory era. The Tennessean. Retrieved from https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2020/06/30/anti-chinese-secure- campus-act-reminder-early-chinese-exclusion-act/3193082001/
Grzanka, P. R. (2019, February 26). Colleges don’t marginalize, discriminate against men. Knoxville News-Sentinel. Retrieved from https://www.knoxnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/2019/02/26/opinion- colleges-dont-marginalize-discriminate-against-men/2955355002/
Grzanka, P. R. (2018, October 29). Effects felt two years after therapists gained the right to turn away patients. The Tennessean. Retrieved from https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2018/10/29/tennessee-therapist-law- still-presenting-harmful-effects-opinion/
Bain, C. L., Boggan, C., & Grzanka, P. R. (2018, March 15). Acknowledging identity, privilege, and oppression in music therapy [Blog post]. Oxford University Press Blog. Retrieved from https://blog.oup.com/2018/03/identity-privilege- oppression-music-therapy/
Grzanka, P. R., & Lewis, J. A. (2017, March 22). What is intersectionality? [Blog post]. Society for Research on Adolescence Blog. Retrieved from https://www.s-r- a.org/announcements/blog/2017-03-22-what-intersectionality
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Grzanka, P. R., & Waidzunas, T. (2015). Sexual orientation and the sociology of science: An interview with Tom Waidzunas. SKATology: Newsletter of the ASA Section on Science, Knowledge, & Technology, Summer 2015, 6-7.
Grzanka, P. R. (2014). An interview with Kelly Joyce. SKATology: Newsletter of the ASA Section on Science, Knowledge, & Technology, Winter 2014, 2-5.
Grzanka, P. R., & Morrison, D. R. (2014). Intersectionality: An interview with Patrick Grzanka. SKATology: Newsletter of the ASA Section on Science, Knowledge, & Technology, Spring 2014, 8-12.
Grzanka, P. R., & Morrison, D. R. (2013). Marginal knowledge: Patrick Grzanka & Dan Morrison on teaching undergraduate courses in sociology of knowledge. SKATology: Newsletter of the ASA Section on Science, Knowledge, & Technology, Fall 2013/Winter 2014, 12-14.
Grzanka, P. R. (2012, April 27). Essentialism, constructionism, and why I like plaid. In the “‘Born this way’ Series on Sexual Identity.” Gender Across Borders.
Grzanka, P. R. (2011). Feeling whiteness: Racism, affect, and intersectionality. Research Connections: An Annual Publication from the Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity, 8-11. http://www.crge.umd.edu/pdf/rc_2011.pdf
Grzanka, P. R. (2009). Negotiating the politics of interpersonal relationships in living- learning communities. Teaching and Learning News, 18, 7-13.
manuscripts Fles, E., & Grzanka, P. R. (Under revision). Conditional freedoms: Mass shooter race under review, affects beliefs about gun rights. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. in revision & development Clare, S., Grzanka, P. R., & Wuest, J. (Invited, under review). Gay genes in the post- genomic era: A roundtable. GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. [Special issue on the “Science of ‘Sex, Itself’” co-edited by G. LaFleur & B. Kahan]
Grzanka, P. R., & Cole, E. R. (Invited, in preparation). Waves and riptides: Mapping intersectionality’s currents in feminist psychology. In J. Nash & S. Pinto (Eds.), The Routledge companion to intersectionality. Routledge.
Grzanka, P. R., Spengler, E. S., & Watson, R. (In preparation). Finding structural intersectionality: Complex inequalities among LGBT+ youth.
Spengler, E. S., Grzanka, P. R., Tierney, D., & Elledge, L. C. (In preparation). Beyond “help-seeking,” toward engagement: Exploring a structural model of sexual minority mental health care.
Grzanka, P. R., Brian, J. D., & Bhatia, R. (In preparation). Intersectionality and science and technology studies.
Grzanka, P. R., & Tierney, D. (In preparation). On the uses and abuses of parallel analysis in scale development.
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media My work has been covered by the following outlets: The Washington Post, BBC, coverage Huffington Post, Insider, Fusion, Science Magazine, Second Nexus, Attitude Magazine, Medical Daily, International Business Times, PsychCentral.com, Science Daily, Economic Times, Times of India, The Statesman (India), the Hindustan Times, Metro (UK), Pink News (UK), Gay Times Magazine, City Weekly (Salt Lake City), Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville Mercury, WATE-Knoxville, WVLT-Knoxville
grants 2020 National Science Foundation, Science & Technology Studies Program: Standard Grant Title: Collaborative Research: Face Masks as Technologies-Making Sense of Science in Times of Rapid Change. PI with Kelly Joyce and Susan Bell (Drexel University) and Laura Senier (Northwestern). Total requested for UT: $97,118. (Revised and resubmitted)
2019 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (American Psychological Association, Division 9): Local- and State-Level Policy Work Grant Title: Increasing Support for Comprehensive Sex Education in East Tennessee: A Deep Values Canvassing Project. PI. $2,000.
2019 University of Tennessee, The Graduate School: Student/Faculty Research Award Title: Beyond “Help-Seeking,” Toward “Engagement”: Understanding Barriers to Mental Health Equity Among Sexual Minority Individuals. PI, with student Elliot Spengler. $1,506.
2019 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (American Psychological Association, Division 9): Grant-in-Aid Title: Demonstration Bias: Does Freedom of Speech Apply to Black Protesters? PI with Elizabeth Fles, University of Bridgeport. $1,967.
2018 National Science Foundation: ADVANCE Grant Title: ASCEND: Adaptations for a Sustainable Climate of Excellence and Diversity. Co-PI (PI: Veerle Keppens, The University of Tennessee). $713,763.
2017 University of Tennessee, The Graduate School: Student/Faculty Research Award Title: Emerging Adult Women’s Experiences with Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC). PI, with student Elena Schuch. $1,125.
2017 University of Tennessee, College of Arts and Sciences: Harris- Morris Lecture Endowment Grant Title: “For All the World to See”: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights. PI. $3,070.
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2017 University of Tennessee, Office of Research and Engagement, Scholarly Activity and Research Incentive Funds (SARIF): Summer Graduate Research Assistantship Title: The Impact of the ‘Counseling Discrimination Law’ and Other Potential Barriers to Mental Health Services-Seeking among LGBT+ Individuals in Tennessee. PI. $3,600.
2017 University of Tennessee, Office of Undergraduate Research: Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Title: The Sexual Orientation Affect Project. PI. $2,400.
2017 University of Tennessee, Teaching and Learning Center: Teaching Innovation Grant Title: Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality. PI. $3,500.
2016 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (American Psychological Association, Division 9): Local- and State-Level Policy Work Grant Title: The ‘Counseling Discrimination Law’ and Barriers to Mental Health Services-Seeking among LGBT+ Individuals in Tennessee. PI. $2,000.
2016 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Visiting Faculty Travel Grant Title: Intersectionality Research in Counseling Psychology. Sponsoring institution/department: University of Florida, Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research. PI. $846.
2015 University of Tennessee, College of Arts and Sciences: Haines- Morris Lecture Endowment Grant Title: New Horizons in Intersectionality Research, Policy, and Activism. PI. $3,000.
2014 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Visiting Faculty Travel Grant Title: Southeastern Sexualities Working Group. Sponsoring institution/department: University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health. PI. $1,246.
2014 Arizona State University, Barrett, the Honors College: Dean’s Award Title: Intersectionality and Science & Technology Studies: Shared Affinities. PI. $2,325
2013 Arizona State University, Institute for Humanities Research, Transdisciplinary Seed Grant Title: Happy Place: The Emotional Life of Cities. Co-PI with Hilary Harp (Art), Barry Moon (Interdisciplinary Arts & Performance), & Kevin McHugh (Geography). $12,000
2013 Arizona State University, Barrett, the Honors College: Sol & Esther Drescher Faculty Development Grant Title: The Social Psychology of Neoliberalism. PI. $1,724
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2012 National Science Foundation, Science, Technology, & Society Program: Standard Grant Title: Collaborative Research: Institutional Settings and the Transmission of Social Scientific Knowledge. PI with Joseph Miles (The University of Tennessee). $56,472
2012 Arizona State University, Barrett, the Honors College: Sol & Esther Drescher Faculty Development Grant Title: Sexualities and Applied Social Research: A Multi-Site Research Program. PI. $2,315
2011 Arizona State University, Barrett, the Honors College: Curriculum Development Grant Title: Great American Cities Summer Travel Program – ‘Trauma Diaries: Memory, Identity & the City in New Orleans, Washington, D.C. & Philadelphia.’ PI with Jacquelyn Scott. $5,650
grant 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Building Trust and Mutual proposals Respect to Improve Health Care Grant (not funded) Title: Building Trust through Dialogue (BTD): Dialogues for Mental Health Promotion among Sexual and Gender Minorities. PI. $250,000.
2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Policy and Law Research to Build a Culture of Health Title: Life with LARC: Examining the Lived Experience of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Promotion. PI. $250,000.
2015, 2016 National Science Foundation, Science, Technology, & Society Program: Workshop Grant Title: Collaborative Research: Workshop: Technologies of Affect: Data, Emotion, and Art. PI with Meredith Hoy (Arizona State University), Hilary Harp (Arizona State University), and Barry Moon (Arizona State University). ~$30,000. (revised & resubmitted 2x; not funded)
2015 National Science Foundation, Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science Program: Large Grant Title: Technoscience, Health Policy, and the Reproduction of Social Inequalities. Co-PI with Emily S. Mann (University of South Carolina) and Jenny Dyck Brian (Arizona State University). $758,140.
2015 American Psychological Foundation, Wayne F. Placek Grant Title: Moving Beyond ‘Born This Way’: Reducing Homonegative Prejudice by Targeting Multiple Beliefs about Sexual Orientation. PI. $14,614.
2011 National Science Foundation, Science, Technology & Society Program: Standard Grant Title: The Gay Sessions: Psychotherapy & the Production of Sexual Orientation in Psychological Science. PI with Joseph Miles (The University of Tennessee). Proposed budget: $109,111. Rated: “Competitive”; revised & funded (see above).
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2011 Arizona State University, Women & Philanthropy Foundation: Curriculum Development Grant Title: Great American Cities and the New American University. PI with Jacquelyn Scott. Proposed budget: $40,000. Finalist.
research 2021- Aligning Incentives: Can Registered Reports Encourage Ethical and teams & present Responsible Research Practices among Early Career working Researchers?, National Science Foundation. Advisory committee to PIs groups Amanda Montoya (UCLA) and William Krenzer (Duke).
2016- From ‘Missing Persons’ to Critical Biography: Reframing Minority present Identity in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, National Science Foundation & Harvard University. Working group on identities and inequality in the history of science, technology, engineering, and medicine funded by the NSF and the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.
2016- No Longer at the Margins: Envisioning the Integration of an present Intersectional Lens in Developmental Science, Society for Research on Adolescence. Working group on intersectionality studies funded by the Society for Research on Adolescence and the University of Arizona.
2014- Intersectionality Community of Scholars (ICOS), The University of present Tennessee (http://psychology.utk.edu/icos). Co-founder and lead faculty. Supported by the University of Tennessee Office of Research and Engagement and the NSF (2018-2021).
2014- Southeastern Sexualities Working Group (SSWG) 2018 Co-founder of interdisciplinary sexualities working group of faculty in the Southeastern U.S. Funded by the Southeastern Conference (SEC) (2015).
2013- Feminist Research on Gender and Sexuality (FROGS) Group, present Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Arizona State University. Directed by Dr. Breanne Fahs. Faculty affiliate.
2010- Social Action Research Team (SART), The University of Tennessee present Founded and directed undergraduate and graduate student research team specializing in applied social justice research. Funded by the NSF (2012-2013).
2007-2008 Queer Research Team, Department of Counseling and Personnel Services, University of Maryland. Directed by Dr. Ruth Fassinger. Graduate student member.
refereed Grzanka, P. R. (June, 2020). When intersectionality + psychology ≠ intersectional conference psychology: Unpacking the black box of intersectional methods. In K. A. Case (Chair), Psychology’s resistance to social justice through misuse and exclusion presentations of intersectionality. Paper presented at the Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues Annual Conference, Denver, CO. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19).
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Spengler, E. S., Grzanka, P. R., Zeiders, K.H., Toomey, R., & Hoyt, L.T. (June, 2020). Sexual orientation beliefs and politics: A 2016 election study. Poster presented at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Annual Conference, Denver, CO. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19).
Dull, B.D., Hoyt, L.T., Zeiders, K.H., Grzanka, P. R. (May, 2020). Pathways to civic action for racially privileged emerging adults: Social responsibility as a moderator. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (Virtual poster session).
*2020 Psi Chi APS Convention Society Research Award winner*
Grzanka, P. R. (2019, September). Conscientious objections: Psychology, conscience clauses, and the production of epistemic values. In B. Merid (Chair), Embodied narratives of health, self, care, and knowledge. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, New Orleans, LA.
Grzanka, P. R. (2019, August). Provocation: When social justice is bad. In S. Jackson (Chair), Beyond the buzzword: What (really) is "social justice" and what does it mean for psychology? [Collaborative Program] Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
DeVore, E. N., Frantell, K. A., Grzanka, P. R., Miles, J. R., & Spengler, E. S. (2019, August). Conscience clauses and sexual and gender minority mental health care: A case study. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
Horne, S. G., Wilkins-Yel, K., Grzanka, P. R., Miles, J. R., & DeBlaere, C. (2019, August). The collision of social justice concerns with political action. In R. E. Fassinger (Chair), Susan L. Morrow symposium on social justice: When concerns collide: Toward an ethics of social justice. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
Grzanka, P. R., Watson, R. J., & Spengler, E. S. (2019, June). Structural intersectionality and LGBTQ youth: A person-centered approach. In A. Bahns, H. Reppond, & A. Heberle (Chairs), Application of intersectionality to social change. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, San Diego, CA.
Grzanka, P. R., Miles, J. R., Spengler, E. S., Arnett, J. A., & Pruett, J. (2019, June). Measuring neoliberalism: Development and validation of the Anti-Neoliberal Attitudes Scale. In L. Y. Bay-Cheng & A. N. Zucker (Chairs), Neoliberalism and its discontents: Measurement and correlates of neoliberal ideology. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, San Diego, CA.
Schuch, E., & Grzanka, P. R. (2019, June). Reproductive anxiety at the intersections: Emerging adults negotiate long-acting reversible contraception. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, San Diego, CA.
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Spengler, E. S., & Grzanka, P. R. (2019, April). Mental health help-seeking among LGBT+ individuals: A structural equation modelling approach. Poster presented at the annual Great Lakes Regional Counseling Psychology Conference, Louisville, KY.
Grzanka, P. R. (2018, November). Science, Technology, and Medicine Caucus: The therapeutic self, gender, race, and well-being. Chair and discussant for symposium at the annual meeting of the American Studies Association, Atlanta, GA.
Grzanka, P. R. (2018, August). Intersectionality in/as action: The matrix of domination as a catalyst for social transformation. In K. Balsam (Chair), Dismantling racism within LGBTQ communities for White allyship. Symposium presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Grzanka, P. R., & Webb, V. H. R. (2018, August). Activism, not passivism: The identity choreography of campus activists. In J. R. Miles (Chair), Scholar activist identity development through critical participatory action research. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Williams, M.G., Frantell, K.A., Johnson, K., Grant, M., Linson, L., Grant, M., Grzanka, P.R., & Miles, J. R. (2018, August). Is diversity a dirty word? Student perceptions of campus diversity. In J. R. Miles (Chair), Scholar activist identity development through critical participatory action research. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Frantell, K. A., Williams, M. G., Sonnenberg, P., Buchanan, Z., Edwards, J., Hervey, G., Miles, J. R., & Grzanka P. R. (2018, August). Faculty aren’t safe either: When those in power are marginalized and voiceless. In J. R. Miles (Chair), Scholar activist identity development through critical participatory action research. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Schuch, E., Eidam, A., Renison, A., & Grzanka, P. R. (2018, August). Emerging adult women's perceptions of long-acting reversible contraception. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Mann, E. S., & Grzanka, P. R. (2018, August). Toward a sociology of straight fragility. Paper presented at the Sexualities, Race, and Empire: Resistance in an Uncertain Time preconference of the Sexualities Section of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Grzanka, P. R. (2018, June). From buzzword to critical pedagogy: Teaching intersectionality and promoting social justice in psychology. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Pittsburgh, PA.
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Grzanka, P. R. (2018, June). Making “bad” psychologists: Cultivating critical consciousness above and beyond psychology. In P. R. Grzanka (Chair), The next generations: Graduate issues in social justice training. Symposium conducted at the annual conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Pittsburgh, PA.
Grzanka, P. R., Miles, J. R., Flores, L. Y., Spengler, E. S., Frantell, K. A., & DeVore, E. N. (2017, August). The Tennessee "Counseling Discrimination Law" and barriers to help-seeking among LGBT+ individuals. In P. R. Grzanka (Chair), New frontiers in LGBT+ psychology: Research, policy, and practice. [Collaborative Program] Symposium conducted at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Grzanka, P. R., Miles, J. R., Flores, L. Y., Spengler, E. S., Frantell, K. A., & DeVore, E. N. (2017, June). Tennessee’s "Counseling Discrimination Law" and LGBT+ mental health. In Using research to inform policy at local and state levels. Symposium conducted at the annual conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Albuquerque, NM.
Mann, A., Grzanka, P. R., Case, K. A., & Mancoll, S. (2017, June). LGBT+ rights at the state/local level: Lessons from Tennessee. Interactive discussion conducted at the annual conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Albuquerque, NM.
Grzanka, P. R. (2017, April). Reproductive (In)justice: Notes from a battleground state. Paper presented at the New Directions in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Conference, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
Mann, E. S., & Grzanka, P. R. (2017, March). Scripting LARC: A visual discourse analysis of long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) promotion. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Greenville, SC.
Grzanka, P. R. (2017, March). W. E. B. Du Bois, intersectionality, and the future of the history of sociology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the African American Intellectual History Society, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
Grzanka, P. R., & Brian, J. D. (2016, September). Reproducing inequalities: Long- acting reversible contraception (LARC) promotion and the urgency of feminist postcolonial STS. Paper presented at the joint annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)/European Association for Studies of Science and Technology (EASST), Barcelona, Spain.
Brian, J. D., & Grzanka, P. R. (2016, September). Contraceptive technologies, public policy, and the stratification of reproductive health care. Paper presented at the joint annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)/European Association for Studies of Science and Technology (EASST), Barcelona, Spain.
Waggoner, M. R., Mann, E. S., & Grzanka, P. R. (2016, August). Techniques of reproductive governance: Regulating and optimizing motherhood under neoliberalism. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
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Grzanka, P. R. (2016, August). Undoing the psychology of gender. In P. R. Grzanka & K. A. Case (Co-chairs), Teaching and learning intersectionality: Pedagogies for social justice. [Collaborative Program] Symposium conducted at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.
Grzanka, P. R., & Brian, J. D. (2015, November). Science and technology studies at the intersections of social inequalities. Co-chair for open session at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Denver, CO.
Grzanka, P. R., & Brian, J. D. (2015, November). Infrastructures and inequalities. Co- chair for open session at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Denver, CO.
Brian, J. D., & Grzanka, P. R. (2015, November). Intersectionality and science and technology studies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Denver, CO.
Grzanka, P. R. (2015, November). Creating LGBT-affirmative therapists: Critical reflections on the new psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Denver, CO.
Grzanka, P. R. (2015, August). Beyond beliefs: Queer survey research and the ontological dimensions of heterosexism. In A. Ghaziani & K. Schilt (Co-chairs), Methodological innovations and critiques in the sociology of sexualities. Invited panel session conducted at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Grzanka, P. R., & Morrison, D. R. (2015, August). Difference, inequalities, and interaction. Discussant for co-organized panel at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Grzanka, P. R., & Brian, J. D. (2015, August). Intersectionality and Science and Technology Studies. Paper presented at the Science, Knowledge, & Technology (SKAT) 25th Anniversary Preconference of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Grzanka, P. R. (2015, August). Dangerous dialogues: The interdisciplinary question in intersectional psychology. In P. R. Grzanka & E. R. Cole (Co-chairs), Intersecting identities: New frontiers in psychological science and practice. [Collaborative Program] Collaborative program conducted at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, CA.
Grzanka, P. R. (2015, April). The trouble with the phrase “intersecting identities”: “LGBT-affirmative psychology” and neoliberalism. In P. R. Grzanka, E. S. Mann, & S. Elliott (Co-chairs), The persistence of neoliberalism. Panel conducted at the biennial UNC-Asheville Queer Studies Conference, Asheville, NC.
Grzanka, P. R., Miles, J. R., & Zeiders, K. H. (2015, January). The limits of “born this way”: Reconsidering sexual orientation beliefs and attitudes. Poster session presented at the National Multicultural Conference and Summit, Atlanta, GA.
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Grzanka, P. R., Adler, J., & Blazer, J. (2015, January). What makes an “Ally”? Constructing straight allies in LGBTQ advocacy. Poster session presented at the National Multicultural Conference and Summit, Atlanta, GA.
Grzanka, P. R., Strolovitch, D. Z., Wong, J., Kim, C., García Bedolla, L., & Pinto- Coehlo, J. (2014, November). Counting on social justice: Social science methods and American Studies. Session organizer and presenter for symposium at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
Grzanka, P. R., & Fox, M. F. (2014, August). Science, technology, & medicine: Dimensions of gender, sex, and sexualities. Co-chair and discussant for Sex & Gender section session at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Grzanka, P. R., Adler, J., & Blazer, J. (2014, August). Making up allies: The ontological politics of LGBT activism. In P. R. Grzanka & D. Morrison (Co-chairs), Bodies, embodiments, and identities. Panel conducted at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Grzanka, P. R., Miles, J. R., Arnett, J., & Pruett, J. (2014, August). Development and initial validation of the Neoliberal Attitudes Scale. Poster session presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Grzanka, P. R., & Brian, J. D. (2014, April). ‘Analytic dispositions’ and the shared affinities of intersectionality and science & technology Studies. Paper presented at the Intersectionality Research, Policy and Practice: Influence, Interrogations and Innovations International Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC.
Grzanka, P. R., & Miles, J. R. (2014, March). Contested competencies: The ontological choreography of ‘LGBT Affirmative Therapy.’ Paper presented at the Affect & Inquiry Symposium, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Grzanka, P. R., Parks, S. L., Lewis, M. M., Bhatia, R., & Woodfork, J. C. (2013, November). Intersectionality: Foundations and frontiers in the shadow of the Crisis. Session chair and participant for roundtable conducted at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Grzanka, P. R., & Miles, J. R. (2013, August). Gay affirmative?: LGBT therapy and the production of mental health. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, NYC.
Grzanka, P. R. (2013, August). Emotions, institutions, and health. Session organizer and discussant for panel conducted at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
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Grzanka, P. R. (2013, August). Beyond good and bad feelings: Happiness, shame, and suffering reconsidered. Session chair and discussant for panel conducted at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
Estrada, F., & Grzanka, P. R. (2013, August). White identity, affect, and racist attitudes: An examination of moderating effects. Poster session presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
Estrada, F., & Grzanka, P. R. (2013, August). Internalized homophobia among Latino gay men: Confirming the factor structure and predicting sexual risk. Poster session presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
Grzanka, P. R., & Miles, J. R. (2012, November). The gay sessions: Psychotherapy and the production of sexual orientation. In P. R. Grzanka (Chair), Sexualities, intersectionalities, and institutions. Panel conducted at the annual conference of the National Women’s Studies Association, Oakland, CA.
Grzanka, P. R. (2012, August). Bad affect: Queer youth suicide and the psychopolitics of “It Gets Better.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Grzanka, P. R., & Mann, E. S. (2012, August). It gets worse: Suicide and homonormativities in early 21st century neoliberalism. Paper presented at the Crossing Boundaries, Workshopping Sexualities mini-conference at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Grzanka, P. R. (2011, October). Feeling biomedicalization: Affect in “The DNA Age.” In P. R. Grzanka (Chair), Mapping biomedicalization: ‘Health,’ identities, and power in the contemporary United States. Panel conducted at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Grzanka, P. R., & Estrada, F. (2011, August). The test of white guilt and shame: Further development and validation. Poster session presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Grzanka, P. R. (2010, August). Upsetting whiteness: Feeling guilty at the intersections of difference. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Grzanka, P. R. (2010, March). Is intersectional psychology just another way to call me “crazy?”. Paper presented at the Critical Race Studies Annual Symposium on Intersectionality at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Grzanka, P. R., & Fassinger, R. E. (2009, August). Validating a psychometric test of white guilt and white shame. Poster session presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
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Grzanka, P. R., Jung, T. A., & Maher, J. T. (2009, April). Negotiating the politics of interpersonal relationships in living-learning communities. Paper presented at the Lilly-East Conference on College and University Teaching at University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
Grzanka, P. R., & Maher, J. T. (2009, April). ‘Stuff White People Like’: Reflections on the blog that makes it OK to be white (again). Paper presented at annual conference of the Chesapeake American Studies Association at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
Grzanka, P. R. (2008, June). White guilt: Race, gender, sexuality, and emergent racisms. Paper presented at the Futures of American Studies Institute at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Grzanka, P. R. (2006, November). Black feminism in (extra)ordinary spaces. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Washington, DC.
Grzanka, P. R. (2006, October). Intersections & interventions: Critical theories of representations and possibilities for social justice in film studies. In P. R. Grzanka (Chair), Intersectionality and (queer) film studies. Panel conducted at the annual conference of the Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association, Baltimore, MD.
Grzanka, P. R. (2006, September). White guilt, white shame, and politics of performance in the undergraduate classroom. Paper presented at the National Race and Pedagogy Conference at University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA.
Grzanka, P. R. (2006, April). The active viewer and the vampire slayer: Transdisciplinary perspectives on watching race. Paper presented at the Critical Themes in Media Studies Annual Conference at The New School University, New York, NY.
Grzanka, P. R. (2006, February). Perceptions of race(ism) in Buffy: The active viewer confronts the vampire slayer. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Southwest-Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM.
Grzanka, P. R. (2004, April). What if Buffy were black?: Multiculturalism, marginalization, and power in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the Chesapeake American Studies Association at Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
invited Since 2014, I have been invited to give talks at the following college and universities: lectures & Harvard University, Vanderbilt University (3x), University of Arizona (2x), University of Michigan, University of Florida, Louisiana State University, Drexel University (3x), presentations University of South Carolina (3x), Westminster College, Pace University, New York (since 2014) University, Wayne State University, Washington & Jefferson College, and Arizona State University (2x).
“Finding Structural Intersectionality: Complex Inequalities among LGBT+ Youth.” Invited speaker. Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. February 11, 2021.
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“Psychology & Reproductive Justice.” Guest lecture for psychology of human rights course (Dr. Kevin Carriere), Department of Psychology, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA. February 10, 2021.
“Intersectionality in Research.” Invited colloquium speaker, Graduate Student Club, School of Community Resources and Development, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. November 20, 2020.
“Finding Structural Intersectionality: Quantitative Methods and Complex Inequalities in the Lives of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth.” Invited colloquium speaker, Psychology & Social Intervention Program, Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, NYC. November 11, 2020.
“Reproductive Justice Research Methods: Challenges and Opportunities.” Invited panelist. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Washington, DC. October 19, 2020.
“The Cost of Hate: Anti-sexism/Heterosexism.” Invited panelist. The Cost of Hate Symposium, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. October 7, 2020.
“From White Tears to Social Transformation: Antiracism Beyond Guilt” (with Kirsten Gonzalez). Invited lecture, College Conversations Series: Allyship and Racism, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. September 10, 2020. Available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V-a5j0RnOU&feature=emb_title
“From Buzzword to Critical Pedagogy: An Invitation to Take Intersectionality Seriously.” Invited workshop, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT. December 6, 2019.
“The ‘Born this Way’ Wars: Sexuality, Science, and the Future of Equality.” Invited public lecture, Bastion Diversity Lecture Series, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT. December 5, 2019.
“Pride and Prejudice: LGBT+ Mental Health Care in Tennessee” Guest lecture for LGBT health graduate course (Dr. Emily Mann), Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, November 14, 2019.
“Finding Structural Intersectionality: Quantitative Methods and Complex Inequalities in the Lives of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth.” Guest lecture for intersectional psychology undergraduate course (Dr. Lisa Rosenthal), Department of Psychology, Pace University (NY), November 12, 2019.
“’Sincerely Held Principles’ or Prejudice?: Conscience Clauses, Structural Stigma, and Mental Health Care Engagement.” Invited lecture, Appalachian Psychoanalytic Society, Knoxville, TN. October 12, 2019.
“Finding Structural Intersectionality: Quantitative Methods and Complex Inequalities in the Lives of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth.” Invited colloquium speaker, Personality and Social Contexts/Gender and Feminist Psychology Areas, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. September 26, 2019.
“Pride and Prejudice: LGBT+ Mental Health Care in Tennessee.” Invited lecture, Haslam Scholars Program, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. April 12, 2019.
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“Pride and Prejudice: LGBT+ Mental Health Care in Tennessee” Invited public lecture, Sex Week, UTK. April 4, 2019.
“Making Things Up: On Method and Representation.” Invited speaker and panel moderator, Figurative Association Symposium, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN. November 8, 2018.
“Intersectionality 101.” Invited lecture, Appalachian Psychoanalytic Society, Knoxville, TN. September 22, 2018.
Keynote speaker, “Methods” plenary panel, “Sexualities, Race, and Empire,” American Sociological Association Sexualities Section Pre-Conference, Philadelphia, PA. August 9, 2018.
“Reimagining ‘Enemy Territory’: LGBTQ Scholarship and Activism in Trump’s America.” Keynote speaker, “LGBTQ Advocacy Pre-Convention Workshop,” co-hosted by American Psychological Association Divisions 44 (Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity) and 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues), University of San Francisco. August 8, 2018.
Invited moderator, “Gender/Race/Marginalized Identities Session” at the “Identifying Gaps, Building Bridges: Fostering Critical Exchange Between Socio-Legal and Science & Technology Studies” National Science Foundation-funded workshop, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Drexel University. May 11, 2018.
“The ‘Born this Way’ Wars: Science, Sexuality, and the Future of Equality.” Invited public lecture. Departments of Psychology, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Health Education, Behavior, and Promotion, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. April 16, 2018.
“The ‘Born this Way’ Wars: Science, Sexuality, and the Future of Equality.” Invited public lecture. Pamela Turbeville Speaker Series, Frances McClelland Institute, Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Arizona. April 6, 2018.
“From Buzzword to Critical Pedagogy: Teaching Intersectionality and Promoting Social Justice in Psychology,” Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues’ invited speaker, National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Pete Beach, FL. January 4 & 5, 2018.
“‘Butt-Chugging,’ Sexual Identity, and Discursive Contours of Fraternity Violence.” Invited public lecture, Department of Anthropology, UTK, November 21, 2017.
“Are ‘Sincerely Held Principles’ Really Just Prejudice?: The Counseling Discrimination Law and LGBT Mental Health in Tennessee.” Invited public lecture, MicNite, UTK. November 15, 2017.
“The Problem with the Phrase ‘Intersecting Identities’: Complicating LGBT Affirmative Therapy and Mental Health.” Guest lecture for LGBT Health undergraduate seminar (Dr. Emily S. Mann), Women’s and Gender Studies Program, University of South Carolina. November 9, 2017.
“The ‘Born This Way’ Wars and the Future of Equality.” Invited public lecture, Sex Week, UTK. April 6, 2017.
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“Author-Meets-Critics: Violence Against Queer People: Race, Class, Gender, and Persistence of Anti-LGBT Discrimination, by Doug Meyer.” Invited panelist, Southern Sociological Society, Greenville, SC. March 30, 2017.
“The ‘Born This Way’ Wars and the Future of Equality.” Invited public lecture, Women’s and Gender Studies, Louisiana State University. March 16, 2017.
“The Scholar Canonized: W.E.B. Du Bois, Intersectionality, and the Future of the History of Sociology.” Invited public lecture, colloquium series, Department of Sociology, UTK. March 8, 2017.
“The ‘Born This Way’ Wars and the Future of Equality.” Invited public lecture, Haslam Scholars Program, UTK. March 3, 2017.
“A Workshop on Scholar-Activism and Social Justice.” Invited public lecture, Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, Gender and Sexualities Seminar, Vanderbilt University. November 4, 2016.
“Connecting through Shared Experience: A Discussion about the Tennessee Stories Project.” Invited public lecture, School of Law, Vanderbilt University. November 3, 2016.
“The ‘Born This Way’ Wars and the Future of Sexual Orientation.” Invited public lecture, Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research, University of Florida. October 31, 2016.
“W.E.B. Du Bois, Intersectionality, and the Future of the History of Sociology.” Invited lecture for the “From ‘Missing Persons’ to Critical Biography: Reframing Minority Identity in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine” NSF-funded workshop, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Harvard University. October 14, 2016.
“Situated Knowledges and Feminist Objectivity.” Guest lecture for Feminist Epistemologies graduate seminar (Dr. Nora Berenstain), Department of Philosophy, UTK. April 19, 2016.
“Feminist Intersectionality Research in Science and Technology Studies.” Guest lecture for Feminist Theories undergraduate seminar (Dr. Emily Mann), Women’s and Gender Studies Program, University of South Carolina. April 7, 2016.
“Men, Intersectionality, and the Trouble with ‘Sexual Fluidity.’” Invited lecture. Sex Week, UTK. April 6, 2016.
“Foundations of Intersectionality.” Guest lecture for Intersectionality undergraduate seminar (Dr. Eboni Winford), American Studies Program, UTK. February 1, 2016.
“Sexual Orientation Beliefs: Implications for Attitudes and Social Policy.” Invited lecture. School of Law, Vanderbilt University. November 6, 2015.
“Intersectionality.” Invited lecture. Diversity Dialogue, Office of Multicultural Student Life, UTK. November 3, 2015.
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“Beyond Beliefs: Queer Survey Research and the Ontological Dimensions of Heterosexism.” Invited lecture. American Studies Brownbag, Interdisciplinary Program in American Studies, UTK. November 2, 2015.
“Beyond ‘Born this Way’: Examining Sexual Orientation Beliefs and Attitudes.” Invited lecture. Chancellor’s Honors & Haslam Scholars Programs, UTK. September 17, 2015.
“Creating ‘LGBT-Affirmative Therapists’: Critical Reflections on the New Psychology of Sexual Orientation.” Invited lecture. Department of Psychology and Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Drexel University. April 21, 2015.
“Analytic Dispositions and the Shared Affinities of Intersectionality and Science and Technology Studies.” Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Drexel University. April 20, 2015.
“Feminist Theory and the Social Psychology of Prejudice.” Guest lecture for Psychology of Prejudice graduate seminar (Dr. Michael Olson), Department of Psychology, UTK. April 15, 2015.
“Whiteness and the Psycho-geography of Racism.” Guest lecture for American Studies capstone undergraduate seminar (Dr. Bob Hutton), American Studies Program, UTK. April 15, 2015.
“Queer Youth Suicide and the Psychopolitics of ‘It Gets Better.’” Guest lecture for Queer Theories graduate seminar (Dr. Jennifer Tyburczy), Women’s and Gender Studies Program, University of South Carolina. April 9, 2015.
“Intersectionality: Critical Analysis, Objectivity, Sexuality.” Guest lecture for Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality graduate seminar (Dr. Lynn Weber), Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina. April 8, 2015.
“Creating ‘LGBT-Affirmative Therapists’: Critical Reflections on the New Psychology of Sexual Orientation.” Invited public lecture, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, University of South Carolina, April 7, 2015.
“Making up Allies: The Identity Choreography of Straight LGBT Activism.” Guest lecture for Community Health Problems undergraduate course (Dr. Emily Mann), Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina. April 6, 2015.
“Preparing for the Professoriate.” Guest lecturer/panelist for Health Promotion Research graduate seminar (Dr. Ken Watkins), Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina. April 6, 2015.
“Beyond ‘Born this Way’: Beliefs about Sexual Orientation and Attitudes toward Sexual Minorities.” Social and Behavioral Research Group, UTK. October 24, 2014.
“Neoliberalism and Equality, Inc.” Guest lecture for American Studies undergraduate capstone seminar (Dr. Mark Hulsether), UTK. October 9, 2014.
“Perspectives on Structural Violence.” Invited panelist for event co-sponsored by the Sociology Student Committee, Global Studies Club, and Club Geography, UTK. September 24, 2014.
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“The Neoliberal Attitudes Scale (NAS): Development and Initial Validation.” Invited brownbag lecture for the Department of Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University (ASU). April 9, 2014.
“Queer Youth Suicide and the Psychopolitics of Mental Health.” Invited lecture for “Sexual Wellness Week” at ASU. April 8, 2014.
“Attitudes, Inc.: The Social Psychology of Neoliberalism.” Drescher Memorial Lecture, Barrett Honors College, ASU. March 5, 2014.
teaching
courses The University of Tennessee (2014-present) Department of Psychology Social Justice Practicum 1 (graduate) Psychology of Gender (undergraduate, cross-listed in Women, Gender, and Sexuality) Honors Psychology of Gender (undergraduate, cross-listed in Women, Gender, and Sexuality) Research Design (graduate)
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Interdisciplinary Program Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality (undergraduate)
Arizona State University (2010-2014) Barrett, the Honors College “I Can’t Even Think Straight”: Queer Theory Science & Sexuality (cross-listed in Biology & Society, History & Philosophy of Science, and Biology) History of Ideas The Human Event (Parts One and Two: Social Science)
University of Maryland (2004-2011) Department of American Studies Perspectives on Identity and Culture Science, Medicine, and Everyday Life Technology and American Culture
Honors Humanities Program Modes of Knowing and Doing in the Arts and Humanities Graphic Novels and Graphic Cultures Representations of Race, Sexuality and Space in Television Social Issues, Popular Culture, and Screenwriting for Television Introduction to the Arts and Humanities
Honors College
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The Graphic Novel: Image/Text/Difference **This course was the first online honors seminar offered at University of Maryland.**
mentoring & The University of Tennessee research Elliot Spengler, Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. (Major advisor) direction Elena Schuch, Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. (Major advisor) David Tierney, Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. (Major advisor) Erin McConocha, Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. (Major advisor) Kevin Fry, Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. (Dissertation committee member and research direction) Elliott DeVore, Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. (Research direction) Adam Maughan, Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. (Master’s thesis committee member) Zahra Amer, Clinical Psychology, Ph.D. (Master’s thesis committee member) Erin Wohletz, Art, M.F.A (Master’s thesis committee member) Lex Pulice-Farrow, Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. (Dissertation committee member) Saumya Arora, Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. (Master’s thesis committee member) Keri A. Frantell, Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. ‘20 (Dissertation committee member and research direction; placement: Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota) Cecile A. Gadson ‘20, Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. (Dissertation committee member) Della Winters ‘20, Sociology, Ph.D. (Dissertation committee member; placement: Assistant Professor, Arkansas State University) Marlene Williams, ’19, Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. (Dissertation committee member; placement: Assistant Professor, Texas Women’s University) Holly Ningard ‘19, Sociology, Ph.D. (Dissertation committee member; placement: Lecturer, Ohio University) Elizabeth Fles ‘19, Social Psychology, Ph.D. (Research direction; placement: Assistant Professor, University of Bridgeport) Sam Manring ’19, Clinical Psychology, Ph.D. (Research direction) Gretchen Kurdziel ’19, Clinical Psychology, Ph.D. (Research Direction) Jewel Williams ‘18, English, Ph.D. (Dissertation committee member) Isabel Farrell, ‘18 Counselor Education, Ph.D. (Dissertation committee member; placement: Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University) Julie Edwards ’18, Psychology and Women, Gender & Sexuality, B.A. (Thesis director) Zeruiah Buchannan ’17, Africana Studies & Psychology, B.A. (Research direction) Landon Bevier ’17, Sociology, Ph.D. (Dissertation committee member) Catherine Boggan ’17, College Scholars Program, B.A. (Thesis director) Hayley Brundige, ’17, College Scholars Program, B.A. (Thesis director) R. G. Cravens ‘17, Political Science, Ph.D. (Dissertation committee member) Christy Henrichs-Beck ‘17, Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. (Research direction) Zoe McKenzie ’17, Anthropology, B.S. (Thesis Director) Victoria Webb ’17, Psychology, B.A. (Honors thesis director) Adrian Rodriguez ‘16, Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. (Comprehensive exam committee member) Daniel Lai ‘15, Sociology, Ph.D. (Dissertation committee member) Kolton Free ’15, College Scholars Program, B.A. (Thesis committee member)
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Arizona State University Fernando Estrada ’12, Counseling Psychology, Ph.D. (Mentoring and research collaboration; placement: Assistant Professor, Loyola Marymount University) David Nelson ’12, Psychology & Philosophy, B.A. (Honors thesis committee member) Mary Beth Hutchinson ’12, Religious Studies, B.A. (Honors thesis committee member) Ben Blankenship ’13, Psychology, B.S. (Honors thesis committee member; graduate placement: University of Michigan, Ph.D. program in psychology - personality and social contexts) Celina Tchida ’13, Public Programs, B.S. (Honors thesis committee member) Morgan Riffle ’14, Public Programs, B.S. (Honors thesis committee member) Jake Adler ’14, Creative Writing, B.A. (Honors thesis director; placement: Fulbright Scholarship to India; The New School, M.F.A. program in creative writing) Jennifer Blazer ’14, Finance, B.S. (Honors thesis director) Adi Wiezel ’14, Political Science dual B.A. & M.A. program (Research direction) Thai Ong ’14, Psychology, B.S. (Honors thesis committee member; graduate placement, James Madison University, Ph.D. program in quantitative psychology) Jessica Pruett ’14, Women’s and Gender Studies and English, B.A. (Research direction; graduate placement: University of California-Irvine, Ph.D. program in Theory & Culture) Annika Cline ’14, Journalism, B.A. & M.A. (Honors thesis director) Chani Clark ’14, Psychology, B.S. (Honors thesis director) Jacqueline Gonzalez ’14, double-degree Women’s and Gender Studies, B.S., & Sociology, B.S. (Honors thesis committee member; placement: Brandeis University graduate program in women’s studies) Lauren Zack ’14, English, B.A., Psychology, B.S., and LGBT Studies Certificate (Research direction; placement: Harvard Law School) Candice L. Bain ’14, Music Therapy, B.S. (Honors thesis committee member) Tania Cohen ’15, History & Political Science, B.A. (Honors thesis committee member) Kaylee Buchholtz ’15, Women’s and Gender Studies & English, B.A. (Honors thesis committee member)
University of Maryland (selected graduates) Rayyan Ghuma ’08, Criminology & Criminal Justice, B.S. (Graduate Placement: Howard University Law School Class of 2012) Daniel Greene ’09, double-degree Psychology, B.S., & English. B.A. (Graduate Placement: University of Maryland Doctoral Flagship Fellow in American Studies; currently assistant professor [tenure track] of Information Science, University of Maryland, College Park) Emma Raviv ’10, double-degree Government & Politics, B.A., & Philosophy, B.A. (Graduate Placement: Harvard Law School Class of 2014) Brittany Harrison ’10, English, B.A. (McNair Fellow; Graduate Placement: Harvard Graduate School of Education) Michael Casiano ’12, American Studies & English, B.A. (Graduate Placement: University of Maryland Doctoral Flagship Fellow in American Studies; currently assistant professor [tenure track] of American Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
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External Examiner/Committee Memberships Ardath Whynacht ’17, Interdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences, Ph.D., Concordia University, Canada (Dissertation Committee Member)
service
editorial Associate Editor, Journal of Counseling Psychology (2017-present) service Editorial Board, Sex Roles (2021-present) Consulting Editor, Journal of Sex Research (2019-present) Consulting Editor, Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity (2019- present) Editorial Board, The Counseling Psychologist (2016-2018) Editorial Board, Journal of Counseling Psychology (2015-2016) Consulting Editor, Westview Press (2015-2017) Principal Reviewer, Journal of Counseling Psychology (2013-2014)
Ad hoc reviews for the following journals: American Journal of Bioethics, American Journal of Sociology, Animal Behavior, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, and Technoscience, Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, Culture, Health, and Sexuality, Emerging Adulthood, Hypatia, Irish Journal of Sociology, Journal of Civil Society, Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Journal of Homosexuality, Journal of School Violence, Journal of Sex Research, Men and Masculinities, Michigan Sociological Review, New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychology and Sexuality, Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, Psychology of Women Quarterly, Qualitative Research Journal, Qualitative Sociology, Sex Roles, Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, Sexualities, Sexuality Research and Social Policy, Social Justice Research, Spanish Journal of Psychology, Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Teaching and Learning in Medicine, Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, WSQ: Women’s Studies Quarterly
Ad hoc proposal and manuscript reviews for the following presses: American Psychological Association Press, Cambridge University Press, Cognella, Oxford University Press, Routledge, Rutgers University Press, Thomas Riggs & Company, University of Chicago Press, University of Michigan Press, University of Nebraska Press, Westview Press, Wiley-Blackwell Publishers
Ad hoc grant reviewer: American Psychological Association Science Directorate, National Science Foundation, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Panel review: National Science Foundation (2019, 2020)
service to the Psychology profession 2019-2022. Council Member, American Psychological Association Division 9: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues 2019-2020. Chair, Mary Roth Walsh Teaching the Psychology of Women Award Committee, American Psychological Association Division 35: Society for the Psychology of Women 2019. Proposal reviewer, American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Division 17: Society for Counseling Psychology
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2018-2021. Co-Chair and Committee Member, Teaching and Mentoring Committee, American Psychological Association Division 9: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues 2018-2020. Committee Member, American Psychological Association Division 44 Task Force on Racism, Division 44: Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity 2018. Proposal reviewer, American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Awards 2017-2019. Program Co-Chair, American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Division 17: Society for Counseling Psychology 2017. Committee Member, The Counseling Psychologist Outstanding Paper Award Committee 2016. Proposal reviewer, American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Division 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race 2014. Proposal reviewer, American Psychological Association National Multicultural Conference and Summit 2014. Proposal reviewer, American Psychological Association Division 45 Research Conference, Division 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race 2014. Proposal reviewer, American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Division 44: Society for the Psychological Study of LGBT Issues 2014. Proposal reviewer, American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Division 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race 2013. Proposal reviewer, American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Division 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues 2012. Proposal reviewer, American Psychological Association National Multicultural Conference and Summit 2012. Proposal reviewer, American Psychological Association Division 45 (Ethnic Minority Psychology) Conference 2011. Proposal reviewer, American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Division 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues and Division 35: Society for the Psychology of Women
Sociology 2019. Committee member, Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award Committee, Science, Knowledge, and Technology (SKAT) Section, American Sociological Association 2017-present. Public Engagement Liaison, Science, Knowledge, and Technology (SKAT) Section, American Sociological Association 2015-present. Sexualities Section Mentoring Program Faculty Mentor. 2015. Thematic session (“Sexuality and Social Change”) co-organizer (with Emily Mann), 2016 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2015. Roundtable sessions co-organizer (with Emily Mann), Sexualities Section, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2014. Roundtable presider, Sexualities Section, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2014-2015. Intersectionality session organizer, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) Annual Meeting 2013-2015. Publications Committee, Science, Knowledge & Technology (SKAT) Section, American Sociological Association. 2013-2014. Annual Meeting Program Committee, Sex & Gender Section, American Sociological Association 2013-2014. Bodies, Embodiment, and Identities session organizer, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) Annual Meeting
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2012-2013. Sociology of Emotions sessions organizer, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) Annual Meeting
service to the The University of Tennessee university 2019-Present. Coordinator, MicNite • Lead faculty for the biennial, university-wide PechaKucha faculty mini-lecture event (report to the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs) 2019-Present. Committee Member, General Education, Global Citizenship: US Focus Curriculum Committee 2015-Present. Steering Committee (2015-2019) and Chair (2019-2022, three-year term), Women, Gender, and Sexuality Interdisciplinary Program, College of Arts and Sciences • As Chair, oversaw 30+ student (undergraduate and graduate) program, directed steering committee of 8 tenure-stream faculty, coordinated advising, budget, curriculum, fundraising, co-curricular programming, and staffing • Launched “The Campaign for WGS,” a 5-year, $150,000 capital campaign • Designed curriculum for WGS200: Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality • Co-designed the curriculum for the WGS Graduate Certificate • Coordinated the campus visit of Dr. Phillip Ayoub, Drexel University (March 2017) (w/ ICOS) • Co-coordinated the campus visit of Dr. Uri McMillan, University of California, Los Angeles (April 2017) • Coordinated the campus visit of Dr. Emily S. Mann, University of South Carolina (February 2018) (w/ ICOS) • Co-coordinated the campus visit of Dr. Jennifer Tyburczy, University of California, Santa Barbara (March 2018) • Coordinated the campus visit of Dr. Dana Berkowitz, Louisiana State University (November 2018) • Coordinated the campus visit of Dr. Tey Meadow, Columbia University (February 2019) • Coordinated the campus visit of Dr. Matthew Goldmark, Florida State University (November 2019) (w/ ICOS) • Coordinated the campus visit of Dr. Elena Ruíz, Michigan State University (February 2020) (w/ ICOS) 2014-Present. Co-Director, Intersectionality Community of Scholars (ICOS), Office of Research and Engagement • Co-organized the New Horizons in Intersectionality: Research, Policy, and Activism (March 24, 2016) featuring keynote addresses from: o Dr. Elizabeth R. Cole, University of Michigan o Dr. Jennifer C. Nash, Northwestern University o Professor Sumi Cho, DePaul University • Organize Works-in-Progress (WiPS) Series, a monthly colloquium for faculty and graduate students • Recruit and coordinate campus visits for guest speakers and research consultants in conjunction with other units, for example: o Dr. Herman Gray, University of California-Santa Cruz (October 2018)
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2014-Present. Department of Psychology Speaker Series. I have coordinated the following guest speakers’ visits to give talks in the Psychology Department: • Dr. Elizabeth R. Cole, University of Michigan (February 2020) (w/ ICOS, WGS) • Dr. Melanie Brewster, Columbia University (February 2020) • Dr. M. Paz Galupo, Towson University (March 2018) • Dr. Julie Arseneau, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (April 2018) • Dr. Isis Settles, University of Michigan (December 2017) (w/ ICOS) • Dr. Dennis Kivlighan, University of Maryland (April 2017) • Dr. Lisa Bowleg, George Washington University (April 2017) (w/ ICOS) • Dr. Carlos Santos, Arizona State University (October 2015) • Dr. Ruth Fassinger, University of Maryland (March 2015) 2014-2016. Steering Committee, American Studies Interdisciplinary Program, College of Arts & Sciences 2014-2015. Diversity Council, Department of Psychology
Arizona State University 2013-2014. Chair, Barrett Honors College Faculty Colloquium Committee 2013-2014. Barrett Honors College Curriculum Committee 2013. Chair, Barrett Honors College Upper-Division Transfer Student Curriculum Committee 2012-2014. Barrett Honors College Lecture Series Committee • Organizer: “Conceptualizing Environmental Exposure and Autoimmune Illnesses,” by Dr. Kelly Joyce (Center for Science, Technology & Society, Drexel University), April 16, 2014. • Organizer: “Ecstatic Corona #5,” by Dr. Patricia Clough (Sociology, CUNY), April 3, 2014. • Organizer: “Slow Disaster at the Digital Edge,” by Dr. Jackie Orr (Sociology, Syracuse University), April 25, 2013. 2012-2014. Barrett Honors College Institutional Review Board (IRB) Representative 2012-2013. Barrett Honors College Study Abroad Committee 2011-2012, 2013-2014. Barrett Honors College Faculty Executive Committee 2011-2012. Barrett Honors College “The Human Event” Curriculum Task Force 2011-2012. Honors Faculty Council 2010-2014. Fulbright, Truman, Marshall & Mitchell Scholarship Interview Committee 2010-2014. Honors Admissions Committee
University of Maryland 2010. Honors Humanities Associate Director Search Committee Member 2008-2010. Conference Planning Committee Chair, Honors Humanities Undergraduate Research Symposium 2008-2010. Dean’s Representative, Graduate Council 2008-2009. “@LAST: Applying Today’s Learning to Achieve Sustainability.” Center for Teaching Excellence Teaching Fellows campus-wide initiative on sustainability 2008. College of Arts and Humanities Undergraduate Dean’s Scholars Scholarship Selection Committee 2007-2008. Provost’s Strategic Planning Subcommittee for Major Issues in Graduate Education 2007-2010. Honors College Admissions Review Committee
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2006-2010. Honors Humanities Gender Caucus Faculty Advisor
academic University of Tennessee administration Women, Gender, & Sexuality Interdisciplinary Program Chair (3-year term, 2019-2022)
University of Maryland Honors Humanities Program Associate Director (2009-2010), Assistant Director (2007-2009), Acting Director (2007), Lecturer (2005-2007)
University of Maryland Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity Communications Coordinator (2004-2006)
community Chair, Board of Directors, Tennessee Advocates for Planned Parenthood (3-year term engagement 2018-2021) Board of Directors, Planned Parenthood of Tennessee & North Mississippi (3-year term 2020-2023) Member, Knoxville Community Board, Planned Parenthood of Tennessee & North Mississippi (2019-2020) Member, Tennessee Equality Project (TEP) Knox, Blount, Anderson Counties Committee (2016-Present) Board of Directors, Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee (3-year term 2015-2018) Member, Knoxville Advocates for Reproductive Rights (2015-present)
professional American Psychological Association & academic Division 9: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues affiliations Division 17: Society of Counseling Psychology Division 35: Society for the Psychology of Women Division 44: Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity Division 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, & Race American Sociological Association Sections: Sex & Gender; Emotions; Science, Knowledge & Technology (SKAT); Race, Gender & Class; Sexualities American Studies Association National Women’s Studies Association Society for Social Studies of Science Association for Psychological Science American Association of Geographers (courtesy/invited)
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