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Liz Canfield is an artist, activist, and decolonial scholar who teaches courses that engage the prison system, queer cinema, and queer and feminist theory.

Brooke is a tireless advocate for social justice in all forms. They have worked toward equality for marginalized people who experience discrimination, poverty, incarceration, food insecurity, and unemployment for over ten years. Brooke is a licensed minister with the United Church of Christ, a radio show host with Critiques for the Culture an organizer for #Campaign4ComfortRVA and most recently, a 2020 recipient of the VCU Burnside Watstein award.

Jayme Canty serves the Intersections in the Lives of LGBTQIA+ Communities in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies in the College of Humanities and Sciences. Her research focuses on the social, economic, and political experiences of Black queer women in the American South and Black South. Her current works focus on the impact of the Christian Black church in the South and its impact on the lives of Black queer women.

Liz Cramer's primary research/scholarship areas are domestic violence, particularly abuse of persons with disabilities, and educational strategies to impact social work students' attitudes toward, knowledge of, and skills with LGBTQ populations.

Luise Farmer serves as a member of the board of directors for Diversity Richmond. Better known as "Cheezi," she has been an active member of the Richmond LGBT community for years. Cheezi is very active with Metropolitan Community Church Richmond and serves as the congregation’s vice moderator. She is also a leader in "Women of Essence," an organization dedicated to bringing attention to the impact that breast cancer has on the African American community.

Dr. Gattis has engaged in research regarding health disparities, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender (LGBT) populations, homelessness, and adolescent risk behaviors in the United States and Canada.  His primary work focuses on the role of contextual factors on negative psychosocial outcomes. He received his B.A. from Emory University, M.S.S.W. from Columbia University, and Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.

Julian Kevon Glover is an academic, activist and performer who graduated with honors from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, holds an MPA from Indiana University’s O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and is a Ph.D. Candidate in African American Studies at Northwestern University. Currently, he is a faculty member at VCU School of the Arts Department of Dance and Choreography.

Sonali Gulati is a queer filmmaker, a feminist and an activist, who teaches film at VCUarts. She has an M.F.A. in Film & Media Arts from Temple University and a B.A. in Critical Social Thought from Mount Holyoke College.

Kathy Ingram’s research focuses on how our connections with others influence our health and well-being. She has co-authored research articles related to heterosexism in the workplace, adjustment among people living with HIV, and counseling psychology journals’ coverage of issues related to sexual minority groups.

Alex works as a co-researcher with Advocates for Richmond Youth, a research collective engaged in work to end youth housing instability in the Richmond area. Her scholarship focuses on participatory research and social service approaches with young people who are members of populations that face oppression and marginalization, including LGBTQ youth.