Sponsored Research

Research and application of research surrounding the LGBTQ community is central to the work of the Center. We are vitally interested in what's going on in our world, both on the street and in the classroom.

Research Awards

The Center for the Study of Equality and Human Rights has awarded four Research Awards to faculty members for Winter 2013. This award grants faculty a quarter release time to conduct research consistent with the mission of the Center. The Winter 2013 Research Awards were granted to:

• John Palladino, Eastern Michigan University and Mark Giesler, Saginaw Valley State University:

In or Out when Out and About: Identifying the Professional Support Needs of LGBT Preservice Social Workers and Teachers

• Natalie Dove, Eastern Michigan University and Randal Brown, University of Nevada – Reno :

Promoting Equal Rates of STI Testing for LGBT Individuals

• Jon M. Wargo, Michigan State University

Nomadic Literacies: Mapping Queer Identities and the Social Fault Lines of (In)Equality in Educative Spaces

• Stephen L. Rassi, Eastern Michigan University

Understanding Practice Issues with Transgender People: Listening to Practitioner and Client Voices

Student Awards

• Stefanie Arrieta, Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate

Educators' Perceptions of Why Youth with Emotional Impairments Engage in Same-Sex Behaviors

• Silvana Alfaro-Bordon, Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate

Effect of EPIC Panel Presentations on the Attitude of EMU Students toward LGBT Individuals

Your Research

If you are a faculty member, graduate student or undergraduate student at Eastern Michigan University or similar institution conducting or interested in conducting research surrounding the LGBT Community, please contact us. We'd like to hear from you.