Research & Initiatives

Courtney Cowling - Transgender Embodied States of Recognition

  • 2022 Undergraduate Research Academy Grant
  • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tre Wentling
  • Cowling created a promotional plan, designed promotional materials, transcribed 19 interviews, and explored analytic coding practices.
  • Presented at Queer Futures Symposium (May 2023)
  • Undergraduate Research Showcase Article

Irina Amouzou - BBC: Blackness, BDSM, Community

  • 2021 Undergraduate Research Academy Grant
  • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tre Wentling
  • Inspired by WEST 3090, Amouzou interviewed 10 participants to investigate the significance of race within BDSM experiences among people self-identified as Black.
  • Presented at Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum (April 2022)

Ally Moseley - Social Stress in Transgender Memoirs

  • 2019 Undergraduate Research Academy Grant
  • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tre Wentling
  • Inspired by 2 specific questions (e.g., what types of stress do memoir authors write about and how might identity influence exposure to stress), Moseley coded 3 memoirs written by people of trans experience, Redefining Realness by Janet Mock, Sissy by Jacob Tobia, and Me, Myself, They by Joshua Ferguson.
  • Presented at Transgender Spectrum Conference (November 2019) and Mountain Lion Research Day (December 2019)

Ally Moseley - Discovering and Decoding Sexuality at the Collegiate Level: How Does Sex Education Shape Our Sexual Identity and Expression?

  • 2018-2019 LAS Faculty-Student Research Grant
  • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tre Wentling
  • Inspired by WEST 3090, Moseley interviewed 12 participants to investigate the following questions: what external sources are used for sex education an how do these influence the development of sexuality?
  • Presented at Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum (April 2019)
  • Published in Undergraduate Research Journal