Research & Initiatives
Research & Initiatives
Funded Student Research
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