WGS welcomes Leah Roberts as the inaugural WGS Graduate Associate!
Leah Roberts is the inaugural WGS Graduate Associate. She will be coordinating a new monthly graduate student colloquium, as well as acting as a liaison between the program and graduate student community.
Leah is an educator and researcher who focuses on anti-oppressive analysis, collective liberation, and shame-free sexuality. She attempts to destabilize structural, institutional and symbolic violence in her methodological and pedagogical approaches. Leah has over 10 years of experience creating sex-positive, queer, and anti-racist spaces for learning, self-growth, community organizing and change.
Leah is currently a PhD student in Community Research and Action at Vanderbilt University. In addition to her graduate studies, she co-coordinates an affinity group on queer identity, helps run a youth research and advocacy project on racial justice, and facilitates sex positive workshops for adults and youth.