Welcome to the QT-RISE (Queer and Trans Resistance, Intervention, Solidarity & Equity) Research Lab!

Mission

To advance research that centers intersectional queer and trans lives, cultivating futures shaped by collective resistance, transformative community care, and liberation-oriented scholarship.

Co-Directors

Meg S. Paceley, Ph.D., LMSW, associate professor, UConn School of Social Work
Gio Iacono, Ph.D., LMSW, assistant professor, UConn School of Social Work

Student Members

Spencer Evans, Ph.D. student
Quinn Meehan, MSW student
Vivien Roman-Hampton, Ph.D. student
Patrick Muro, Ph.D. student
Taylor Tucker, Ph.D. student
Kacey Thigpen, Ph.D. student
Kylie Harrington, Ph.D. student

Faculty & Staff Members

Sukhmani Singh, Ph.D., assistant professor, UConn School of Social Work

Affiliated Researchers

Ari Gzesh, Ph.D., assistant professor, Hunter College School of Social Work
Jessica Fish, Ph.D., professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Human Development and Family Studies
Dana Prince, Ph.D., associate professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Social Work
Briana McGeough, Ph.D., associate professor, University of Kansas School of Social Welfare
Jax Kynn, MSW, doctoral candidate, Michigan State University School of Social Work
M. Bishop, Ph.D, assistant professor, University of Maryland College Park, Human Development and Family Studies