About Us
Our study includes researchers across 4 sites (Oregon, Michigan, Nebraska, and Tennessee) with additional collaborators at the Université de Montréal and Arizona State University. See below for more info about everyone involved in the study!
Study Principal Investigators
L. Zachary DuBois
Assistant Professor; Department of Anthropology at the University of Oregon
Co-leader of the Trans Resilience & Health in Sociopolitical Contexts Study and leader of the Oregon team.
Email me: zdubois@uoregon.edu
Jae A. Puckett
Assistant Professor; Department of Psychology at Michigan State University
Co-leader of the Trans Resilience & Health in Sociopolitical Contexts Study and leader of the Michigan team.
Email me: pucket26@msu.edu
Sites and Teams
Oregon Team
Geeta Eick
Courtesy Research Associate in Anthropology at University of Oregon
Oregon team member
Beyla Geoffrey
Former STAR Lab Team Member at University of Oregon
Oregon team member
Alex Jagielski
STAR Lab Team Member at University of Oregon
Oregon team member
Kelsi Kuehn
Graduate Student; Anthropology Program at University of Oregon
Oregon member
Bex MacFife
Graduate Student; Sociology Program at University of Oregon
Oregon team member
Makinna Miles
Graduate Student; Public Health Program – Health Promotion and Health Behavior at Oregon State University
Oregon team member
Holly Moulton
Graduate Student; Environmental Studies at University of Oregon
Oregon team member
Tian Walker
Graduate Student; Anthropology Program at University of Oregon
Oregon team member
Michigan Team
Kalei Glozier
Graduate student; Clinical Science Program at Michigan State University
Michigan team member
Devon Kimball
Graduate student; Clinical Science Program at Michigan State University
Michigan team member
Rowan Giffel
Trans-ilience Lab Manager
Michigan team member
Maryam Razzaq
Former Trans-ilience Team Member at Michigan State University
Michigan team member
Taylor Anderson
Trans-ilience Team Member at Michigan State University
Michigan team member
Terra Dunn
Trans-ilience Team Member at Michigan State University
Michigan team member
Nebraska Team
Debra Hope
Aaron Douglas Professor; Department of Psychology at the University of Nebraska Lincoln
Leader of the Nebraska team.
Email me: dhope1@unl.edu
Richard Mocarski
Graduate Faculty/Chief Research Officer
University of Nebraska Kearney
Leader of the Nebraska team.
Email me: mocarskira@unk.edu
Brenna Lash
Graduate Student in the Clinical Psychology Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Member of the Nebraska team
Sarah Price-Bourn
Doctoral Candidate in the College of Communication & Information Sciences
Member of the Nebraska team
Additional Collaborators
Robert-Paul Juster
Assistant Research Professor in Psychiatry and Addiction at the Université de Montréal
Collaborator
Cindi SturtzSreetharan
Associate Professor of Anthropology at Arizona State University
Collaborator
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