Scholar Series

The LGBTQIA+ Scholar Series features BU faculty and their current LGBTQIA+ scholarship and research.

25-26 LGBTQIA+ Scholar Series

Spring 2026

  • Meeting This Moment: Mental Health in a Time of Anti-Trans Legislation, Featuring: Sarah Ketchen Lipson, Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy, & Management and PI, Healthy Minds Network, School of Public Health; Hyeouk “Chris” Hahm, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, School of Social Work; Qimin Liu, Assistant Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences and Quantitative Psychopathology Lab Director, College of Arts and Sciences; Gabriel Murchison, Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health – Friday, February 20, 12 pm – 1:30 pm; Virtual, Register here
  • Your Voice on T: A Presentation and Discussion on the Anatomical, Acoustical, and Self-Perceptual Effects of Exogenous Testosterone on Speech Production, Featuring: Cara Stepp, Professor, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Sargent College; Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering; Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine; Allison Aaron, Doctoral Research Assistant in the STEPP LAB and Student in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Sargent College – Friday, March 20, 12 pm – 1:15 pm; Virtual, Register here
  • False Biology, Real Harm: The Impact on Intersex, Transgender, and Nonbinary People, Featuring: Shoumita Dasgupta, Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Genetics Section, Assistant Dean of Diversity & Inclusion, Director of Graduate Studies, Genetics and Genomics, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine; Kim Zayhowski, Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences and Education and Assistant Program Director, Master’s Program in Genetic Counseling, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine – Friday, April 10, 12 pm – 1:15 pm; Virtual, Register here

Fall 2025

 

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