They were different women of different ages, sitting in different rooms, hearing different words on different subjects at different times. Yet their response – their natural, human reaction – was the same. The proverbial lumps in the throat, the moisture of not-quite-yet
Read moreWorking the Intersections: Symposium brings practitioners in LGBTQ research to campus
Scholars who assembled at Michigan State University for the first National Symposium on LGBTQ Research in Higher Education focused on methodology and practice. Among them that day in 2014 was Z Nicolazzo, a soon-to-be NIU College of Education professor who studies trans*
Read moreWhy I teach: Jane Rheineck
Jane Rheineck, associate professor of counseling, considered the possibility of entering the mental health field ever since she was an adolescent. However, she took some time off from completing her degree that delayed her entry into the profession. “I got diverted,” she
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