Out @ UIC
The OUT List is currently under maintenance.
Outlist Heading link
| Leah Goodman (Pronouns: She/her) OTD, MA Occupational Therapy Visiting Clinical Instructor College of Applied Health Sciences lgoodm2@uic.edu | Mark Martell (Pronouns: He/him) PhD in Educational Policy Studies Director, Asian American Resource and Cultural Center mmartell@uic.edu | James Flamm (Pronouns: He/him) Master of Management in Higher Education Administration Assistant Director, College of Medicine jflamm82@uic.edu |
| Marchello Johnson (Pronouns: He/him) Master of Arts Director of Financial Aid, College of Law marchelj@uic.edu | Surya Sabhapathy (Pronouns: She/her and they/them) MD, MPH Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, Psychiatry ssabhap1@uic.edu | Bernard D. Santarsiero (Pronouns: He/him) Ph.D. Director, Research Initiatives, Office of Diversity bds@uic.edu |
| Andrew Trotter (Pronouns: He/him) MD, MPH Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease trottera@uic.edu | Tia Barr (Pronouns: She/her) MPA Academic Advisor, College of Applied Health Sciences tbarr4@uic.edu | Phoenix Matthews (Pronouns: They/them) PhD Psychology Professor, College of Nursing, Department of Health Systems Sciences aliciak@uic.edu |
| Ronak Kapadia (Pronouns: He/him and they/them) BA in Comparative Ethnic Studies, MA/PhD in American Studies Associate Professor, Gender and Women's Studies, Affiliated Faculty in Global Asian Studies, Art History, and Museum & Exhibition Studies ronak@uic.edu | Therese Quinn (Pronouns: She/her) PhD in Curriculum Studies Director and Associate Professor, College of Architecture, Design & the Arts, School of Art & Art History, Museum and Exhibition Studies thereseq@uic.edu | Anna Guevara (Pronouns: She/her) PhD Sociology, BA Gender and Women's Studies, BS Biological Sciences Director and Associate Professor, Global Asian Studies Program, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences guevarra@uic.edu |
| Lisa Razzano (Pronouns: She/her) PhD, CPRP Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry, and Deputy Director, Center on Mental Health Services, Research, and Policy razzano@uic.edu | Yamile Molina (Pronouns: They/them) MS Psychology, MPH Epidemiology, PhD Psychology Assistant Professor, Division of Community Health Sciences ymolin2@uic.edu | Emelia "Mimi" Arquilla (Pronouns: They/them) D.O. Attending Physician, Mile Square Health Center/Family Medicine earqui3@uic.edu |
| Michael Moss Master's of Public Administration Assistant Chancellor and Director, Office of Budget and Financial Analysis mmoss2@uic.edu | Jennifer Brier (Pronouns: She/her or they/them) BA History, PhD History Director and Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Gender and Women's Studies and History jbrier@uic.edu | Erica Chu (Pronouns: They/them) BA English, MA English, ABD English Visiting Lecturer, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Gender and Women's Studies and History ericachu@uic.edu |
| Hugo Trevino (Pronouns: He/him) M.Ed. Disability Resource Center htrevin2@uic.edu | Timothy Nemec (Pronouns: He/him) BA in English Literature, M.Ed. College of Business Administration tnemec@uic.edu | Curtis Kimberlin (Pronouns: He/him) M.Ed. Higher Education College of Liberal Arts curtisk@uic.edu |
| James Drown (Pronouns: He/him) MA Tesol/Linguistics Senior Lecturer, Department of English jdrown1@uic.edu | Rebecca Rugg (Pronouns: She/Her) DFA, MFA Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism Dean, College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts rugg@uic.edu |
Why is it important to be out/visible? Heading link
“I was hidden for almost 40 years. Being visible means that my peers will begin asking themselves questions and then eventually be able to have conversations about TGNC [Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming] identities. It means that this campus will hopefully become safer for folks like me. It means that TGNC and other students can see that they have a place here.” -Em Rabelais
“When I was growing up, we had no role models (not even bad ones like on Jerry Springer.) Over the years, I’ve found that invisibility isn’t really a choice and that instead of running from the world that it is best to confront it dead on.” – Rebecca Ruhlman
“I am a queer person that identifies as genderqueer/GNC. I was AFAB and present in a masculine of center matter. Throughout my entire medical education, including medical school/rotations/residency, I encountered only one or two providers in the medical community who looked like me or identified as GNC in any way. The lack of representation of gender diversity in medicine, especially amongst physicians, left me feeling like an outsider in many places. I didn’t have anyone who was in the same boat, or had been there, to seek advice from about challenging I encountered. Being out and visible is important to me so that I can help pull the next person up, and to show that they aren’t alone. Having representation is vital to making our community more visible and also developing more inclusive quality medical care.” – Mimi Arquilla
“Being out/visible is important to me as I believe it provides students, faculty, and others opportunities for collaboration and support. I also believe that visibility demonstrates the diversity of the UIC community, particularly among faculty as well as the College of Medicine.” – Lisa Razzano
“Being out or being visible as gender or sexually variant are options that each person can consider if it makes sense for them. For me, being open with colleagues and students about my identities is important because I’ve experienced some of the damage caused by isolation. I hope that by being open, I can invite others to love themselves and to reach out when they need help doing so.” – Erica Chu