Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic illness that affects the central nervous system. At age 11, my twin sister was diagnosed with MS and one common phrase heard is “Kids don’t get MS”. This mistaken perception motivated me to write a creative piece, a TV pilot that follows two 12...
Existing scholarship studying personal definitions of ‘having sex’ overwhelmingly relies on a strict gender binary and the conformity of bodies to cisgender norms. The current study aims to expand upon existing scholarship by asking transgender and non-binary college students how they define ‘having sex’, and what factors influence their definition....
Post-colonial nation-state building in Morocco required a homogenization of the Moroccan citizen linguistically, culturally, and religiously resulting in an Arabo-Islamic identity. The latter came at the expense of Amazigh (indigenous) people, languages, cultures, and identities. Despite the opportunist state language officialization and recognition in 2011, Tamazight’s (Amazigh language) dissemination in...
The purpose of this research project was to highlight that there are different perspectives on mental health that stem from various experiences. All of these views should be valued and not discriminated against for any reason other than that they are different. As a child of Soviet Immigrants, I quickly...
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a prevalent issue on a global scale, but the effects of such violence upon Asian/Asian American communities in the United States is compounded by their immigrant, refugee, and/or other historically marginalized identities. While current literature recognizes GBV as a public health issue of equity and social...