Dr. Anneliese Singh (she/they) serves as Associate Provost for Diversity and Faculty Development/Chief Diversity Officer and is a Professor in the School of Social Work with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology. Anneliese is trained as a counselor and counseling psychologist, and her scholarship and community organizing explores the resilience, trauma, and identity development experiences of queer and trans people, with a focus on people of color. Dr. Singh is the author of The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing and The Queer and Trans Resilience Workbook. Dr. Singh founded the Trans Resilience Project to translate her LGBTQ+ research findings into school and community-based change efforts, including NIH-funded work with trans and nonbinary people in Project AFFIRM. Her TEDx Talks have explored gender liberation, and she has been described as a transformative speaker inspiring "real-world" social change. Dr. Singh serves as a board member on the Plessy and Ferguson Initiative, as well as G.O.A.T. In the Road Productions.
