How does human rights research impact our communities? How does scholarship on human rights violations or issues of social justice have any meaning in our day to day lives? And what is being discussed\, studied\, and thought about in universities today? Join the P rince George&rsquo\;s County Office of Human Rights\, the Prince George&rs quo\;s County Memorial Library System\, and the University of Maryland for the new series "Social Justice in Community\," as we bring human rights s cholars into conversation about how their work illuminates human rights st ruggles around us today and what we can do about those struggles. Featurin g different scholars from the University of Maryland across a variety of d isciplines\, from African American Studies to Sociology to Criminology and Criminal Justice to Economics to Government and Politics to Anthropology to Hearing and Speech Sciences and more\, this series brings exciting new voices to the Prince George&rsquo\;s County community and offers us all fr esh ways to engage.
\nOn April 25\, 2024\, Layne Amerikaner is prese nting: "Workplace Inequality Among LGBTQ+ Adults in the COVID Era."
\n< p>Layne Amerikaner (she/her) is a University of Maryland sociology doctora l candidate and an \;editorial assistant for the \;Journal of Marr iage and Family. \; Her research interests include intersectional appr oaches to studying \;health and well-being\, LGBTQ+ families\, and wor kplace inequality. \; Amerikaner is the co-author of \;Thinking Ou tside the Girl Box: Teaming Up With Resilient Youth in Appalachia\, \; published by Ohio University Press in 2014. \;\nHer dissertatio n research\, which is supported by a Russell Sage Foundation Dissertation Research Grant\, \;examines workplace experiences and well-being among sexual and gender minority adults in the U.S. during the COVID era. \ ;
\nPrior to pursuing a doctoral degree\, she worked as a writer and editor for multiple nonprofit and community-based advocacy \;organiza tions. \; She has a master's degree in public policy and gender studie s from George Washington University\, a master's degree in sociology from the University of Maryland\, \;and a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Franklin &\; Marshall College. \; Her writing has been publis hed in Social Science &\; Medicine\, Contexts\, \;The Nation\, Ms. Magazine\, \;and Huffington Post\, among other outlets.
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