Episode 40: There is room in my castle Part 1 w/ Liz Thomas, PhD candidate, future research of LDS families & LGBTQ+ identity

"If they (LGBTQIA2S+ individuals) don’t have a place in my faith, I don’t think my faith is where it needs to be yet."

-Elizabeth Bingham Thomas, PhD Candidate Southern Methodist University Department of Anthropology, Dedman College of Humanities & Sciences

I seriously CANNOT wait for you to meet Liz!

BIO: Liz hails from Northern Utah where she received her Bachelors in Cultural Anthropology from Utah State University. She changed her major to anthropology after joining a research lab with a roommate, and she has never looked back. She loves both the academic and applied sides of anthropology; her work examines the intersection of migration, religion and health. Most recently, she coordinated the children's cultural program at the Cache Refugee and Immigrant Connection and worked on research examining the use of robots to help immigrant children in elementary school.   Liz is currently securing funding for her next post-doctorate research project, an examination of the intersection of the LDS faith and identifying as LGBTQ+. (https://www.smu.edu/Dedman/Academics/Departments/Anthropology/People/Students/LizBinghamThomas)

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