Out & Advocate List
The following faculty, staff, and graduate assistants have pledged to act as advocates to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA) members of the UNM community. Their pledge includes:
- Doing their best to ensure that their students, co-workers, and colleagues feel safe and supported
- Standing up against heterosexism, genderism, homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia
- Working to create an inclusive environment for people of all gender identities and sexual orientations
In addition to pledging their allegiance to the LGBTQIA community at UNM, individuals whose names are followed by a * have agreed to be identified as an “out” member of the LGBTQIA community.
Do you want to join the UNM LGBTQ Resource Center's Out & Advocate List?
Do you want the community to know that you're a safe person to go to? Fill out the appropriate form below.
We publish the Out & Advocate List every year on National Coming Out Day, but the list is always growing!
UNM LGBTQ Resource Center Out and Advocate List
| Name | Department | Out |
|---|---|---|
| AJ Odasso | English, Graduate Assistant | * |
| Alana Carstens Yalom | OB-GYN | |
| Alesia Hallmark | Biology, UNM Sevilleta Field Station, Staff | |
| Alex Olson | Psychiatry, Faculty | |
| Alicia Chavez | Ed. Leadership & Org. Learning | |
| Alyosha Goldstein | American Studies | |
| Alyssa Mayo | OB-GYN | |
| Amanda Beck | UNM Sleep Disorders Center | * |
| Amanda Young | Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty | |
| Amie Ortiz | Financial Services Division, Staff Council, Staff | * |
| Amy Atiano | Human Resources Client Services, Faculty | * |
| Amy Brandzel | Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies / American Studies, Faculty | * |
| Amy Gardiner | Cell Biology and Physiology | * |
| Amy Korzekwa | CEOP | |
| Anastasia Andersen | College of Nursing | |
| Andrew Yazzie | American Indian Student Services | * |
| Angela Catena | Office of Compliance, Ethics, and Equal Opportunity, Staff | |
| Angie Beauchamp | Film and Digital Arts Department, Staff Council, Staff | * |
| Anna Caswell | Cancer Center, Staff | |
| Anne Schultz | Zimmerman Library, Staff | * |
| Anne Turner | English, Graduate Assistant | |
| April Adams | Division for Equity & Inclusion, Staff | |
| Arlene Espinoza | Psychology | * |
| Armando Bustamante | El Centro de La Raza, Staff & Staff Council DEI Committee Chair | |
| Assata Zerai | Sociology Faculty, VP Division for Equity and Inclusion | * |
| Athena Salazar | HSC Custodial, Staff | * |
| Audra Kerwin | Neurosciences | * |
| Axle Aranda | Information Technologies | * |
| Barbara Busch | COE Administration | |
| Barbara Rodriguez | Academic Affairs, Office of the Provost, Faculty | |
| Belinda Deneen Wallace, Ph.D. | English, Faculty | * |
| Bessie Gallegos | Provost Office | |
| Betsy Taylor | OB-GYN, Faculty | * |
| Bizzy Hemphill | Arts & Sciences Advisement, Staff | * |
| Brenna McGuire | Department of OB-GYN, Faculty | |
| Brita Alley | OB-GYN | |
| Brittany Tabor | American Indian Student Services | |
| Cameron Langner | Arts & Sciences Advisement, Staff | * |
| Cami Hartman | Student Support Services, Staff | |
| Cara Ninivaggio | OB-GYN, Faculty | * |
| Carolyn Gonzales | Communications & Marketing | |
| Casey Smith | OB-GYN | |
| Cathy Binger | Speech and Hearing Sciences | |
| Chris Baca | Associate AD for Student Development, Staff | |
| Christy Miller | Pelvic Physical Therapy, Staff | |
| Cindy Mason | American Indian Student Services | |
| Cris Elder | English Department, Faculty | |
| Cyndi McLain | HSM / Project ECHO/ ECHO Digital, Staff | |
| Dachary Vann | School of Fine Arts | * |
| Danielle Berrien | College of Arts & Sciences Advisement, Staff | |
| David Lucero | HSLIC, Staff | * |
| Dolores Castro | OB-GYN, Staff | |
| Dr. Lisa M. Taylor | College of Nursing, Faculty | |
| Echo Jardini | English, Graduate Assistant | * |
| Edward Fancovic | Internal Medicine | * |
| Eileen O'Shaughnessy | Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies and LLSS, Graduate Assistant | * |
| Elena Matthews | Career Services, Staff | * |
| Elizabeth Garchar | OB-GYN, Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow, Faculty | |
| Emily Bird-Brown | Hispanic Linquistics, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Graduate Assistant | * |
| Emily Gibbons | OB-GYN, Staff | |
| Eric Lindsey | Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty | |
| Eric Revels | Student Health and Counseling / Massage Therapist, Staff | * |
| Eve Espey | OB-GYN, Faculty | |
| Farah Nousheen | Arts & Science Advisement Center, Staff | * |
| Frankie Flores | Director, LGBTQ Resource Center, Staff | * |
| Gabrielle Abousleman | Project ECHO, Staff | * |
| Gail Houston | English | |
| Garen Sparks | Speech and Hearing Sciences | |
| Gary Weissmann | Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty | |
| Gena Dunivan | OB-GYN/GME, Faculty | |
| Heather Mechler | Office of Institutional Analytics, Staff | |
| Ian Birdwell | Physics & Astronomy, Graduate Assistant | * |
| J. Gourdin | African American Student Services, Staff | * |
| Jan Martin | College of Nursing / HSC, Faculty | * |
| Janet Gaines | English | |
| Janet Patterson | Speech and Hearing Sciences | |
| Jared Justice | Department of Nuclear Engineering, Graduate Assistant | * |
| Jasmine McSparren | English, Graduate Assistant | |
| Jason Wilby | Foreign Languages & Literatures | * |
| JB Benitez | College of Arts & Sciences Development Office, Staff | * |
| Jennifer Love | Provost Office | |
| Jessamyn Lovell | Art, Faculty | * |
| Jesse Aleman | English & Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Faculty | |
| Jessica Goodkind | Sociology, HSC Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Faculty | * |
| Jessica Ramos | Provost Office | |
| Jessica Rowland | Sustainability Studies | |
| Jim Williams | Hearing Office, UNM Office of the President, Staff | * |
| JJ Conn | Mechanical Engineering, Staff | * |
| Joanna Furnans | LGBTQ Resource Center, Staff | * |
| John Carr | Geography | |
| Julie Williams | English | * |
| Kam Attia | Residence Life and Student Housing, Staff | * |
| Karen Kinsman | UNM STEM-H Center HSC Office for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | * |
| Karen Lucero | SHAC, Staff | * |
| Karen Patterson | Department of Organization Studies / Anderson School of Management, Faculty | |
| Karen Taylor | OB-GYN, Staff | |
| Karla Eickhoff | Political Science, Graduate Assistant | * |
| Kat Heatherington | Art Department Graduate Office, Staff | * |
| Kate Meriwether | OB-GYN, Faculty | |
| Kathleen Clawson | Theater and Dance | |
| Kathleen Kennedy | OB-GYN, Faculty | |
| Kathryn Wichelns | English, Faculty | * |
| Kathy Powers-Jordan | Department of Political Science, Faculty | |
| Katie Myers | Comprehensive Cancer Center/ College of Population Health, Graduate Assistant | * |
| Kimberly Gauderman | History | |
| Kristen Thomson | Psychology, Faculty | |
| Kristopher Goodrich | College of Education | * |
| Kyle Fiore | English | |
| Kyle Henderson | Center for Development and Disability, Staff | * |
| Larry Gorbet | Linguistics | |
| Laurel Lampela | Art History | * |
| Lawrence Roybal, Ph.D. | Graduate Resource Center | |
| Les Field | Anthropology | |
| Leslie Donovan | University Honors, Faculty | * |
| Levi Cooper | Department of Fine Arts, Faculty | |
| Lexi Sheffield | Psyschology, Graduate Assistant | * |
| Lindsay Worthington | Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty | |
| Linnea Ista | Biomedical Engineering / Center for Biomedical Engineering, Faculty | |
| Lisa Hofler | OB-GYN, Faculty | |
| Lisa Bishop | OB-GYN Midwifery, Staff | |
| Liz Hutchison | History, AVP Division for Equity & Inclusion, Faculty SAFE, LAII, Faculty | * |
| Llewelynn Fletcher | Art, Faculty | * |
| Lorena Blanco-Silva | Division For Equity and Inclusion, Staff | |
| Maggie Sumruld | Arts & Sciences Academic Advisement, Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Dept. of Geography & Enviornmental Studies, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Staff | |
| María Montoya | OB-GYN, Faculty | |
| Marisa Clark | English, Faculty | * |
| Marissa Greenberg | English, Faculty & 2021DEI Fellow | |
| Mark Fischer | Cancer Center / Staff Council, Staff | * |
| Mark McKnight | Art and Art History, Graduate Assistant | * |
| Mary Beth King | University Communications and Marketing, Staff | |
| Megan Faulkner | Educational Psychology, Graduate Assistant | * |
| Melanie Moses | Computer Science | * |
| Mia Held | A & S Advisement, Staff | * |
| Michael Lovato | Veteran & Military Resource Center, Staff | * |
| Michelle Ozbun | Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, UNM School of Medicine, UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, Faculty | * |
| Michelle Sanchez | Compliance, Ethics, and Equal Opportunity, Staff | |
| Missa Lavers | College of Nursing, Staff | |
| Nicole Reyna | Psychology, Graduate Assistant | * |
| Noelle Borders | OB-GYN, Staff | |
| Olivia Baca | University Libraries & Learning Sciences (CULLS), Faculty | * |
| Pam Agoyo | American Indian Student Services | |
| Pamela Cheek | Foreign Languages and Literatures, Academic Affairs, Faculty | |
| Philip Dale | Speech and Hearing Sciences | |
| Prajakta Adsul | Internal Medicine, Faculty | |
| Rachel Cohen | Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies, Graduate Assistant | |
| Richard Schaefer | Communications & Journalism | |
| Robin Camardo | University Communications & Marketing | |
| Rosa Isela Cervantes | El Centro de la Raza | |
| Rudy Montoya | Student Activities Center, Staff | * |
| Salam Chalouhi | OB-GYN, Faculty | |
| Sarah Adams | OB-GYN, Faculty | |
| Sarah Smith | Anderson School of Management | |
| Sarah Volden | College of Education and Human Sciences, Staff | * |
| Shawn Penman | Earth Data Analysis Center | * |
| Sherry Reeder | Ophthalmology Clinics, Staff | * |
| Shinsuke Eguchi | Communication & Journalism, Faculty | * |
| Sierra Donovan Cushing | EMS Acadamy, Staff | |
| Stacia Smith | Theater and Dance | |
| Stephanie Jacinto | Art History, HSC Library & Informatics Center, Graduate Assistant | * |
| Stephanie McIver | Student Health and Counseling (SHAC), Staff | |
| Steven Bishop | Foreign Languages | |
| Sushilla Knottenbelt | Chemistry BA/MD, Faculty | |
| Tamara Gardner | OB-GYN, Midwifery, Staff | |
| Teresa Ortiz | UNM Residence Life & Student Housing, Staff | |
| Teresa Rutledge | Cancer Center Gynecologic Oncology, Faculty | * |
| Tifah Benally | American Indian Student Services, Staff | |
| Toni Kuehn | Student Health and Counseling (SHAC), Staff, Counselor | * |
| Tony Gargano | Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate Assistant | |
| Tracey Briggs | Supervisor, Employee Wellness in Benefits & Employee Wellness, Staff | * |
| Tracy Wenzl | Speech and Hearing Sciences | |
| Tricia Black | OB-GYN, Staff | |
| Trisha Martinez | Sociology | |
Tyler Mackey | Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty | |
Victoria Medina | OB-GYN, Staff | * |
