Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan
About
Shanna K. Kattari is a queer, White, Jewish, nonbinary, disabled, chronically ill fat Femme, their practice and community background is as a board certified sexologist, certified sexuality educator, and social justice advocate. Their research focuses on understanding how power, privilege, and oppression systematically marginalize exclude, and discriminate against people regarding their identities/expressions through negative attitudes, policies reinforcing oppression, and isolation.
Current Work:
Dr. Kattari was so excited to partner with Transcend the Binary to conduct the 2018 Michigan Trans Health Survey, the first ever statewide survey to explore the experiences of health and access to inclusive providers among transgender and nonbinary Michganders, and to organize the Michigan Trans Health Research Advisory Board. They are currently working on using data from this survey to look at different health concerns, as well as working on several other trans health related projects, using both survey methods and arts based methodologies such as photovoice. They are also continuing work with Transcend the Binary on a trans/nonbinary peer support specialist lead virtual support group project, funded by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund.
Research Area Keyword(s):
gender; sexuality; disability; health; microaggressions
