Rachel Storm

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Contact Information

500 E Peabody Drive, MC-592
Champaign, Illinois 61820
(217) 333-5896
rstorm2@illinois.edu
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Assistant Director for Community Engagement and Learning

Education

M.A. (expected spring 2012), Educational Policy Studies-Global Studies in Education w. Minors: Gender and Women's Studies, Gender Relations in International Development, and Latin American Studies 2009-present

B.A. International Studies-Transnational Gender Politics/Gender and Development, Thesis Title,"Unpacking Correlations: Gender Construction and Domestic Violence in Andean Ecuador" 2005-2009

Dipolma, General Studies-Honors Program, Aurora West High School

Awards and Honors

National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) Women's Center Emerging Leader Award, 2012

Gender and Women's Studies Outstanding Graduate Scholar Award, 2012

Diane Mossip Memorial Scholarship from MENSA International, 2012

Due and Ferber Award for International Research, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP), 2012

Tinker Award for Latin American Field Research, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), 2010

Barbara A. Yates Award for International Research, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP), 2010

Virginia M. Wagner Award, Soroptimist International Bloomington-Normal, 2010

Courses Taught

EPSY 203: U.S./International Dialogue, Program on Intergroup Relations,  DiversityEd

GWS 150: Contemporary Issues in Women's Studies, Department of Gender and Women's Studies

academic interests

transnational feminist cultural studies, media studies, latin american studies, gender studies, queer/postcolonial/poststructural theories, studies in power, and the politics of globalization/development, educational policy, diversity education, studies in the non-profit industrial complex

leadership positions

Chair, Domestic Violence Awareness Month Committee, 2010-present

Chair, Campus Ecofeminism Summit Planning Committee, 2010-present

Conference Planning Committee, Men & Masculinities | NASPA Region IV East

Conference Planning Committee, Illinois Conference on Interfaith Collaboration

Conference Planning Committee, SMART Girls Conference 2011-present

 

professional certifications

 

  • Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault 40-Hour Training

    • ICASA & Rape Advocacy Counseling and Education Services (RACES)

  • Our Whole Lives (OWL) Comprehensive Sexual Health Education Teaching Certification

    • Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

  • LGBT and Transgender Ally Certification

    • Sexual Orientation Diversity Allies (SODA) Training

  • Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence 40 Hour Advocacy Training

    • Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) and Center for Women in Transition (CWIT)/A Woman's Fund