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Currently full time grad student at UNC Greenbsoro for MLIS Degree.

I’m Tori Ardines, a mental health professional whose work focuses on trauma-informed psychotherapy, clinical assessment, and helping clients build meaningful, lasting change. My professional interests include evidence-based therapeutic approaches, mindfulness, and client-centered interventions that support emotional well-being. For fun, I enjoy psychologically complex films, therapeutic research, and reflective writing.

In addition to activities at UNC Charlotte, I have been active in a few sports leagues associated with Stonewall Charlotte: https://www.stonewallcharlotte.org/ and Carolina Piedmont Softball: https://www.carolinapiedmontsoftball.org/

I am a full time Admin in the College of Computing and Informatics and a Graduate student in the IDST program. I have been married to my brilliant wife since 2014 and have three dogs, a cat and some backyard chickens.

Work and/or Research Areas: History of migration, refugees, and the modern Middle East

I have worked with a Sexuality & Gender Alliance at my last institution as their advisor. I also have worked with first-generation college students, students and adults with disabilities, students in Title I schools, preschoolers, and in mental health capacities. I have an Undergraduate Degree in Business Administration and a Master in Counselor Education. My […]

Research areas: Queer and Corpus Linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, and (LGBTIQ+) Latin American Cultural and Media Studies.

Braveheart Gillani is a community-minded researcher and practitioner working toward a “beloved community” where dignity, belonging, and shared thriving are the norm. His work explores how masculinities, health systems, and policy shape outcomes—especially for marginalized and climate-vulnerable communities—and how shifting norms can spark ecological care and more equitable futures. Right now he’s building projects on […]

I like to do puzzles! My current research project explores the new plant science and nonbinary and trans literature.