Cianán Russell (They/Them) Email & Phone Number

Ixelles, Brussels Region, Belgium

Focal point for topical areas of intersex rights, health, conversion practices, data collection, trans rights, and the anti-gender movement; focal point for Council of Europe. Coordinate engagement with government representatives and policymakers, CoE representatives and staff, and community on portfolio topics, engage with trans and intersex community leadership and coordinate advocacy activities, support trans- and intersex-led efforts and organisations, and ensure mainstreaming efforts; represent LGBTI issues in broad sexual and reproductive health and rights spaces (in particular in relation to the anti-gender movement), develop submissions to the Council of Europe mechanisms and engage with Rapporteurs, Committees, and Sub-Committees, coordinate study visits to CoE

Berlin, Germany

Devise and revise research projects, develop white papers and position papers, make submissions to the United Nations, engage with the United Nations Special Procedures, engage with the revision process of the International Classification of Diseases, coordinate regional advocacy efforts particularly as related the UN, co-coordinate Trans Advocacy Week at the UN Human Rights Council, develop and implement theory of change and strategy for UN work particularly focused on asylum, migration, and detention

Bangkok, Thailand

Supervised research projects and research staff, developed organizational funding reports, developed research reports, developed white papers and position papers, made submissions to the United Nations, developed proposals, supported partner proposal development, supervised interns, engaged with the United Nations Special Procedures, engaged with the revision process of the International Classification of Diseases, coordinated regional advocacy efforts particularly as related the UN, co-coordinated Trans Advocacy Week at the UN Human Rights Council, coordinated mid-sized regional meetings, developed capacity building curricula, facilitated capacity building workshops, provided expert inputs on national, regional, and international reports

Greater Atlanta Area

Developed undergraduate lecture and laboratory curricula, coordinated large-scale courses (1000+ students), supervised graduate teaching assistants, supervised undergraduate research assistants, advised undergraduate students

Developed and implemented workshop assessment protocols, wrote assessment reports, collected & analysed qualitative & quantitative data, supervised research assistants

B.S., Chemistry With Honors And Distinction

Certificate in Sexuality Studies

Ph.D., Chemistry, Chemical Education