Liz Elsen Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, United States

-Partnered with Title IX Office to ensure compliance with federal laws including outreach, and training.-Planned events like Women’s History Month and Women’s Leadership Summit, for students of all genders to learn more about resources at UT Austin & histories of women leaders on and off campus.-Worked with Voices Against Violence to plan and implement programming around sexual assault, stalking, and relationship violence prevention.-Managed the center’s budget for operations, salaries, wages, programming, education, etc.-Created a campus-wide social media campaign about Women’s History Month for social media and display.-Advised student orgs, and supported staff through the implementation of new policies and laws around “DEI.”-Instructor: WGSS 301: Queer, Trans and Feminist Memoirs: The Art of Self Representation

-Wrote & implemented policy changes to make the campus more inclusive for women & LGBTQIA+ students. -Created GSC Crisis Fund, oversaw budget & fundraising, raising over $25,000 for the fund in the first 2 years.-Led advising & walk-in meetings with students, faculty, staff & community members (around 950 a year)-Oversaw the center’s assessment & strategic planning, co-chairing a division-wide strategic plan committee.-Secured funding & started the center’s first peer mentorship program, The GSC GEMS-Organized center response to COVID-19 including national pen pal programs, creation of discord community, zoom programming, resource pickups, and streaming events like Lavender Graduation & weekly Feminist Friday.-Supervised Assistant Director, Program Coordinator, Administrative Assistant, Graduate Assistants, & Interns-Instructor: WGS335, TD357, or SW360K, Facilitating Dialogues on LGBTQIA+ Oppression: Peers for Pride in Action

-Expanded the Gender Inclusive Bathroom list from 70 to 153, and worked with a campus coalition of facilities, students, and Disability & Access to make this happen.-Expanded weekly programming to add free HIV testing, student support groups, and academic support programs, as well as research support & weekly “Feminist Friday” discussion groups.-Led “Bevocal” Bystander Intervention Training on Campus & added new partners to the team.-Oversaw outreach and orientation initiatives, reaching hundreds of new students.-Advised student groups, both affiliate groups and other groups looking to expand membership.-Hired, trained, and supervised Graduate Assistants, student staff, and interns

-Started the GSC Internship Program, bi-weekly events like “Knowledge and Noms” and expanded yearly events like “National Young Women’s Day of Action” and “Lavender Graduation” rate of grads up over 100%.-Created new social media campaigns and accounts for the center, including Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, etc.-Added over 200 books to the center’s Ana Sisnett Library, including new sections on poetry, graphic novels, and disability, implemented a new library patron system, hosted the annual “Library Day event, created a “Library Committee” where students were able to give input, creating a wish list, and a donor database-Created our signature event “Gender Inclusive Clothing Swap” reaching ~500 students and giving hundreds of pounds of clothing, school supplies, and housewares to students for free twice a year

-Oversee “Intersections” Living and Learning Community, focus on diversity in America-Supervise 10 Resident Advisors and co-supervise 2 Multicultural Advocates-Provide social, educational, wellness and social justice programming to 1,000 residents-Participate in the recruitment and selection of new paraprofessional staff and orientation leaders-Developmentally and educationally address student misconduct through the campus judicial process-Respond to crisis and emergency situations for 3,500 residents-Maintain several budgets for student groups and PAR hall funds (over $12,000)-Implemented Living and Learning Community Orientation for 120 Intersections students -Develop strategic “Community Model” to guide staff and student leaders-Coached 4 new Resident Directors in 1:1 training settings-Respond to acts of bias and intoleranceInstructor/Lecturer for EPSY 203 Racial & Ethnic Identity Dialogue-Work collaboratively with a co-facilitator to develop course syllabus and select course readings.-Develop and provide experiential learning activities related to course learning objectives and session goals.-Co-facilitate weekly dialogue course.-Attend weekly curriculum and course planning sessions with other course facilitators.-Grading student participation, journals and projects.-Engage students in collaborative sense-making discussions around salient social identities.-Create a unique forum to explore the emotional and intellectual aspects of identity, cross-cultural communication, and issues of social justice.

Master Of Education (Med), Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Dramatic Arts, Creative Writing, Women'S And Gender Studies