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The Emancipatory Sciences Lab
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We're a network of scholars, practitioners, artists, and activists.

Visit us: https://emancipatorysciences.ucsf.edu

Our lab promotes knowledge building and the realization of dignity, access, equity, healing, and social justice through collective power.
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Angie Perone (she/her) Assistant Professor at the Director, Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services School of Social Welfare at University of California, Berkeley Dr. Perone is an interdisciplinary community-engaged scholar and licensed attorney. She is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley and the Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services (CASAS). Her work engages diverse communities and partners that builds from prior experience as a civil rights attorney, community organizer, social worker, and nonprofit leader. As a civil rights attorney, she focused on discrimination, healthcare, and transformative justice and oversaw a national LGBTQ+ Elder Law Project. She subsequently served as a founding executive director of SAGE Metro Detroit (now MiGen), which focused on services and advocacy for/with LGBTQ+ same-gender-loving older adults in the Detroit Metro area. She then served as an RWJF Health Policy Fellow in U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin's office and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Her research foregrounds equitable aging across three areas: long-term care and caregiving, workplace rights, and LGBTQIA+ issues. Angie Perone This project includes 23 inter- and intra-categorical focus groups with 208 LGBTQIA+ older adults in California--focusing on communities that are underrepresented and often underserved through programs, services, and policies (and funding). We employed a community-engaged framework and worked closely with 18 formal community partners. We examined challenges, strengths, and recommendations--focusing on intersections across race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, immigration, (dis)ability, and geographic location. We used the Equitable Aging in Health conceptual framework to ground the study across systems and levels (micro, mezzo, macro). The project produced a 6-part video series, 10-part handout-series, and Powerpoint slidedeck for community partners that share findings from the study. You can find materials from the project on the CASAS website: www.casas.berkeley.edu. This project was funded by the California Health Care Foundation, The SCAN Foundation, and Metta Fund.
June 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Austin Oswald, (They/Them) Assistant Professor, School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University Dr. Austin Oswald is a community-engaged scholar deeply committed to the liberation of LGBTQ+ people across the life course, particularly those with intersecting marginalized identities. They are the recipient of a 2024 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant for a project that explores “queering” the age-friendliness of Nova Scotia. In addition, they received a 2025 Research Nova Scotia New Health Investigator Grant for a provincial survey study assessing the health of LGBTQ+ Nova Scotians and their access to culturally responsive healthcare. #emancipatorysciences #FeatureFriday Austin Oswald Dr. Oswald’s research pushes the boundaries of what constitutes an “age-friendly” community, advocating for more equitable and socially just approaches to aging among diverse LGBTQ+ populations. They are particularly proud of a recently co-authored paper with Drs. Vanessa Fabbre and Sarah Jen, in which they propose a framework for queer gerontology. The title of this open-access publication is Queer Gerontology: Principles for Advancing Rigor and Justice. Principles for Advancing Rigor and Justice. 1. Deepening Visibility and Awareness 2. Developing and Applying Critical Perspectives 3. Engaging Reflexivity as a Form of Rigor 4. Advancing Epistemological and Methodological Diversity #emancipatorysciences #FeatureFriday
June 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Dr. Cicero focuses his research on understanding and addressing aging amongst trans and nonbinary people. #FeatureFriday #emancipatorysciences
Ethan Cicero Assistant Professor, Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar, Butler-Williams Scholar Dr. Cicero’s program of research focuses on the interrelationship between social inequities and the effects of adverse and affirming social conditions on the health and well-being of transgender and nonbinary (TNB) adults. With a particular emphasis on promoting healthy aging and reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, Dr. Cicero’s work is at the forefront of addressing critical gaps in our understanding of aging and cognitive health among TNB populations. Throughout his research career, Dr. Cicero has pioneered methodological innovations in studying TNB adults, employing advanced epidemiologic, community-engaged, and mixed-methods approaches #emancipatorysciences #FeatureFriday Ethan Cicero His research contextualizes healthcare experiences, holistically examines health trajectories, and investigates cognitive function and decline while filling longstanding methodological voids in transgender health research. Notably, he was among the first researchers to document health differences and disparities across TNB subgroups, including transgender women, transgender men, and nonbinary adults. His leadership has shaped clinical guidelines for gender-affirming care, informed inclusive healthcare education and nursing curricula, and influenced national policy. His scholarship has been cited in landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases that have advanced civil rights for transgender people in education, healthcare, employment, and military service. The most notable case, Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board, set legal precedent that Title IX protections extend to transgender students #emancipatorysciences #FeatureFriday
June 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM