Cadyn Alexander Williamson, M.A.
First-year PhD student in Sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Research
Sex and Gender, LGBT studies, Social Movements, Media, and Qualitative Methods
Published Research
Presentations
Burke, Kelsy, Emily Kazyak, and Cadyn Williamson. (upcoming). "LG but not T: Opposition to Transgender Rights Amidst Gay and Lesbian Acceptance." Roundtable discussion, Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM.
Williamson, Cadyn. “Searching Through the ‘LGBTQIA+’ Tag on Twitch: A Digital Ethnography Investigating How LGBTQIA+-affirming Video Game Streamers and Viewers Interact and Build LGBTQIA+ Spaces Online.” (Poster).
J. J. and Eleanor S. Ogle Research Fellowship Colloquium Presentation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, October 2020.
2021 MSS Annual Meeting (Online), Midwest Sociological Society, March 2021.
Williamson, Cadyn. 2020. “Patients versus Providers: How the Current Healthcare System Affects Transgender People and Treatment.” 2020 Gender & Gender Equity Conference, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Teaching
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, - 2019-present
Recitation Instructor, Introduction to Sociology (2 sections) - Fall 2019 and Spring 2020*
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sociology (2 sections) - Fall 2020* and Spring 2021*
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sociology (online) - Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 (present)
*These semesters were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the university's decisions to shift from in-person learning to remote online learning in mid-March 2020.
Involvement
Graduate Student Committee Member, Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Gender and Sexual Identities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, (three-year term)
Homecoming Co-Chair, Event Planning Committee, Illinois Wesleyan University Pride Alumni Community
Education
BA in English-Writing with a Sociology minor, Illinois Wesleyan University, 2018
MA in Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2021
PhD in Sociology with a specialization in Women's and Gender Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, expected 2025
Background photo taken by Cadyn Alexander Williamson
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