E-mail: giust002@umn.edu

Background
Undergraduate double major in both Women's Studies and English

Education
BA, Mount Holyoke College (2003)

Awards
From the Mount Holyoke College Women's Studies Department, I received both the Susan Jones Memorial Fund Prize for "exemplary feminist activism,” as well as the Emley Eldridge Prize in Women's Studies, awarded for “a student whose work has been an outstanding achievement in the field of Women's Studies.”

Research interests
My research interests focus mainly in the area of queer studies, particularly, the intersection of queer identity and the Internet; the queering of "femme" identity and the concept of "femme invisibility" and queer student movements, namely gender neutral bathroom campaigns on U.S. college and university campuses.

Community and/or University Activities
I currently serve as a board member for the Queer Graduate and Professional Association. Additionally, I work with undergraduate students in their preparation for graduate school through the Graduate Momentum Track project established within the GWSS department.

In my undergraduate years at Mount Holyoke, I chaired our group of Sexual Health Educators (SHE). SHE provided workshops to the MHC community on topics including safer-sex, breast health, and beyond. I also interned summers at the NYC-based reproductive rights organization, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health (PRCH), as well as at the Gay Men's Health Center (GMHC), where I served as a Public Policy Intern. Since graduation, I have worked at NARAL Pro-Choice America and at EMILY's List; both located in Washington, DC.

Publications or Presentations
"Queer Research: Exploring GLBT, Gender, and Sexuality Issues within Academic Disciplines." Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Workshop, Minnesota OUT! Conference, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, November 2006.

"MyQueerSpace: Queer Cyborg Representation and the Medium of MySpace." UCLA Queer Studies Conference, University of California - Los Angeles, October 2006.

"Transgressive Bodies, Transcendent Spaces: Reconceptualizing Community and Identity in the Borderlands." (En)countering Cultures Symposium, University of Minnesota -Twin Cities, March 2006.

Courses Taught (Instructor or as TA): Feminist Thought and Theory (Fall 2005)

Favorite Course and Why?
While my education at the University of Minnesota is only just beginning, my favorite undergraduate course was the Internship/Colloquium course required by Women's Studies majors at Mount Holyoke. The course mandated that you find an internship in the community, while class time was used to apply feminist theory to your internship experiences. I completed an internship at a local health center, where I was struck by the lack of health materials available for women who identified as bisexual, lesbian, or queer. With the guidance of my instructor, Dr. Martha Ackmann, as well as my supervisor, I created a series of health pamphlets targeted towards the LBQ communities.