Singh, Anneliese
Chief Diversity Officer
Anneliese Singh, PhD, LPC, serves as the inaugural chief diversity officer at Tulane University, where she is a professor in the School of Social Work and has a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology. Singh is an award-winning social justice scholar, author, speaker and community organizer who speaks on a wide variety of racial healing, racial justice, diversity/equity/inclusion and LGBTQ+ topics. Trained as a counselor and psychologist, she wrote the Racial Healing Handbook to provide practical activities to challenge privilege, address systemic racism and engage in collective racial healing. Singh’s workbook, the Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook, focuses on skills for LGBTQ+ healing, empowerment and social change. Her research, practice, and advocacy explore the resilience and liberation experiences of trans people, people of color, survivors of trauma and South Asian immigrants, and social justice and empowerment training, and she has over 100 publications among these areas. Singh founded the Georgia Safe Schools Coalition and the Trans Resilience Project to translate her LGBTQ+ research findings into school- and community-based change efforts. Her TEDx Talks have explored gender liberation, and she has been described as a transformative speaker inspiring “real-world” social change. Singh has designed workshops on racial healing, diversity, equity and inclusion that support school, community, nonprofit and corporate organizations that integrate equity and justice into their organizational practices and policies. Singh passionately believes in and strives to live by the ideals of Dr. King’s beloved community, as well as Audre Lorde’s reminder that “without community, there is no liberation." @anneliesesingh on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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Anneliese Singh, PhD, LPC, serves as the inaugural chief diversity officer at Tulane University, where she is a professor in the School of Social Work and has a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology. Singh is an award-winning social justice scholar, author, speaker and community organizer who speaks on a wide variety of racial healing, racial justice, diversity/equity/inclusion and LGBTQ+ topics. Trained as a counselor and psychologist, she wrote the Racial Healing Handbook to provide practical activities to challenge privilege, address systemic racism and engage in collective racial healing. Singh’s workbook, the Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook, focuses on skills for LGBTQ+ healing, empowerment and social change. Her research, practice, and advocacy explore the resilience and liberation experiences of trans people, people of color, survivors of trauma and South Asian immigrants, and social justice and empowerment training, and she has over 100 publications among these areas. Singh founded the Georgia Safe Schools Coalition and the Trans Resilience Project to translate her LGBTQ+ research findings into school- and community-based change efforts. Her TEDx Talks have explored gender liberation, and she has been described as a transformative speaker inspiring “real-world” social change. Singh has designed workshops on racial healing, diversity, equity and inclusion that support school, community, nonprofit and corporate organizations that integrate equity and justice into their organizational practices and policies. Singh passionately believes in and strives to live by the ideals of Dr. King’s beloved community, as well as Audre Lorde’s reminder that “without community, there is no liberation." @anneliesesingh on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
