LGBTQ Resource Center Senior Staff
Jorge Castillo
Director
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Phone: 315.443.0228
Staff Bio
Jorge Castillo comes to the LGBT Resource Center from West Virginia University (WVU), where he served as the inaugural assistant director for the LGBTQ+ Center and oversaw the LGBTQ studies minor in the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies Program. Prior to his roles at WVU, Castillo has served as an instructor at the University of Connecticut, Wesleyan University, Fairfield University, and St. Lawrence University, where he taught courses in Latinx studies, gender, sexuality and queer studies, Latin American literature and film, and Spanish language. Castillo is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Connecticut focusing on queer sexualities and globalization in Caribbean literature and film, where he also earned a master’s in Spanish literature and language. He received a B.A. from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas, with a concentration in Hispanic culture and literature and Mexican American studies.
Meegs Longacre
Program Coordinator
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Phone: 315.443.0228
Staff Bio
Meegs Longacre is the Program Coordinator for the LGBTQ Resource Center. They graduated from Binghamton University with an MSW and Masters of Student Affairs Administration. During this time, they worked as a Q-Center programming intern, an academic advisor, and a graduate assistant for 20:1 Prevention Program- raising education around interpersonal violence prevention. They received their Bachelors of Social Work from Portland State University where they were an advisor for the Think College Program supporting students with disabilities to overcome educational barriers. They are excited to continue to support students in finding an educational path that works for them here at Syracuse, and recognize that exploring identity is an extremely important part of higher education. They LOVE spending time with their (currently) three dogs, watching bad TV while organizing googlesheets, and reading and creating comics! They hope to use comics-based research and participatory action research to explore what college students need from educational systems and, specifically, how this is influenced by their interwoven identities.
Janeice Lopez
Graduate Assistant
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Phone: 315.443.0352
Staff Bio
Janeice Lopez is the graduate assistant for the LGBTQ Resource Center. Janeice is currently a master's student in the higher education department here at Syracuse University. She is originally from The Bronx in New York, and now lives in Naugatuck, Connecticut. As an undergraduate, she attended SUNY Cortland and received a B.A. in communication studies with a minor in women's gender and sexualities studies. She found her passion for higher education and student affairs after her first year of undergrad, when she became an orientation assistant. Since then, she has worked for numerous offices including Residence Life and Housing, Advisement and Transition, and the Memorial Library at SUNY Cortland. In her free time, Janeice loves reading, gardening and hanging out with her two pit bulls, Nala and Bella.
LGBTQ Resource Center Student Staff
Tatiyyanah Nelums
Student Assistant
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Sonja Nusser
Student Assistant
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Erykah Pasha
Student Assistant
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Eniola Festus
Student Assistant
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