Our Staff
The LGBTQ Center is staffed by three full-time professional staff members, part-time graduate assistants, and student employees.
Dr. Terri Phoenix is the Director of the LGBTQ Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. T is an alumnus of East Carolina University (BA), UNC-Greensboro (MS), and University of Georgia (PhD) and served on the Executive Board for the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals. Dr. Phoenix...
After growing up in Raleigh, April went on to receive her BA from Sweet Briar College, her MA from the University of Kentucky, and her PhD from Purdue University. Before coming to UNC-CH, April taught classes on gender, sexuality, and privilege at Northern Kentucky University. She also worked...
Mariel Eaves (they/them) is a current Masters of Social Work at the UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work. A (Chapel Hill-born) Triangle native and alum of the NC State College of Design, they have centered support of marginalized communities as a common thread in their academic, professional...
Jay (she/they pronouns) is a first-year Master of Social Work student at UNC-Chapel Hill. Originally from the Bay Area, California, she received a BA in English from Bryn Mawr College, where she studied immigrant narratives and facilitated spaces for LGBTQIA+ individuals. Jay has held...