Kathryn R. Berringer

Kathryn R. Berringer (she/her) comes to KU from the University of Michigan, where she completed her PhD in the Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Anthropology in spring 2024.

Berringer’s research explores paradoxes inherent in contemporary LGBTQ+ social movement work in the United States, particularly in the face of escalating anti-LGBTQ political mobilization. For the past five years, she has been involved in a long-term community-based partnership with an LGBTQ+ youth center in Detroit, where she conducts ethnographic research.

Her teaching experience includes teaching graduate social work courses and undergraduate anthropology courses at the University of Michigan. Berringer worked for two years as a research project coordinator and supportive services coordinator at the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination. She previously worked in HIV prevention and linkage-to-care in Washington, D.C.

Berringer earned a master’s degree in social service administration from The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. She holds a bachelor’s degree in religion from Carleton College.