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Erica Lesto Adjunct Instructor Sociology

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Erica Lesto
CAS | Advising
Battelle-Tompkins 102
Additional Positions at AU
CAS Undergraduate Academic Advisor
CAS Veteran鈥檚 Service Support Network Representative
Advisor to the 69传媒 University chapter of It鈥檚 on Us and the Ski and Snowboard Club
Degrees
M.A. Sociological Research and Practicum 69传媒 University

Graduate Certificate Women鈥檚, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 69传媒 University

B.A. Psychology Marymount University

Favorite Spot on Campus
The fountain near Watkins Hall
Book Currently Reading
Love that Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life by Johnathan Van Ness
Bio
Erica is a retired Veteran of the United States Army and is an Academic Advisor for the College of Arts and Sciences. She has also been an adjunct since Fall of 2019. In the winter, Erica is a professional ski instructor and member of the Professional Ski Instructors of America.

Erica鈥檚 academic focus is on Women鈥檚, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her studies, teaching, and research 69传媒 sexual assault prevention and awareness, military related sexual assault awareness, and LGBTQIA+ related issues and policy, gender performativity, and Queer entertainment/spaces.
For the Media
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Teaching

Summer 2024

  • SOCY-210 Power, Privilege & Inequality

Fall 2024

  • SOCY-210 Power, Privilege & Inequality

Spring 2025

  • SOCY-210 Power, Privilege & Inequality

  • SOCY-352 Gender Relations & Soc Change