ELLIOT RUGGLES

ABOUT ELLIOT

Pronouns: he/him/his or they/them/theirs  

Elliot Ruggles holds a PhD in Human Sexuality Studies and a Master’s in Social Work from Widener University and is currently serving in the role of Sexual Harassment and Assault Resources and Education (SHARE) Advocate at Brown University.  They have been organizing, teaching, running therapeutic groups, and conducting research in the fields of social work and sexuality for over fifteen years.  Most recently he served as the Director of the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center at SUNY Oneonta. Before then, while living in Philadelphia, they gained clinical experience using trauma-informed and feminist modalities working with racially and socioeconmically diverse LGBTQ communities, adolescent parents, people in recovery from addiction, and children survivors of sexual abuse. Elliot is a fierce advocate for queer and trans people, strives for anti-racist practice and believes that liberation from oppression is the key to ending violence.