ACA -CCPA 2016 Conference & Expo

Anneliese Singh
Associate Professor
The University of Georgia


Anneliese A. Singh, Ph.D., LPC, is a queer, Sikh, South Asian American who was politicized in the deep South. She has a long history of street-level activism and community organizing in HIV/AIDS, reproductive justice, immigrant rights, and safe schools advocacy. Anneliese is an associate professor and counselor educator in the Department of Counseling and Human Development Services at The University of Georgia and a licensed professional counselor. Her research, practice, and advocacy has centered on the resilience of trans* youth and people of color, survivors of trauma, and social justice and empowerment training. In 2009, Anneliese co-founded the Georgia Safe Schools Coalition to work intersectionally on reducing heterosexism, transprejudice, racism, and other oppressions in Georgia schools. Soon after, she founded the Trans Resilience Project in order to translate research her research findings on trans* people’s resilience to oppression into practice and advocacy efforts.  Anneliese passionately believes in the power of compassion and healing for justice and liberation.

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