Ortner Center on Violence & Abuse

Go Lisa Quattlebaum! Founder & CEO of Homesteadista, Lisa is a graduate of our 2019 Executive Program and a teaching fellow with our 2020 cohort. https://thriveglobal.com//black-owned-businesses-to-supp/

Richard J. Gelles, founding director of the Ortner Center on Violence & Abuse, advocate for children, distinguished professor & dean, author, baseball fan, and cherished colleague. He will be missed.

Congratulations to author, documentary film-maker, and Ortner Scholar Aishah Shahidah Simmons Cultural Worker on winning the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBQ Anthology! Vanity Fair published an exclusive article about the history of the awards. Watch her 1-minute acceptance video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whg2SqwpL9U