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Gia Born

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Program Manager, South Spencer Residential College & Primary Advisor for Disciplinary Honors

International Honors College

Email Address: rtborn@uncg.edu

Phone: 336.334.5487

About Gia

Gia M. Born (She/Hers/They/Them) is a Program Manager in Lloyd International Honors College. Gia earned a Master of Arts in Social Foundations and Community Education with a concentration in Teaching Democracy and Diversity and a certificate in Women and Gender Studies from Eastern Michigan University. Furthermore, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and a Bachelor of Science in Public Health Education with a concentration in Community Health Education from UNC Greensboro in 2021. Additionally, Gia is an alumna of the International Honors program! Before this role, Gia worked professionally in residence life and as a public health researcher. 

In her role with the Honors College, Gia oversees the South Spencer Residential College, advises Honors students, provides co-curricular programming for the Residential Colleges, teaches Honors courses, and supports the Disciplinary Honors program. 

Outside of work, Gia loves the beach, traveling the world, and attending concerts! Feel free to stop by and chat anytime!

EDUCATION

  • MA in Social Foundations and Community Education: Teaching Diversity and Democracy, Eastern Michigan University
  • Graduate Certificate in Women and Gender Studies, Eastern Michigan University
  • Certified Health Education Specialist, National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
  • BA Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, UNC Greensboro
  • BS In Public Health Education: Community Health Education, UNC Greensboro

Academic INTERESTS and Honors Courses Taught

As a scholar, Gia is committed to exploring trans liberation, health disparities, mental health, and opioid use through a Black trans-feminist framework. Her work centers on examining how interlocking systems of transphobia, racism, and violence shape health outcomes, social vulnerability, and lived experiences particularly for trans women. By employing a Black trans-feminist model, Giaโ€™s scholarship foregrounds structural violence, resilience, and community-based knowledge as critical sites of analysis and intervention.

Teaching Interest

  • Trans Studies & Black Trans Feminisms
  • Passability, Surveillance, and Violence
  • Critical Disability Studies
  • Critical Health Studies and Health Disparities
  • Foster Care, Adoption, and Family Systems

Honors Courses Taught

  • HSS: 198 Honors Colloquium
  • HSS 143: TRANSforming Health, Society, and Culture
  • HSS 243: Disability, Cure, and Society
  • HSS 245: The Right to Exist: Trans Bodies and Global Health
  • HSS 247: LIHC in Copenhagen: The Traveling Cosmopolitan
  • HSS 330: Disability and Film: Representation, Narrative, and Justice
  • HSS 330: Trans Feminist Research Methods