Dana Stachowiak

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT DANA STACHOWIAK

Dana M. Stachowiak, Ph.D. is the Director of the Gender Studies and Research Center, as well as an Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies at The University of North Carolina Wilmington. They have researched, presented, and published extensively on gender justice, trans inclusivity, healing-centered engagement, curriculum studies, and social justice education, with a focus on qualitative measures.As Director, Dr. Stachowiak coordinates the Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality academic program; supports faculty, staff, and student research initiatives; co-directs the UPLfT (Unleashing Powerful Leaders for Tomorrow) Leadership initiative for students; and leads REACH (Radical Equity and Collective Healing) Mentoring, a program for minoritized faculty and staff that utilizes peer mentoring to strengthen individual and collective well-being and mutual professional growth. Dr. Stachowiak teaches at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level in both the WGS program and the Educational Leadership program at UNCW. Dr. Stachowiak is as a co-editor for three peer-reviewed professional journals, as well as on the program planning committee and executive council for two professional organizations. They serve the Wilmington community as the Board President of the Cape Fear Center for Inquiry; the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Director for Stonewall Sports; and a board member for the LGBTQIA Center of the Cape Fear Coast.As a certified mindfulness coach, yoga coach, and somatic healer, Dana founded the Power to the Peaceful Collective, where they teach mindfulness and embodiment for people who identify as a member of one or more minoritized communities. In their free time, Dana is an avid outrigger paddler, travels any chance they get, and volunteers to save cute little Jack Russell Terriers with the Russell Rescue of the Carolinas.