Program Coordinator
Em is a Program Coordinator for PIRE’s LGBTQ+ Equity and Alcohol Study, which seeks to understand the role of local structural stigma in alcohol-related inequities among LGBTQ+ young adults across California. He has expertise in qualitative research methods and is passionate about conducting person-centered interviews, analyzing participant narratives, fostering community partnerships, and sharing research insights. His research interests include stigma, drugs, structural inequities, gendered violence, critical public health, and harm reduction. Em studied Anthropology at UC Berkeley, where he focused on critical medical anthropology and LGBT/Queer studies.
Selected Publications:
Bogren, A., Sanders, E., Antin, T., Petersen, M., Hunt, G. (2024). Coping with
Intoxicated Masculinity: Queer Young Adults’ Experiences and Narratives of
Sexual Victimization and Gender in Nightlife. Feminist Criminology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/15570851241283815
Sanders, E., Annechino, R., Lipperman-Kreda, S., Peterkin, E., Antin, T. (2024). Trust in
Tobacco Control: Critical Perspectives from Sexual and Gender Minority Young
Adults in California. Journal of Critical Public Health, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.55016/ojs/jcph.v1i1.77929
Antin, T., Sanders, E., Lipperman-Kreda, S.,
Annechino, R., Peterkin, E. (2023). “I Can’t Make Perfect Choices All the Time”:
Perspectives on Tobacco Harm Reduction Among Young Adults Who Identify
as Sexual and Gender Minorities. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 25(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac291
Sanders, E., Antin, T., Hunt, G. (2020). Deviant and dangerous: queer adults,
smoker-related stigma and tobacco denormalisation in MacGregor, S. and Thom,
B. (eds.) Risk and Substance Use: Framing Dangerous People and Dangerous Places. London: Routledge, pp.183-200.
Sanders, E., Antin, T., Hunt, G., Young, M. (2019). Is Smoking Queer? Implications of
California Tobacco Denormalization Strategies for Queer Current and Former
Smokers. Deviant Behavior, 41(4). https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2019.1572095
