Patrick R. Grzanka
Director
Patrick R. Grzanka, Ph.D. [he/him] is Professor of Psychology, the inaugural Divisional Dean for Social Sciences in the College of Arts of Sciences, and Director of the Social Action Research Team (SART) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He was Chair of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Interdisciplinary Program at UT from 2019-2023. Grzanka founded SART in 2010 at Arizona State University, where he taught in Barrett, the Honors College. His interdisciplinary work explores intersecting dimensions of social inequality, with a focus on race, gender, and sexualities. He uses theory and methods from sociology, science and technology studies, and women’s, gender, and queer studies to inform critical research on how social institutions (re)produce harm and inequality. Grzanka is the 2018 recipient of the Michele Alexander Early Career Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), of which he is also immediate Past-President (2024-2025). He is the recipient (with co-author Elizabeth R. Cole) of the 2023 George A. Miller Award for Outstanding Recent Article in General Psychology from APA Division 1 (Society for General Psychology). He is also the 2023 recipient of the Distinguished Contribution to Public Policy Award from the Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Grzanka is Fellow of American Psychological Association divisions 9 (SPSSI), 17 (Society for Counseling Psychology), 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women), and 44 (Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity). Terminally undisciplined, Grzanka holds a Ph.D. in American studies and a B.A. in journalism, both from the University of Maryland.