Taylor Mackenzie (they/them/theirs) is a graduate student in the Social/Industrial-Organizational program at Northern Illinois University. Their primary research interests are stigma, gender, and labor market discrimination. They received a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Psychology with a Human Services concentration and Sociology and Gender, Women, and Sexualities studies minors from Appalachian State University in 2021. During their time at App State, they served as President and Certified Peer Educator for the Red Flag Campaign, which is a campaign focused on promoting equitable environments through education on rape culture and consent. While in this role, they created an event called “Meet the Kink” which provided a basic understanding of what BDSM is, some popular kinky activities, negotiations, and different consent models (SSC, RACK, PRICK).
