FACE-TO-FACE
WORKSHOPS
This page offers a listing of upcoming and past face-to-face Safe Zone Ally Training workshops facilitated by members of ASEE’s LGBTQ+ Advocacy in STEM VCP and community stakeholders. This page is updated periodically.
Upcoming Workshops
Stay tuned for updates on upcoming workshops!
Past Workshops
Workshop | Event and Location | Date | Facilitator(s) |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Level 2 | 2019 SWE Annual Conference (WE19), Anaheim, CA | November 2019 | Liz Adams (Fresno City College, Colleen Bronner (UC Davis) |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Level 1, Level 2, and Trans Allyship | 2019 ASEE Annual Conference, Tampa, FL | June 2019 | Multiple |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Level 1, Level 2, and Trans Allyship | 2019 The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity (CoNECD) Conference, Crystal City, VA | April 2019 | Multiple |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Level 1 | ASEE Zone 1 Conference, Niagara Falls, NY | April 2019 | Kyle Trenshaw (University of Rochester), Aric Bryant (Alfred University) |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Level 1 | ASEE Southwest Section Conference, Los Angeles, CA | April 2019 | Joel Alejandro Mejia (University of San Diego), Dre Helmns (UC Berkeley) |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Level 1, Level 2 | ASEE Pacific Northwest Section Conference, Corvallis, OR | March 2019 | Robyn Sandekian (UC Boulder, Eduardo Cotilla-Sanchez (Oregon State University) |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Level 1 | ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference, Evansville, IL | March 2019 | Stephanie Farrell (Rowan University), Bryce Hughes (Montana State University) |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Level 1 | ASEE Southeast Section Conference (Raleigh, NC) | March 2019 | Christian Matheis (Guilford College), Matthew Bahnson (NC State University) |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Level 1, Level 2, and Deep Dive: Supporting Transgender Students and Colleagues (5 workshops) | ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT | June 2018 | Multiple |
Safe Zone Ally Training (Levels 1 and 2) | CoNECD Conference, Crystal City, VA | April 2018 | Kyle Trenshaw (University of Rochester), Kelly Cross (University of Nevada, Reno) |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Level 1 | Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ | Spring 2018 | Stephanie Farrell (Rowan University) |
Inclusive Spaces (Level 1) | AAAS Conference, San Francsico, CA | February 2018 | Stephanie Farrell (Rowan University) |
Inclusive Spaces (Level 1) | 70th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Denver, CO | November 2017 | Tony Butterfield (University of Utah) |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Level 1 (2 workshops) | ASEE Summer School 2017 for Chemical Engineering Faculty, Raleigh, NC | August 2017 | Tony Butterfield (University of Utah) |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Level 1, Level 2, and Deep Dive: Supporting Transgender Students and Colleagues (5 workshops) | ASEE Annual Conference, Columbus, OH | June 2017 | Multiple |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Level 1 | Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ | April 2017 | Stephanie Farrell (Rowan University), Gardy Guiteau (Newark Academy) |
Mythbusters | NOGLSTP Conference, Boston, MA | March 2017 | Kyle Trenshaw University of Rochester), Tiago Forin (Rowan University), Stephanie Farrell (Rowan University), Alisha Sarang Sieminski (Olin College of Engineering) |
Safe Zone Workshop | AIChE Annual Fall Conference, San Francisco, CA | November 2016 | Tony Butterfield (University of Utah), Alon McCormick (University of Minnesota), Stephanie Farrell (Rowan University) |
Building LGBTQ-Inclusive Workplaces and Learning Environments | WEEF, Seoul, Korea | November 2016 | Stephanie Farrell (Rowan University), Uriel Cukierman (IFEES), Elena Rodriguez-Falcon (New Model in Technology and Engineering) |
College Inclusion of LGBTQ Faculty and Staff: Levels 1 & 2 | University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT | October 2016 | Tony Butterfield (University of Utah), Robyn Sandekian (University of Colorado, Boulder), Stephanie Farrell (Rowan University) |
Safe Zone Ally Training Workshop | Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ | September 2016 | Stephanie Farrell (Rowan University) |
Safe Zone Workshop | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL | September 2016 | Elliot Douglas (University of Florida) |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Level 1 | ACS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA | August 2016 | Benny Chan (TCNJ), Dee Connor, Matt Cathell, Stephanie Farrell (Rowan University) |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Levels 1 & 2 (6 workshops) | ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA | June 2016 | Multiple |
Safe Zone Ally Training | Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ | April 2016 | Stephanie Farrell (Rowan University) |
Safe Zone Ally Training: Level 1 | AIChE Annual Spring Conference, Houston, TX | April 2016 | Stephanie Farrell (Rowan University) |
Participant Testimonials
Thanks for a thought-provoking workshop with loads of practical examples and info I can use directly.

2018 Safe Zone Workshop Participant
This workshop was so good! It's so important and it's necessary to continue creating positive change for us all.

2018 Safe Zone Workshop Participant
Very informative and worthwhile workshop – it's great that the discussion was flexible to audience concerns.
