Curriculum Vitae

  Robyn Ochs, Ed.M. is a professional speaker and consultant on issues related to
sexual orientation and identity		  
Speaking
  1985 - present: Robyn has spoken at more than 400 colleges, universities, conferences and public events in Australia, Canada, Denmark, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United States. She has keynoted numerous conferences, including the International Conference on Bisexuality; the European Bisexual Conference; UK BiCon; Midwest Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender College Conference; Out on the Prairie; Out in the Middle of the Wheatfield; Pink Mountain Conference; BECAUSE Conference; Common Threads Youth Empowerment Retreat, and several other regional LGBT conferences. She also speaks to community, youth, senior, corporate and professional groups. Details here >>  
Writing
  Robyn is the editor of Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World (2005, 2009), an international anthology with authors from 42 countries. Spanish and Chinese language editions, are forthcoming. She also wrote the Bisexual Resource Guide and is the current editor of Bi Women, a quarterly publication. Her writings have appeared in numerous women's studies, LGBT and multicultural anthologies. Read here >>  
Teaching
  Robyn has taught at Massachusetts Institute for Technology, Cambrdige, MA (1991); Tufts University, Medford, MA (1992-2003); and Johnson State College, Vermont (2002). Courses include:
Transgressing Binaries: Sex, Gender, Race and Sexual Orientation
Identity/Politics: Contextualizing Bisexuality
History, Community, Politics: Emergence of Sexual Minority Voices in the U.S. (aka. "The Gay Agenda")

  
Campus Activism
  For 26 years, Robyn worked as an administrator at Harvard University where she was: co-founder and co-chair of the LGBT Faculty and Staff Group (2008); an active member of the Trans Task Force; co-founder and facilitator of LBTQ Lunches: a monthly lunch series for lesbian, bi, queer and trans women faculty and staff; and a Faculty Adviser to Harvard’s undergraduate student LGBTQ organization, currently called QSA.  
Board of Directors
  Boston Bisexual Women's Network. Co-founder and treasurer (1988-present)
MassEquality (current)
Harvard University LGBT Faculty & Staff Group, Retiree Representative (current)
Harvard University Gay and Lesbian Caucus (ex oficio)
SpeakOut (Boston's GLBT Speaker's Bureau)		  
Awards
  Havard Gay & Lesbian Caucus Lifetime Achievement Award for Advocacy on the Harvard University Campus, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 2009.
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Susan J. Hyde Activism Award for Longevity in the Movement, Denver, Colorado, January 2009.
The University of Massachusetts Stonewall Center Continuing the Legacy of Stonewall Award, Amherst, Massachusetts, May, 2007.
Reinaldo dos Santos Memorial Award for Bisexual Activism, Sidney, Australia, March 1997.
International Conference on Bisexuality - Stonewall 25 Celebration Super Bi Award, New York
City, June 1994
Unity and Diversity Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Community, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1985.
  
Education
  B.A., Language and Culture (Latin American Studies), State University of New York, Purchase
C.S.S., Administration and Management, Harvard University
Ed.M., Harvard University