Thayer Hall, Ground Level
Harvard Yard
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617/496-5716
Web address: http://www.bgltq.fas.harvard.edu
Email: bgltq@fas.harvard.edu
Contact Person:
Meagan von Rohr (she, they)
Organization Description:
The Office of BGLTQ Student Life falls under the umbrella of the Dean of Students Office at Harvard College. Our specific mission is to promote the academic and personal growth of all bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, queer, and questioning undergraduates on Harvard’s campus. We strive to create an integrated support system for BGLTQ students while also working to increase every student’s capacity to engage skillfully and compassionately around gender and sexuality. In collaboration with students, the BGLTQ Office builds and maintains supportive, inclusive communities where difference is valued and disagreement is met with curiosity. As such, our office space in Thayer Hall serves as a locus of queer student life on campus.
Opportunities for Student Involvement:
Field education students are tasked with leading queer-affirming religious programming at the QuOffice. They often provide sub-clinical pastoral care to undergraduate students, and frequently serve as a guide and support as students navigate available resources on campus. Based on a field education students’ individual training and interests, there is some room for co-creation of project ideas.
Commute/Transportation Information:
The Office of BGLTQ Student Life is located on the lower level of Thayer Hall in Harvard Yard. Applicants should factor in transportation to the Office throughout the week and on weekday evenings, and very occasionally on weekends.
Arts of Ministry Competencies Offered:
- Administration and Program Development
- Pastoral Care and Counseling
- Public Leadership, Community Organizing, and Planning
- Religious Education and Spiritual Development
Supervision:
The Student and Supervisor set time aside every week for one hour for theological reflection and supervision. Our work will be shared and reflected upon during these in-person, weekly meetings. Using the Supervisor’s background and training in anthropology, reflections will be structured in a way that centers positionality and how individual identities (and intersections of identity) all influence the way that the Student reacts to and during the events of the week. The student will use a journal throughout the week to initially reflect. The Supervisor and Student will then move into reflections on values—"Which of our values were tested this week? How did we show up at the moment? Was it aligned with your values? What lessons can we learn from these events when we think through them? Where is the meaning and value?” Thus, these theological supervisory sessions will serve as the key to Student learning as they invite reflection upon experience, insight, and new intentions in ministry through journaling and deep shared inquiry.
Additional Information:
- Number of Students: 1
- Total Compensation: $6000.00
- Type of Compensation: Direct Pay from Site
- Additional Notes: The Office of BGLTQ Student Life is reestablishing itself as a field education site after significant staff changeover during the COVID-19 lockdowns. We prioritize uplifting students with multiple oppressed intersecting identities, including disabilities (visible and invisible), Trans+/gender nonconformity, BIPOC identities, FGLI, and others. Any interested field education student should demonstrate a commitment to this vital anti-white-supremacist approach to our work.