Lilith Green

Lilith is interested in studying identity work in marginalized populations by assessing the social and psychosocial implications of identity labels, especially in regards to gender, race, mental illness, and medical gatekeeping. Because social identity determines access to privilege and resources, individuals with marginalized identities must decide which parts of their personal identity are made salient in social interactions based on cultural contexts. They would like to trace these processes of divergent identity performance, redefinition, and erasure, particularly in caregiving contexts, to assess how individuals engage in identity work to access medical and psychological services.