Shaylynne Shuler is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Worcester State University. Previously, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy at the University of Connecticut. Shaylynne studies stigma processes that link minoritized groups, particularly sexual and gender minorities (SGM), to disadvantaged health. She received her PhD in Interdisciplinary Health with an emphasis in Health Equity from Northern Arizona University.  In addition to her PhD, Shaylynne has a Master’s degree in Anthropology, and graduate certificates in Women’s and Gender Studies, Applied Statistics, and Translational Research: Adolescent Behavioral Health and Substance Use.