Leigh Gaskin

Hi! I am Leigh and I am a Belonging, Equity, and Inclusion Practitioner. I help organizations of all sizes maximize their potential with progressive D&I strategy and consulting.    

Belonging and Inclusion Consultant

Freelance, current

Assisted clients with their D&I wish lists: 

• strategies for implementation 
• small acts method
• becoming change agents 
• learning about how bias and intersectionality connect 

Assessed human resources documents: 

• State and federal compliance for EEOC 
• Sensitivity and inclusion content review and communication
• Amend policies for inclusion and belonging
• Collaboratively designed and implemented D& I strategic plans 

Established client relationships and team connections 

• Met with clients individually, as a committee member to support their D&I teams 

Encouraged clients to push the boundaries of D&I industry standards  

Washington State University, 2019

Ph. D., American Studies, concentrations in Political Science, Cultural Studies and Social Thought in Education

Dissertation on Rape Culture and its foundation in American Culture, the project traced the historical and contemporary institutional and individual methods Americans use to reinforce Rape Culture. The manuscript was an intersectional, multi-disciplinary look at Rape Culture.