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Rachel Schmitz

Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University

Topics of expertise
  • Feminism & Families
  • Gender & Sexuality
  • Health & Illness
  • LGBTQ Partnering & Families

Email: rachel.schmitz@okstate.edu
Website: rachelmschmitz.com

Rachel M. Schmitz, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Oklahoma State University. Her research and teaching interests include gender and sexuality, the family, LGBTQ+ youth and young adults, human-animal interactions, and qualitative methods. Her current work emphasizes the voices and lived experiences of multiple marginalized LGBTQ+ people in rural regions and their understandings of health.

Last Updated: 9/9/25