{"id":38807,"date":"2026-02-06T11:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/?page_id=38807"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:18:13","slug":"theo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/theo\/","title":{"rendered":"Theo Monet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-88622fd7\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-b57f4965\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-256a0a1f\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-256a0a1f\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1648\" height=\"2472\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/02\/THEOMONET-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/02\/THEOMONET-1.jpg 1648w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/02\/THEOMONET-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/02\/THEOMONET-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/02\/THEOMONET-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/02\/THEOMONET-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2026\/02\/THEOMONET-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1648px) 100vw, 1648px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-fa212930\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-fa212930\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p>Theo Monet (he\/they)&nbsp; is a first-generation transgender college student graduating in Spring 2027 with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Psychology. He served as the vice president of EWU\u2019s Psi Chi International Psychology Honors Club from 2025-2026. He is also an officer in the Psychology Club, the Pathways to Research Club, and is founding the Anthropology Club. In 2025, Theo held a paid position on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student Advisory board at EWU. Since 2025, Theo has conducted research at EWU for both the anthropology and psychology departments. He serves as a research coordinator for the New Lab of Phenomenology, leading an ongoing research project investigating the relationship between U.S. national cultural affiliation, racial\/ethnic cultural affiliation, and political affiliation on definitions of traditions. He is the sole investigator on a research project of his own design exploring public space, hostile design, accessibility, and infrastructural violence in Spokane. His research interests include: urban anthropology, social inequalities, housing policy, gentrification, political anthropology, and ethnography. He aims to utilize his own experiences living without shelter in his future career in advocacy and education. His long-term goal is to pursue a PhD in anthropology to utilize&nbsp; this education and research as means to shape policy, promote justice, and enact equitable collaborative initiatives to better lives.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>2026 EWU Faculty Research Mentor:&nbsp;<\/strong>Dr. Julia Smith <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Title of Research: <\/strong>Coming Summer 2026!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> Coming summer 2026!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-acc3b061 gb-query-loop-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-43e1028c gb-query-loop-item post-38952 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2024-2025-cohort category-2025-2026-grad-school-acceptances category-brasin-benjamin category-international-affairs category-news category-scholars category-sociology-all-majors tag-acceptances tag-ewu-mcnair-program tag-ewu-mcnair-scholar tag-mcnair-scholar\"><div 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