Marquel Norton

Marquel Norton is a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Counseling Psychology at UW–Madison. They received a bachelor’s degree in clinical psychology and child development and a master's degree in School Psychology from Tufts University. Marquel was a formerly licensed school psychologist in Massachusetts, working in Boston Public Schools for four years. They are originally from Fort Worth, Texas. Marquel considers themself an educator, advocate, and scholar who is deeply committed to developing critical community spaces for Black queer and trans individuals to commune, heal, and organize. In this, they hope to work across sectors to develop community-based support programs for trans youth and their families and communities so that they can thrive in the educational and psychological domains of their lives. Their current scholarship considers the interaction of emotional well-being and critical consciousness in Black trans and queer youth organizing spaces.