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Luis Emilio Morales is an adjunct lecturer and researcher with more than six years worth of combined research and teaching experience at the secondary and university level. He holds two advanced degrees, one in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (MA), and the other in qualitative sociological research (MPhil).

While a student at the University of Winchester (UK), Luis undertook a research program which mostly explored the nature of evolving gendered behaviors among ethnically diverse young male athletes in liberalizing US and UK contexts. More than a dozen of his projects have been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and books, including the Journal of Gender Studies, the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, and Debates in Mathematics Education, among others. As a fellow with the Sport Collision Injury Collective, he is committed to activism and pedagogy that promotes human health and well-being.

Professionally, Luis been invited to present at more than ten forums and international conferencesincluding the British and American Sociological Associationson topics as diverse as gender, sexualities, and education. A fellow of the Higher Education Academy, he is dedicated to helping students develop the skills and knowledge necessary to live free and positively affect change through critical thinking in tandem with the use of their natural ingenuity and creativity.