Anya M. Galli Robertson, Ph.D.

• Ph.D., Sociology, University of Maryland, 2018
• M.A., Sociology, University of Maryland, 2012
• B.A., Psychology, Studio Art and Women's Studies, St. Olaf College, 2008

Dr. Galli Robertson joined the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at the University of Dayton in 2018. Her research explores social movement tactics, strategic framing, and discursive elements of inequality. She has published in a wide range of journals including Society and Natural Resources, Energies, Environmental Justice, PLoS ONE, Environmental Sociology, Journal of Research in Political Sociology, and Mobilization. Dr. Galli Robertson received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Maryland in 2018, a B.A. from St. Olaf College in 2008 and an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Maryland in 2012.

Dr. Galli Robertson serves as the Senior Fellow for Gender and LGBTQ+ Strategic Initiatives in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Since 2022, she has engaged with stakeholders across campus to support the inclusion of LGBTQ+ people at the University, focusing in particular on equity for LGBTQ+ employees and issues of process and procedure, culture, and communication. This work is grounded in the University of Dayton’s commitment to education in the family spirit and emphasis on human dignity as a Catholic and Marianist institution.

"To thrive, we need authentic connection to one another. Community is essential for human flourishing. And true community requires honesty and vulnerability - sharing our own experience creates space for others to share theirs, tethering us to our sense of shared humanity."

• SOC 101: Principles of Sociology
• SOC 208: Research Methods
• SOC 308: Data Analysis
• SOC 342: Social Movements
• SOC 409: Senior Capstone

• Social movements
• LGBTQ+ inclusion
• Energy politics
• Qualitative and mixed-methods research

Hannibal, Lillian, Anya M. Galli Robertson. 2023.  “‘When I’m at School, I’m More Than Just a Student...the City is My City’: Assessing College Student Outcomes in a Community Engagement Immersion Program." Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement 27(10): 41-58.

Hoody, Jennifer, Anya M. Galli Robertson, Sarah Richard, Claire Frankowski, Kevin Hallinan, Ciara Owens, and Bob Pohl. 2021. "A Review of Behavioral Energy Reduction Programs and Implementation of a Pilot Peer-to-Peer Led Behavioral Energy Reduction Program for a Low-Income Neighborhood." Energies 14(15): 4635.

Rhubart, Danielle C. and Anya M. Galli Robertson. 2020. “The Right to Knowledge and the Superfund Program: A Fundamental Cause Approach to Disparities in Resident Awareness of Hazardous Waste Sites.” Environmental Justice. 13(5), 181-188.

Galli Robertson, Anya M. 2020. “Privileged Accounts in the Debate over Coal-Fired Power in the United States.” Society and Natural Resources. 34(2), 188-207.

Galli Robertson, Anya M. and Mary B. Collins. 2018. "Super emitters in the United States coal-fired electric utility industry: comparing disproportionate emissions across facilities and parent companies." Environmental Sociology, 4 (4).

Galli, Anya M. 2016. "How Glitter Bombing Lost its Sparkle: The Emergence and Decline of a Novel Social Movement Tactic." Mobilization: 21(3). A Recipient of the 2017 Mayer N. Zald Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Student Paper Award from the American Sociological Association Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements.