The School of Education’s Marquel Norton, a PhD candidate in the Department of Counseling Psychology, has been inducted into the UW–Madison chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. Norton is one of five UW–Madison scholars selected for 2025–26.
The Bouchet Society honors graduate students who exemplify the values associated with Edward A. Bouchet, the first person of African heritage to earn a PhD in the United States. Inductees join a national network of 20 chapters across the U.S. and are invited to present their work at the Bouchet Annual Conference at Yale University in the spring.
Norton was nominated by Professor Stephanie Budge, who also served as their induction speaker.
Norton’s dissertation, “Black Trans Youth Rising: A Study of Black Gender Expansive Youth Affectivism,” explores how Black trans youth transform emotion into collective strategy through art, organizing, and healing-centered community practices. They also co-founded the Black Trans Youth Rising Collective, a collective of gender-expansive community-based scholars that implements participatory youth fellowship series.
Norton’s research has been presented at the American Psychological Association, the National Trans Health Summit, and the Association of Black Sociologists. Their co-authored publications address colonization, gender-expansive identities, gender-affirming care, and psychotherapy, appearing in Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, American Psychologist, and the Journal of Counseling Psychology.
To read the full announcement and learn more about UW–Madison’s 2025–26 Bouchet Society inductees, visit this Graduate School news page.