Elizabeth Panetta

BSW Field Director, Instructor

CB 51
612-330-1269
panetta@augsburg.edu

My name is Elizabeth Panetta (they/she) and I am a licensed independent clinical social worker with over ten years of experience in the field. I’ve worked in several settings throughout my career ranging from shelter-based case management to refugee resettlement to most recently, gender-affirming therapy for transgender and gender-diverse individuals in Minnesota. I am firmly rooted in person-centered and community-focused care that recognizes the impact of systems on the individual. When I’m not in the classroom, you can find me biking around Minneapolis, checking out way too many books from the library, or snuggling with my cats Winnie and Olive.

Faculty Education:

  • BS in Human Services, Loyola University Chicago
  • Master’s in Social Work, University of Chicago

Faculty Publication:

  • Panetta, E., Thomas, D., & Poquiz, J. (2026). Supporting Transgender and Gender-Expansive Children of Color and their Families in Clinical Care. In G.N. Rider, C. St. Amand, & D. Ehrensaft (Eds.), Pediatric Gender Health Care: The Gender Affirmative Model Revisited, Second Edition (pp. 59-76). American Psychological Association.
  • Cai, J., Li, S., Panetta, E., Jegraj, A., & Rider, G.N. Perpetual Foreigners at the Intersections: Racialization of LGBTQ+ Asians in the US. In A., Breen, J. Estrellado, L. Felipe, & G.N. Rider (Eds) Queer Asian Americans: A Practitioner’s Guide to Working with LGBTQ+ People. In publishing progress.
  • Skerven, K., Luxon, A. M., Mirabito, L., New, C., Morgan, E., Panetta, E., & Terepka, A. (2026). Clinician’s digest: Clinically oriented article summaries for Vol. 13, issue 1.Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 13(1), 202–206. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000916.
  • Rider, G.N., Weideman, B. C. D., Ehrensaft, D., Choudhary, K., Connor, J. J., Feldman, J., Gendernalik, M., John, S. A., Link, C., de Oliveira, L., Panetta, E., Poquiz, J. L., Pournoor, S. B., Spencer, K. G., & Berg, D. (in press). Scientific integrity and pediatric gender health care: Disputing the HHS Review. Sexuality Research and Social Policy.
  • John, S.A., Rahm-Knigge, R.L., Weideman, B.C.D., Families, Transforming, Alley, R., Berg, D.R., Curtis, M.G., Eadeh, H., Feldman, J.L., Gower, A.L., Karcher, O.P., Koechell, J.J., Link, C., Orakwue, K., Panetta, E., Parchem, B., Pieczykolan, L.L., Poquiz, J.L., Sarkin, C.A.,… Rider, G.N. (2025, July 2). Support Transgender and Nonbinary Children and Adolescents: Condemning the Traumatizing Statements of the U.S. White House’s Proclamation. Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health, 6(2), 119-123. https://doi.org/10.1891/LGBTQ-2025-0007.
  • Parchem, B., Poquiz, J., Rahm-Knigge, R. L., Panetta, E., Watson, R. J., & Rider, G. N. (2024, April 16). Barriers to Participation in Organized Physical Activity Among LGBTQ+ Youth: Differences by Sexual, Gender, and Racial Identities. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 21(7), 698-706. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2023-0652.
  • Parchem, B., Poquiz, J., Rahm-Knigge, R. L., Panetta, E., Watson, R. J., & Rider, G. N. (2024, March 14). Participation in Organized Physical Activity and Discomfort with Locker Rooms Among Youth Across Sexual, Gender, and Racial Identities. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology 12(2), 225-231. https://doi.org/10.1037/cpp0000518.