National Collaborations
We partnered with Dr. Russ Toomey from the University of Arizona and the Human Rights Campaign to launch the first large-scale, national study of parents/caregivers of trans children. We seek to understand the demographic profile of parents and caregivers of trans youth, their understanding of their child’s gender development, the resources and supports they used to help them to parent a trans youth, the barriers they encounter as parents of trans youth, and their experiences with schools, healthcare systems, legal systems, and their broader communities. Study is being conducted in English and Spanish.
Braving and Enduring the U.S. as Authentic Trans youth Study (BEATS)
We partnered with Dr. Russ Toomey from the University of Arizona to launch trans and nonbinary youths’ (ages 13-17) experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and the increase in state bills that target trans youths’ rights in the U.S. We seek to understand the experiences of being trans or nonbinary during COVID-19 in family, school, and online spaces. We also seek to understand trans youths’ physical and mental health outcomes given the increasing number of legislative bills that target trans youths’ rights.
We are partnering with Dr. Karina Gattamorta from the University of Miami, Dr. Kirsten Gonzalez from University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Dr. Cristalís Capielo Rosario from Arizona State University, and Dr. Melanie Domenech Rodríguez from Utah State University to
We are partnering with Drs. Michael McClellan and Dustin Wygant from the Eastern Kentucky University and Dr. Kirsten Gonzalez from University of Tennessee-Knoxville to study the predictive validity of the MMPI-3 with a sample of cisgender college students across three separate campuses: Eastern Kentucky University, The University of Florida, and The University of Tennessee Knoxville. The project will compare the criterion validity of the MMPI-3 between students who identify as TGNC and cisgender, with particular focus on the convergence of scores of MMPI-3 scales. Also, we will examine differences in levels of mental health outcomes on the MMPI-3 between TGNC individuals and cisgender individuals.
Student Led Projects
This project is being led by ¡Chévere! doctoral students Jules Sostre and Gabe Lockett. The goal of this study is to explore the experiences of trans and gender diverse people who are impacted by abortion rights in discussions and activism spaces.
This project is being led by ¡Chévere! doctoral student Garrett Ross. The primary aim of this project clarifies how Black survival is paradoxically linked to the need to reproduce antiblackness and, if nothing else, provide an ear for the ways in which Black people are always already compromised to being unable not to reproduce antiblackness in order to survive.
This project is being led by ¡Chévere! doctoral student Koree Badio. The goal of this study is to explore the experiences of Black immigrant college students, including their access to resources and wellness. Using an intersectionality and psycho-political framework, this project will inform critical practices and provide structural recommendations for predominantly White institutions for affirming Black immigrant college students on campus.
This project is being led by ¡Chévere! doctoral student Julio Martin. The goal of this study is to examine how Latinx cultural values (e.g., familismo, respeto, and spirituality) and queer cultural values (e.g., acceptance and inclusion, pride, and culture of support) interact in a unique style of parenting practices seen in Latinx queer parents. Ultimately, the aim is to understand the parenting practices of Latinx queer parents.