GSEP Supports Mental Health Needs Of LGBTQIA+ Community

This month we are pleased to share the most recent decade of publications from current and past students that are in support of the mental health needs of the LGBTQIA+ community. 

GSEP has a rich history of serving a wide range of individuals and communities through academic offerings, scholarly activity, and clinical services. These are some of the many ways we live our mission to be an innovative learning community where faculty, staff, and students of diverse cultures and perspectives work collaboratively to foster academic excellence, social purpose, meaningful service, and personal fulfillment.

Please see the scholarly work our students have completed on this topic over the last decade below.

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GRAD YEAR	GRADUATE NAME	DISSERTATION TITLE
2011	Goni Bissell	Gender Differences in the Use of Humor in Intimate Relationships and Marital Adjustment
2012	Sloane Miller	The Relationship between Apathy and Executive Functioning in an Older HIV Population
2013	Sharon Birman	Clinical Intake Interviewing: Proposing LGB Affirmative Recommendations
2014	Michael Burnias	A Qualitative Study of Familial Factors Which Contribute to a Positive Coming Out Process
2014	Jessica Magallanes	Experiences with Formal and Informal Support: A Case Study of a Female-to-Male Transgender Individual
2016	Sandra Slater (Vargas-Diaz)	An Exploration of Gender Identity and Gender Roles within the Context of Latinas' Military Service
2017	Paul Perales	Developing a Supplemental Resource for Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists Working with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents
2020	Nardos Bellette	Investigation of the Multidimensional Well-Being Assessment (MWA) In A Sample of Sexual Minority Women of Color (SMWOC)
2020	Marlene Cabrera	Gendered Warrior: Centering Latinx Empowerment in Treatment
2020	Aimen Khouraki	The Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse on the Self-Identified Gay Male
2021	Courtney Crisp	Beyond Tolerance: An Examination of LGBTQ+ Cultural Competence in Eating Disorder Treatment Centers

Entering Class	In Progress	DISSERTATION TITLE
2019	Egypt Leithman	Transgender Inmate Experiences in Prison Systems, Jails, and Detention Centers in the United States
2019	Chyna Parker	Non-binary Experiences in the Context of Gender Dichotomization: A Qualitative Systematic Review