Trained as a social-health psychologist, I study the impact of holding stigmatizing identities and conditions. My current studies focus on sexual and gender minority stress and health in LGBTQ individuals and Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS; formerly PCOS) in women and gender diverse individuals. Most recently this work has involved community-engaged research methods.

 

As a Professor of Psychology, I teach graduate and undergraduate courses in psychological science. I also direct the Social Issues and Relations Laboratory (SIRL), in which undergraduate and graduate students gain first-hand experience in designing and conducting both quantitative and qualitative research.

 

As Director of WGSS, I teach courses in feminist thought and research methods. I am honored to hold this position which to provide opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage with scholarship on women's, gender, and sexuality issues.  

 

Prior to ETSU, I earned my graduate degrees at Kent State University, and subsequently completed a 2-year NIMH postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (in Social Environment and Health).