Dr. Kaitlin Gabriele-Black
Associate Professor, Psychology
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The intersections of sexuality, gender and faith, specifically around evangelical Christianity, the experiences of trans and gender nonconforming college students and the faculty who support them.
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My research and expertise focus on the intersections of sexuality, gender and faith, specifically around evangelical Christianity. I have written and presented extensively on being LGBTQ+ in evangelical Christian families and on queer student engagement on evangelical Christian college campuses. I have also conducted research and published in the areas of same-sex parenting, adoptive parenting, religion and faith, and trans- and gender-nonconforming college students. I am the principal investigator of the ongoing Living in Tension Study, a mixed-methods project exploring how faculty and staff at evangelical Christian colleges and universities are supporting LGBTQ+ students. This project is supported by grants from the Spencer Foundation and the Springfield Research Fund.
I'm a member of the American Psychological Association and its Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, and a member of the National Council on Family Relations and its feminism and family studies section.