Research

that centers marginalized voices.

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Publications By Topic

Black Same-Sex Couples Health

  • Black Same-gender-loving Male Couples’ Health Within an Afrocentric Psychological Paradigm: The Influences of Spirituality and Religion ~ Read

  • Relationship Quality and Health Among Black Same-Sex Male Couples: Protocol for a Symbolic Netnography Study ~ Read

  • A Systematic Review of Black American Same-sex Couples Research: Laying the Groundwork for Culturally-specific Research and Interventions ~ Read

Religion/Spirituality & Health

  • Spirituality, Self-compassion, and Anxiety Among Sexual Minority Men: A Longitudinal Mediation Analysis ~ Read 

  • “The Awesomeness and the Vastness of Who You Really Are:” A Culturally Distinct Framework for Understanding the Link Between Spirituality and Health for Black Sexual Minority Men ~ Read

  • Toward a Culturally Specific Spirituality for Black Sexual Minority Men ~ Read

  • Religious Coping and Depressive Symptoms Among Black Americans Living with HIV: An Intersectional Approach ~ Read

  • Positive Religious Coping Predicts Self-reported HIV Medication Adherence at Baseline and Twelve-month Follow-up Among Black Americans Living with HIV in the Southeastern United States ~ Read

  • Black Sexual Minority Men’s Disclosure of Sexual Orientation is Associated with Exposure to Homonegative Religious Messages ~ Read

  • Spirituality and Multiple Dimensions of Religion are Associated with Mental Health in Gay and Bisexual Men: Results from the One Thousand Strong Cohort ~ Read

  • Race, Ethnicity, Religious Affiliation, and Education Are Associated with Gay and Bisexual Men’s Religious and Spiritual Participation and Beliefs: Results from the One Thousand Strong Cohort ~ Read

  • Religious Participation and Identity Salience of Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: Findings From a Nationally Recruited Sample ~ Read

  • Religion and Spirituality’s Influences on HIV Syndemics among MSM: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Model ~ Read

  • Reconciling Sexual Orientation and Christianity: Black Same-gender-loving Men's Experiences ~ Read

  • Religion-based Homonegative Messages, Depression, and HIV risk in Black Men Who Have Sex with Men ~ Read

  • Extracting Dirt from Water: A Strengths-based Approach to Religion for African American Same-gender-loving Men ~ Read

  • From Invisible Trailblazers to Insurgent Leaders: An Intersectional Narrative of Transcendence at the Intersection of Race, Class, Sexual Orientation, and Spirituality ~ Read

  • Homonegativity in Black: A Culturally Sensitive Historical Perspective ~ Read

Health & Social Equity for Black Americans and LGBTQ+ People

  • Black LGBT Health in the United States: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation ~ Purchase Book

  • Black US Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health ~ Read

  • For Us, By Us: A Manifesto of Black SGL and Trans Health ~ Read 

  • Black Bisexual Women’s Health in the United States: A Systematic Literature Review ~ Read 

  • Uptake of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in a National Cohort of Gay and Bisexual Men in the United States: The Motivational PrEP Cascade ~ Read

  • Preintervention Profiles of Information, Motivational, and Behavioral Welf-efficacy for Methamphetamine Use and HIV Medication Adherence among Gay and Bisexual men ~ Read

  • Challenging Race-based Stereotypes About Gay and Bisexual Men’s Sexual Behavior and Perceived Penis Size and Size Satisfaction ~ Read

  • Mental Health and Substance Use in the Scale-up of HIV Prevention ~ Read

  • Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men (LMSM), Psychotherapy, and HIV Prevention ~ Read

Cultural Studies

  • Cut From the Same Rigid Cloth: Hate Crimes and Militarism - Read

  • Housing Works: A Trans Analysis ~ Read

  • Talk to Me, That’s How We Heal: The Limits of the 1619 Project ~ Read

  • Internalizing Black Lives Matter: A Queer Project in Loving Blackness, Part 1 ~ Read

  • Internalizing Black Lives Matter: A Queer Project in Loving Blackness, Part 2 ~ Read

  • Whiteness in the Psychological Imagination ~ Read

  • Facing Horror: Implications for Life and Activism ~ Read

  • Gay is the New Nothing ~ Read

  • The Ballroom Community in Latino/a Culture ~ Read

Op-Eds

  • A Cure for Mass Shootings: Embrace a Different Way of Being Human - Read

  • Ignorance and Shortsightedness Lead Us to the Supreme Court - Read

  • In Politics, Here’s Why I Believe Racial Identity is Not Enough For Us to Believe In - Read

  • All Queer Folk Ain’t Kinfolk - Read

  • 6 Ways to Protect Your Mental Health During COVID-19  - Read

My research and publications focus on how identity and cultural factors influence health. From a strengths-based and Afrocentric perspective, I highlight the critical influence of culture, mindfulness, and spirituality on mental and physical health.