2015 program:
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015
1pm – 2:30pm Latent Class Analysis (methodological workshop)
· Led by Dr. Jessica Fish, University of Arizona
· ACES Library, UIUC (1101 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL)
· Monsanto Room (in the basement)
3pm – 4:30pm Participatory Action Research (methodological workshop)
· Led by Dr. M. Alex Wagaman, Virginia Commonwealth University
· ACES Library, UIUC (1101 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL)
· Monsanto Room (in the basement)
Dinner is not provided.
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015
8:00am – 8:30 am Registration open at the I-Hotel
· Coffee and pastries will be served.
8:30am – 10:00am Keynote address with Q&A
· Researching LGBTQ Families in a Time of Change
· Dr. Abbie Goldberg, Clark University
· Illinois BC Ballroom
10:00am – 10:20am BREAK
10:20am – 11:40am Breakout session 1
Law and Policy: Changing the Context (Loyalty room)
Research with and for LGBTQ youth (Excellence Room)
11:40am – 12:30pm Lunch (included in registration costs)
· Buffet lunch will be served.
· Illinois BC Ballroom
· The Outstanding Student Paper Award will be presented.
12:30pm – 1:50pm Breakout session 2
Rural Invisibility (Loyalty room)
LGBTQ Victimization and Homophobia in Schools (Excellence Room)
1:50pm – 2:00pm BREAK
2:00pm – 3:20pm Breakout session 3
Methodological Considerations in Diverse Social Contexts (Loyalty room)
Queering Relationship Research (Excellence Room)
3:20pm – 3:40pm BREAK
3:40pm – 5:00pm Breakout session 4
Moving Forward and Creating Change (Loyalty room)
Building Social Supports for LGBTQ Populations (Excellence Room)
1pm – 2:30pm Latent Class Analysis (methodological workshop)
· Led by Dr. Jessica Fish, University of Arizona
· ACES Library, UIUC (1101 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL)
· Monsanto Room (in the basement)
3pm – 4:30pm Participatory Action Research (methodological workshop)
· Led by Dr. M. Alex Wagaman, Virginia Commonwealth University
· ACES Library, UIUC (1101 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL)
· Monsanto Room (in the basement)
Dinner is not provided.
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015
8:00am – 8:30 am Registration open at the I-Hotel
· Coffee and pastries will be served.
8:30am – 10:00am Keynote address with Q&A
· Researching LGBTQ Families in a Time of Change
· Dr. Abbie Goldberg, Clark University
· Illinois BC Ballroom
10:00am – 10:20am BREAK
10:20am – 11:40am Breakout session 1
Law and Policy: Changing the Context (Loyalty room)
- Legal recognition of same-sex relationship: New possibilities for research on the role of marriage law in household labor allocation (Deborah A. Widiss, Indiana University)
- Marriage equality policy and well-being for members of same-sex couples (Heather R. Kennedy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Research with and for LGBTQ youth (Excellence Room)
- Gender, body size, and body image: A qualitative analysis of transgender youth (Jennifer L. Doty, Jory M. Catalpa, Na Zhang, Jenifer McGuire, University of Minnesota)
- Body art as representations of identity among transgender youth (Alison J. Chrisler, Michigan State University; Jenifer K. McGuire, University of Minnesota)
- Out from under the umbrella: Addressing the unique needs of bisexually attracted young adults (A. Del Quest, University of North Dakota)
- Intersections and identities: Black LGBQ youths' perceptions of parental acceptance/rejection and psychological wellbeing (Monique D. Walker, Drexel University)
11:40am – 12:30pm Lunch (included in registration costs)
· Buffet lunch will be served.
· Illinois BC Ballroom
· The Outstanding Student Paper Award will be presented.
12:30pm – 1:50pm Breakout session 2
Rural Invisibility (Loyalty room)
- The health of rural gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: Engaging communities to move from invisibility to action (Randolph D. Hubach, Colton Brown, Joseph M. Currin, Oklahoma State University)
LGBTQ Victimization and Homophobia in Schools (Excellence Room)
- Variations in school-based victimization and associations with psychological wellbeing across transgender subgroups (June Paul, Maurice Gattis, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Preliminary qualitative findings associated with experiences of homophobia in the classroom from the social work student speaks out survey (Michael P. Dentato, Loyola University Chicago)
- Are school policies focused on sexual orientation and gender identity associated with less bullying? Teachers' perspectives. (Jack Day, Stephen Russell, University of Arizona; Russell Toomey, Kent State University; Salvatore Ioverno, Sapienza University of Rome)
1:50pm – 2:00pm BREAK
2:00pm – 3:20pm Breakout session 3
Methodological Considerations in Diverse Social Contexts (Loyalty room)
- Finding the hidden participant: Recruitment experiences from two qualitative studies with doubly vulnerable LGB populations (Amy Ellard-Gray, University of Guelph)
- Using mixed methods to engage with social change and the changing social context for LGBT populations (Megan S. Paceley, Amanda Hwu, Hortencia Arizpe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Challenges of conducting sexual minority research in Southwest Virginia (Erin S. Lavender-Stott, Erika Grafsky, Sarah Steelman, Hoa Nguyen, Emily Haugen, John Wall, Virginia Tech)
Queering Relationship Research (Excellence Room)
- Men's friendships: When, where, and why do identities matter? (Jeremy Robinett, Western Illinois University)
- Coming out experiences of lesbian adoptees (Theresa A. Cain, Smith College)
- When two become one: Erasure of bi-identity in monogamous relationships (Sarah M. Steelman, Erika L. Grafsky, Virginia Tech)
- Fatherhood in America: Path analysis using a national dataset and methodological challenges in a queer analysis of family formation (Emma C. Potter, Tina Savla, Christine Kaestle, Virginia Tech)
3:20pm – 3:40pm BREAK
3:40pm – 5:00pm Breakout session 4
Moving Forward and Creating Change (Loyalty room)
- The school experiences of transgender and gender noncomonforming youth in Wisconsin (Maurice Gattis, Sara McKinnon, Lane Hanson, & Sean Hubbard University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Ally as a verb: Allying for sexual minorities in the classroom (Jennifer Thomas, Christopher Cayari, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Countering the norm, re-authoring our lives: The promise counter-storytelling has for LGBTQ youth (Lorraine C. Obejero, M. Alex Wagaman, Virginia Commonwealth University)
Building Social Supports for LGBTQ Populations (Excellence Room)
- The emotional wellbeing of mothers of gender nonconforming children: Predictors, moderators, and reflections (Sam Allen, University of Maryland; Katherine Kuvalanka, Miami University; Leigh Leslies, University of Maryland)
- LGBQ social support profiles and their association with mental health and substance use (Jessica N. Fish, Jack K. Day, Andrea Tanaka, Stephen T. Russell, Arnold H. Grossman, University of Arizona)
- "If you woke up tomorrow and homosexuality was completely accepted…": Descriptions of the total acceptance homosexuality by members of a university's LGBTAQ community (Craig Tollini, Julie Herbstrith, Sharrice Hewlett-Boyd, Marjorie Hurtado, Western Illinois University)
- Support, hostility, and LGBTQ well-being: The role of religion, community, and family (Elizabeth G. Holman, Sarah Okrey-Anderson, Ramona Faith Oswald, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)