2017 Schedule
Thursday, May 25, 2017
2nd floor Ballroom
Illini Union
1401 W Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
9:30 am – 10 am: Registration
Methodological Workshops
10 am – 12 pm: Connecting with LGBTQ Communities Through Culturally Competent Internet Research
Panel Discussion: Academia and Activism
4-5:30pm:
Social Event: LGBTQ Trivia
5:30 pm – 7 pm
2nd floor Ballroom
Illini Union
1401 W Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
9:30 am – 10 am: Registration
- located on the 2nd floor outside the ballroom
Methodological Workshops
10 am – 12 pm: Connecting with LGBTQ Communities Through Culturally Competent Internet Research
- Led by Dr. Rachel Magee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- There are many restaurants located in the Basement Food Court of the Illini Union
- Many other lunch locations located on Green Street just West of the Illini Union (exit the building through the North doors that face Green St (not the quad side) and turn left)
- Led by Dr. Jeananne Nichols, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Men’s and Women’s restrooms located on 2nd floor
- All gender restroom located on 1st floor, Northeast side near room 104
Panel Discussion: Academia and Activism
4-5:30pm:
- This panel will discuss the role that Universities can play in advocating for social change alongside community activists. Panel members will discuss their organization’s work and how it relates to the broader context of academia. A discussion will follow, including questions from the audience.
- Includes presenters from: The Uniting Pride (UP) Center of Champaign County, Champaign-Urbana, Community United Church of Christ, Black Lives Matter: Champaign-Urbana, and The Education Justice Project of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Social Event: LGBTQ Trivia
5:30 pm – 7 pm
- Includes:
- Entertainment by Leggs McMuffin, award winning Champaign-Urbana drag queen
- Pizza dinner (vegetarian and meat options only; no vegan options)
- Prizes for winning trivia teams
Friday, May 26, 2017
Illini Union
1401 W Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
8:30 am – 9 am: Registration. 3rd floor outside of room 314.
9 am – 10:20 am: Breakout Session 1
Trans* Innovations (Room 314 A)
Invited Moderator: S. Okrey-Anderson
Family Processes (314 B; CEUs available)
Invited Moderator: Dr. Elizabeth Holman
10:20 am – 10:40 am: Break (all gender restroom located on the first floor, NE side)
10:40 am – 12 pm: Breakout Session 2
Queer Intersections (314 A)
Invited Moderator: Dr. Julie Dowling
Clinical Perspectives (314 B; CEUs available)
Invited Moderator: Dr. Erika Grafsky
12 pm – 2 pm: Lunch & Keynote (CEUs available)
2 pm – 3:20 pm: Breakout Session 3
Sex & Romance (314 A)
Invited Moderator: Dr. Kale Monk
Community Engaged Research (314 B; CEUs available)
Invited Moderator: Dr. Aaron Ebata
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm: Break (all gender restroom located on the first floor, NE side)
3:40 pm – 5 pm: Breakout Session 4
Generation Gender and Sexual Minority (314 A; CEUs available)
Invited Moderator: Jasmine Routon
Queer Methods (314 B)
Invited Moderator: Dr. Ramona Faith Oswald
5 pm – 5:15 pm: Break (all gender restroom located on the first floor, NE side)
5:15 – 6:30 pm: Poster Session and Networking (2nd floor Ballroom)
Illini Union
1401 W Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
8:30 am – 9 am: Registration. 3rd floor outside of room 314.
- Coffee and light breakfast will be served.
- Poster presenters should drop off their posters at the registration table - they will be displayed for you.
9 am – 10:20 am: Breakout Session 1
Trans* Innovations (Room 314 A)
Invited Moderator: S. Okrey-Anderson
- Beyond Barriers: A photovoice project on transgender healthcare access. (Emily Pike, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
- Client centered therapy as applied to work with transgender and gender diverse clients. (Douglas Knutson & Julie M. Koch, Oklahoma State University)
- Perspectives of caregivers of transgender and gender nonconforming children with ADHD. (Derek J. Mahan, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities & Katherine A. Kuvalanka, Miami University of Ohio)
Family Processes (314 B; CEUs available)
Invited Moderator: Dr. Elizabeth Holman
- Sexual minority adults raised in religious families: A national survey of family and college life. (Katie Heiden-Rootes, Ashley Wiegand, Dasha Carver, Saint Louis University)
- A grounded theory study of the parent and LGBTQ child relational process. (Tee R. Tyler & Jenna Stephenson, Texas Christian University)
- A snapshot of the experiences of pansexual adolescents: A descriptive exploration of disclosure experiences. (Mary R. Nedela, Michelle M. Murray, & Erika L. Grafsky, Virginia Tech)
- Social identity transitioning in the context of LGBTQ close relationships. (Tee R. Tyler, Texas Christian University)
10:20 am – 10:40 am: Break (all gender restroom located on the first floor, NE side)
10:40 am – 12 pm: Breakout Session 2
Queer Intersections (314 A)
Invited Moderator: Dr. Julie Dowling
- Serodiscordance: Divergent narratives of two HIV positive gay Black men from the southern US. (Samuel H Allen, University of Maryland)
- Influence of sexual orientation disclosure, family support, spirituality, and community involvement in the well being of LGBT+ Muslims. (Greta L. Stuhlsatz, Shane A. Kavanaugh, Ashley B. Taylor, Tricia K. Neppl, & Brenda J. Lohman, Iowa State University)
- Racial and queer socialization in Black and mixed race LGQ parent families. (Shawn N. Mendez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Community based research with LGBT affirming Black churches about the HIV AIDS crisis. (Terrence O. Lewis, West Chester University of Pennsylvania)
Clinical Perspectives (314 B; CEUs available)
Invited Moderator: Dr. Erika Grafsky
- Coping strategies, substance use, and mental health among sexual and gender minority youth. (Megan S. Paceley, University of Kansas, Jessica Fish, University of Texas – Austin, & Nikolaus Schuetz, University of Kansas)
- Implementing attachment based family therapy in community settings for suicidal LGBTQ youth. (Jody Russon, Drexel University)
- The PROSY Project: A program evaluation of a piloted multifaceted mental health service project for black sexual minority adolescents in foster care and the child welfare system. (Eddie D. Burks, Adler University)
- LGBTQ psychology graduate students: Is our space affirming? (Dawn Brown, Miguel Herrera, Divya Robin, & Anita Hund, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
12 pm – 2 pm: Lunch & Keynote (CEUs available)
- Buffet lunch, including meat, vegetarian and vegan options, will be served
- Illini Union 2nd Floor Ballroom
- Student paper award presented
- Keynote: “The Family Acceptance Project,” Dr. Caitlin Ryan, San Francisco State University
2 pm – 3:20 pm: Breakout Session 3
Sex & Romance (314 A)
Invited Moderator: Dr. Kale Monk
- Relationship satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, and attachment identity between heterosexual and sexual minority females. (Amy L. Wright, Louisiana State University)
- Discussions of bisexuality among sexual minority women of the baby boom cohort. (Erin S. Lavender-Stott, Virginia Tech)
- “We are two of the lucky ones:” Marriage and family well-being for same-sex couples. (Heather R. Kennedy, Steven Dreesman, & Rochelle L. Dalla, University of Northern-Iowa)
- Wading into the polyamorous dating pool with gender diverse folks. (Julie Walsh, Indiana University)
Community Engaged Research (314 B; CEUs available)
Invited Moderator: Dr. Aaron Ebata
- Community capacity for LGBT parent families living in nonmetropolitan communities. (Jasmine Routon & Ramona Faith Oswald, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Gay Dayton: An oral history project. (Jim McKinnon, Dayton LGBT Center, Dayton, OH)
- Non-binary identities and gender expression: A photovoice pilot. (Marea K. Kinney & Richard A. Brandon-Friedman, Indiana University)
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm: Break (all gender restroom located on the first floor, NE side)
3:40 pm – 5 pm: Breakout Session 4
Generation Gender and Sexual Minority (314 A; CEUs available)
Invited Moderator: Jasmine Routon
- Generation GSM: Research and practice with today's gender and sexual minority youth
Queer Methods (314 B)
Invited Moderator: Dr. Ramona Faith Oswald
- Queer methods: Toward gender literate measurement. (Jory M. Catalpa & Jenifer McGuire, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)
- Eliciting minority stress: The development of novel film-based stimuli for experimental research on sexual minorities. (Ilana Seager & Amelia Aldao, The Ohio State University)
- Reflections from a queer researcher doing queer research. (Kristen E. Benson, North Dakota State University)
5 pm – 5:15 pm: Break (all gender restroom located on the first floor, NE side)
5:15 – 6:30 pm: Poster Session and Networking (2nd floor Ballroom)
- Poster presenters should stand near their posters for the first 30 minutes
- Snacks provided
- Cash bar available
- Experimental induction of minority stress and peer influence: What is most linked to risky decision making by sexual minority adults? (Hunter Hahn, Ilana Seager; Nathaniel Haines, & Woo-Young Ahn, The Ohio State University)
- A exploration of workplace experiences amongst self-identified minority beginning therapists. (Natasha Williams, Purdue University Northwest)
- Gay male teachers: Problems with passion and policy. (Alex Dzurick, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Quality of life for the US military LGB service member in open service. (Karolina Przegienda, Adler University)
- Radical honesty: An LGBTQ music educator’s negotiation of professional identity and responsibility. (Latasha Thomas, Michigan State University)
- The relationship between sexuality, professional identity integration, and empathy in the communal workplace. (Casey Vázquez, Kyle A Simon, Melanie M Henderson, Jacob T Henicheck, & Rachel H Farr, University of Kentucky.)
- Retrospective feelings of difference among sexual minority and heterosexual adults. (Kyle A. Simon, University of Kentucky)
- Transgender youth in school music ensembles. (Emma Joy Jampole, University of Wisconsin Madison)
- Understanding gender fluidity. (Kelli Zenner & Maya Gann-Bociek, Southern Illinois University)