Gender Affirmation Project
The Trans-ilience Research Lab is proud to partner with Allen Neighborhood Center and the MSU Triangle Bar Association to present the Gender Affirmation Project, a program that provides financial and practical assistance to transgender and nonbinary folks in Ingham County seeking to update their legal name and/or gender marker.
Student Accomplishments
Students in the lab are able to get involved in a variety of projects and often present their research at conferences and out in the community. Here are just a few of the accomplishments from students on our team!
Posters
Poster presentations by student research assistants at showcases and forums.
Research on Sex Education Experiences for Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals: A Scoping Review
Presented by Kalei Glozier at the 2024 National LGBTQ Health Conference
Reasons for Substance Use in Transgender Individuals
Terra Dunn, Megan Wertz, and Taylor Anderson won 3rd Place for their poster presentation at the Diversity Research Showcase (2021)
Data Integrity & Online Data Collection with Transgender Communities
Presented by Megan Wertz & Belle Hoke at the 2022 University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum
What Does It Mean to be a Woman or a Man? Examination of Social Construction of Gender
Ash Boss, Taylor Anderson, & Bella Andrus received a 1st Place award for their poster at MSU's Undergraduate Research Arts Forum (2019)
Mental Health Services for Transgender Clients: Responding to Sociopolitical Events and Helpful/Unhelpful Experiences
Terra Dunn & Megan Wertz won 3rd Place for their poster at the 5th Annual University-Wide Diversity Research Showcase (2022)
Correlates of Prejudice Towards Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals
Terra Dunn & Nina Brown received a 1st Place award for their poster at MSU's Undergraduate Research Arts Forum (2019)
Presentations
A Mixed Methods Analysis of Transgender and Nonbinary People's Perceptions of their State Context, Gender Minority Stress, and Mental Health
Devon Kimball presented common themes in how TNB people described how they are perceived in their state, and how those descriptions were related to their experience of stressors and mental health variables at the National LGBTQ Health Conference in Atlanta, GA on August 17th, 2024.
Transgender and Gender Diverse People’s Perspectives on Resilience
Kalei Glozier presented research from a recent focus group study conducted in the lab regarding transgender and non-binary people’s perspectives of resilience at the Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology conference in Boston, MA on June 14th, 2024. He chaired a symposium titled “Expanding Narratives about Transgender and Gender Diverse People’s Lives.”
Development and Validation of Novel Measures of Minority Stress Experiences for Transgender and Nonbinary People
Devon Kimball presented the team's work on the development and validation of our measure of minority stress specific to experiences of TNB people as a part of a symposium at the National Multicultural Conference and Summit in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (2024)
Transgender clients’ experiences in therapy: Responses to sociopolitical events and helpful and unhelpful experiences
Kalei Glozier presented the team's research on TGD people's therapy experiences at "Preaching to the Choir: An International LGBTQ+ Psychology & Related Social Sciences Conference" hosted by SOGII (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues), a section of the Canadian Psychological Association in Toronto, Canada on June 22nd, 2023.
What Does It Mean to be a Woman or a Man? Examination of the Social Construction of Gender
Ash Boss presented their work on how cisgender people define gender categories at MSU's Center for Gender in Global Contexts conference (2019).
Student Milestones
Comprehensive Exams:
"Research on Legislation Affecting Trans and Nonbinary Populations: A Scoping Review"
Devon Kimball (2024)
Comprehensive Exams:
"Research on Sex Education Experiences for Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals: A Scoping Review"
Kalei Glozier (2024)
Master's Thesis:
"The Impact of Multiple Forms of Discrimination on Mental Health in Transgender and Gender Diverse People"
Kalei Glozier (2022)
Master's Thesis:
"Contextual Support, Resilience, Allostatic Load, and Mental Health in Transgender and Gender Diverse People"
Devon Kimball (2022)
Student Awards and Grants
Graduate research assistant Devon Kimball was awarded the 2024 Graduate Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Research Grant. This grant is given to individuals who have developed an innovative and promising research proposal that advances the causes of justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Devon received this award to fund their dissertation work on “Trans and nonbinary perspectives on structural stigma.”
In fall 2024, graduate research assistant Mihael Macbeth was awarded the Global Queer Joy Fellowship grant by the Center for Gender in Global Context.
Professional Achievements
Trans-ilience team member Lydia Schultz passed the EPPP Licensure Exam in order to earn a Limited Master's Licensed Psychologist (LMLP) License in 2024. Congratulations Lydia!
