Interests: Sexual- and gender-minority (LGBTQ+) youth issues, adolescent and emerging adult development, suicide, homelessness, substance use, religion & faith development, statistics, quantitative methods, secondary data analysis.
Main area of expertise is lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender (LGBT) youth. Also published in suicide, youth homelessness, substance use, and religion. Specialization in survey research and advanced statistical methods. Current projects include the development and evaluation of online materials for a quantitative-literacy-based Bachelor’s of Social Welfare (BSW) statistics course and analysis of data on LGBT youth suicide from the Centers for Disease Control’s National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS).