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Summer Writing Retreat

Dr. Gonzalez with faculty collaborators Dr. Della Mosley (University of Florida), Dr. Chelsea Derlan (Virginia Commonwealth University), Dr. Cristalis Capielo Rosario (Arizona State University), & Dr. Roberto Abreu (Tennessee State University).

Karina Gattamorta, EdS, PhD, is a Research Associate Professor at the School of Nursing and Health Studies (SONHS) at the University of Miami. She conducts research with racial/ethnic sexual minority youth and their families. She is the research partner on an NIH grant titled “Leveraging a Community-Driven Approach and AI to Advance Structural Changes and Improve Health”. She is also an MPI on the Healthy Familias study, a project that examines the health of families with LGBTQ youth. Her goals are to continue working with diverse LGBTQ youth, their families and communities, to help address externalizing stressors such as racism and family rejection that are linked to disparities in mental and behavioral health among this population.  

Patrick R. Grzanka, Ph.D. [he/him/his] is an applied feminist psychologist and social issues researcher. His research examines how social institutions that purport to help, including science, education, health care, and medicine, (re)produce harm. He uses quantitative and qualitative methods to explore complex social inequalities at the intersection of race, gender/sex, and sexuality. His scholarship has sought to elaborate how intersectionality can be responsibly used as a tool for social science and social justice. He has longstanding interest in the ways beliefs about social categories and scientific knowledge are deployed in social movements. Much of his current work uses the reproductive justice framework to understand how young people in the United States negotiate reproductive health care and sexual politics in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs decision. He is currently working on the third edition of my book Intersectionality: Foundations and Frontiers (Routledge), as well as a book manuscript under contract with Cambridge University Press titled The “Born This Way” Wars: Sexuality, Science, and the Future of Equality. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and former President of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Before coming to UM, he was Professor of Psychology and the inaugural Divisional Dean for Social Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Russ Toomey, Ph.D. [they/he] is Professor and University Distinguished Scholar of Human Development and Family Science at the University of Arizona. Dr. Toomey conducts research on the processes by which sexual and gender minority youth thrive and are resilient despite the oppressive barriers and challenges they encounter in society. Their research identifies both the individual-level mechanisms (e.g., coping, activism) and systems-level policies (e.g., inclusive school policies) that reduce the impacts of discrimination and contribute to optimal health, well-being, and educational outcomes. At the University of Arizona, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on professional development, human sexuality, and advanced graduate-level applied statistics. Dr. Toomey has served on the Executive Council for the Society for Research on Adolescence, the Governing Council of the Society for Research in Child Development, and currently serves on Editorial Boards for Youth & Society and the Journal of Youth and Adolescence.

 
Cristalís Capielo, Ph.D. - Arizona State University

Dr. Cristalís Capielo Rosario is a tenure-track assistant professor in the Counseling and Counseling Psychology Program at Arizona State University. Dr. Capielo Rosario’s research lab, Psicologia Latinx en Accion (PLENA), focuses on investigating sociocultural and sociopolitical determinants of the wellbeing of Latinx communities, particularly Puerto Ricans living in the United States. Her most recent publication shows how the colonization of Puerto Rico negatively influences the psychological health of Puerto Ricans. Dr. Capielo Rosario’s research findings have been featured in regional and national academic and community conferences and news outlets such as NBC News. 

Roberto Abreu, Ph.D. - Tennessee State University

Roberto L. Abreu, Ph.D., [he/him/his], is an Assistant Professor in Counseling Psychology at Tennessee State University (TSU). Dr. Abreu graduated from the University of Kentucky (UK) with a PhD in Counseling Psychology and completed his internship at the Federal Medical Center (Bureau of Prisons). He is also an APA Minority Fellow. Dr. Abreu’s research, mentorship approach, teaching, and advocacy is guided by social justice principles that aim to serve and liberate oppressed communities. His research focuses on the well-being of LGBTQ individuals, people of Color (POC), and those who self-identify at the intersection of LGBTQ and POC identities. Specifically, Dr. Abreu’s research explores ways in which family and community members navigate relationships with their LGBTQ members, experiences of acculturative stress, vicarious post-traumatic growth, and oppression toward Latinx immigrants. Dr. Abreu is a member of the APA Taskforce that will revise the psychological guidelines for working the LGB clients.

della Mosley, Ph.D. - University of Florida

Della V. Mosley, Ph.D., [she/her/hers], is an Assistant Professor in the Counseling Psychology Program at the University of Florida. She developed and leads the Wellness, Equity, Love, Liberation, and Sexuality (WELLS) Healing and Research Collective. Della received her doctorate in counseling psychology from the APA-accredited program at the University of Kentucky and completed her APA doctoral internship at Duke University Counseling and Psychological Services. Della tends to utilize contextually rich, qualitative, and intersectional approaches to exploring the experiences and promoting the psychological and political wellness of Black, queer, transgender and/or gender-expansive people. She has published, been invited to speak, and advocated extensively on issues impacting these communities. Della recently served as co-chair of the American Psychological Association’s Society for the Psychological Study of Race, Ethnicity and Culture (Division 45) Presidential Task Force: "Promoting Healing through Social Justice." She co-authors a Psychology Today blog with the Psychology of Radical Healing Collective titled "Healing through Social Justice" and is an APA Minority Fellow.