Research: Gender Identity, Gender Dysphoria, Transgender–Graduate Theses and Dissertations

January 2025 Update: References for Graduate Degree Publications (abstract or full-text)

2024-2025

• Exemplar Trans-Affirmative Therapists: A Consensual Qualitative Research Study (2024), by Shannon Skaistis, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Marquette University
• Worldbuilding: A Theory of Resilience in Transgender and Gender Expansive Young People (2024), by Jennifer DeBower, unpublished PhD dissertation, City University of New York
• “The whole world opened up, there’s no better word for it than euphoria”: Experience Of Embodiment In Trans*feminine Individuals (2024), unpublished Master’s degree thesis, Western University
• Supporting Gender Identity in Early Childhood: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Parenting a Gender Variant Child Under Age 6 Years (2024), by Deborah L. Hahn, unpublished PhD dissertation, Walden University
• Experiences of Gender Euphoria and Gender Contentment Among Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender Diverse Adults (2024), by Sam Potter, unpublished Master’s in Social Work thesis, California State University, Sacramento
• “I Have Kept it a Secret My Whole Life”: Sexual and Gender Minority Identity Concealment, Secret Keeping, and Minority Stress (2024), by Marc Troy Dennis, unpublished Master’s thesis, Carleton University
• A Descriptive Intersectional Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence and Trans-specific Partner Abuse Among Transgender and Non-binary People in Canada (2024), by Bisola F. Hamzat, unpublished Master’s thesis, University of Western Ontario (Canada)
• Health Care and Social Predictors of Gender Positivity and Gender Distress Among Transgender and Nonbinary People in Canada (2024), by Lux Xi, unpublished Master’s thesis, Western University
• Application of an Intersectional Framework to Understand Health of Transgender Women: The Intersectional Minority Stress and Social Safety Framework (2024), by Erica P. Wood, unpublished doctoral dissertation, New York University
• A Qualitative Meta-Analysis Examining the Functions and Meanings of Gender in Transgender Identity Development (2024), unpublished Master’s Thesis, University of Massachusetts, Boston
• Motivators to use Primary Healthcare: The Transgender or Gender-diverse Individual’s Experience (2024), by Jessica Ouzts, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Georgia State University
  
  2023
  
  
• Examining the Academic Distress and Career Concerns Among Sexual and Gender Minority College Students who Seek Counseling (2023), by Christopher Hughes, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Penn State University
• Motivators for Transgender and Gender Diverse Related Activism and Policy Action in the United States (2023), by Leonardo Kattari, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Michigan State University
• The Role of Authenticity in the Link Between Self-Determination, Gender Minority Stress, Psychological Well-being and Distress in Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender Expansive Individuals (2023), by Zakary Alexander Clements, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Kentucky
• “The Right Story”: Discursive Strategies in Gender Affirming Healthcare Access (2023), by Lex Konnelly, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Toronto
• Exploring the Dynamics of Transgender People’s Relationships (2023), by T. Lewis, unpublished PhD dissertation, University of Exeter (UK)
• Transgender Health Disparities: Experiences of Societal Pressure, Gender Dysphoria, and Body Dissatisfaction (2023), by Victoria Klennert, unpublished Master’s thesis, Arizona State University
• Suicide Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Young Adults: Sociodemographic and Contextual Minority Stress Factors (2023), by Avery M. Anderson, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University
• Physician Attitudes Toward Transgender Patients: A Quantitative Study (2023), by A.P. Carmichael, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Widener University
• Increasing the Cultural Competency of Healthcare Providers Caring for Transgender Individuals (2023), by Lee Daniel Reeves-Blurton, unpublished Doctor of Nursing dissertation, University of Arizona
• Examining Cisgender Mental Health Practitioner Responses to Transgender and Nonbinary Clients: An Experimental Vignette Study (2023), by Emily Wilson, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Nebraska
• Transgender Family Transitions: A Sibling Perspective (2023), by Mariessa Robles, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Long Island University
• Familial Support, Coming Out Age and Mental Health Symptoms in Transgender Youth (2023), by Samantha Sims, unpublished Doctor of Psychology dissertation, Palo Alto University
• Preparing Counselors to Meet the Needs of Transgender Clients (2023), by Kristy Carangi, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Antioch University Seattle
• Development and Validation of the Competencies in Sexual Health Counseling With Trans and Gender Diverse Clients Scale (CSHC-TGDS) (2023), by Karen Lenore Stovall, unpublished Doctor of Psychology dissertation, University of Utah
• The Influence of Rejection on Life and Health Outcomes Among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Adults in the U.S. (2023), by Trye Mica Price, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
• Self-regulation as a Promotive and Protective Factor of Mental Health in Gender and Sexual Orientation Diverse Emerging Adults (2023), by Hana-May Eadeh, unpublished Doctor of Psychology dissertation, University of Iowa
• The Experience of Transitioning for the Transgender Person: An Appreciative Inquiry Approach to Advance Gender Affirming Care (2023), by Shelley Evans, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Windsor (Canada)
• Identity Work Across the Gender Spectrum : Negotiations of Membership, Healthcare, and Resilience in Transgender and Nonbinary Populations (2023), by David Kyle G.R. Sutherland, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of British Columbia
• An Inaugural, Qualitative Examination of the Relationships Between People With Gender Nonconforming Expression and Social Anxiety (2023), by Chrystiana Jones, unpublished doctoral dissertation, National Louis University
• Language Ideologies in Transgender Communities in the U.S. South (2023), by Archie Crowley, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina
• Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Leaders and Leadership: A Foundational and Integrative Review (2023), by Jody Condit Fagan, unpublished doctoral dissertation, James Madison University
• Developing Cisgender Mental Health Practitioner Responses to Transgender and Nonbinary Clients: An Experimental Vignette Study (2023), unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Nebraska
• Exploration of Nurses’ Knowledge about Healthcare for Transgender Patients (2023), by Elizabeth A. Kempt, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Walden University
• DIY Transition: Informal Hormone Use and Transgender Community Care in The Netherlands (2023), by Elise Alkemade, unpublished Master’s thesis, Utrecht University (Netherlands)
• {NEW} They’re Speaking Gender Identity, Agency, and Belonging in an International Middle School (2023), by Gina Elise Jeanelle Lappe, unpublished doctoral dissertation, East Carolina University
• {NEW} Gender Dysphoria and Being Human (2023), by Bella Rocha, unpublished Master’s of Science degree thesis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• {NEW} The Question Concerning Endocrinology: Judith Butler’s Gender Theory and Transgender Hormone Therapy (2023), unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Texas
• {NEW} Eating Disorder Symptoms in Transgender Adults: Examining the Impact of Gender Dysphoria and Minority Stress on Eating Disorder Symptomatology (2023), by Elliott Bothelho, unpublished Master of Arts degree thesis, University of Alabama at Bermingham
• {NEW} Transgender Health Disparities: Experiences of Societal Pressure, Gender Dysphoria and Body Dissatisfaction (2023), by Victoria Klennert, unpublished Master’s of Science degree thesis, Arizona State University
  
  2022
  
  
• Double Exclusion to Double Embrace: Caring for the Spiritual Care Needs of Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming, and Nonbinary People and Communities (2022), by Angel Celeste Collie, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Duke University
• Non-binary Individuals’ Experiences of Gender Dysphoria: A Phenomenological Exploration (2022), by Ashley Jean Macbeth, unpublished Master’s of Science degree thesis, Iowa State University
• Adverse childhood experiences, gender non-affirmation, social support, and psychological distress in transgender and non-binary adults in the United States (2022), by Brooke Lynn Thingvold, unpublished Master’s thesis, Kansas State University
• The Institutional and Social Change Making of Transmasculine Health in Los Angeles (2022), by Sid Peterson Jordan, unpublished doctoral dissertation, UCLA
• {NEW} Navigating the Medicalization of Gender Identity: A Qualitative Study of Transgender People’s Experiences of Healthcare in the American Midwest (2022), by S. Murawasky, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati
• {NEW} Gender Pleasure: The Positive Affective Component of Gender/Sex, by Will Beischel, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan
• Policy Momentum and Transgender Policy Exclusion: Explaining National Policy Change (2022), unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Western Ontario
• Assessing Gender Dysphoria (2022), by Sarah Joy Bowman, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Technology Sydney, School of Health
• Understanding Unwanted Sexual Experiences of Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study (2022), by Michael Scheel, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
  
  
  2020-2021
  
  
• Warm or Chilly? An Assessment of the Relationships between Campus Climate and Gender Identity among Transgender and Nonbinary College Students (2021), by Emma Allen-Morgan, unpublished Master’s thesis, University of Northern Colorado
• Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People’s Perceptions Regarding the Practice of Gender Affirming Counseling (2022), by Joseph R. Krivos, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Kent State University
• How Transgender Students Get In, Pay for, and Explore Gender in College (2021), by Alex C. Lange, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Iowa
• How have you Experienced Being on Testosterone? Narrative Inquiry into the T-body Experience (2021), by Noah Andrew, unpublished Master’s degree thesis, University of Northern Iowa
• Contemporary Complexities in Transgender Care: Disentangling the Intersections Among Gender Diversity, Autism, and Mental Health (2021), by Anna Irea Rosa van der Miesen, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Amsterdam
• Being Transgender: Effects of Behaviour, Arousal and Wellbeing (2021), by Jamie Raines, PhD thesis, University of Essex (UK)
• Psychotherapists’ Approaches to Transgender Affirmative Psychotherapy (2021), by Jordyn Banks, unpublished Master’s thesis, University of Western Ontario
• HIDING THE AUTHENTIC SELF: CONCEALMENT OF GENDER AND SEXUAL IDENTITY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR AUTHENTICITYAND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING (2021), by James Michael Brennan, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Montana
• NONDISCLOSURE OF TRANS GROUP STATUS AMONG TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS (2021), by Alexander Williams, unpublished Master’s thesis, Western Kentucky University
• Learning to Thrive in a Binary World: Understanding the Gendered Experiences of Nonbinary Individuals and Ways to Bolster Wellbeing (2021), by M. William Kinney, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Indiana University
• “My Gender is Lesbian”: Community Building and the Endurance of the Lesbian in Queer Times (2021), by Adriano Sisko, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Kentucky
• Don’t Ignore my Voice: A Call to Action by and for Gender Expansive Youth (2021), by Sam Hoyo, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Massachusetts at Boston
• Transgender/Gender Nonbinary Students with Disabilities: Best Practices for Disability Support Services Providers in Postsecondary Education (2021), by Dana M. Cea, unpublished doctoral dissertation, East Carolina University
• A Phenomenological Study of Nonbinary Resilience and Mental Health (2020), by Calvin J. Hall III, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Are you a Boy or Girl? Representations of Transgender Children in Picture Books (2020), by Joshua Hill, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina
• Joyful Bodies, Joyful Minds: Gender Euphoria among Transgender Adults Living in Canada (2020), by Sam Tacit, unpublished Master’s thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland
• Factors Associated with Resilience and Sense of Coherence in Adult Transgender Persons: Identifying Predictors to Reduce Health Disparities in a Vulnerable Population (2020), by Jake Bush, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Central Florida
• Nonbinary and Gender Expansive Young Adults: Perceptions of their Lived Experiences with Gender Identity (2020), by Devyn Adrian Box, unpublished Master’s thesis, University of Texas at Arlington
  
  
  2018-2019
  
  
• Intersecting Realities: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Experiences of Stress and Coping among Transgender Latinx Immigrants (2019), by Silvia P. Salas, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• {NEW} Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation Among Transgender Individuals with Gender Dysphoria Receiving Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy (2019), unpublished Master’s of Science degree thesis, University of Nevada at Las Vegas
• Stress and Resilience in Gender Nonbinary Individuals (2019), by Kristen Puckett, unpublished Master’s thesis, East Carolina University
• Health Care Use Among Transgender and Other Gender Diverse People in the United States: Influences of Stigma and Resilience (2019), by Tamar Goldenberg, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan
• “Picking my Battles: Examining the Experiences of Gender Non-binary Identities within the U.S. (2019), by Mika Raylen Richards, unpublished Master’s thesis, Illinois State University
• More than an Apple a Day: Health Care Utilization Among Transgender People in the U.S. (2019), by Justin E. Lerner, unpublished doctoral dissertation, New York University
• Before Transsexuality: Transgender Lives and Practices in Nineteenth-century America (2019), by Jesse Baker, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Rutgers University
• Social Work Students’ Knowledge of and Attitudes Towards Working with Transgender Clients (2019), by Edgar Camacho & Devin Rachel Hoff, unpublished Masters of Social Work (MSW) thesis, California State University at San Bernardino
• Trans in Higher Ed: Understanding the Experiences of Transgender and Nonbinary College Students (2019), by Katherine Cochran, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
• #Nonbinary, #Genderqueer: Non-binary Gender World-making through the Networked Counterpublic of Tumblr (2019), by Megan M. Opperman, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University
• Refracting Gender: Experiences of Transgender Students in Postsecondary STEM Education (2018), by Elizabeth Kersey, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University
• Case Study Analysis of Minority Stress Regarding the Academic and Social Emotional Health of a Transgender Student (2018), by Laurie Vallieres, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Seattle Pacific University
• Trans-situated Gender Labor: Trans/Nonbinary Individuals Negotiating Gender & Race in Intimate Relationships (2018), by Alithia Zamantakis, unpublished Master’s thesis, Georgia State University
  
  
  2012-2017
  
  
• Examining the Lived Experiences of Undergraduate Transgender Students at Four Year Institutions in the South (2017), by Christy E. Heaton, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of New Orleans
• Love is Gender Blind: The Lived Experiences of Transgender Couples who Navigate One Partner’s Gender Transition (2017), by Barry Lynn Motter, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Northern Colorado
• Gender Identity and Childhood Experiences: An Introductory Quantitative Study of the Relationship between Gender Identity and Adverse Childhood Experiences (2017), by Liam P. Malone, unpublished Master’s thesis, Smith College
• Investigation of Health Risk Patterns across Sexual and Gender Minority Identities (2017), by Loren Andrew Bauerband, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Rhode Island
• Gender Inequality: Nonbinary Transgender People in the Workplace (2016), by Skylar Davidson, unpublished Master’s thesis, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• Transgender Self-Attitudes: Formation and Change, A Qualitative Study (2016), by Juliet Ezhil Meggs, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Tennessee
• Transgender Students in Higher Education: An IPA Study of Experiences and Access of Transgender Students (2014), by Noelle Patrise Roop, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Northeastern University
• A Mixed Methods Examination of Structural Bigenderism and the Consequences for Transgender and Gender Variant People (2013), unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Denver
• Victims Outside the Binary: Transgender Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (2013), by Xavier Diaz, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Central Florida
• The Relation between Spiritual Beliefs and Practices to Psychological Well-Being Among Latino Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Individuals (2012), unpublished doctoral dissertation by Christopher James B.H. Bauchman, Pacific University