Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology
Lynch School of 教育
Telephone: 617-552-4234
电子邮件: 保罗.poteat.1@sdtlsw.com
Bias-based Bullying
Mental Health and Resilience of LGBT Youth
Peer Group Social Networks and Socialization Processes
Developmental Trajectories of Diversity Attitudes and Behaviors
Social Norms and Ideology Beliefs Connected to Homophobic Attitudes and Behaviors
Dr. Poteat’s areas of research are: homophobic and other forms of bias-based bullying; discriminatory bullying/mental health and resilience of LGBT youth; peer group social networks and socialization processes; developmental trajectories of diversity attitudes and behaviors; social norms; and ideology beliefs connected to homophobic attitudes and behaviors. Dr. Poteat has written extensively on his topics of research; among the works he has been a co-author of: “Developmental Changes in Sexual Prejudice From Early to Late Adolescence: The Effects of Gender, 比赛, and Ideology on Different Patterns of Change (Developmental Psychology); “Gay-Straight Alliances are Associated with Student Health: A Multi-School Comparison of 同性恋群体 and Heterosexual Youth (Journal of 电子游戏正规平台 on Adolescence); “Adolescent Health and Harassment Based on Discriminatory Bias (American Journal of Public Health); “ The Effects of General and Homophobic Victimization on Adolescents' Psychosocial and 教育al Concerns: The Importance of Intersecting Identities and Parent Support (Journal of Counseling Psychology); and “When Biased Language Use is Associated with Bullying and Dominance: The Moderating Effect of Prejudice (Journal of Youth and Adolescence). Poteat is currently the associate editor of the Journal of 电子游戏正规平台 on Adolescence, where In 2015, he won the Article of the Year Award from the School Psychology Review.