Directors
Darren Cosgrove, PhD, MSW
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G. Allen Ratliff, PhD, MSW, LCSW
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Killian Kinney, PhD, MSW
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Affiliated Faculty
Kate Kuvalanka, PhD
she/her Katherine (Kate) Kuvalanka earned her PhD in family studies from the University of Maryland and joined the Miami University faculty in 2007. Her research focuses on families with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) family members and factors ranging from the proximal (e.g., individual, family, school) to the distal (e.g., legal climate) that pose challenges to, and foster resilience among, families with LGBTQ members. Dr. Kuvalanka has received funding from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and the American Psychological Foundation. She is on the editorial board for the Journal of GLBT Family Studies and the Journal of Youth & Adolescence and is the principal investigator of the Trans*Kids Project (http://transkids.info/), a longitudinal study of 50 families with transgender and gender-diverse children. |
Ivy, PawhD
she/her Originally from Los Angeles, Ivy is the lab support dog and mascot. Ivy has observed numerous doctoral-level courses in critical theories, research design, and qualitative and geospatial methodologies. She has a background in setting boundaries with regard to when and how she is comfortable receiving physical affection. In addition, she communicates clear expectations that she deserves all the peanut butter, bananas, and pizza. Ivy provides emotional support to the lab by being aloof and beautiful, sniffing fabrics, snoring adorably, and waving her flag tail as she wanders around. Ivy is not available for consultation at this time, but may deign to greet anyone who acknowledges her dog-embodied humanity and social positionality. |