Christina Dyar, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral fellow who received her Ph.D. in Social and Health Psychology from Stony Brook University in 2016. Her research uses longitudinal and cross-sectional study designs and advanced statistical methods to examine the impact of psychosocial stressors (e.g., discrimination, internalized stigma, rejection sensitivity) on sexual identity and mental health (e.g., anxiety, depression, substance use) among sexual minorities (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer individuals) and how these processes differ for subgroups of sexual minorities (e.g., bisexual vs. lesbian/gay individuals, sexual minority women vs. sexual minority men). Her research has also used cross-sectional and experimental methods to examine factors that are associated with bias against sexual minorities, especially bisexuals, in order to identify potential mechanisms for interventions to target in order to reduce the prevalence of bias against sexual minorities. As a post-doctoral fellow, Christina is working on a number of projects relating to minority stress, mental health, intimate partner violence, and sexual identity, including the FAB400 project, a longitudinal study examining intimate partner violence and minority stress among sexual minority women, conducted in collaboration with IMPACT at Northwestern University.
Contact: dyar.christina@gmail.com
