Assistant Professor in the Program in Human Sexuality at the University of Minnesota
About
G. Nic Rider, PhD, LP, is an assistant professor at the Program in Human Sexuality at the University of Minnesota Medical School and the co-associate director for research for the National Center for Gender Spectrum Health. Dr. Rider has professional interests in the areas of gender and sexual identity development, intersections of identities, discrimination and microaggressions, sexual trauma/abuse recovery, and social justice advocacy. They are on the executive board for the Asian American Psychological Association‚ Äôs Division on LGBTQQ Issues. Dr. Rider received a doctorate in counseling psychology from Howard University in Washington, DC. They were also the first Randi and Fred Ettner Postdoctoral Fellow in Transgender Health at the Program in Human Sexuality, University of Minnesota Medical School.
Current Work:
Dr. Rider's scholarly work focuses on health disparities, minority stressors, and care utilization among LGBTQ individuals and documents the critical need for affirmative, culturally sensitive, high quality prevention and intervention strategies for this underserved community. For example, their research has used mixed methods strategies applied to the examination of healthcare disparities and resilience factors in transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adolescents. Dr. Rider has also recently received grant funding to conduct a clinically relevant research project focused on exploring the health and healthcare needs of LGBTQ refugees in East Africa.
Research Area Keyword(s):
LGBTQ, transgender and gender diverse, adolescence, intersectionality, decolonization
