Joshua Kellison is a Clinical Psychology doctoral student in the Psychology Department of Arizona State University and is currently a graduate research assistant at the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC). His adviser is Dr. Felipe Gonzalez Castro. He graduated as a McNair Scholar June 2007 cum laude from the University of California, San Diego with honors and received bachelors degrees in Psychology and Critical Gender Studies.
His overarching research interests mainly involve minority (both sexual and racial minority) family dynamics but also include gender studies, Hispanic health issues, substance abuse disorders, and LGBT community interventions. He is currently helping to develop a Parent Component for the Keepin' It REAL youth drug prevention program. He received his masters in July 2009 with his integrative mixed-methods thesis that examined the relationship of machismo and resilience in Hispanic men. He is currently developing a study examining lesbian and gay (LG) families and the effects of discrimination, biological relatedness, and degree of "outness" on LG parenting.
- Crnic,Keith Alan*, Kellison,Joshua Gene. Lesbian and Gay Families: An Analysis of Family Resilience and Parenting Needs. HHS-NIH-NICHD(8/1/2012 - 7/31/2013).