J Garrett-Walker

Dr. J Garrett-Walker is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of San Francisco. Dr. J Garrett-Walker is a developmental psychologist whose research focuses on mental health and multiple identity development for two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (2SLGBTQ+) emerging adults with a focus on Black and other racialized communities. Prof. Garrett-Walker teaches courses in research design, developmental psychology, and privilege, power, and oppression.

Dr. Garrett-Walker utilizes quantitative and qualitative methodologies to examine the intersections of multiple identities; specifically gender, race, religion, and sexuality. They are most interested in the ways in which BIPOC 2SLGBTQ+ young adults maintain positive mental health and well-being in the face of negative religious rhetoric, racism, homophobia, transphobia, cissexism, and heterosexism. Dr. Garrett-Walker's work has emphasized the role of identity in the development of culturally competent HIV prevention interventions and community resources. All of Prof. Garrett-Walker's research challenges systems and structures that seek to oppress, and marginalize, racialized gender and sexually expansive people.

• Identity development for Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adolescents and emerging adults

• PhD, Graduate Center of City University of New York
• BA, University of San Francisco

• Wootton, A. R., Soled, K., Puckett, J., Garrett-Walker, J. J., Hill, A. P., Delucio, K., Veldhuis, C. (2023). Community (dis)connectedness and identity among LGBTQIA+ people during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative cross-sectional and longitudinal trajectory study. Psychology & Sexuality, 1-23.
• Lassiter, J. M., Garrett-Walker, J. J., Anwar, K.*, Foye, A.*, & Follins, L. (2023). Black Sexual and Gender Diverse Scholars’ Contributions to Psychology. American Psychologist, 78(4), 589–600.
• Edwards, O. W., Lev, E., Obedin-Maliver, J., Lunn, M. R., Lubensky, M. E., Capriotti, M. R., Garrett- Walker, J. J, & Flentje, A. (2023). Our resilience, our pride: A constructivist grounded theory analysis of open-ended questions from the PRIDE study. Plos One, 18 (2): e0280787.
• Montagno, M., Garrett-Walker, J. J., & Ho, Jennifer*. (2021). Two, four, six, eight…why we want to participate: Motivations and barriers to LGBTQ+ activism. Journal of Community and Applied Psychology, 31 (6), 644-658.
• Montagno, M. & Garrett-Walker, J. J. (2021). LGBTQ+ Engagement in Activism: An examination of internalized heterosexism and community connectedness. Journal of Homosexuality, 69 (5), 911-924.
• Garrett-Walker, J. J. & Montagno, M. (2021). Expanding identity categories in LGBTQ+ research and clinical practices. Journal of LGBT Youth. Advance online publication.
• Felipe, L. C., Garrett-Walker, J. J., & Montagno, M. (2020). Monoracial and multiracial LGBTQ+ people: Comparing internalized heterosexism, perceptions of racism, and connection to LGBTQ+ communities. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 9 (1), 1-11.
• Garrett-Walker, J. J., Broussard, D. A., & Garrett-Walker, W. L. (2019). Re-imagining masculinities: How Black Queer Feminism can liberate Black people from the toxicity of patriarchal masculinity. Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships, 5, 69-98.
• Garrett-Walker, J. J., Poole, S., Williams, S.*, Banks, C.*, Stallings, J.*, Balgobin, K.*, & Moore, D.* (2018). Racial color-blindness and privilege awareness in relation to interest in social justice among college students. Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, 4, 38-63.
• Garrett-Walker, J. J. & Longmire-Avital, B. (2018). Resilience and depression: The roles of racial identity, sexual identity, and social support on well-being for Black LGB emerging adults. Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships, 4, 1-15.
• Garrett-Walker, J. J. & Torres, V.* (2016). Negative religious rhetoric in the lives of Black cisgender queer emerging adult men: A qualitative analysis. Journal of Homosexuality, 64, 1816-1831.