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Chana Miriam Etengoff
Assistant Professor in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
Adelphi University
Education/Degree:
1 Psychology (CUNY Graduate Center)
About
Dr. Chana Etengoff is an intersectional, developmental psychologist and an assistant professor of Psychology at Adelphi University. Her scholarship is focused on understanding how cultural, gender and sexual minority groups agentively mediate sociorelational conflicts-transforming minority stress into stress related growth. Her work is informed by a theoretical stance that human development is a constructive process embedded in relational, sociopolitical and historical contexts. Recent projects include inquiries into how sexual and gender minority emerging adults from religious backgrounds mediate familial and cultural conflicts. Current lines of research are focused on understanding the mediating role of transgender vlogs and the LGBTQ+ Muslim Experience. Dr. Etengoff has served as a Guest Editor for the Journal of Homosexuality's Special Issue on the LGBTQ+ Muslim Experience and has published more than two dozen scholarly works in the field of LGBTQ+ development.
Current Work
Dr. Etengoff's research focuses on cultural, sexual, and gender minorities' intersectional identity development and resilience. Her research is guided by the following questions: How do cultural, sexual and gender minority groups navigate interpersonal and identity related conflicts? What motivates individuals and systems to change these dynamics? How do historically marginalized individuals develop amidst adverse circumstances? She is currently addressing these intersectional questions with three research projects: 1) The Transvlog Project, 2) The LGBTQ Muslim Experience Study, and 3) the LGBTQ College Experience and Leadership Project. In contrast to prior deficit model research, her research draws on strengths-based perspectives such as positive Psychology, transformative intersectional Psychology (TIP), religious resilience and resistance and coming-out growth (COG). Dr. Etengoff serves as the director of Research at the Intersectional Development (ID) Lab at Adelphi University.
Research Area Keyword(s)
diversity, identity development, intersectionality, LGBTQ, sexual and gender minorities