Category: 2025

Education and Midlife Cognitive Functioning: Evidence From the High School and Beyond Cohort

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Alzheimer’s and Dementia (2025) Authors: Chandra Muller, Eric Grodsky, Adam M. Brickman, Jennifer J. Manly, Koit Hung, Michael J. Culbertson, John Robert Warren Abstract:  INTRODUCTION Educational attainment is associated with midlife cognitive functioning. However, degree attainment is the culmination of complex and unequal processes involving students’ backgrounds, the opportunities that schools provide them, and their …

An Overlooked Explanation for Increasing Suicidality: LGBQ Stressors Felt by More Students

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Educational Researcher (2025) Authors: Joseph Cimpian and Mollie McQuillan Abstract: Recent data show rising suicidality among high school girls. We posit this increase may be related to an overlooked factor: more girls identifying as LGBQ. Using four cohorts of national Youth Risk Behavior Survey data (N = 22,562 females, N = 22,130 males), we found that LGBQ identification …

Gender-Stereotype Messaging Impacts Perceptions of the Field of Speech-Language Pathology

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SIG 14 Cultural and Linguistic Diversity (2025) Authors: Courtney K. Broadfoot, Jenni Wu, Samantha L. Morello, Janet L. Branchaw, Markus Brauer, Jordan M. Schwakopf, Nicole Rogus-Pulia Abstract:  Purpose: The field of speech-language pathology has been and remains predominantly female, despite efforts aimed at increasing gender diversity. This study sought to determine if gender-based stereotype messaging …

Minority Stress and Protective Factors for Body Image Concerns and Disordered Eating Among a Cohort of Transgender and Nonbinary Youth: A Preliminary Longitudinal Study

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International Journal of Transgender Health (2025) Authors: Emmett Line, Dougie Zubizarreta, Stephanie Budge, Ryan Watson, Allegra  Gordon, S. Bryn Austin, and Sabra Katz-Wise. Abstract:  Background Transgender and/or nonbinary (TNB) youth experience elevated risk of body image concerns and disordered eating compared to their cisgender counterparts, yet drivers of this risk remain poorly understood. This exploratory …

The Manosphere and Politics

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Comparative Political Studies (2025) Authors: Mariel Barnes and Sabrina Karim Abstract: The revived men’s movement, colloquially the “manosphere,” has recently increased in prominence and influence, and has been connected to numerous instances of violence, including mass shootings targeting women. Despite this, political science has paid scant attention to the manosphere, and the tactics these groups use …