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Sexual Health Education Research

The following works focus on improving sexuality education for youth, including both adolescents and young adults. 

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MANUSCRIPTS 

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Fuller, K.A., Clonan-Roy, K., Goncy, E., & Naser, S. (2025). LGBTGIA+ education and sports. In The Expanding Continuum of Gender-Based Violence: Trauma-Informed Care (pp. 65-77). Oxford, UK: STM Publishing. 

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Ishaq*, J., Munshi*, I., Liebhardt*, B., & Goncy, E. A. (2023). Identifying gaps in sexual health education: What women learned and what women wish they learned. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 18, 4, 523-539. https://doi.org/10.1080/15546128.2023.2169975

 

Clonan-Roy, K., Naser, S., Fuller, K., & Goncy, E.A. (2023). Sexual and gender diverse youth's marginalization in school-based sex education and development of adaptive competencies. Psychology in the Schools, 60, 2592-2609. http://10.1002/pits.22881

 

Munshi*, I., Ishaq*, J., Liebhardt*, B., & Goncy, E. A. (2023). Maternal communication about sexual content and ease of access to contraceptives. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52, 1607-1616. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02476-4

 

Naser, S., Fuller, K., Goncy, E. A., Clonan-Roy, K., Williams*, A., & DeBoard*, A. (2022). Describing the silencing of LGBTQ+ identities in middle and high school sex education. Contemporary School Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40688-022-00419-3

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Fuller, K.A., Clonan-Roy, K., Goncy, E. A. & Naser, S. (2022). The omission and minimization of sexual decision-making skills within U.S. sex education textbooks. Sex Education, 22, 409-423. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2021.1949974

 

Naser, S., Clonan-Roy, K., Fuller, K., Goncy, E. A., & Wolf*, N. (2022). Exploring the experiences and responses of LGBTQ+ adolescents to school-based sex education. Psychology in the Schools, 59, 34-50.  https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22471

 

Clonan-Roy, K. L., Goncy, E. A., Naser, S. C., Fuller, K. A., DeBoard*, A., Williams*, A., & Hall*, A. (2021). Preserving abstinence and preventing rape: How sex education textbooks contribute to rape culture. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 231-245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01816-6

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Student Presentations

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LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland & THRiVE (2024, May). Pilot of a LGBTQ+ inclusive sexual health and HIV prevention education curriculum. Podcast submitted to the 2024 10th annual national conference for HIV, HCV, STIs, harm reduction and LGBTQ Health SYNChronicity 2024, Washington DC.

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Feerasta, G., Goncy, E. A., Fuller, K. A., Clonan-Roy, K., Naser, S., Caldwell, J., Gupta*, N., Burkette, A., Franz, A., & Swanbeck, M. (2024, April). A LGBTQ+ inclusive sexual health and HIV prevention education curriculum. Presentation for the CenterLink Summit, virtual. 

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Gupta*, N., Goncy, E. A., Fuller, K.A., Clonan-Roy, K., & Naser, S. (2025, April). Sexual experience, education through porn, and sexual attitude formation. Presentation to the 2025 Midwestern Psychological Association conference, Chicago, IL.


LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland & THRiVE (2024, July). Development and pilot of an LGBTQ+ inclusive sexual health education curriculum with an emphasis on HIV prevention. E-poster presentation at the 2024 25th International AIDS conference, Munich, Germany.


Gupta*, N, Goncy, E. A., Fuller, K. A., Clonan-Roy, K., & Naser, S. (2024, April). Social media and sex information acquisition across sexual identities. Presentation to the 2024 Midwestern Psychological Association conference, Chicago, IL.


Gupta*, N., Goncy, E. A., Naser, S., Clonan-Roy, K., Fuller, K., Feerstra, G., Caldwell, J., Franz, A., & Swanbeck, M. (2024, April). Comprehensive health and wellness and youth empowerment curriculum: Youth feedback. Presentation to the 2024 Midwestern Psychological Association conference, Chicago, IL.

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