Sexual Health Education Research
The following works focus on improving sexuality education for youth, including both adolescents and young adults.
MANUSCRIPTS
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.
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
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
Student Presentations
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.
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.
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.