| Expertise: - Gay/lesbian adoptive parents and their families
- The transition to parenthood for lesbian and gay couples
- Family roles and the division of labor in gay/lesbian parent families
- Adult children of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parent families
Additional Information:
Dr. Goldberg received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and completed her clinical internship at Yale Medical School. Since 2005, she has been at Clark University, where she is an Assistant Professor of Psychology. In addition to teaching courses at the undergraduate level (e.g., a seminar on gender and families) she is active in the teaching and supervision of graduate students in Clark’s doctoral program in clinical psychology. Dr. Goldberg has published in several areas: namely, the transition to parenthood among lesbian couples who had their first child via alternative insemination; the experiences and perceptions of adults with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered parents; and the transition to adoptive parenthood among gay/lesbian couples. Indeed, she is currently conducting a longitudinal study of lesbian, gay, and heterosexual couples who are becoming adoptive parents for the first time. This pioneering project explores many aspects of couples’ lives and promises to shed insight into the challenges and strengths that couples experience during the transition to parenthood. Dr. Goldberg has won numerous national awards for her research on lesbian/gay parent families, including the Jesse Bernard Research Award from the National Council on Family Relations, the Outstanding Research Paper from a Feminist Perspective Award, from the National Council on Family Relations, and the Lesbian Psychologies Manuscript Award from the Association for Women in psychology. She also recently won the Hodgkins Junior Faculty Award from Clark University, which is awarded for excellence in research in teaching. Dr. Goldberg has served as a reviewer for Journal of Marriage and Family, Family Relations, Journal of Family Issues, Marriage and Family Review, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Developmental Psychology, Sexuality Research and Social Policy, Archives of Women’s Health, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Journal of Lesbian Studies, and Sex Roles. She serves on the Editorial Board of Journal of GLBT Family Studies. Dr. Goldberg is currently writing a book, under contract with the American Psychological Association, entitled Lesbian-, gay-, and bisexual-parent families: Research and contemporary issues.
Selected Publications: Goldberg, A. E., Downing, J. B., & Sauck, C. C. (in press). Choices, challenges, and tensions: Perspectives of prospective lesbian adoptive parents. Adoption Quarterly.
Goldberg, A. E. (in press). (How) does it make a difference? Perspectives of adults with lesbian, gay, and bisexual parents. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
Goldberg, A. E. & Allen, K. R. (2007). Lesbian mothers’ ideas and intentions about male involvement across the transition to parenthood. Journal of Marriage and Family, 69, 352-365.
Goldberg, A. E., & Perry-Jenkins, M. (2007). The division of labor and perceptions of parental roles: Lesbian couples across the transition to parenthood. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 24, 297-318.
Goldberg, A. E. (2007). Talking about family: Disclosure practices of adults raised by lesbian, gay, and bisexual parents. Journal of Family Issues, 28, 100-131.
Goldberg, A. E. & Sayer, A. (2006). Lesbian couples' relationship quality across the transition to parenthood. Journal of Marriage and Family, 68, 87-100. Goldberg, A. E. (2006). The transition to parenthood for lesbian couples. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 2, 13-42.
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