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Expertise:
- Same-sex marriage
- LGBT issues in schools
- “Coming out” issues
- Mental health in LGBT populations
- LGBT youths and their families of origin
- Violent hate crimes against LGBT persons
- Behavioral and educational aspects of HIV treatment and prevention, especially in LGB young people of color
- LGBT people of color; societal oppression among LGBT communities
- Religion and LGBT people
Additional Information:
Gary W. Harper, Ph.D., M.P.H. earned bachelors’ degrees in Biology (B.S.) and Psychology (B.A.) from Washington University, both a master’s degree (M.S.) and doctorate (Ph.D.) in Clinical Psychology from Purdue University, and an M.P.H. (Master of Public Health) degree in Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley. After completing a clinical internship at the University of California at Los Angeles' Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital, he completed both a postdoctoral clinical fellowship at San Francisco Juvenile Hall and a postdoctoral research fellowship in AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of California, San Francisco. Harper joined the faculty at DePaul University in January 1996 where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Director of the Master of Public Health Program, and Co-Director of the Center for Community and Organization Development. Dr. has served as chair of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Committee on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns and Committee on Psychology and AIDS. He is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association; Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues; and Society for Community Research and Action. In addition to these academic appointments, Dr. Harper serves as a consultant to a range of community-based agencies that provide health promotion services to adolescents, both in the U.S. and in Kenya, East Africa. Dr. Harper has received various awards for his research, service and teaching including the recent 2007 Outstanding Achievement Award from the APA’s Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns Committee, and the 2007 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest. He has been honored by national and state psychological organizations by receiving the Humanitarian Award from the Illinois Psychological Association, the Ethnic Minority Mentorship Award and the Special Award for Distinguished Contributions to Practice in Community Psychology from an Academic Base from the Society for Community Research and Action; the Psychology and AIDS Leadership Award from the American Psychological Association; and the Distinguished Contributions to Ethnic Minority Issues by the Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues. Dr. Harper has received a range of honors from DePaul University, including the Excellence in Teaching Award, Excellence in Public Service Award, McNair Scholar’s Mentor of the Year Award, and the Spirit of DePaul Award. He also has received awards from local community agencies such as the Wellness Award for Outstanding Humanitarian Services. Dr. Harper is currently conducting two large multi-site studies examining the intersection of multiple identities among gay/bisexual/questioning male adolescents, with one study focused on adolescents living with HIV and the other focusing on HIV negative youth. Dr. Harper was the founding chair of the LGBT Interest Group within the Society for Community Research and Action and recent co-editor of a column on LGBT issues in The Community Psychologist. He has co-edited a special issue of The Community Psychologist on LGBT Community Interventions, and also co-edited a special issue of the American Journal of Community Psychology on linking theory, research, and action related to LGBT people and communities. Dr. Harper also co-edited a special issue of the journal Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender racial and ethnic minority people and communities. Dr. Harper also works collaboratively with several urban community-based organizations in Chicago that provide sexual health promotion services and social support programs to gay and bisexual Latino and African American male adolescents.
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