Experts Information
	Stephen T. Russell, PhD
	Professor Fitch Nesbitt Endowed Chair in Family & Consumer Sciences Director, Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth and Families  University of Arizona
	Contact at: Office: 520-621-1231 Cell: 520-975-7509 E-mail: strussell@arizona.edu
	Language: English
Expertise: Adolescent ethnic and sexual identities sexuality development sexual health adolescent pregnancy and parenting ethnicity and parent-adolescent relationships the health and development of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth. Additional Information: Dr. Russell has been a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Human Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University; Director of the National Sexuality Resource Center Summer Institute on Sexuality, Inequality and Health; recipient of an American Psychological Foundation Wayne F. Placek Award and a William T. Grant Foundation Scholar Award; is Associate Editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence, and on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Youth and Sexuality Research and Social Policy.

Selected Publications:

Russell, S. T., *Seif, H. M., & +Truong, N. L. (2001). School outcomes of sexual minority youth in the United States: Evidence from a national study. Journal of Adolescence, 24, 111-127. 

Russell, S. T., +Franz, B., & Driscoll, A. K. (2001). Same-sex romantic attraction and violence experiences in adolescence. American Journal of Public Health, 91(6), 907-914.

Russell, S. T., & Joyner, K. (2001). Adolescent sexual orientation and suicide risk: Evidence from a national study. American Journal of Public Health, 91, 1276-1281.

Russell, S. T., +Truong, N. L., & Driscoll, A. K. (2002). Adolescent same-sex romantic attractions and relationships: Implications for substance use and abuse. American Journal of Public Health, 92, 198-202.

Russell, S. T. (2002a). Queer in America: Sexual minority youth and citizenship. Applied Developmental Science, 6, 258-263.

Russell, S. T. (2003). Sexual minority youth and suicide risk. American Behavioral Scientist, 46, 1241-1257.

Russell, S. T. & *Consolacion, T. B. (2003). Adolescent romance and emotional health in the U.S.: Beyond binaries. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 32, 499-508.

Wainright, J. L., Russell, S. T., & Patterson, C. (2004). Psychosocial adjustment, school outcomes, and romantic attractions of adolescents with same-sex parents. Child Development, 75, 1886-1898.