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Dr. Nathan Grant Smith (he/him/his) is currently Associate Dean for Research for the College of Education and a Professor in the Counseling Psychology doctoral program. He previously served as Chair of the Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences. Dr. Smith's main area of research focuses on stress and coping, with emphases on lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer persons and persons living with or affected by HIV. Specific areas of interest include discrimination and resilience, lesbian/gay/bisexual identity, and primary and secondary prevention of HIV. Currently, his research focuses on the intersection of minority stress and health behaviors among lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer persons. He is currently conducting studies to explore the impact of sexual and gender minority stress on substance use, stress physiology dysregulation, and mental health among lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer individuals. Dr. Smith's secondary lines of research focus on bereavement, gender issues, and professional and training issues in counseling psychology.
Dr. Smith's research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). He is currently PI on the NIH-funded project "Pilot proof of concept exploring longitudinal links between minority stress, stress physiology dysregulation, and drug use in sexual minority adults" (U54MD015946-04S1). He was PI on the NIH-funded project "Project PRIDE: Intervention to Reduce HIV risk in Young Sexual Minority Men" (R21DA041250) and the CIHR funded projects "Bisexual Identity: Implications for Mental, Behavioural, and Physical Health" (CIHR 2011-03-MOP-115157) and "Project PRIDE (Promoting Resilience In Discriminatory Environments): A Primary HIV Prevention Intervention for Gay/Bisexual Men" (CIHR 2010-03-HHP-107543). In addition, he is the recipient of NIH Loan Repayment Program awards from NIDA and NIAAA.
Dr. Smith is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and of APA's Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology) and Division 44 (Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity). He is a recipient of the APA Division 17 Section for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues (SLGBTI; now called Section on Advocacy for Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity) Award for Significant Contribution to Social Justice and Advocacy and the University of Houston College of Education Faculty Research Excellence Award. He previously chaired the APA Fellows Committee, the APA Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, and the APA Division 17 SLGBTI, and served on the Board of Directors for both the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology and the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs. He is a licensed psychologist in Texas.
For more information on Dr. Smith and his research, please visit his website at
http://coreresearchteam.com
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For a full list of publications, see:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7JNqdsIAAAAJ&hl=en
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Robinson, T. A., Smith, N. G., Obasi, E. M., & Reitzel, L. R. (2024). Internalized homonegativity is indirectly associated with smoking status through somatic anxiety. Health Behavior and Policy Review, 11(3), 1549-1557. https://doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.11.3.1
Brown, T. L., & Smith, N. G. (2023). Experimentally testing the impact of status threat on heterosexual men’s use of anti-gay slurs: A precarious manhood and coalitional value perspective. Current Psychology, 42, 11891-11901.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02489-7
Knutson, D., Matsuno, E., Goldbach, C., Hashtpari, H., & Smith, N. G. (2022). Advocating for transgender and non-binary affirmative spaces in graduate education. Higher Education, 83, 461-479.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00673-5
Tami-Maury, I., Klaff, R., Hussin, A., Smith, N. G., Chang, S., McNeill, L., Reitzel, L. R., Shete, S., & Abroms, L. C. (2022). A text-based smoking cessation intervention for sexual and gender minority groups: Protocol for a feasibility trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(12), e42553.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/42553
Smith, N. G. (2022). John D. Robinson (1946-2021). American Psychologist, 77(6), 793.
https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001017
Brown, T. L., Smith, N. G., & Cox, J. (2021). A structural equation model of the effect of masculinity and avoidant coping on gay and bisexual men’s sexual risk-taking. AIDS and Behavior, 25, 1438-1453.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-02981-4
Chen, T., Smith, N. G., Regan, S, Obasi, E. M., Anderson, K. F., & Reitzel, L. R. (2021). Combining global positioning system (GPS) with saliva collection among sexual minority adults: A feasibility study. PLoS ONE, 16(5), e0250333.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250333
DeLucia, R., & Smith, N. G. (2021). The impact of provider biphobia and microaffirmations on bisexual individuals’ treatment-seeking intentions. Journal of Bisexuality, 21(2), 145-166.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2021.1900020
Flynn, S., & Smith, N. G. (2021). Interactions between blending and identity concealment: Effects on non-binary people’s distress and experiences of victimization. PLoS ONE, 16(3), e0248970.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248970
Guschlbauer, A., Smith, N. G., De Stefano, J., & Soltis, D. E. (2019). Minority stress and emotional intimacy among individuals in lesbian and gay couples: Implications for relationship satisfaction and health. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 855-878.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407517746787
Seal, D. W., Smith, N. G., Sun, C. J., & Thompson, E. L. (2019). Reflections on a mentoring partnership journey. Health Behavior Research, 2(4).
https://doi.org/10.4148/2572-1836.1060
Winderman, K., & Smith, N. G. (2019). Minority stress and LGB-inclusive television viewing frequency among LGB adults: The roles of community connectedness and perceived social support. Mass Communication and Society, 22, 248-269.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2018.1504303
BOOK CHAPTERS
Hart, T. A., Vernon, J. R. G., & Smith, N. G. (2019). Sexual health interventions for HIV-negative sexual minority men. In J. Pachankis & S. Safren (Eds.), Handbook of evidence-based mental health practice with LGBT clients (pp. 313-338). New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190669300.003.0014
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