Fielding Graduate University Supporting Pacific Pride Festival on Aug. 26

Fielding Graduate University will support the 2023 Pacific Pride Festival in Santa Barbara this weekend.

This year’s Pacific Pride Festival, hosted by the Pacific Pride Foundation, will be Saturday, Aug. 26 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. PT at Chase Palm Park Field. The all-day Pride at the Beach event will focus on Belonging and Access and have areas dedicated to Arts, Health, Outdoors, Spirituality, Social Justice, and more.

Each year, Fielding participates in this local festival as a community partner with shared core values. Fielding staff volunteers will be at a sponsor booth throughout the day. The Fielding community in Santa Barbara is encouraged to attend. President Katrina S. Rogers, Ph.D., will also be in attendance from 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. PT.

We are PROUD to support the Pacific Pride Festival and recognize the vital role of the Foundation in Santa Barbara,” Fichter said. “As a fellow mission-driven organization, we honor the work of PPF and all that they do to educate, support, and advocate for the members of our community.”

Selected Dissertations from Fielding Alums

• Seen But Not Heard: Pathways to Improve Inclusion of LGBT Persons and Sexual Trauma in Sexual Health Education: Laura McGuire, Ph.D.
• An Examination of Protective Factors That Reduce Risk Behaviors for LGBT High School Students in Massachusetts: Julia Holdren, Ph.D.
• Transprejudice: Personality Traits that Predict Anti-Transgender Attitudes: Margaret Loo, Ph.D.
• Eliciting Open-Mindedness: A Phenomenological Study of Acceptance of Same-Gender Marriage by Vermont Residents: Alice Kitchel, Ph.D.

Email communications@fielding.edu if you would like to include your dissertation centered on LGBTQIA+ issues in this list.

Below are lists of resources available through our Dr. Dianne Kipnes Library.  

Films available on Kanopy: 

• A Road to Home: Stories of Homeless LGBTQ Youth of New York City 
• Out in the Night: Criminalization of Race, Gender Identity and Sexuality 
• Coming Out: A 50 Year History: The History of the Public Gay Identity  
• Between the Shades: Conversations About Being Gay in America 

Articles: 

• Marks, G., O’Shea, A., McVilly, K. R., Frawley, P., & Despott, N. (2020). “Where’s the human dignity in that ? ”: Lgbtqia + people with intellectual disability exploring sexual lives and respectful relationships. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 32(3), 354–376. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538720.2020.1752875 
• Cembranel, P., Teixeira Dias, F., Silva, C. G. D., Finatto, C. P., & Guerra, J. B. S. O. D. A. (2023). Sustainable universities: The LGBTQIAP+ inclusive model. Evaluation and Program Planning, 100, 102351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102351 
• Herridge, A. S., Bodine Al-Sharif, M. A., Leong, M. C., & Garcia, H. (2022). LGBTQIA+ international students and socioemotional well-being: Impact of intersectionality on perceived experiences and campus engagement. Journal of International Students, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v13i2.4553 
• Moreno, A., Ardila, R., Zervoulis, K., Nel, J. A., Light, E., & Chamberland, L. (2020). Cross-cultural perspectives of LGBTQ psychology from five different countries: Current state and recommendations. Psychology & Sexuality, 11(1–2), 5–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2019.1658125 
• Duguay, S. (2023). TikTok’s queer potential: Identity, methods, movements. Social Media + Society, 9(1) doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051231157594 

Books: 

• Shane, K. (2021). Creating an LGBT+ inclusive workplace: The practical resource guide for business leaders. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003143888 
• Follins, L. D., & Lassiter, J. (Eds.). (2017). Black LGBT health in the United States: The intersection of race, gender, and sexual orientation. Lexington Books. 
• Nadal, K. L. (2023). Dismantling everyday discrimination: Microaggressions toward LGBTQ people (Second edition). American Psychological Association. 
• Crawford-Lackey, K., & Springate, M. E. (2020). Identities and place: Changing labels and intersectional communities of LGBTQ and Two-Spirit People in the United States. Berghahn Books.  
• LUIBHÉID, E., & CHÁVEZ, K. R. (Eds.). (2020). Queer and Trans migrations: Dynamics of illegalization, detention, and deportation. University of Illinois Press 
• Avilez, G. (2020). Black Queer Freedom: Spaces of injury and paths of desire. University of Illinois Press