Paul Poteat
Program Director, Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology, Ph.D.
Biography
Paul Poteat is a Professor of Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology at Boston College. He conducts research on the school-based experiences of LGBTQ+ youth. His research on Gender-Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) has identified individual- and group-level mechanisms by which these extracurricular groups promote empowerment and resilience among youth from diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. Likewise, his work has identified how the implementation of LGBTQ+ inclusive school policies and practices promote LGBTQ+ youth’s wellbeing and academic engagement. His work has also examined bias-based harassment to identify individual and peer factors that contribute to such behavior or that buffer against its effects. Dr. Poteat’s research has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). He has served as Co-Editor at the American Educational Research Journal (AERJ) and Associate Editor at the Journal of Research on Adolescence (JRA) and The Counseling Psychologist (TCP). He is actively involved in the Society for Research in Child Development, where he served as Co-Chair of the Equity and Justice Committee and currently serves as a member-at-large of Governing Council.
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Courses taught
- APSY2041 Adolescent Development
- APSY2242 Interpersonal Relations
- APSY4101 Readings and Research in Counseling and Developmental Psychology
- APSY7101 Readings and Research in Counseling and Developmental Psychology
- APSY8714 Advanced Research in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology
- APSY9841 Quantitative Research Design in Counseling and Developmental Psychology
- APSY9911 Doctoral Continuation
- APSY9920 Seminar on Current Issues in Counseling, Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology
- APSY9988 Dissertation Direction