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Faculty Advisor: ÌýMark Whisman

Education

• BA, Johns Hopkins University (Behavioral Biology, minor in Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality), 2014
• MA, Â鶹ӰԺ, 2019
• PhD, Â鶹ӰԺ, expected 2022

Research Interests

My research interests are broadly focused on how individuals’ social relationships impact their physical and mental health.Ìý I am especially interested in the interplay between minority stress, romantic relationship functioning, and mental health among sexual minority individuals. My most recent focus has been on the romantic relationships of bisexual, pansexual, and queer (bi+) individuals, who are at increased risk for mental health problems over individuals of other sexual orientations, and who experience unique stressors based on their identity.

I strive to apply an intersectional approach toward my research and study individuals who hold multiple minority identities, whose romantic relationships may have unique strengths and challenges to overcome.

I am also interested in assessing ways to overcome barriers to romantic relationship help-seeking in underserved populations.Ìý My overarching aim is that these diverse research objectives will help to inform the development and dissemination of culturally-sensitive interventions that utilize the romantic relationship to alleviate health difficulties.

Publications

Gilmour, A. L., Whisman, M. A., & Whitton, S. W. (2021). A dyadic analysis of relationship satisfaction and depressive symptoms among same-sex couples.ÌýJournal of Family Psychology.ÌýAdvance online publication.Ìý

Whisman, M. A., Salinger, J. M.,ÌýGilmour, A. L., Steele, B. A. & Snyder, D. K. (2020).ÌýLove and war: Prospective associations between relationship distress and incidence of psychiatric disorders in active-duty Army personnel.ÌýJournal of Abnormal Psychology,Ìý130(1), 3-8.Ìý

Whisman, M. A., Salinger, J. M., Labrecque, L. T.,ÌýGilmour, A. L., & Snyder, D. K. (2019). Couples in arms: Marital distress, psychopathology, and suicidal ideation in active-duty Army personnel.ÌýJournal of Abnormal Psychology, 129(3), 248-255.Ìý

Gilmour, A. L., Whisman, M. A., & Randall, A. K. (2019). Relationship discord and depressive symptoms in sexual minority individuals over time.ÌýJournal of Family Psychology,Ìý33(8), 994–999.Ìý

Whisman, M. A.,ÌýGilmour, A. L., & Salinger, J. M. (2018). Marital satisfaction and mortality in the United States adult population. Health Psychology,Ìý37(11), 1041-1044.Ìý

Widge, A.S., Ellard, K., Paulk, A.C., Basu, I., Yousefi, A., Zorowitz, S.,ÌýGilmour, A., Afzal, A., Deckersbach, T., Cash, S.S., Kramer, M.A., Eden, U.T., Dougherty, D.D., & Eskandar, E.N.ÌýÌý(2017). Treating refractory mental illness with closed-loop brain stimulation: Progress towards a patient-specific transdiagnostic approach.ÌýExperimental Neurology, 287(4).Ìý

Presentations

Gilmour, A. L., Whisman, M. A., & Whitton, S. W. (2021). A dyadic analysis of relationship satisfaction and depressive symptoms among same-sex couples.ÌýJournal of Family Psychology.ÌýAdvance online publication.Ìý

Whisman, M. A., Salinger, J. M.,ÌýGilmour, A. L., Steele, B. A. & Snyder, D. K. (2020).ÌýLove and war: Prospective associations between relationship distress and incidence of psychiatric disorders in active-duty Army personnel.ÌýJournal of Abnormal Psychology,Ìý130(1), 3-8.Ìý

Whisman, M. A., Salinger, J. M., Labrecque, L. T.,ÌýGilmour, A. L., & Snyder, D. K. (2019). Couples in arms: Marital distress, psychopathology, and suicidal ideation in active-duty Army personnel.ÌýJournal of Abnormal Psychology, 129(3), 248-255.Ìý

Gilmour, A. L., Whisman, M. A., & Randall, A. K. (2019). Relationship discord and depressive symptoms in sexual minority individuals over time.ÌýJournal of Family Psychology,Ìý33(8), 994–999.Ìý

Whisman, M. A.,ÌýGilmour, A. L., & Salinger, J. M. (2018). Marital satisfaction and mortality in the United States adult population. Health Psychology,Ìý37(11), 1041-1044.Ìý

Widge, A.S., Ellard, K., Paulk, A.C., Basu, I., Yousefi, A., Zorowitz, S.,ÌýGilmour, A., Afzal, A., Deckersbach, T., Cash, S.S., Kramer, M.A., Eden, U.T., Dougherty, D.D., & Eskandar, E.N.ÌýÌý(2017). Treating refractory mental illness with closed-loop brain stimulation: Progress towards a patient-specific transdiagnostic approach.ÌýExperimental Neurology, 287(4).Ìý