Johanna Ramirez

Johanna Ramirez
  • Graduate Student

Contact Info

Biography —

Advisor: Dr. Charlene Muehlenhard

Research Interests: I am interested in topics pertaining to human sexuality, mental and sexual health, sexual minority and multiple-minority identity and experience, minority stress, mixed method analysis and quantitative psychology, and intersectional approaches to research practices. My recent projects have focused on understanding race-based rumination among racial and ethnic minorities distinguished from depressive rumination as well as the effects of recent social events, such as the Orlando massacre and the 2016 presidential election, on LGBTQ+ community mental health.

Education —

B.A. in Psychology, University of Kansas, 2015
M.A. in Psychology, Towson University, 2017

Selected Publications —

Gonzalez, K. A., Ramirez, J. L., Galupo, M. P. (2018) Increase in LGBTQ Minority Stress Following the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. Journal of GLBT Family Studies. 14(1-2), 130-151. doi: 10.1080/1550428X.2017.1420849

Ramirez, J. L., Gonzalez, K. A., Galupo, M. P. (2018) “Invisible During My Own Crisis”: Responses of LGBT People of Color to the Orlando Shooting. Journal of Homosexuality. 65(5), 579-599. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2017.1328217

Galupo, M. P., Pulice Farrow, L. K., & Ramirez, J. L. (2017). "Like a Constantly Flowing River": Gender Identity Flexibility among Non-binary Transgender Individuals. In J.D. Sinnott. (Ed.), Identity Flexibility During Adulthood: Perspectives in Adult Development (pp. 163-177). New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-55658-1_1

Galupo, M.P., Ramirez, J. L., & Pulice Farrow, L. K. (2017). “Regardless of their gender”: Descriptions of sexual identity among bisexual, pansexual, and queer identified individuals. Journal of Bisexuality. 17(1). 108-124. doi:10.1080/15299716.2016.1228491

Gonzalez, K. A., Ramirez, J. L., Galupo, M. P. (2016). “I was and still am”: Narratives of bisexual marking in the #StillBisexual Campaign. Sexuality & Culture.21(2). 493-515. doi: 10.1007/x12119-016-9401-y

Selected Presentations —

Gonzalez, K. A., Galupo, M. P., Ramirez, J. L., Pulice-Farrow, L. P. (March 2018) Minority stress and anti-LGBTQ politics: Threats to LGBTQ well-being during the Trump era. Annual Conference for the Association for Women in Psychology. Philadelphia, PA.

Ramirez, J. L., (August 2017). Reflections of LGBT people of color following the Orlando massacre & the intersectional implications of violence. Annual Conference for the American Psychological Association, Division 44. Washington D.C.

Ramirez, J. L., Pulice Farrow, L. K., Galupo, M. P. (November 2016). “Regardless of their gender”: Descriptions of sexual identity among bisexual, pansexual, and queer identified individuals. Annual Conference for the Society of the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Phoenix, AZ.

Ramirez, J. L., Galupo, M. P., Pulice Farrow, L. K. (April 2016). Non-binary Transgender individuals’ reflections on gender identity flexibility. Maryland Psychological Association for Graduate Students Annual Convention. Columbia, MD.