Faculty - College of Education

Michael Parent's research focuses on the intersections of gender, sexuality, and behavioral health. His interests include men's health, adolescent health, minority stress theory, and the use of anabolic-androgenic steroids, as well as integrating the use of social media into existing psychological frameworks and approaches, and professional training in psychology. Parent also develops accessible Telehealth mental health solutions for populations otherwise unable to access mental health care.

Note: Dr. Parent is no longer taking new students.

MBA in Business Administration, Lamar University, 2022

Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, University of Florida, 2013

M.S. in Psychology, University of Florida, 2009

B.A. in Psychology, University of Manitoba, 2007

Focuses on the intersections of gender, sexuality, and behavioral health in topics of men's health, gender roles, and muscularity; conducts outreach with gender and sexual minority communities; development of mobile health interventions. Note: Dr. Parent is no longer taking new students.

Arriaga, A. S. & Parent, M. C. (2019). Partners and prejudice: Bisexual women and mens partner gender and experiences of binegativity from heterosexual, lesbian, and gay people. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 6, 382–391.

Parent, M. C. & Sánchez, F. J. (2019). The physical health of men and boys: Integrating biomedical and psychological science. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 20, 161–165.

Parent, M. C., Wille, L. & Rochlen, A. B. (2019). Precursors to heterophobia: An examination of temporal sequence among a sample of gay men. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 20, 647–653.

Levant, R. F. & Parent, M. C. (2019). The development and evaluation of a Brief Form of the Normative Male Alexithymia Scale (NMAS-BF). Journal of Counseling Psychology, 66, 224–233.

Provence, M. M., Parent, M. C., Rochlen, A. B. & Chester, M. R. (2019). Development of the gay male heterophobia scale. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 20, 44–54.

Parent, M. C., Gobble, T. & Rochlen, A. B. (2019). Social media behavior, toxic masculinity, and depression. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 20, 277–287. doi:10.1037/men0000156.

Parent, M. C., Arriaga, A., Gobble, T. & Wille, L. (2019). Stress and substance use among sexual and gender minority individuals across the lifespan. Neurobiology of Stress. doi:10.1016/j.ynstr.2018.100146.

Parent, M. C., Johnson, S. & Gobble, T. (n.d.). (in press). Homophobic bullying and suicidal behavior among U.S. heterosexual youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Parent, M. C. & Cooper, C. (n.d.). (in press). Masculinity threats influence evaluation of hypermasculine advertisements. The Journal of Social Psychology, (in press).

Wille, L. & Parent, M. C. (n.d.). (in press). No promo homo laws and electronic cigarette use disparities for sexual minority youth. Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, (in press).

Brewslow, A. S., Sandil, R., Brewster, M. E., Parent, M. C., Chan, A., Yucel, A. & Glaeser, E. (n.d.). (in press). Adonis on the apps: Online objectification, self-esteem, and sexual minority men. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, (in press).

Parent, M. C. & Bradstreet, T. C. (n.d.). (in press). The strong, silent type(ology): Examining intersections of alexithymia and the drive for muscularity. Journal of Mens Studies, (in press).

Parent, M. C., Garos, S., Branscome, E. & Piper, M. (n.d.). (in press). Whats bad from the gander is bad from the goose: Development and validation of the Womens Objectification of Women Scale. Assessment, (in press).

Fellow, American Psychological Association (2018)

Raymond D. Fowler Award for Mentorship, American Psychological Association (2017)

Distinguished Researcher Award Past 18 Months Contributions, APA Division 51: Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity (2012)

Rainbow Alliance Award for LGBT Service and Research, University of Florida (2012)

Publication of the Year Award, APA Division 17: Society for Counseling Psychology, Supervision and Training Section (2011)

Malyon-Smith Scholarship, APA Division 44: Society for the Psychological Study of LGBT Issues (2010)

Nate W Woznicki (Co-supervisor)
Nate is primarily interested in health and educational disparities related to gender and sexual orientation.

Lexie Wille (Supervisor)

Year	Semester	Course
2024	Spring	EDP 376T: 12-Sport/Performance Psych-Wb
2023	Fall	EDP 376T: 12-Sport/Performance Psych-Wb
2023	Summer	EDP f381C: 4-Rsch Mthd For Practitnrs-Wb
2023	Spring	EDP 383C: 12-Assessment In Counseling
2022	Summer	EDP s384C: 14-Addiction Counseling-Wb
2022	Summer	EDP s352N: Addiction Counslng/Theories-Wb
2022	Summer	EDP w384V: Advanced Practicum
2022	Summer	EDP w384Q: Practicum In Counseling
2022	Spring	EDP 383C: 12-Assessment In Counseling
2021	Fall	EDP 376T: Sport & Performance Psych-Wb
2021	Summer	EDP w384V: Advanced Practicum-Wb
2021	Summer	EDP w384Q: Practicum In Counseling-Wb
2021	Summer	EDP f381C: 4-Rsch Mthd For Practnrs-Wb
2021	Spring	EDP 376T: Sport/Performance Psych-Wb
2021	Spring	EDP 383C: 12-Assessment In Counseling
2020	Fall	EDP 376T: Sport/Performance Psych-Wb
2020	Summer	EDP s384C: 14-Addiction Counseling-Wb
2020	Summer	EDP s352N: Addiction Counslng/Theories-Wb
2020	Summer	EDP w194: Advanced Practicum-Wb
2020	Summer	EDP w384V: Advanced Practicum-Wb
2020	Summer	EDP w384Q: Practicum In Counseling-Wb
2020	Spring	EDP 383C: 12-Assessment In Counseling
2019	Summer	EDP f381C: 4-Rsch Mthd For Practitionr-Wb
2019	Spring	EDP 383C: 12-Assessment In Counseling
2019	Spring	EDP 350L: Human Sexuality
2018	Fall	EDP 350L: Human Sexuality
2018	Summer	EDP s384C: 14-Addiction Counseling
2018	Summer	EDP w384Q: Practicum In Counseling
2018	Spring	EDP 383C: 12-Assessment In Counseling
2017	Fall	EDP 350L: Human Sexuality