Roberto L. Abreu, PhD

Dr. Roberto L. Abreu (he/him/él) is an Associate Professor, Colonel Allen R. and Margaret G. Crow Term Professor, and the director of the Collective Healing and Empowering VoicEs through Research and Engagement (¡Chévere!) at the University of Florida, Department of Psychology. His research program focuses on the relational and systemic experiences and mental health outcomes among LGBTQ people and their families and communities, with a focus on Latinx LGBTQ youth and transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth. Other areas of research include LGBTQ adults’ experiences of discrimination, oppression, violence, resilience, and joy. Dr. Abreu serves as Co-Investigator (Co-I) and Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI) in multiple national grants, including funding from the National Institute of Health (NIH): Community Partnerships Advance for Science (ComPASS) and NIH Research Project Grant Program (R01).

Roberto has co-edited two books: LGBTQ+ Affirmative Psychological Interventions: A Latinx Perspective (Springer) and Affirming LGBTQ+ Students in Higher Education (APA publisher). Roberto currently serves as Associate Editor for Psychology of Sexual Orientation of Gender Diversity (PSOGD); Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology (CDEMP); Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion (JPHP); and Qualitative Psychology (QP).