PhD

Dr. Ashley Brooks (Research Associate) is a social psychologist from London, UK. He has been working with and on behalf of LGBTQ+ communities for 10 years in voluntary, professional, and scholarly capacities. Prior to joining INQYR, he led Out On Campus, an LGBTQ+ resource center at Simon Fraser University, where he worked directly with queer youth providing mental health support and community building; creating social, cultural, health, and educational programming; mentoring and supporting volunteers; and driving queer-focused EDI initiatives across SFU’s three campuses. He received his PhD in 2017 from Anglia Ruskin University, UK, and his research primarily focuses on issues of LGBTQ+ prejudice, discrimination, stigma, microaggressions, and enabling factors that help queer youth survive and thrive. Ashley is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Sexual and Gender Diversity in Social Services, and previously served on the editorial board for Psychology & Sexuality. In his volunteer work with the Community-Based Research Centre as part of their Investigaytors program, he has supported community-based research into queer health and PrEP access, and he is currently on the board of directors for Options for Sexual Health supporting its sex-positive, trans-inclusive, choice-based mandate.