Rory P. O'Brien
Discipline: Social Work
Rory P. O'Brien (they/them) is a PhD candidate at the University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck of Social Work. With nearly a decade of experience as a social worker, educator, and advocate, they currently do research with Dr John Blosnich and, at Washington University in St Louis, Dr Jeremy Goldbach, to understand associations between social policy and LGBTQ+ youth health. They have published using quantitative and qualitative methods in research investigating LGBTQ+ youth coping and minority stress, issues in federal data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity, and associations between structural stigma and youth mental health. Their dissertation research focuses on high school student civic engagement in school policy change in the Los Angeles region.
You can contact Rory at rpobrien@usc.edu
