Diplomas / DegreesPh.D., Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (2005)
MA, Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (2001)
BA: Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1999)
Recent CoursesHuman Behavior Theory For Social Work Practice II
Multivariate Analyses
Social Work Research II
Statistics For Social Work Research
Research InterestsAdolescents’ and young adults’ risk behavior is detrimental to their mental and physical health both because of inherent health risks incurred by the behavior and because of society’s efforts to punish a behavior that offends its norms and ideologies. Religious institutions, law enforcement, schools, and parents are considered as possibly attenuating or exacerbating the risk attributable to youth and young adult risk behavior – such as marijuana use, sexual behavior, and identification as a sexual minority – by their reactions to it.
Youth, moreover, often adapt to contextual reactions to their risk behaviors by engaging in more risk behaviors or taking on risk statuses, which results in further marginalization. This downward spiral is very visible in homeless LGBT youth – a population of special interest – who often become homeless as the result of family prejudice or poverty or both and engage in “survival crimes” of squatting, sex work, and drug use. My research efforts focus on how youth can negotiate a place in society against powerful social forces trying to marginalize them and so avoid further harm, e.g., adult homelessness, substance abuse/dependence, HIV infection.
Grants / Sponsored ResearchNational Institutes of Health R01. Video Games’ Role in Developing Substance Use. Application #7770131 Submitted for the February 5, 2009 deadline by co-principal investigators Luther C. Elliott and Bruce D. Johnson at the National Development and Research Institutes (NDRI) in Manhattan and Geoffrey L. Ream at Adelphi University. After Bruce Johnson’s untimely death, long-time colleague Eloise Dunlap took his place as co-principal investigator. Score: 25, 11th percentile.
Adelphi University, Faculty Development Grant. Differential developmental trajectories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth. Awarded February 12, 2009 to Geoffrey L. Ream, Principal Investigator, $1000.
Adelphi University, Faculty Development Grant. Condom cognition: Factors affecting the decision process about condom use among homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth. Awarded January 10, 2008 to Geoffrey L. Ream, Principal Investigator, $4000.
National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIDA Director’s Travel Award to attend the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, 2006. Awarded to Geoffrey L. Ream, presenting author, $750.
American Psychological Foundation, Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant. Family based support as a source of resiliency for sexual-minority youth. Awarded 5/15/03 to Geoffrey L. Ream, Principal Investigator, $1000.
National Institutes of Health, Add Health Users Group Conference, travel and lodging allowance. Awarded 5/9/03 to Geoffrey L. Ream, research staff member, $1,364.
Cornell University Department of Human Development, Harold Feldman Fellowship for research on families. Family-based support as a source of resiliency for sexual-minority youth. Awarded 2/13/03 to Geoffrey L. Ream, Principal Investigator, $675.
Selected Dissertations ChairedRachel L. Miller (2006). Cannabis: A vulnerability-stress factor in the treatment of recent onset of schizophrenia.Adelphi University
Other Scholarly / Artistic WorkPEER REVIEWED ARTICLES
Ream, G. L., Johnson, B. D., Dunlap, E., & Benoit, E. (in press). The role of marijuana use etiquette in avoiding targeted police enforcement. Drugs: Education, Prevention, & Policy.
Miller, R. L., Ream, G. L., McCormack, J., Gunduz-Bruce, H., Sevy, S., & Robinson, D. G. (2009). A prospective study of cannabis use as a risk factor for non-adherence and treatment dropout in first-episode schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 113(2), 138-144.
Johnson, B. D., Ream, G. L., Dunlap, E., & Sifaneck, S. J. (2008). Civic norms and etiquettes regarding marijuana use in public settings in New York City. Substance Use and Misuse, 43(7), 895-918.
Ream, G. L., Benoit, E., Johnson, B. D., & Dunlap, E. (2008). Smoking tobacco along with marijuana increases symptoms of cannabis dependence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 95, 199-208.
Feldman, M. B., Ream, G. L., Díaz, R. M., & El-Bassel, N. (2007). Intimate partner violence and HIV sexual risk behavior among Latino gay and bisexual men: The role of situational factors. Journal of LGBT Health Research, 3(4), 75-87.
Feldman, M. B., Díaz, R. M., Ream, G. L., & El-Bassel, N. (2007). Intimate partner violence and HIV sexual risk behavior among Latino gay and bisexual men. Journal of LGBT Health Research, 3(2), 9-19.
Sifaneck, S. J., Ream, G. L., Johnson, B. D., & Dunlap, E. (2007). Retail marijuana purchases in designer and commercial markets in New York City: Sales units, weights, and prices per gram. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 90S(Behavior and Economics Supplemental Issue), S40-S51.
Savin-Williams, R. C., & Ream, G. L. (2007). Prevalence and stability of sexual orientation components during adolescence and young adulthood. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36(3), 385-394.
Ream, G. L. (2006). Reciprocal effects between the perceived environment and heterosexual intercourse among adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 35(5), 768-782.
Kowaleski-Jones, L., Dunifon, R. E., & Ream, G. L. (2006). Community contributions to scholastic success. Journal of Community Psychology, 34(3), 343-362.
Savin-Williams, R. C., & Ream, G. L. (2006). Pubertal onset and sexual orientation in an adolescent national probability sample. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 35(3), 279-286.
Ream, G. L., & Savin-Williams, R. C. (2005). Reciprocal associations between adolescent sexual activity and quality of youth-parent interactions. Journal of Family Psychology, 19(2), 171-179.
Ream, G. L., & Savin-Williams, R. C. (2005). Reconciling Christianity and positive non-heterosexual identity in adolescence, with implications for psychological well-being. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education, 2(3), 19-36.
Savin-Williams, R. C., & Ream, G. L. (2003). Sex variations in the disclosure to parents of same-sex attractions. Journal of Family Psychology, 17(3), 429-438.
Savin-Williams, R. C., & Ream, G. L. (2003). Suicide attempts among sexual-minority male youth. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 32(4), 509-522. (Presented at the 110th meeting of the American Psychological Association under the title "Ordinary sexual-minority youth," August, 2002, Chicago, IL).
PRESENTATIONS
Ream, G. L., Barnhart, K. F., Hing, M., & Lotz, K. V. (2009, August). "Condom Cognition" of homeless LGBT youth in New York City. Poster presented at the 35th annual meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research, San Juan, PR, August 19-22.
Ream, G. L., Johnson, B.D., Dunlap, E., & Benoit, E. (2008). Race, Public Use, Etiquette, and other Determinants of Marijuana-Related Police Contact in New York City. Paper presented at the Adelphi University Social and Behavioral Sciences Symposium, Garden City, NY, February 15.
Johnson, B. D., Dunlap, E., Benoit, E., & Ream, G. L. (2007). Ethnicity, Marijuana Use Etiquette, and Marijuana-Related Police Contact in New York City. Paper presented at the 102nd annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York City, August, 11-14.
Ream, G. L. (2007). Racial disparities, public smoking, and other determinants of marijuana-related police contacts in New York City. Poster presented at the 18th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug-Related Harm, Warsaw, Poland, May 13-17.
Ream, G. L. (2006). The "Problem Behavior" of youth homosexuality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, August 10-13.
Ream, G. L., Johnson, B. D., Golub, A., & Dunlap, E. (2006). Marijuana arrests: Influences of ethnicity, gender, blunts vs. joints, and marijuana etiquette. Paper presented at the 68th annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Scottsdale, AZ, June 17-22.
Ream, G. L. (2006). Past sexual orientation and other influences on present sexual orientation identity: A comparison of methods using Add Health data. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, March 23-26.
Ream, G. L., & Savin-Williams, R. C. (2005). Gender atypicality, victimization, and mental health in sexual-minority youths. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC, August 18-21.
Ream, G. L. (2005). Pubertal onset and sexual orientation in an adolescent national probability sample. Paper presented at the International Behavioral Development Symposium: Biological Basis of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Sex-Typical Behavior, Minot, ND, August 3-6.
Ream, G. L. (2005). Context effects on timing of marriage in emerging adulthood. Paper presented at the Second Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Miami, FL, February 18-19.
Ream, G. L. (2004). Parent relations as cause and consequence of adolescent sexual involvement. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, March 11-14.
Kowaleski-Jones, L., Dunifon, R., & Ream, G. L. (2004). Social context and youth competence: Exploring the interplay among parental perceptions and objective features of community environment. Paper presented at the Population Association of America 2004 Annual Meeting, Boston, April 1-3.
Ream, G. L. (2003). Religion as resiliency: Sex, sexual orientation and race differences. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, August 7-10.
Ream, G. L. (2003). Roy Scrivner memorial lecture: Family adaptation to youth (homo)sexuality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, August 7-10.
Ream, G. L., & Savin-Williams, R. C. (2003). Family support as youth resiliency: Sex and sexual orientation differences. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, August 7-10.
Ream, G. L., & Savin-Williams, R. C. (2003). Add Sex: Changes attributable to sexual debut. Paper presented at the 2003 Add Health Users Workshop, Bethesda, MD, July 28-29.
Ream, G. L., & Savin-Williams, R. C. (2002). Factors related to the development of religion-based homophobia. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, August 22-26.
Savin-Williams, R. C., & Ream, G. L. (2002). Predicting suicide attempts among sexual-minority male youths. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, August 22-26.
Ream, G. L. (2001). Intrinsic religion and internalized homophobia in sexual-minority youth. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, August 24-28.
BOOK SECTIONS
Ream, G. L., Johnson, B. D., Sifaneck, S. J., & Dunlap, E. (2006). Distinguishing Blunts Users from Joints Users: A comparison of marijuana use subcultures. In S. M. Cole (Ed.), New Research on Street Drugs (pp. 245-273). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Ream, G. L. (2005). Religion and psychological development. In J. T. Sears (Ed.), Youth, education, and sexualities: An international encyclopedia (Vol. 2: K-Z, pp. 702-705). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Ream, G. L., & Savin-Williams, R. C. (2005). Resiliency. In J. T. Sears (Ed.), Youth, education, and sexualities: An international encyclopedia (Vol. 2, pp. 724-727). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Ream, G. L., & Savin-Williams, R. C. (2005). Youth risk behavioral surveys. In J. T. Sears (Ed.), Youth, education, and sexualities: An international encyclopedia (Vol. 2: K-Z, pp. 920-922). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Ream, G. L., & Savin-Williams, R. C. (2005). Religion and the educational experiences of adolescents. In T. Urdan & F. Pajares (Eds.), Educating adolescents: Challenges and strategies (pp. 255-286). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Ream, G. L., & Savin-Williams, R. C. (2003). Religious development in adolescence. In G. R. Adams & M. D. Berzonsky (Eds.), Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence (pp. 51-59). Blackwell Publishers: Oxford, UK.
Ream, G. L., & Witt, P. A. (2003). Organizations serving all ages. In S. F. Hamilton & M. A. Hamilton (Eds.), Handbook of Youth Development (pp. 49-74). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Ream, G. L. (2003). Religion and sexual orientation in America. In J. R. Miller, R. M. Lerner, L. B. Schiamberg & P. M. Anderson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of human ecology (Vol. 2: I-Z, pp. 608-613). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio.
Ream, G. L. (2001). Religion, spirituality, and belief systems. In J. V. Lerner, R. M. Lerner & J. Finkelstein (Eds.), Adolescence in America: An encyclopedia (Vol. 2: N-Y, pp. 576-584). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Ream, G. L. (2009). Boundaries and policies in distance learning. Faculty Center for Professional Excellence Newsletter, (12), Retrieved May 7, 2008 from http://fcpe.adelphi.edu/newsletter/2012/ream.php.
Ream, G. L. (2005). Book review: Sex, religion, media. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 34(2), 262-263.
Ream, G. L. (2004). Book review: Sex and sexuality among New York City’s Puerto Rican youth. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 30(2), 115-117.
Ream, G. L. (2003). Religion's role in the development of youth. Retrieved August 12, 2004, from http://www.human.cornell.edu/units/circ/Reampolicybrief...
Ream, G. L. (2002). Fundamentalist attribution error. Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Issues Newsletter, 18(3), Retrieved November 3, 2002, from http://www.apa.org/divisions/div44/vol18nu3.htm#Fundame....
Professional ActivitiesEditorial Board member, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, April 2005-present
Consultant to Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. and Eloise Dunlap, Ph.D., NDRI, July 2005-February 2008
Analyzed quantitative data gathered in a mixed-methods qualitative/ethnographic and questionnaire study of New York City marijuana users ages 18 through 24 for publication and to supplement a competing continuation grant application. Project: Marijuana/Blunts: Use, Subcultures, and Markets, funded by National Institute on Drug Abuse grant 5R01 DA 013690-04.
Peer reviewer for Developmental Psychology, American Journal of Education, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Journal of Adolescent Research, National Multicultural Conference & Summit II (Fall 2000), Personal Relationships, The Sociological Quarterly, Journal of Homosexuality, Journal of Early Adolescence, Journal of Adolescence, Child & Adolescent Mental Health, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Journal of Family Psychology, Addiction, Substance Use and Misuse, Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, American Journal of Public Health, Social Science and Medicine, Malyon-Smith scholarship awarded by Division 44 of the American Psychological Association.
New Scholar Reviewer, Personal Relationships, March 2003-August 2005
No longer a “new scholar” as of August 2005.
Research assistant to Rachel Dunifon, Ph.D. and Lori Kowaleski-Jones, Ph.D., January-December 2003
Performed secondary analysis of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Child Development Supplement (PSID-CDS) using census geocode data for a project on neighborhood effects on youth development. Project: Social Context and Youth Competence: Assessing Pathways of Influence of Community Resources, funded by W. T. Grant Foundation.
Consultant to Caitlin Ryan, Ph.D., Jan. 2001 - Mar. 2001
Assisted with literature review for a project on LGBT youth and faith-based organizations.
Community and Corporate LeadershipVolunteer & Board Nominee, New Alternatives for Homeless LGBT Youth, NYC, November 2008-Present
Curriculum development and group facilitation for the life-skills, psychoeducation, and developmental asset building program of this new, yet-to-be-incorporated organization. New Alternatives is based in Middle Collegiate Church in Manhattan and is the vision of Kate Barnhart, activist and former director of Metropolitan Community Church Homeless Youth Services. The organization eventually hopes to provide job training and employment opportunities for homeless LGBT youth.
Consultant to Trinity Place Shelter, New York, NY, November 2007-Present
Wrote statement of need and evaluation plan for this faith-based LGBT youth shelter’s first application for funding from the AIDS Institute of the New York State Department of Health, which was funded at about $100,000. Also helped obtain its first funding from the Paul Rapoport Foundation. Collaborated with Pastor Heidi Neumark of Trinity Lutheran Church of NYC and Kevin Lotz, LCSW, CASAC, Trinity Place’s program director. Attended the Empire State Pride Agenda 2009 Technical Assistance Conference on February 25, 2009 in Albany, NY, on behalf of Trinity Place. Working with Nicholas Forge, Trinity Place volunteer coordinator and Fordham University doctoral student, created a rigorous protocol for evaluating client outcomes that will be the first of its kind among homeless LGBT youth services.
Consultant to Sylvia’s Place Shelter, New York, NY, Fall 2005–Spring 2009
Wrote evaluation plan for this LGBT youth shelter’s application for competing continuation of their grant for LGBT-specific social services from the AIDS institute of the New York State Department of Health, which was funded at about $100,000. Also helped obtain continuing funding from the Paul Rapoport Foundation. Collaborated with Kate Barnhart, then director of Metropolitan Community Church of NYC’s Homeless Youth Services. Created intake forms, managed intake database, and compiled statistical reports based on intake data for public presentations and applications and reports to funding agencies. Used “entrée” with this community of service providers to conduct a qualitative interview study of thought processes about condoms among homeless LGBT youth.
Consultant to Leadership Training Institute, Hempstead, NY, June 2007-April 2008
Working with Elizabeth Palley and Roger Levin, also of the Adelphi School of Social Work, and director Mel Jackson, to help fulfill this organization’s reporting and evaluation requirements for their Compassion Capital grant. Assembled existing data into a report and drafted measures for collection of additional, longitudinal data.
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