Sydney Hainsworth

Graduate Student, Human Development and Family Science

hainsworth@email.arizona.edu

Minor

Communications: Mass Media Focus

Sydney Hainsworth is a 4th-year graduate student at The University of Arizona majoring in Human Development and Family Studies. Their research focuses on the identity development of sexual and gender minority youth with a particular interest in the role of media and technology in shaping identity.

Current Projects

Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the identity of trans and gender non-binary youth

Degree(s)

M.S. Family Studies and Human Development - University of Arizona
B.S.ed Youth and Social Innovation - University of Virginia

Select Publications

Hainsworth, S., Toomey, R. B., & Anhalt, K. (2023). Comparing sexual orientation identity development in plurisexual versus monosexual latinx sexual minority youth. Journal of Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12146

Toomey, R. B. & Hainsworth, S. (2022, in press). Gay-straight alliances. In A. E. Goldberg (Ed.), SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies (2^nd ed.). Sage Publications.

Toomey, R. B. & Hainsworth, S. (2022, in press). School climate. In A. E. Goldberg (Ed.), SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies (2^nd ed.). Sage Publications.

Toomey, R. B., Hainsworth, S., & Farrar, C. (in preparation). Findings from Mapping Q: An arts-based suicide prevention program for LGBTQ youth.