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, 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 (formerly Planned Parenthood) supporting its sex-positive, trans-inclusive, choice-based mandate.