Located at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, research in the BISQue lab focuses on risk and protective factors that influence body image, eating behaviors, and overall mental health among those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and nonbinary, and all queer (LGBTQ+) identities.
RECENT CONFERENCES
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Lauren Wilkins will be presenting an individual oral presentation titled, “Trans-cending cisgender sexual minority men: Confirmatory factor analysis of the Gay Community Stress Scale among transgender men”.
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Dr. Soulliard will be a discussant on a symposium chaired by Dr. Kelly Harper on expressive writing interventions for LGBTQ+ individuals.
ABCT 2026
Baltimore
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Dr. Soulliard will be presenting in a symposium, chaired by Dr. Konrad Bresin, titled, “Protective Factors against Negative Effects of the Experience of Sexual and Gender Minority Stressors”
SPSSI 2026
New Orleans
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Dr. Soulliard co-chaired, along with Dr. Brian Feinstein, a symposium on the role of intraminority and intersectional stressors on depression and anxiety among LGBTQ+ populations, along with co-presenters Drs. Roberto Rentería and Stanely Seah, and discussant, Dr. Shelley Craig
ADAA 2026
Chicago
ABCT 2025
New Orleans
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Dr. Soulliard co-chaired, along with Dr. Tiffany Brown, a symposium on the protective role of community connectedness in disordered eating among LGBTQ+ populations.
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Dr. Soulliard moderated a clinical roundtable on next steps toward personalizing, disseminating, and implementing LGBTQ-affirmative CBT interventions.
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Connor Elbe and Dr. Soulliard co-moderated a clinical roundtable on integrating fat liberation in CBT interventions for individuals in larger bodies with an eating disorder.
OPA 2025 Convention
Virtual
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Dr. Soulliard led a workshop at the Ohio Psychological Association’s 2025 Convention titled, “Eating Disorders in LGBTQ+ Populations: Overview of Current Research and Applications for Psychological Interventions”.
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Undergrad Santiago Rivera-Brogan presented his independent narrative review project titled, “Queer and Trans Joy through Transitioning: A Narrative Review of Gender Transitioning and Associations with Mental Health and Psychological Well-Being”.
QT-Con 2025
Oxford, OH
MPA 2025
Chicago
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Undergrad RA, Valentina Santiago, presented her independent lab project titled, “The Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation Difficulties and Body Appreciation in the Association between Internalized Transphobia and Disordered Eating".
ANNOUNCEMENTS
May 2026
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Cheyenne Dalton (undergrad RA) was awarded an Undergraduate Research Award (URA) to fund her honor’s thesis titled, “Intraminority Stress and Psychological Well-Being among Asexual and Aromantic Individuals: An Online Mixed Methods Study”.
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Dylan Siebenaler (undergrad RA) successfully completed his honor’s thesis titled, “The Moderating Role of Gay Community Involvement in the Associations between Gay Community Stress and Symptoms of Social Anxiety and Depression among Sexual Minority Men”.
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Congrats to our graduating lab seniors, Jeff Anderson and Dylan Siebenaler!
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Lauren Wilkins successfully proposed their master’s thesis!
April 2026
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Connor Elbe successfully proposed his comprehensive examinations!
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Jeff Anderson, Cheyenne Dalton, and Dylan Siebenaler (undergrad RAs) presented their independent research projects at Miami’s Undergraduate Research Forum
March 2026
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Dr. Soulliard received a Junior Faculty Scholar Award from Miami’s Office of Research and Innovation
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Dr. Soulliard was featured on the podcast, Ego/Id: The Psychology of Everything, on the episode, “The Psychology Body Image”
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We are excited to announce that Sean McDaniel will be joining the BISQue Lab and PhD Clinical Psychology Program at Miami starting in Fall 2026!
February 2026
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New book chapter, led by Dr. Soulliard and graduate students, Connor Elbe and Bobby Manning, published in the first edition of the Handbook of Diversity in Body Image
December 2025
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Cheyenne Dalton and Connor Elbe were awarded a Doctoral Undergraduate Opportunities Scholarship (DUOS) to fund their project titled, “Toward Size-Inclusive Psychotherapy: A Qualitative Examination of Barriers and Facilitators to Affirmative Care for Larger-Bodied LGBTQ+ Individuals”. Learn more about the project in this article from Miami’s College of Arts and Science!
October 2025
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New paper, co-authored by Dr. Soulliard and led by Dr. Gabriel Murchison, on experiences of trans young adults doing online sex work, published in The Journal of Sex Research
July 2025
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In collaboration with CenterLink and the Yale LGBTQ Mental Health Initiative, Dr. Soulliard and colleagues received grant funding through the Gill Foundation to conduct trainings and provide consultation in LGBTQ-affirmative CBT to mental health providers nationwide. Learn more here about upcoming trainings in LGBTQ-affirmative CBT led by Dr. Soulliard and other expert trainers at the Yale LGBTQ Mental Health Initiative.
Dr. Soulliard with Spring 2025 graduating lab RAs (Santiago Rivera-Brogan, Valentina Santiago, and Sydney Fannin).
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Miami University is located within the traditional homelands of the Myaamia and Shawnee people, who along with other indigenous groups ceded these lands to the United States in the first Treaty of Greenville in 1795. The Miami people, whose name our university carries, were forcibly removed from these homelands in 1846.
We encourage you to learn more about Miami Tribe Relations here.
STATEMENT ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION FROM MIAMI UNIVERSITY
We value diversity and inclusion because the goal of psychology is to improve understanding and outcomes for all individuals. We value persons of all identities, including dimensions such as age, culture, national origin, ability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, language, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and others.
As psychologists, we understand that diverse groups bring diverse perspectives; this diversity produces better outcomes in a variety of contexts, including learning and decision making, and our ability to work with one another. Consistent with these values, we actively seeks opportunities to increase and improve understanding of diversity. These enduring efforts include conducting research with diverse populations on topics related to intergroup understanding and asking questions that are relevant to different groups.
We promote the academic and professional development of students, faculty, and staff from different backgrounds and provide education to improve intercultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes for all members of our academic community. We endeavor to actively engage in positive behaviors in order to achieve these goals. In sum, we value diversity because multiple perspectives improve our ability to understand psychological processes and to understand and contribute to the communities we serve.