Degrees

• Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2005
• M.S. in Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2001
• B.A. in Psychology, Wesleyan University, 1999

Scholarly and creative works

• Article in Refereed Journal

   Minority stress and structural stigma predict well-being in European LGBTQ+ parents.  

  Journal of Marriage & Family
  M Siegel, D Steryla, Abbie E. Goldberg, A Nicolson, M Zepm
• Article in Refereed Journal

   “I always viewed myself as a parent”: Parenting among Latinx cisgender sexually diverse people: An intersectional family systems approach.  

  Family Process
  2025
  Julio Martin, Abreu Roberto, Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  . “There may be a genetic tendency…”: How adoptive parents understand and communicate about substance use and risk behaviors with their adolescent children.  

  Children & Youth Services Review, 171, 108207.
  2025
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Laura Siracusa, Sophie Shuster, David Brodzinsky
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

   . Perspectives on marriage equality in 2024.  

  The Williams Institute
  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  LGBTQ parents’ accounts of their children’s experiences with heterosexism in schools.  

  Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
  2024
  Abbie E. Goldberg, JuliAnna Smith
• Article in Refereed Journal

   Family building desires among adopted adolescents with lesbian, gay, and heterosexual parents.  

  Family Relations
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Lea Silvert, Rachel Farr
• Article in Refereed Journal

   “Don’t Say Gay”: Implications for outness and desire to move among LGBTQ parents in Florida.  

  Sexuality Research and Social Policy
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Russell Toomey, Roberto Abreu
• Article in Refereed Journal

  . “Saying ‘I’m not okay’ is extremely risky”: Postpartum mental health, delayed help seeking, and fears of the child welfare system among queer parents.  

  Family Process
  2024
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Reihonna Frost
• Article in Refereed Journal

    Social competence, school engagement, and school performance among US children adopted through private domestic, international, and foster care adoption.

  Adoption Quarterly
  2024
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Nora McCormick
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Perceived impact of the overturning of Roe v. Wade on queer parents’ reproductive and sexual lives.  

  Sexuality Research & Social Policy.
  2024
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Lea Silvert, Brittany Charlton
• Article in Refereed Journal

     Gender identity and pronouns among trans and nonbinary students entering college.  

  Journal of LGBT Youth.
  2024
  Genny Beemyn, Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

   Transgender and gender diverse students’ experiences of gender minority stress, financial burden, and resilience in graduate school.  

  Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.
  2024
  Haylie Virginia, Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  “I want to support her but also want to protect her”: The gendered parenting practices of LGBTQ+ parents.  

  Children & Youth Services Review, 169.
  2024
  Logan Maddie, Heberle Amy, Abbie E. Goldberg
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

   Parenting among married same-sex couples: Experiences, aspirations, and barriers.  

  The Williams Institute
  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  LGBTQ parent concerns and parent-child communication about the Parental Rights in Education Bill (“Don’t Say Gay”) in Florida.  

  Family Relations, 73, 318-339.
  2024
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Roberto Abreu
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Perceived impact of the parental rights in education bill (“Don’t Say Gay”) on LGBTQ+ parents in Florida.  

  The Counseling Psychologist, 52(2), 224-266.
  2024
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Roberto Abreu, Andrew Flores
• Article in Refereed Journal

  To tell or not to tell: Disclosure experiences and perceived microaggressions among adopted adolescents with lesbian, gay, and heterosexual parents. 

  Journal of Adolescent Research. Advance online publication.
  2024
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Kaitlin Gabriele-Black
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Qualitative family research: Innovative, flexible, theoretical, reflexive. 

  Journal of Marriage and Family.
  2024
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Katherine R. Allen
• Article in Refereed Journal

    LGBTQ parents’ accounts of their children’s experiences with heterosexism in schools.  

  Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
  Abbie E. Goldberg, JuliAnna Z Smith
• Book

  SAGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LGBTQ+ STUDIES.

  2024
  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Thinking about the birth father: Loss, longing, ambivalence, and indifference among adopted adolescents with lesbian mothers.  

  Infant & Child Development
  2024
  Abbie E. Goldberg, David Brodzinsky
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  The impact of anti-DEI legislation on LGBTQ+ faculty in higher education.  

  The Williams Institute
  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

   LGBTQ-parent families: Diversity, intersectionality, and social context.  

  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  From safety in silence to fighting for LGBTQ+ families: A reflection on the personal, professional, and political through a feminist lens.

  Journal of Family Theory & Review, 15, 219-234.
  2023
  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Cherished families, unspoken truths: Navigating hidden and challenging family experiences while growing up with LGBTQ parents.  

  Journal of Marriage & Family, 86, 219-244.
  2023
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Katherine R Allen, Caroline Sanner
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

   Impact of HB 1557 (Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill) on LGBTQ+ parents in Florida.

  The Williams Institute
  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

   Perspectives of Florida parents on HB 1557, The Parental Rights in Education Act. The Williams Institute.

  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Book

  The (mis)representations of queer lives in true crime.

  2023
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Danielle Slakoff, Carrie Buist
• Chapters In Books

  In A. Shanok & N. Eden (Eds.), Thriving in graduate school: The experts guide. Rowman & Littlefield.
  Chapter: “To be your best self”: Surviving and thriving as a trans grad student.

  Abbie E. Goldberg, Beemyn Genny
• Article in Refereed Journal

  “Life is already hard enough”: Lesbian and gay adoptive parents’ experiences and concerns after the 2016 presidential election.

  Couple & Family Psychology,
  Katie Gabriele-Black, Abbie E. Goldberg, Melissa Manley, Reihonna Frost
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Divorced and separated parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Family Process
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Katherine Allen
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Apart, but still together: Separated parents living in limbo during COVID-19.

  Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
  Katherine Allen, Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  ). “I want to be safe…and I also want a job”: Career considerations and decision-making among trans adults pursuing post-graduate education.

  The Counseling Psychologist
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Em Matsuno, Genny Beemyn
• Article in Refereed Journal

  The impact of COVID-19 on child welfare-involved families: Implications for parent-child reunification and child welfare professionals.

  Developmental Child Welfare
  Abbie E. Goldberg, David Brodzinsky, Jacqueline Singer
• Article in Refereed Journal

  School-aged adopted children’s early responses to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Family Relations
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Nora McCormick, Haylie Virginia
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Failed” matches, child removals, and disrupted placements: Devastating and invisible losses during the family building journey for LGBTQ adoptive parents 

  Journal of Family Nursing.
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Katherine Allen
• Chapters In Books

  The social science of same-sex marriage: LGBT people and their relationships in the era of marriage equality.
  Chapter: Doing it for the kids? Motivations to marry and perceived effects of marriage among lesbian and gay parents.

  2022
  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Chapters In Books

  The psychology of fatherhood.
  Chapter: Gay, bisexual, and queer fatherhood.

  Abbie E. Goldberg, Nora McCormick, Haylie Virginia, Emma Kironde
• Chapters In Books

  Sourcebook of family theories and methodologies.
  Chapter: Feminist theories: Knowledge, method, and praxis.

  Katherine Allen, Abbie E. Goldberg, Ana Jaramillo-Sierra
• Book

  LGBTQ family building: A guide for prospective parents.

  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Associations between trans-inclusive resources and feelings of inclusion in campus LGBTQ+ groups: Differences for trans students of color.  

  Psychology of Sexual Orientation & Gender Diversity
  2022
  Jack Day, Abbie E. Goldberg, Russell Toomey, Genny Beemyn
• Article in Refereed Journal

  What do teachers know about adoptive families, and how do they use it to serve adopted children?  

  Adoption Quarterly
  2022
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Harold Grotevant
• Article in Refereed Journal

  LGBTQ Parent Families: Diversity, intersectionality, and social context. 

  Current Opinion in Psychology
  2022
  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

   Lesbian, gay, and heterosexual parents’ perspectives on their adopted children’s puberty and approaches to puberty-related communication. 

  Journal of Family Communication
  2022
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Haylie Virginia
• Article in Refereed Journal

   White parents of adopted Black children in an era of racial reckoning: Challenges, tensions, and strategies.

  Journal of Marriage and Family
  2022
  Abbie E. Goldberg, McCormick Nora, Kironde Emma, Virginia Haylie, Logan Maddie
• Article in Refereed Journal

   “I’m not just the nonbiological parent”: Encountering, strategizing, and resisting asymmetry and invalidation in genetic/gestational status among LGBTQ parents.  

  Journal of Family Nursing
  2022
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Katherine Allen
• Chapters In Books

  Social parenthood in comparative perspective.
  Chapter: A psychological perspective on the significance of legal recognition of diverse social parent relationships for children.

  Published by NYU Press

  2022
  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Chapters In Books

  Families as they really are.
  Chapter: The transition to parenthood for LGBTQ people.

  2022
  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Book

  The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies, 2nd edition

  2022
  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Transgender graduate students: Considerations, tensions, and decisions in choosing a graduate program.

  Journal of Homosexuality
  2021
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Nora McCormick, Haylie Virginia, Em Matsuno, Beemyn Genny
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Consensually nonmonogamous parent relationships during COVID-19.

  Sexualities
  2021
  Melissa Manley, Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Family building desires among a sample of transgender and nonbinary students.

  Journal of GLBT Family Studies
  Carly Guss, Sabra Katz Wise, Emily Martey, Abbie E. Goldberg
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Resources for schools: Inclusion of LGBTQ Parent Families

  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Reconciling realities, adapting expectations, and reframing “success”: Adoptive parents respond to their children’s academic interests, challenges, and achievement.

  Children & Youth Services Review
  2021
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Nora McCormick, Haylie Virginia, Em Matsuno, Genny Beemyn
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Parenting in a pandemic: Work-family arrangements, well-being, and intimate relationships among adoptive parents.

  Family Relations, 70(1), 7-25.
  2021
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Nora McCormick, Haylie Virginia
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Lesbian adoptive mothers’ emotional responses and adaptation in the wake of relationship dissolution.

  Journal of Women & Aging, 33, 184-200.
  Katherine Allen, Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Intimate partner violence in the LGBTQ+ community: Experiences, outcomes, and implications for primary care.

  Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice
  2021

  Vol. 48
  Autumn Bermea, Danielle Slakoff, Abbie E. Goldberg
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  Resources for schools: Serving adopted students

  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Book

  The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies

  2021
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Genny Beemyn
• Chapters In Books

  
  Chapter: Postpartum depression and anxiety in male-partnered and female-partnered sexual minority women: A longitudinal study.

  2020
  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  “We don’t exactly fit in, but we can’t opt out”: Gay fathers’ experiences navigating parent communities in schools.

  Journal of Marriage & Family, 82, 1655-1676.
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Katherine Allen, Megan Carroll
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Community characteristics, victimization, and psychological adjustment among school-aged adopted children with lesbian, gay, and heterosexual parents.

  Frontiers in Psychology, 11(372). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00372
  Abbie E. Goldberg, Randi Garcia
• Article in Refereed Journal

  People said we were nuts … I understand what they were saying now”: The transition to parenthood in sibling group adoption.

  Children & Youth Services Review, 116, 105-209.
  Frost Reihonna, Abbie E. Goldberg
• Chapters In Books

  In C. Price & K. Bush (Eds.), Families and change (6th edition) (pp. 127-154).
  Chapter: LGBQ-parent families: Development and functioning in context.

  Abbie E. Goldberg, Nora McCormick
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Goldberg, A. E., Manley, M., Frost, R. F., & McCormick, N. M. (2020). Conceived through rape/incest?: Adoptive parents’ experiences managing uncertainty and disclosure surrounding their children’s origins.

  Family Process
  2020
  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Book

  LGBTQ Parent Families

  2020
  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Lesbian women disrupting gendered, heteronormative discourses of motherhood, marriage, and divorce

  Journal of Lesbian Studies
  2020///

  2020

  Vol. 24

  Issue #1
  Katherine R. Allen, Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Gender Socialization Practices Among Bisexual and Other Nonmonosexual Mothers: A Longitudinal Qualitative Examination

  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Chapters In Books

  
  Chapter: 6. Goldberg, A. E., & Roe, C. (2019). The seven core issues and LGBTQ families. In S. Roszia & A. Maxon (Eds.), Seven core issues in adoption and permanency: What they are and why they matter

  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Chapters In Books

  
  Chapter: Goldberg, A. E. (2019). Experiences of trans/gender nonconforming graduate students in higher education.

  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Adopting again: A qualitative study of the second transition to parenthood in adoptive families

  Adoption Quarterly
  2019/06/18/

  2019
  Reihonna L. Frost, Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Trans activism and advocacy among transgender students in higher education: A mixed methods study

  Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
  2019/05/27/

  2019
  Abbie E. Goldberg, JuliAnna Z. Smith, Genny Beemyn
• Book

  Open Adoption in Diverse Families: Complex Relationships in the Digital Age

  2019
  Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  ‘I’ve heard there’s some sort of underground group’: LGBTQ activism on Evangelical Christian campuses

  Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
  2019/12/05/

  2019
  Kaitlin A. Gabriele-Black, Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Minority stress in nonbinary students in higher education: The role of campus climate and belongingness

  Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
  2019/11/25/

  2019
  Stephanie L. Budge, Sergio Domínguez Jr., Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Parental naming practices in same sex adoptive families

  Family Relations: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies
  2019/10/04/

  2019
  Emma L. Frank, Melissa H. Manley, Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Foster youth’s educational challenges and supports: Perspectives of teachers, foster parents, and former foster youth

  Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal
  2019/10/05/

  2019
  April M. Moyer, Abbie E. Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Reconsidering the LGBT Climate Inventory: Understanding support and hostility for LGBTQ employees in the workplace

  Journal of Career Assessment
  2019/08//

  2019

  Vol. 27

  Issue #3
  Elizabeth Grace Holman, Jessica N. Fish, Ramona Faith Oswald, Abbie Goldberg
• Article in Refereed Journal

  Health behaviors and outcomes of parents in same-sex couples: An exploratory study

  Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
  2019/09//

  2019

  Vol. 6

  Issue #3
  Abbie E. Goldberg, JuliAnna Z. Smith, Nora M. McCormick, Nicole M. Overstreet

Awards and grants

• Research Communications Grant: Lesbian, gay, and heterosexual adoptive parents’ experiences in elementary school.

  Spencer Foundation

  Apr. 14, 2021 – Apr. 25, 2022