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Dr. Cosgrove is a professor, researcher and social worker who focuses on queer and gender-affirming care, critical and transformative social work, and arts-based participatory action research. Dr. Cosgrove has spent several years working with LGBTQAI+ youth as a sexuality educator and has offered clinical services to both older adults in substance use recovery and LGBTQAI+ individuals and families. Dr. Cosgrove uses arts-based methodologies and participatory action research to work in partnership with transgender and nonbinary communities to explore identity development, affirmation and social stigma. Dr. Cosgrove is also a founding co-director of the multi-institutional . In the classroom, Dr. Cosgrove teaches social work and sociology courses through an anti-oppressive and socially transformative lens.
PhD, Social Welfare, University at Albany (SUNY), 2020 MSW, University at Albany (SUNY), 2014 BS, Human Services, Empire State College, 2012
Transgender and nonbinary identity development, affirmation and social stigma Anti-transgender policy violence Queer and transgender experiences in higher education The advancement of participatory action and arts-based research
Cosgrove, D., Simpson, F., Dreslinski, N. & Kihm, T. (2023). Photovoice as a transformative methodology for nonbinary young adults, Journal of LGBT Youth, 20(2), 282-300, DOI:
Kinney, M. Killian; Cosgrove, Darren; Swafford, Tayon R.; and Brandon-Friedman, Richard A. (2023) "An Institution Can Have Good Intentions and Still Be Atrocious": Transgender and Gender Expansive Experiences in Social Work Education," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 50: Iss. 1, Article 6. DOI:
Kinney, M.K. & Cosgrove, D. (2022)."Truly Listen to Us": Recommendations for Health Professionals to Bolster Wellbeing of Nonbinary Individuals. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 19(15).
Pyles, L., Cosgrove, D., Adam, G. & Raheim, S. (2021). "Could we just breathe for 30 seconds?": Social worker experiences of Holistic Engagement Practice Training. Social Work. 66(4), 285鈥�296.
Kramer, C., Cosgrove, D., Mountz, S. & Lee, E. (2021). Finding a Place for My Research to Belong: Experiences of early-career social work participatory action researchers in neoliberal academia. Critical and Radical Social Work. (9)2, 269-287.
Cosgrove, D. (2021). "I am allowed to be myself": A photovoice exploration of non-binary identity development and meaning-making. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services. (33)1, 78-102. .
Cosgrove, D., Bozlak, C. & Reid, P. (2021). Service Barriers for Gender non-binary Young Adults: Using photovoice to understand support and stigma. Affilia. 36(2), 220鈥�239. . 听
Cosgrove, D., Colacchio, B., & Levin, D. (2023, Jan). Exploring the Use of Art-Based Collaborative Auto-Ethnography. Society of Social Work Research, Phoenix, AZ. [ Round Table]
Timbers, V.* & Cosgrove, C. (2022, November). Clinical Practice with Trans and Gender Expansive Clients in Rural Settings. Council on Social Work Education, Anaheim, CA. [research presentation]
Kramer, C., Cosgrove, D. & DeChants, J. (2022, Jan). Looking Back to Look Forward: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Study of the Effects of Neoliberalism on Social Work Practice, Education and Research. Society of Social Work Research, Washington, D.C. [poster]
Cosgrove, D. & Kinney, K. (2021, November). Improving services for nonbinary clients: Exploring what it means to be 鈥淟GBTQ-affirming." Council on Social Work Education, Orlando FL. [research presentation]
Cosgrove, D. & Kinney, K. (2021, June). Photovoice as a Tool for Nonbinary Identity Exploration, Community Change, and Wellbeing. LGBTQ Research Symposium, University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, Virtual. [paper].
Student Recognition of Outstanding Teaching (2020). Miami University
Distinguished Dissertation Award (2020). University at Albany
Lavender Award- Excellence in LGBTQ+ Scholarship (2019). University at Albany
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