Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles - whenever possible, I post a link to either the pre-print or accepted version of manuscripts here (papers before/after peer review), while the final copy-edited versions are available on the journal websites; any articles that are open access are directly linked.

  1. Seelman, K. L., Beck, E., Brady, S.R., Dillard, K. L., & Lane, W. (Accepted). Reconceptualizing the knowledge base of social work: The imperative for critical theories and perspectives in social work education. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare.

  2. Seelman, K. L., Vasi, A.,* Kattari, S. K., & Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R.* (2021). Predictors of healthcare mistreatment among transgender and gender diverse individuals: Are there different patterns by patient race and ethnicity? Social Work in Health Care, 60(5), 411-429. http://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2021.1909201

  3. Shelton, J., Kroehle, K., Clarke, E., Seelman, K. L., & Dodd, S. J. (2021). Digital technologies and the violent surveillance of nonbinary gender. Journal of Gender Based Violence [Special Issue]. http://doi.org/10.1332/239868021X16153783053180

  4. Seelman, K. L., Kattari, S. K., Harvey, P.*, & Bakko, M.* (2020). Transgender men’s access to knowledgeable providers and experiences in health care settings: Differences by demographics, mental health, and degree of being “out” to providers. Health & Social Work, 45(4), 229-239. http://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/hlaa030

  5. Kroehle, K.*, Shelton, J., Clark, E.*, & Seelman, K. L. (2020). Mainstreaming dissidence: Confronting binary gender in social work's Grand Challenges. Social Work [Special issue - Mainstreaming gender: An intersectional feminist approach to social work's Grand Challenges], 65(4), 368-377. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swaa037

  6. Kattari, S. K., Grange, J., Seelman, K. L., Bakko, M.,* & Harner, V.* (2020). Distance traveled to access knowledgeable trans-related health care providers. Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health, 1(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/lgbtq-2020-0004

  7. Seelman, K. L., & Poteat, T. (2020). Strategies used by transmasculine and non-binary adults assigned female at birth to resist transgender stigma in healthcare. International Journal of Transgender Health, 21(3), 350-365. doi: 10.1080/26895269.2020.1781017

  8. Seelman, K. L. (2019). Differences in mental, cognitive, and functional health by sexual orientation among older women: Analysis of the 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Gerontologist, 59(4), 749-759. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnx215

  9. Seelman, K. L., & Walker, M. B. (2018). Do anti-bullying laws reduce in-school victimization, fear-based absenteeism, and suicidality for LGBQ youth? Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 47(11), 2301-2319. doi: 10.1007/s10964-018-0904-8

  10. Seelman, K. L., Lewinson, T., Engleman, L.*, & Allen, A.* (2018). Motivations for advance care and end-of-life planning among lesbian, gay, and bisexual older adults. Qualitative Social Work, 18(6), 1002-1016. doi: 10.1177/1473325018792396

  11. Seelman, K. L., Miller, J. F.*, Fawcett, Z. E. R.*, & Cline, L.* (2018). Do transgender men have equal access to health care and engagement in preventive health behaviors compared to cisgender adults? Social Work in Health Care 57(7), 502-525. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2018.1462292

  12. Lane, W.*, & Seelman, K. L. (2018). The apparatus of social reproduction: Uncovering the work functions of transgender women. Affilia, 33(2), 154-163. doi: 10.1177/0886109917747614

  13. Seelman, K. L., Adams, M. A., & Poteat, T. (2017). Interventions for healthy aging among mature Black lesbians: Recommendations gathered through community-based research. Journal of Women & Aging, 29(6), 530-542. doi: 10.1080/08952841.2016.1256733

  14. Seelman, K. L., Lewinson, T., Engleman, L.*, Maley, O. R.*, & Allen, A*. (2017). Coping strategies used by LGB older adults in facing and anticipating health challenges: A narrative analysis. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 29(3), 300-318. doi: 10.1080/10538720.2017.1310644

  15. Seelman, K. L., Young, S. R.*, Tesene, M.*, Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., & Kattari, L. (2017). A comparison of health disparities among transgender adults in Colorado (USA) by race and income. International Journal of Transgenderism, 18(2), 199-214. doi: 10.1080/15532739.2016.1252300

  16. Seelman, K. L., Woodford, M. R., & Nicolazzo, Z. (2017). Victimization and microaggressions targeting LGBTQ college students: Gender identity as a moderator of psychological distress. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work (Special issue on microaggressions), 26(1-2), 112-125. doi: 10.1080/15313204.2016.1263816

  17. Seelman, K. L, Colón-Diaz, M. J. P.*, LeCroix, R. H.*, Xavier-Brier, M.*, & Kattari, L. (2017). Transgender noninclusive healthcare and delaying care because of fear: Connections to general health and mental health among transgender adults. Transgender Health, 2(1), 17-28. doi: 10.1089/trgh.2016.0024

  18. Seelman, K. L. (2016). Transgender adults’ access to college bathrooms and housing and the relationship to suicidality. Journal of Homosexuality, 63(10), 1378-1399. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2016.1157998 **This publication is one of the top 3 most read articles ever published by this journal, with over 14,000 online reads.**

  19. Seelman, K. L., Forge, N., Walls, N. E., & Bridges, N. (2015). School engagement among LGBTQ high school students: The roles of safe adults and Gay-Straight Alliance characteristics. Children & Youth Services Review, 57, 19-29. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.07.021

  20. Seelman, K. L. (2015). Unequal treatment of transgender individuals in domestic violence and rape crisis programs. Journal of Social Service Research, 41(3), 307-325. doi: 10.1080/01488376.2014.987943

  21. Seelman, K. L. (2014). Recommendations of transgender students, staff, and faculty in the USA for improving college campuses. Gender & Education, 26(6), 618-635. doi: 10.1080/09540253.2014.935300

  22. Seelman, K. L. (2014). Transgender individuals’ access to college housing and bathrooms: Findings from the National Transgender Discrimination Survey. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 26(2), 186-206. doi: 10.1080/10538720.2014.891091

  23. Seelman, K. L., Walls, N. E., Hazel, C., & Wisneski, H. (2012). Student school engagement among sexual minority students: Understanding the contributors to predicting academic outcomes. Journal of Social Service Research, 38(1), 3-17. doi:10.1080/01488376.2011.583829

  24. Seelman, K. L., & Walls, N. E. (2010). Person-organization incongruence as a predictor of right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and heterosexism. Journal of Social Work Education, 46, 103-121. doi:10.5175/JSWE.2010.200800082


Book chapters

  1. Knochel, K. A., & Seelman, K. L. (2021). Understanding and working with transgender/non-binary older adults. In S. K. Kattari, N. E. Walls, L. Kattari, & M. K. Kinney (Eds.), Social work and health care practice with transgender and non-binary individuals and communities (pp. 120-133). Routledge.

  2. Seelman, K. L. (2019). From “my absolute worst nightmare” to “I couldn’t ask for anything more”: Transgender individuals’ interactions with college administrators, professors, and others representing institutional power. In G. Beemyn (Ed.), Trans people in higher education. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

  3. Walls, N. E., & Seelman, K. L. (2014). Incongruence with social work culture among evangelical students: The mediating role of group-based dominance. In A. B. Dessel & R. M. Bolen (Eds.), Conservative Christianity and sexual orientation in social work: Privilege, oppression, and the pursuit of human rights. Washington, D.C.: Council on Social Work Education Press.

Encyclopedia entries

  1. Seelman, K. L., & Kattari, L.* (2021). Nondiscrimination laws – federal, state, and local. In A. Goldberg & G. Beemyn (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies (pp. 578-583).

  2. Seelman, K. L., & Holloway, B. T. (2021). Health care access, legal issues. In A. Goldberg & G. Beemyn (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies (pp. 359-365).