Charlie (he/they) is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program at UC. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Wayne State University and his Master of Science in Clinical Health Psychology from the University of Michigan-Dearborn. His research interests include sexual and gender minority stress and couples’ relationships through an intersectional lens.
Peer- Reviewed Publications
Devlin, E., Giraud, C., Simon, A., Whitton, S.W. (2025). Understanding How Asexual Individuals Navigate Identity Disclosure and Concealment. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-12.
Whitton, S. W., Swann, G., Giraud, C., & Newcomb, M. E. (2025). A Longitudinal Investigation of Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Mental Health among Sexual and Gender Minorities Assigned Female at Birth. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 08862605251341278.
Giraud, C., Newcomb, M.E., Whitton, S.W. An Evaluation of Resilience as a Protective Factor for Mental Health Among Sexual and Gender Minority Young People. LGBT Health.
Leonard, M., Rehman, A., Whayeb, Z., Giraud, C., Mejia-Hans, B., & Abraham, C. (2024). Attributions and Relationship Satisfaction in an Arab American Population. Genealogy, 8(3), 87.
Giraud, C., Newcomb, M. E., & Whitton, S. W. (2024). Prospective Effects of Resilience on Mental Health Among Sexual and Gender Minority Young People. Psychology & Sexuality, 1-16.
Giraud, C., & Leonard, M. (2024). Types of Discrimination as Predictors of Identity Concealment in a Sexual and Gender Minority Sample. Sexuality & Culture, 1-18.
Abraham, C., Leonard, M., & Giraud, C. (2024). COVID-19 Stress and Its Impact on Self-Protective Behaviors in an Emerging Adult College Sample: The Importance of Trauma. American Journal of Health Education, 55(1), 14-23.
Leonard, M. T., Giraud, C., & Abraham, C. (2022). Coupling with COVID: the role of dyadic coping in relationship satisfaction and psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Family Issues, 43(8), 2234-2252.
Presentations
Invited Faculty: Giraud, C. Resilience, Flourishing, & Joy, flash-chat instructor (2025–2028) for the IMPACT (Interprofessional Methods for Advancing Clinical and Translational Science) Academy, University of Cincinnati. Funded by NIH grant R25LM014536.
Giraud, C., Hardy-Besaw, J., Stryker, S., Devlin, E., & Whitton, S. W. (March 2025). Transgender Individuals’ Partners’ Experiences During Medical Gender Transition [Oral presentation]. HIGHER Academy Symposium, Cincinnati, OH.
Giraud, C., Hardy-Besaw, J., Stryker, S., Devlin, E., & Whitton, S. W. (November 2024). Partners’ Inter- and Intrapersonal Changes During a Medical Gender Transition [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Meija-Hans, B., Whayeb, Z., Rehman, A., Abraham, C., Giraud, C., & Leonard, M. T. (November 2024). AI’ll Be There for You: Couples, Artificial Intelligence, and Relationship Maintenance [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Giraud, C., Newcomb, M. E., & Whitton, S. W. (August 2024). Resilience as a Protective Factor for Mental Health in Sexual and Gender Minority Young People [Poster presentation]. National LGBTQ Health Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Devlin, E., Giraud, C., Simon, A., & Whitton, S. W. (August 2024). Understanding Identity Disclosure (Coming Out) for Asexual Individuals [Poster presentation]. National LGBTQ Health Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Giraud, C., Hardy-Besaw, J., Stryker, S., Devlin, E., & Whitton, S. W. (July 2024). Partner Support in Transitioning: Facilitators and Barriers to Support During a Medical Gender Transition [Poster presentation]. International Association for Relationship Research, Boston, MA.
Whitton, S. W., & Giraud, C., Devlin, E. (May 2024). Promoting Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health via Healthy Romantic Relationships [Conference presentation]. Contemporary Relationships Conference, Cincinnati, OH.
Giraud, C., Whitton, S.W. (2023, November). The Protective Role of Resilience in Promoting Mental Health of Sexual and Gender Minorities. [Poster Presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Seattle, WA.
Devlin, E., Giraud, C., Whitton, S.W. (2023, November). Exploring the Expectations and Experiences of Coming out for Asexual Individuals. [Poster Presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Seattle, WA.
Rehman, A., Mejia-Hans, B., Abraham, C., Giraud, C., Leonard, M.T. (2023, September). Attributions and Relationship Satisfaction in an Arab-American Sample. [Poster Presentation]. American Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African Psychological Association. Ann Arbor, MI.
Abraham, C., Giraud, C., Leonard, M.T. (2023, April). Preliminary findings from an online study of patients with long-haul COVID. [Poster Presentation]. Michigan Psychological Association. Virtual.
Giraud, C., Leonard, MT. (2022, November). An exploration of relationships between identity concealment, non- reporting behaviors, and multiple minority status within a multicultural LGBTQ+ sample. [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York City, NY.
Abraham, C., Giraud, C., Leonard, M.T. (2021, December). Romantically Close & Socially Distant: A preliminary analysis of guardianship behaviors associated with COVID-19 safety. [Poster Presentation]. Michigan Psychological Association. Virtual.
Abraham, C., Giraud, C., Leonard, M.T. (2021, April). Coupling with COVID-19: A mixed methods study of couples coping with the pandemic. [Poster Presentation]. University of Michigan. University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Giraud, C., Leonard, M.T. (2021, March). Discrimination, Concealment, and Multiple Minority Status in LGBTQ+ Populations. [Presentation]. The Midwest Association of Graduate Schools. Virtual.
Giraud, C., Leonard, M.T. (2021, March). Discrimination, concealment, and multiple minority status in LGBTQ+ populations. [Presentation]. University of Michigan – Dearborn. Virtual.
Abraham, C., Giraud, C., Leonard, M.T. (2020, November). Coupling with COVID-19: A mixed methods study of couples coping with the pandemic. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Virtual.
Giraud, C., Abraham, C., Leonard, M.T. (2020, November). Preliminary Exploration of EA Task Segments and Their Association to Relationship Satisfaction. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Virtual.