Amanda Pollitt, PhD

Dr. Pollitt conducts research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer mental and physical health. She aims to understand how gender, sexuality, and family provide contexts for stigma in the lives of LGBTQ people and how this stigma influences health. She received her PhD in family studies and human development from the University of Arizona before completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Pollitt is affiliated with NAU’s Center for Health Equity Research and the Southwestern Health Equity Research Collaborative.