
Caleb Cooley, Ph.D.
caleb.cooley@tcu.edu817-257-6158Scharbauer Hall 4215
Program Affiliations
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, Washington State University, 2024
MA, Sociology, University of Memphis, 2018
BA, Sociology, University of Memphis, 2015
Areas of Focus
Medical Sociology
Health Disparities
Social Determinants of Health, Aging, & the Life Course
Sexualities
Emotions
Mental Illness
Mariage & the Family
Cooley, Caleb C. “Sexual Minority Mental Health and Substance Abuse: An Exploration of the Role of Social Support in Shaping Mental Disability and Substance Abuse Among LGB Adults” Forthcoming
Cooley, Caleb C. “The Role of Internalized Homophobia in Predicting Mental Disability and Substance Use Disorder in Sexual Minority Adults.” Forthcoming
Cooley, Caleb C., Zhe Zhang, and Justin T. Denney. "Sexual Orientation and Age-Related Patterns of Suicidal Ideation Among U.S. Adults.” Forthcoming in LGBTHeaIth.
Denney, Justin T., Zhe Zhang, Bridget K. Gorman, and Caleb Cooley. 2021. “Substance Use, Mental Well-Being, and Suicide Ideation by Sexual Orientation Among U.S. Adults.” Advances in Medical Sociology Volume 21: 39—63.
Poster, "Internalizing Stigma: Does Negative Self-Conception Moderate the Relationship Between Sexual Orientation and Mental Health and Substance Abuse?” Interdisciplinary Association of Population Health Sciences Annual Meeting. Baltimore. MD. October2023.
Roundtable, Unpacking Types of Social Support: Friend and Family Networks and Sexual
Minority Substance Abuse.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia,
PA. August 2023.
Poster, “Sexual Minority Mental Health and Substance Abuse: An Exploration of the
Role of Social Support in Shaping Mental Disability and Substance Abuse Among LGB
Adults.” Population Association of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans. LA. April
2023.
Poster, "Patterns of Sexual Minority Substance Abuse: An Exploration of the Impacts
of Internalized Homophobia.” Population Association of America Annual Meeting. Atlanta.
Georgia. April 2022.
Paper, “Sexual Orientation and Suicidal Ideation: A Demographic Portrait.” Population
Association of America Annual Meeting. Virtual Conference. May 2021.
Paper. “Sexual Minority Health Behaviors & Marriage: An Analysis of Within-Group Differences
and the Impacts of Marriage.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Virtual
Meeting. March 2021.
Poster, “In-group Differences Among Sexual Minority Health & Health Behaviors.” Interdisciplinary
Association of Population Health Sciences Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington. October2019
Paper. “The Potential Impact of Social Rejection and Stigma on Sexual Minority Substance
Use.” International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry Annual Meeting Champaign-Urbana,
Illinois. May 2018
Paper. “Sexual Minority Health Behaviors, and Potential Benefits of Same-Sex Marriage.”
Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting New Orleans. Louisiana. April 2018.
Poster, “Barriers to Healthcare: Stigma and The LGB Context” The University of Memphis,
Annual Student Research Forum. Memphis. Tennessee. March 2017
Paper, "Smoking Behaviors and Cessation: Negative Health Behaviors and the Mediating
Effects of Same-Sex Marriage.” Southern Demography Association Annual Meeting. Morgantown,
West Virginia. October 2017.
Paper, “Accessing Healthcare and the Barriers which LGB Individuals Face.” Southern
Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Greenville. South Carolina. April 2017.
Last Updated: November 19, 2024