Maru Gonzalez

Examining the relationship between statewide LGBTQ+ related policies and the competencies of youth-serving professionals

Gonzalez, M., Byrd, C. M., Clarke, M., White, A. J., Vega, L., & Widdison, D. (2025, August 14). Sexual and Gender Diversity in Social Services.

Teaching Storytelling in Classrooms and Communities

Amplifying LGBTQ+ voices and building belonging

Oregon Journal of Social Studies, (2).

Collaborating for Social Change: Promising Practices for Effective Youth-Adult Partnerships

Journal of Extension, 62(3), 1–5.

Storytelling through a Critical Positive Youth Development Framework: A Mixed Methods ApproachFramework: A Mixed Methods Approach

Gonzalez, M., Kokozos, M., McKee, K., & Byrd, C. (2024, March 19). Journal of Youth Development.

Strategies for LGBTQ+ Inclusivity among Elementary School Aged Youths in Extension

Journal of Extension, 62(4).

Toward LGBTQ+ Belonging: Embodying Critically Inclusive Leadership

The High School Journal, 107(3), 210–228.

Youth Storytelling for Social Change: Guiding Questions for Effective and Ethical Delivery

Gonzalez, M., Kokozos, M., Nyota, N., & Byrd, C. (2023, December 1). Journal of Extension.

“A little harder to find your place:” Latinx LGBTQ + youth and family belonging

Gonzalez, M., Connaughton-Espino, T., & Reese, B. M. (2022, April 5). Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, Vol. 4, pp. 1–27.

“I’m Going to Live My Life Freely”: Authenticity as an Indicator of Belonging Among Urban Latinx LGBTQ+ Youth

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 6.

#PassTheMicYouth Multimedia Program: Setting the Stage to Amplify Youth Voices

Gonzalez, M., McKee, K., Kokozos, M., Shealy, L., & Chan, S. (2021, February 1). Journal of Extension.

Cultivating True Leaders: A Social Justice Curriculum for Youth Development Programs

Massey, K. C., Chan, A. E., Green, E., Jr., & Gonzalez, M. (2021, December 14). Journal of Youth Development.

Examining the Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions of 4-H Professionals Related to LGBTQ+ Youth

Journal of Youth Development, 16(5), 193–211.

"Making the Best Better" for Youths: Cultivating LGBTQ+ Inclusion in 4-H

Gonzalez, M., White, A., Vega, L., Howard, J., Kokozos, M., & Soule, K. (2020, August 1). Journal of Extension.

Best Practices for Engaging Communities of Color in Opioid Prevention Programs

Journal of Extension, 58(3).

Critical Inclusion: Disrupting LGBTQ Normative Frameworks in School Contexts

Kokozos, M., & Gonzalez, M. (2020, April 2). Equity & Excellence in Education, Vol. 53, pp. 151–164.

Critical Positive Youth Development: A Framework for Centering Critical Consciousness

Gonzalez, M., Kokozos, M., Byrd, C. M., & McKee, K. E. (2020, December 15). Journal of Youth Development, Vol. 15, pp. 24–43.

Prejudice Reduction in Public Schools: A Dialogic Approach

Gonzalez, M., & Kokozos, M. J. (2019, October 29). Journal of Educational Research and Practice.

Advocacy for and with LGBT Students: An Examination of High School Counselor Experiences

Professional School Counseling, 20(1a), 1096–2409-20.1a.

Factors that Facilitate and Impede School Counselor Advocacy for and with LGBT Students

Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy, 3(2), 158–172.

“It's Complicated”: Collective Memories of Transgender, Queer, and Questioning Youth in High School

Journal of Homosexuality, 61(3), 419–434.

Achieving Competency with Transgender Youth: School Counselors as Collaborative Advocates

Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, 4(3-4), 176–186.