David Frost, Research Faculty
David M. Frost is an Assistant Professor of Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University and Research Associate at the Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality. He received his Ph.D. in Social and Personality Psychology from the Graduate Center of The City University of New York. His research focuses on how stigma, prejudice, and discrimination affect the health and well-being of marginalized individuals. Most recently, Dr. Frost has conducted multiple research projects examining same-sex couple’s experiences of stigmatization and its impact on the quality of their relationships and mental health. His current efforts involve developing new methodological approaches to understanding how marginalized individuals make sense of, negotiate, and cope with stigma-related stress. Dr. Frost also studies how individuals psychologically construct meanings of intimacy within long-term romantic relationships and the resulting implications for couples’ relational well-being.