Anthony Raymond D'Augelli is Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Outreach, as well as Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, at Pennsylvania State University.
D'Augelli earned his bachelor's degree in psychology/social sciences from Hofstra University in 1968.
In 1977, D'Augelli worked as the director of evaluation of the Community Helpers Project established by Pennsylvania State University to provide preventive mental health services for rural communities.
Since then he had worked as a director of intervention programs, a psychologist, and a psychology professor.
In 2004 he was hired by the Department of Human Development and Family Studies of Pennsylvania State University to teach undergraduate and graduate students, as well as to conduct research.
In 2006 he accepted the position of Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Outreach at Pennsylvania State University, but continues his work as professor in the department as well.
D'Augelli's research and publication agenda originally focused on helping, the training of mental health professionals, interventions, preventive mental health disorders, and eating disorders.
He began to focus on sexuality and lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations in rural, higher education, and urban settings the 1980s.
D'Augelli believes that a direct connection exists between sociocultural context, perception of safety, and lesbian, gay, bisexual identity development.
Unlike Vivienne Cass' stage theory of lesbian and gay identity development, D'Augelli's identity development theory focused on processes that could occur multiple times or not at all, as LGB people often must navigate the coming out process repeatedly across their lifespan.
D'Augelli also recognized that LGB identity development could go dormant, then start again later in life—or simply begin when an individual perceived that it would be safe to come out.
D'Augelli's lifespan identity development model consists of the following processes: 1.
Entering an LGB community An individual may experience the following processes at different times during their lifespan.
Connection with social networks also impact lesbian, gay, and bisexual identity development across the lifespan.
D'Augelli's LGB lifespan identity development model also introduced the concept that sexual orientation could be fluid, and that sexual identity could occur on a spectrum as opposed to a binary.
D'Augelli has earned awards in 1991, 1995, and 2000 from the American Psychological Association for his pioneering and influential research on LGB populations.
Stigma and Sexual Orientation: Understanding Prejudice against Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals.
Culture and Ideology in Higher Education: Advancing a Critical Agenda.
In Edison J. Trickett, Roderick J. Watts, and Dina Birman (Eds.)
Lesbian women in a rural helping network: Exploring information resources.
The development of informal helping resources for lesbian women and gay men: a case study in community psychology.
Gay men's and lesbians' experiences of discrimination, harassment, violence, and difference in a university community.
Homophobia in a university community: Attitudes and experiences of white heterosexual freshmen.
Lesbian and gay male undergraduates' experiences of harassment and fear on campus.
Preventing mental health problems among lesbian and gay college students.
Gay women, men, and families in rural settings: Toward the development of helping communities.
Families of lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth: what do parents and siblings know and how do they react?
Childhood gender atypicality, victimization, and PTSD among lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth.
Gender atypicality and sexual development among lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth: prevalence, sex differences, and parental responses.
Factors associated with parents' knowledge of lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths' sexual orientation.