michael Vaughn, PhD

Chief Postdoctoral Research Fellow, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

Email: Michael.Vaughn@nyspi.columbia.edu

Dr. Michael Vaughn’s research investigates the long-term impact of medical trauma on queer communities. His work examines both how HIV-related trauma influences gay men’s understanding of what it means to be gay and, subsequently, how that impact varies across generations of gay men. Specifically, he is interested in the influence of a group’s collective memory of shared, harmful events (e.g., epidemics, medical maltreatment, systematic oppression, etc.) on health outcomes and identity processes.

EDUCATION

State University of New York at Geneseo
BA - 2012 -  Sociology and Psychology

Emory University
MA - 2017 -  Sociology

Emory University
PhD - 2020 -  Sociology; Certificate in WGSS