EB Gross

PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Developmental Candidate

E.B. Gross is a doctoral candidate at University of Michigan in social work and developmental psychology. Her research focuses on gender identity development, how families come to understand and support trans and gender expansive (TGE) family members, and LGBTQ+ health and mental health disparities. Prior to beginning doctoral work, Gross earned an MSW from Simmons University and spent five years providing individual, family and group therapy in northern Rhode Island and New York City, working largely with homeless, low-income and LGBTQIA+ people of all ages.

Dissertation Title

**pending offer from EMU SSW
defense scheduled for 6/3/26

Contact Information

Education

  • 2015 MSW Clinical SW/MH
    Simmons College, Boston, MA
  • 2008 BA English & Medieval Studies
    Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

Activities

Publications

Gross, E. B., Kattari, S. K., Wilcox, R. Ernst, S., Steel, M., & Parrish, D. (2025). I've had several providers who recognize my humanity”: Exploring health/positive healthcare interactions of TGD students. In Woodford, M. R., Duran, A., Vo, T., Johnson, C. W., Airton, L., & Coulombe, S. (Eds.) Thriving on campus: Promoting the inclusion,academic development, and wellbeing of diverse 2SLGBTQ university and college students. Routledge.
Gross, E. B. (2025). Social work values and the NASW Code of Ethics: Problems of function and possibilities for change. Journal of Progressive Human Services, 1-23.
Gross, E. B. & Gelman, S. A. (2025). Research with the reluctant: Challenges and strategies. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(1).
Gross, E. B., Fine, R. D., Gülgöz, S., Olson, K. R., & Gelman, S. A. (2024). Children's gender essentialism and prejudice: Testing causal links via an experimental manipulation. Developmental Science, 27(5), e13532.
Gross, E. B., Kattari, S. K., Wilcox, R. Ernst, S., Steel, M., & Parrish, D. (2024). I've had several providers who recognize my humanity”: Exploring health/positive healthcare interactions of TGD students. LGBT Youth Special Issue: Thriving on Campus: Promoting the Inclusion, Academic Development, and Wellbeing of Diverse 2SLGBTQ+ University and College Students, 21(4), 323-347.
Kattari, S. K., Gross, E. B., Sherwood, K. & Hostetter, C. R. (2023). Exploring sexuality and Disability: A guide for academics and health and human service professionals. In S. K. Kattari (Ed), Infinity and rainbows: Supporting the Sexuality of neurodivergent people 65-80. Routledge.
Gross, E. B. (2023). How to get to where they are: Notes from an open group with unhoused LGBTQIA2S+ youth. Health Promotion Practice.
Kattari, S. K., Gross, E. B., Harner, V., Andrus, E., Stroumsa, D., Moravek, M. B., & Brouwer, A. (2022). “Doing it on my own terms:” Transgender and nonbinary adults’ experiences to with HPV self-swabbing home testing kits. Women's Reproductive Health, 10(4), 496-512.
Guz, S., Kattari, S. K., Hecht, H. K, Gross, E. B., & Ross, E. (2022). Scoping review of empirical asexuality research in social science literature. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51(4), 2135-2145.
Gross, E. B., Kattari, S. K., Wilcox, R. Ernst, S., Steel, M., & Parrish, D. (2022). Intricate realities: Mental health of transgender/gender diverse university students in the Midwest. Youth. Special Issue: LGBTIA+ Youth, 2(4), 733-745.

Honors and Awards

Year Description
2024 - Sp/Su Lorraine Nadelman Award
2023 - Fall W.K. Kellogg Family Endowed Fellowship

Presentations

Year Description
2024 Gross, E. B. (2024) Working with LGBTQ Populations: Tips for Doing Your Best. Colorado Clinician Support Program/Patient Navigation and Community Health Worker Training Program.
2024 Gross, E. B. (2024) "Pronouns aren't just performative": Exploring the Overall Health and Positive Healthcare Interactions of Transgender and Gender Diverse College students. Pride Webinar Series, Laurier University.
2024 Gross, E.B. (2024) Aging in the Margins: A scoping review of health research on trans and gender diverse older adults in the U.S. Society for Social work and Research, Washington, D.C.
2023 Kattari, S. K. & Gross, E. B. (2023) "I have had several providers who recognize my humanity": Lessons from a Campus Wide Trans Health Survey. LGBTQ Research Symposium, University of Kansas.
2023 Gross, E. B. (2023) Working with LGBTQ Populations: Tips for Doing Your Best. Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Program (CPED), Colorado Department of Public Health and Education (CPDHE).

Courses

Past Courses

Title Instructor Term Course Section Meeting Start Meeting End
Behavioral, Psychosocial and Ecological Aspects of Health, Mental Health and Disease Gross, EB Winter 2025 005 09:00 am 12:00 pm View Course
Behavioral, Psychosocial and Ecological Aspects of Health, Mental Health and Disease Gross, EB Winter 2024 006 09:00 am 12:00 pm View Course