Hayden Dawes (he/him) is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Social Work. His work promotes the mental health and social well-being of LGBTQ+ People of Color by improving mental health services, systems, and policies. Hayden’s dissertation is a mixed-methods online intervention study that centers around understanding self-permission and using #RadicalPermission to empower LGBTQ+ individuals of color. Hayden’s scholarly work is informed by his more than eight years of experience as a clinical social worker within multiple sectors, including community mental health/substance abuse, veterans’ health, and private practice. He teaches practice and research courses and regularly provides professional development lectures on mental health equity for LGBTQ+ People of Color and the foundational skills of cultural humility. In 2020, Hayden became a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Policy Research Scholar, a competitive, prestigious nationwide fellowship to support and develop the next generation of scholars committed to health equity. Hayden currently serves on the executive council of the American Academy of Psychotherapists and has previously been a board member of the North Carolina Society for Clinical Social Work.
Degrees and Licenses
MSW, North Carolina State University
BM, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Certifications
LCSW
LCAS
Safe Zone
Research and Professional Interests
LGBTQIA+ Mental Health
BIPOC Mental Health
Substance Use Disorders
Mental Health and Behavioral Health Systems Research
Recent Publications
Williams, D. Y., Hall, W. J., Dawes, H. C., Rizo, C. F., & Goldbach, J. T. (2022). An integrated conceptual model to understand suicidality among queer youth to inform suicide prevention. Societies. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc12060170
Dawes, H. C., Williams, D. Y., Klein, L. B., Hirst, L.E., Forte, A.B., Gibbs, D.J, & Hall, W. J. Experiences of LGBTQ POC in mental health services and substance abuse: A systematic review. (2022) Journal of Society for Social Work and Research.
Klein, L. B., Dawes, H. C., James, G., Hall, W. J., Rizo, C. F., Potter, S. L., Martin, S. L., & Macy, R. J. (2022). Sexual and relationship violence and LGBTQ+ college and university students: A scoping review. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F15248380221089981
Hall, W. J., Dawes, H. C., & Plocek, N. (2021). Sexual orientation identity development milestones among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer people: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.753954
Presentations, Workshops and Media
Lippold, M., Hall, W. J., Williams, D. Y., Jenkins, M., Dawes, H. C., Mills-Koonce, R., & Gouchoe-Hanas, K. (2023). The relationships between parenting and mental health and substance use outcomes among queer children and adolescents: A systematic review. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Phoenix, AZ.
Villodas, M.L., Forte, A., & Dawes, H. C. (2022). Unequal Beginnings: Responding to the Needs of Underrepresented Doctoral Students. Paper presented at the 2022 Annual Program Meeting for the Council on Social Work Education, Anaheim, CA.
Klein, L. B., Dawes, H. C., James, G., Hall, W. J., Rizo, C. F., Potter, S. J., Martin, S. L., & Macy, R. J. (2022). A scoping review of a decade of research on sexual and relationship violence among LGBTQ+ college students. LGBTQ Research Symposium. Paper presented at the Center for LGBTQ+ Research and Advocacy, School of Social Welfare. University of Kansas.
Dawes, H. C. , Jenkins, M., Smith, Q., Van Deinse, T., Albritton T. (2021) An Anti-Racist Teaching Pracitcum for Doctoral Students: Student and Faculty Perspectives [Conference session] Council of Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, Fl.
Dawes, H. C. , Klein, LB., Hirst, L.E., Forte, A.B., Gibbs, D.J., Hall, W.J. (2021). Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer, People of Color in Mental Health Services and Substances Abuse Services: A systematic review. Paper presented at Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
