Dr. Will Hall is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). After receiving his Ph.D. in Social Work from UNC in 2015, he completed a NIMH-funded Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health Services Research through a collaborative program between the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University. Dr. Hall’s research is primarily focused on understanding mental health disparities facing LGBTQ+ young people (e.g., depression and suicidality), as well as developing and evaluating interventions that address these problems. He is interested in interventions at multiple socio-ecological levels, such as mental health care with LGBTQ+ clients, cultural competency of mental health service providers, school-based interventions to improve the school climate, and policy interventions to protect the rights and well-being of LGBTQ+ people. Dr. Hall’s research has been informed by his clinical practice and advocacy work with the LGBTQ+ community.
Contact
Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building
Room 324-K
325 Pittsboro Street
Campus Box 3550
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
O: 919-962-1698
Degrees and Licenses
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMSW, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Primary Program
Doctoral EducationMSW Education
Research and Professional Interests
Mental HealthHealth Disparities and Equity
Social Policy
Youth Development
LGBTQ+ Issues
Principal Investigator
Implicit Internalized Stigma: Measuring and Examining a Determinant of Mental Health Disparities for Sexual MinoritiesA Feasibility Study of an Adapted Cognitive Behavior Therapy Intervention to Treat Depression among LGBTQ Youth
Recent Publications
Hall, W. J., Jones, B. L. H., Witkemper, K. D., Collins, T., & Rodgers, G. K. (2019). State policy on school-based sex education: A content analysis focused on sexual behaviors, relationships, and identities. American Journal of Health Behavior, 43, 506-519. doi:10.5993/AJHB.43.3.6
Hall, W. J. (2018). Psychosocial risk and protective factors for depression among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer youth: A systematic review. Journal of Homosexuality, 65, 263-316. doi:10.1080/00918369.2017.1317467
Hall, W. J. (2017). The effectiveness of policy interventions for school bullying: A systematic review. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 8, 45-69. doi:10.1086/690565
Hall, W. J., Witkemper, K. D., Rodgers, G. K., Waters, E., & Smith, M. R. (2018). Activating adult allies from a rural community on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues in school using photovoice. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 30, 49-63. doi: 10.1080/10538720.2017.1408517
Hall, W. J., & Rodgers, G. K. (2019). Teachers’ attitudes toward homosexuality and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer community in the United States. Social Psychology of Education, 22, 23-41. doi:10.1007/s11218-018-9463-9
Courses
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SOWO 570 Human Development in Context: Infancy through Adolescence |
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SOWO 501 Confronting Oppression and Institutional Discrimination |
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SOWO 709 Social Work with the LGBTQ Community |
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SOWO 914 Measurement in Intervention Research |
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SOWO 919 Systematic Reviews and Introduction to Meta-Analysis |
