He received his Ph.D. and B.A. from New York University and a masters degree from Harvard. Dr. Santos was recently awarded Emerging Professionals Contributions to Research Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race, a division of the APA. He was among the graduate students who attended the International LGBT Psychology Summer Institute at the University of Michigan in 2008. Drawing on intersectionality perspectives that underscore the ways in which systems of oppression (e.g., heterosexism and racism) overlap and influence individual outcomes, Dr. Santos will highlight findings from his research conducted with individuals who identify as both, as a member of a racial/ethnic minority group as well as a member of a sexual minority group. Dr. Santos is a co-editor of Studying Ethnic Identity: Methodological and Conceptual Approaches Across Disciplines.