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Thomas Le

@thomasphongle.bsky.social

Asst Professor, Bryn Mawr College. Licensed practicing psychologist. Research: eating disorders, substance use, racialized desire, POC + LGBT liberation. 🌈

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Thomas Le @thomasphongle.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

New pub! 🔥This study highlights how parental racial socialization, resistance and empowerment against racism, and ethnic identity are associated with Latine adults' racial dating and physical attraction preferences. Led by my bright and amazing RA Anadys Rodriguez.

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Thomas Le @thomasphongle.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Where do height preferences in dating come from? In this study, my coauthor and I found that for Asian American women, internalized racism -> taller minimum acceptable dating height in men. Furthermore, a white dating preference -> taller ideal dating height in men.

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Thomas Le @thomasphongle.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Race and dating, what's that about? In this new pub, my research team investigated the psychological and sociocultural factors that promote queer Asian American men to date one another - as well as the consequences of doing so. Nuanced strengths-based findings prevail!

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Thomas Le @thomasphongle.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

My amazing research assistant Garden Oluwakemi from UMD created a couple of graphics summarizing the study's themes/primary findings. These showcase the role of location, social support, self-reflection, and active resistance in promoting self-love among QAAM. Yay for strengths!

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Thomas Le @thomasphongle.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

New pub! Queer Asian American men face racism in the gay community, but what helps us resist it? This qualitative study used a strengths-based approach and interviewed 20 QAAM who endorsed loving themselves regardless of what white men think of them. psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...

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