Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez

Substance Use Disorders: Assessment and Intervention (SSW CP 809)
Social Work Theory and Practice with Immigrant and Refugee Populations. (SSW HB 743)

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R. (Ed.) (In Preparation). See Me! Latine Gay and Trans Men’s Testimonios on Mental Health, Discrimination, and Joy in South Texas. Boston University, Open Access.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., & Bermúdez, J. M. (In Press). “Me llamo luchadora social”: Trans Latina immigrants as nepantleras generating change in the Southern U.S. Social Work Research.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., Lough, K., & Estevez, R. (2024). “You aren’t alone”: An analysis of trans Latinas’ use of Instagram. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(6), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060699

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., Seelman, K. L., Joyner, A.,* & Hartford, R.* (2024). Trans and gender diverse Latinx individuals in the Southern United States: Experiences with violence and service utilization. Violence Against Women, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241259718

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., & Bermúdez, J. M. (In Press). “Me llamo luchadora social”: Trans Latina immigrants as nepantleras generating change in the Southern U.S. Social Work Research.

Giraldo-Santiago, N., Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., Machado-Escudero, Y., & Zhen-Duan, J. (2024). Factors associated with thoughts of migration among Latinx mental health professionals from Puerto Rico to mainland United States. Clinical Social Work Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-024-00920-7

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., & Bermúdez, J. M. (2023). Entre madres y comadres: Trans Latina immigrants empowering women beyond marianismo. Affilia, 38(4), 597–614. https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099231190095

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., Childs, E. M., Fatehi, M., & Yeo, H. (In Press). How perception relates to student utilization of college campus counseling services. Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2129973

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., & Flint, M. (2023). Epistemological weaving: Writing and sense making in qualitative research with Gloria Anzaldúa. Social Sciences, 12(7), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12070408

Rai, A., Ravi, K., Shrestha, N, & Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R. (2023). Culturally responsive domestic violence interventions for immigrant communities in the United States: A scoping review. Journal of Social Work in the Global Community, 8(1), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.5590/JSWGC.2023.8.1.01

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., & Mowbray, O. (2023). Trends in suicide among lesbian, gay and bisexual Hispanic individuals: National Violent Death Reporting System Data From 2012-2016. Journal of Homosexuality, 70(7), 1225–1239. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2021.2018878

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., Cardenas, I., & Bloom, A. (2022). COVID-19 pandemic and intimate partner violence: An analysis of help-seeking messages in the Spanish-speaking media. Journal of Family Violence, 37, 939–950. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-021-00263-8

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., Bermúdez, J. M., Orpinas, P., Matthew, R., Calva, A., & Darbisi, C. (2021). “No queremos quedar mal”: A qualitative analysis of a boundary setting training among Latina community health workers. Journal of Latinx Psychology, 9(4), 315–325. https://doi.org/10.1037/lat0000193

Seelman, K., Vasi, A., Kattari, S., & Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R. (2021). Predictors of healthcare mistreatment among transgender and gender diverse individuals: Are there different patterns by patient race and ethnicity? Social Work in Health Care, 60(5), 411–429. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2021.1909201

Orpinas, P., Matthew, R., Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., Calva, A., & Bermúdez, J. M. (2021). Promotoras voice their challenges in fulfilling their role as community health workers. Health Promotion Practice, 22(4), 502–511. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839920921189

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R. (2021). Teaching note—Teaching intersectionality across the social work curriculum using the Intersectionality Analysis Cluster. Journal of Social Work Education, 57(1), 181–188. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2020.1713944

Villarreal-Otálora, T., Boyas, J. F., Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., & Fatehi, M. (2020). Ecological factors influencing suicidal ideation-to-action among Latinx adolescents: An exploration of sex differences. Children and Youth Services Review, 118, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105444

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R. (2020). “Borikén libre”: Spaces of resistance in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Label Me Latina/o, X, 1–11. https://labelmelatin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/%E2%80%9CBorik%C3%A9n-Libre%E2%80%9D-Spaces-of-Resistance-in-Old-San-Juan-Puerto-Rico.pdf

Orpinas, P., Matthew, R., Bermúdez, J. M., Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., Calva, A., & Darbisi, C. (2020). A multistakeholder evaluation of Lazos Hispanos: An application of a community-based participatory research conceptual model. Journal of Community Psychology, 48(2), 464–481. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22274

Boyas, J. F., Villarreal-Otálora, T., Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., & Fatehi, M. (2019). Suicide ideation, planning, and attempts: The case of the Latinx LGB youth. Health Promotion Perspectives, 9(3), 198–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/hpp.2019.28

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R. & Choi, Y. J. (2017). Re-conceptualizing “culture” in social work practice and education: A Dialectic and Uniqueness Awareness Approach. Journal of Social Work Education, 53(3), 384–398. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2016.1272511

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., Cantu, E., & Montero-Murillo, M. (2024, October). “I just want my family to be there for me”: LGBTQ+ Latinxs experience HIV stigma and social support in south Texas. Paper presented at the National Latinx Psychological Association 2024 conference, San Juan, PR.

Seelman, K., & Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R. (2024, October). Experiences with violence and service utilization among Latinx trans and gender diverse southerners. Paper presented at the 70th Annual Program National Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Kansas City, MO.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R. (2024, June). “Don’t say gay with a therapist face”: Texan LGBTQ+ Latinxs and therapy. Paper presented at the annual Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology (SQIP) conference, Boston College, Boston, MA.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., & Bermudez, J. M. (2024, April). Redefining joint social action through epistemological connections with trans Latina immigrants. Workshop presented at The Joint Conference on Social Work Education and Social Development, Panama City, Panama.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R. (2024, January). LGBTQ+ Latinxs share their experiences with mental health services in South Texas. Oral paper presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., & Cantu. E. (2023, November). It takes all of us: Lessons learned on community support and HIV. Workshop presented at the 2023 VIDA Conference, Valley AIDS Council, McAllen, TX.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R. (2023, September). “Don’t call me mother”: Trans Latina immigrants redefine madre and comadre relationships. Workshop presented at the Latino Social Workers Organization conference, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R. (2023, February). “Juntas todas”: Mujeres trans Latinas migrantes y el rol liberador de las comadres [All the women together: Tran Latina women and the liberative role of the comadres]. Oral paper presented at the 7th Conferencia Regional de Trabajo Social y Migración de México, los Estados Unidos, Canadá y Centroamérica, Mexico City, Mexico.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R. (2022, December). Una mirada interseccional hacia la salud mental y la violencia en las comunidades Latinas [An intersectional look towards mental health and violence in Latiné communities]. Keynote presentation for the II Congreso Internacional Universitario para la Prevención de la Violencia Sexual, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R. (2022, November). Trans Latina immigrants generating change in the Southern US: From local to global. Oral paper presented at the 68th Annual Program National Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Anaheim, CA.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., & Flint, M. (2022, May). Epistemological weaving: Writing and making sense of qualitative research with Gloria Anzaldúa. Oral presentation presented virtually at the 18th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., Machado-Escudero, Y., & Bermudez, J. M. (2022, April). Resistencia y activismo among diverse Latina immigrants living in the Southern Region of the United States. Oral presentation presented at the 2022 World Family Therapy Congress of the International Family Therapy Association, San Juan, PR.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., Seelman, K. L., Kattari, S. K., & Vasi, A. (2022, January). Predictors of healthcare mistreatment among transgender and gender diverse individuals: Are there different patterns by patient race and ethnicity? Oral paper accepted for presentation at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., & Cardenas, I. (2021, November). Leveraging mass and social media for critical conversations among Latinx communities. Interactive workshop presented at the 67th Annual Program National Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Orlando, FL.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., Lough, K., & Ingram Estevez, R. E. (2021, May). Hashtags, images, and identity: An interdisciplinary qualitative approach to analyzing transgender Latinas’ use of Instagram. Oral presentation presented virtually at the 17th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry.

Shrestha, N., Rai, A., Ravi, K., & Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R. (2021, January). Scoping study on culturally responsive intimate partner violence interventions for immigrant communities. Oral presentation presented virtually at the 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., & Mowbray, O. (2021, January). Longitudinal trends in suicide among lesbian, gay and bisexual Hispanic individuals. Poster presented virtually at the 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research.

Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., & Cardenas, I., & Bloom, A. (2021, January). The role of Spanish-speaking media in intimate partner violence help-seeking during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presented virtually at the 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research.

2024-2025 Multiple Principal Investigator ($250,000)
Project: Advancing Health Equity Through Linguistic Inclusion in Clinical Trials (MPI: Dr. Linda Sprague Martinez)
Funding Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE)

2023-2024 Qualitative Analysis Team Lead ($14,135 Subaward)
Project: South Texas CEAL: Leveraging Community Engagement Strategies to Respond to Emerging Health Related Misinformation and Promote Chronic and Behavioral Health in Underserved Communities in South Texas
Funding Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Texas Community Engagement Research Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities

2022-2023 Co-Investigator, Qualitative Aim Team Lead ($390,478)
Project: Community Engagement Strategies for COVID-19: Prevention and Response in Underserved Communities in South Texas
Funding Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Texas Community Engagement Research Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities

2022-2023 Principal Investigator ($25,000)
Project: Stigma and Social Support Among HIV+ Latinx LGBTQ+ Individuals and Their Families in South Texas
Funding Source: Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCTS)- Community Health Initiated Research Partnership (CHIRP) Fellowship, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

2021-2023 Co-Investigator, Qualitative Expert ($85,322)
Project: CEAL Supplement Project 11- Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among High-Risk Hispanic Communities
Funding Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Texas Community Engagement Research Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities

Editorial Board Member, Social Work in Health Care Journal (2024-2026)

Editorial Advisory Board, Routledge Resources Online: Qualitative Methods, Gender and Sexuality section (2021-Present)

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), Massachusetts, USA

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Georgia, USA