- Assistant Professor
- College of Nursing
- Phone: 401.874.5313
- Email: Jordon.Bosse@uri.edu
- Office Location: RI NEC, Room 251, 350 Eddy St., Providence, RI, 02903
Biography
Dr. Jordon Bosse (he/him) conducts community-engaged, trauma-informed research aimed at improving the mental health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) individuals. His work focuses on developing and evaluating complementary and integrative health interventions that foster resilience and buffer the effects of minority stressors—such as stigma, rejection, and discrimination—on mental health. He is also interested in how these approaches may benefit other stigmatized and marginalized populations. His prior research has examined the impact of parental and sibling acceptance and social support on the mental health of LGBTQIA+ young adults.
Dr. Bosse is trained to teach the Mindful Self-Compassion curriculum and meditation and has completed training in trauma-sensitive mindfulness. He integrates this expertise through a five-year NIH-funded career development award (K01AT012495) from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. As part of this work, he is leading a clinical trial to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a mindful self-compassion intervention for transgender and nonbinary young adults.
He is deeply committed to mentoring undergraduate and graduate students and has expertise in mixed-methods research, secondary analysis of large datasets (including electronic health records), recruitment of hard-to-reach populations via social media, instrument development, and usability and feasibility testing of mobile health technologies.
In addition to his background in mental health nursing and clinical education, Dr. Bosse has experience as a community health educator and as a summer camp nurse for transgender and nonbinary youth. Prior to joining the faculty, he served as program manager of research and education at a telehealth organization providing care for opioid use disorder, where he supported clinical process development, patient education, and NIH-funded evaluations of treatment retention and digital health tools.
Dr. Bosse co-founded and co-leads a research interest group focused on LGBTQIA+ health within the Eastern Nursing Research Society and is a faculty affiliate of the Harvard Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) Health Equity Research Collaborative. He also serves as an External Faculty Nurse Scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Research
Mental health, LGBTQIA+ people, minority stress, resilience, self-compassion, mindfulness, nursing education
Education
PhD, Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
MS, Nursing Education, St. Joseph’s College of Maine, Standish, ME
BSN, Magna Cum Laude, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
BA, Individualized Studies (focused on psychology, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender youth), Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
Selected Publications
Clark, K. D., Bosse, J. D., Jackman, K. B., Brown, D., Dubay, J., Jewell, J., Flanders, S., Hardwick, C., & Dawson-Rose, C. (2025) “I don’t think I’ve been out of fight or flight. Ever”: Trans experiences in inpatient psychiatric treatment. International Journal of Nursing Studies: 105028 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2025.105028 PMID: 40043471
McLaughlin, A.J., Nonoyama, S., Glupe, L., Bosse, J. D. (2025) Systemic transphobia and ongoing barriers to healthcare for transgender and nonbinary people: A historical analysis of #TransHealthFail. PLoS Digital Health, 4(2): e0000718. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000718 PMID: 40072968 [all 3 co-authors were former undergraduate research fellows]
Bosse, J. D., Kantor, L. Z., Wang, Y-C., Korkodilos, R., Reisner, S. L., Ehrensaft, D., Herman, J. L., & Katz-Wise, S. L. (2025). Healthcare Mistreatment is Associated with Psychological Distress, Suicidality, and Substance Use Among Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults. Emerging Adulthood, 13(2): p. 464-484 https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968241308316
Clark, K. D., Jewell, J., Sherman, A. D. F., Balthazar, M., Murray, S. & Bosse, J. D. (2025) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer People’s Experiences of Stigma Across the Spectrum of Inpatient Psychiatric Care: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 34(1):e13455 https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13455 PMID: 39435958
Bosse, J. D., Katz-Wise, S., & Chiodo, L. M. (2024) Sexual and Gender Diverse Young Adults’ Perception of Behaviors that are Supportive and Unsupportive of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities. Journal of Adolescent Research 39(1), 165-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584221124957
Boutilier, A. Clark, K. D., Bosse, J. D., Jackman, K., Jewell, J., Dawson-Rose, C. (2025). Social-Ecological Barriers and Facilitators to Seeking Inpatient Psychiatric Care Among Transgender and Nonbinary People: A Qualitative Descriptive Study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 81(4): 1937-1952. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16393 PMID: 39206720
Bosse, J. D., Clark, K. D, Dion, K. A., Chiodo, L. M. (2024).Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults’ Depression and Suicidality in Association with Familial Acceptance-Rejection. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 56(1): 87-102. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12917 PMID: 37235487 [*selected for Editor’s Choice*]
Cicero, E. C., Bosse, J. D., Ducar, D., Rodriguez, C., Dillard-Wright, J. (2024) Facilitating gender-affirming nursing encounters. Nursing Clinics of North America, 59(1): 75-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnur.2023.11.007 PMID: 38272585
Klepper, M., Clark, K. D., Bosse, J. D., Kerbyson, M., Roy, E., Rushton, C. H. (2022) State-level anti-transgender policies in conflict with core principles of nursing: An educator call to action. Nurse Education Today, 119 [online ahead of print] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105608
Bosse, J. D., Katz-Wise, S., & Chiodo, L. M. (2022) Sexual and Gender Diverse Young Adults’ Perception of Behaviors that are Supportive and Unsupportive of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities. Journal of Adolescent Research 39(1), 165-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584221124957
Bosse, J. D., Dion, K. A., Campbell Galman, S., & Chiodo, L. (2022). Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults’ Perception of Sibling and Parental Support for Gender Identity. Research in Nursing & Health, 45(5): 569-579. DOI: 10.1002/nur.22251 PMID: 35767425
Bosse, J.D., Clark, K., Arnold, S. (2021). Implementing Trauma Informed Education Practices in Undergraduate Mental Health Nursing Education. Journal of Nursing Education, 60(12): 707-711. DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20211103-02 PMID: 34870506
Jackman, K., Bosse, J. D., Eliason, M., Hughes, T. (2019) Sexual and Gender Minority Health in Nursing Research. Nursing Outlook, 67(1): 21-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2018.10.006 [named “Research Article of the Year, Nursing Outlook, 2020]
*Bosse, J. D. & Chiodo, L. (2016). It’s Complicated: Gender and Sexual Orientation Identity in LGBTQ youth. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 25(23-24): 3665–3675. DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13419
Bosse, J. D., Nesteby, A., & Randall, C. (2015). Incorporating Sexual Minority Health into the Health Assessment Class. Journal of Professional Nursing, 31(6): 498-507. DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2017.02.001
A full list of publications can be found here: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/jordon.bosse.1/bibliography/public/