Leo Wilton

Associate Professor

Office: UDC-411
Office Phone: 607-777-9215
Fax: 607-777-7587
E-mail: lwilton@binghamton.edu

Educational Background

• PhD, Counseling Psychology, new York University (APA Accredited Program)
• MA, Counseling Psychology, New York University
• BA, English & Africana Studies, Binghamton University  

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships:

University of Michigan, Empirical Summer Program in Multi-Ethnic Research

New York University, Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training

Predoctoral Clinical Psychology Fellowship:

Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry (APA Accredited Program)

Teaching Profession

Courses regularly taught

• Black Child & Adolescent Development
• Black Families
• Psychology of Racism
• Social Science Research Methods
• The HIV and AIDS Epidemic

Current Research Interests

• Health Disparities (HIV and AIDS)
• Community Based Research and Evaluation
• Black Psychological Development and Mental Health

Selected Publications

• Wilton, L. (in press). A preliminary investigation of body image and HIV sexual risk behavior in Black gay and bisexual men: Implications for HIV Prevention. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services.
• Wilton, L. (2009). Men who have sex with men of color in the age of AIDS: The sociocultural contexts of stigma, marginalization, and structural inequalities. In V. Stone, B. Ojikutu, K. Rawlings, & K. Smith (Eds.), HIV/AIDS in minority communities. New York: Springer Press.
• Wilton, L., Herbst, J.H., Coury-Doniger P., Painter, T.M., English, G., Alvarez, M.E., Scahill, M., Roberson, M.A., Lucas, B., Johnson, W.D., & Carey, J.W. (2009).  Efficacy of an HIV/STI prevention intervention for Black men who have sex with men: Findings from the Many Men, Many Voices (3MV) project.  AIDS & Behavior, 13, 532-544.
• Wilton, L. (2009) Where do we go from here?  Raising the bar of what constitutes multicultural competence in working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.  Handbook of multicultural counseling, 3rd edition. 
• Wilton, L. (2008). Correlates of substance use in relation to sexual risk behavior in Black gay and bisexual men: Implications for HIV prevention. Journal of Black Psychology, 34, 70-93.