Existential Psychology
- How the concept and construct of death changes across groups (e.g. religious individuals and atheists).
- How the way we treat and view death as a society impacts other areas of our society (e.g. how we treat disabled individuals).
- Differences in death anxiety and perception of death in different social groups (religions, sexual orientations, etc.)
- Terror Management Theory in relation to existential and death psychology.
Prejudice/Bias
- Differences and unique aspects of prejudice in different marginalized groups, particularly sexual orientations (how does prejudice towards asexual individuals differ from prejudice towards lesbians, etc).
- Research in the way prejudice is experienced in groups that with little to no research (e.g. prejudice towards asexuals, children, etc).
- The intersectionality of different areas of research and the LGBTQ+ population, specifically areas of research with little to no research on this population specifically.
- Influences that induce and reduce prejudice (e.g. religiosity).
Religion
- How religion shapes and influences day to day life and beliefs.
- The positive and reinforcing aspect of religion, as well as the harm that religion can cause.
- The intersectionality between religion and prejudice, and the way they can influence each other.
LGBTQ+ Topics
- Investigating areas in psychology research that have little to no research on marginalized groups, especially LGBTQ+ individuals.
- General overlapping of LGBTQ+ topics in existential research and research on prejudice/bias
