Vincent Sarna
Doctoral Student
About
Vincent Sarna graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology (2016) and Master's in Social Work (2022). Sarna's research interests focus on LGBTQIA+ participatory action research that results in creation or updates of interventions, institutions, and policy.
In his eight years of research experience, Sarna has worked on projects across a wide range of topics, such as LGBTQIA+ students’ perspectives on mentoring, photovoice analysis from youth within a Chicago Public School's cross age mentoring program, and experiences of COVID-19 pandemic related stress amongst LGBTQIA+ emerging adults. Currently, he works with the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority leading task force report writing. His task force reports have expanded his scope of study to include topics like firearm relinquishment within domestic violence cases, firearm prohibitors within Illinois, and Illinois’ community-based corrections system. He hopes to continue exploring these issues and more through the Ph.D. program and his dissertation.