Letiecq, Bethany

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Bethany Letiecq is a professor in the College of Education and Human Development, specializing in the utilization of community-based participatory action research approaches, anti-racist research methods (see https://cehd.gmu.edu/faculty-and-research/anti-racist-research-methods/), and mixed method designs (e.g., qualitative and quantiative methods) in partnership with minoritized and marginalized families. In her work, she documents the structural forces (law, policies, practices) that cause stressors, erode family health, and hinder family functioning, particularly among immigrant Central American and economically marginalized Black families. She also examines the ways families adapt and adjust to and resist structural forces, including structural racism and inequality, to achieve their goals. Guided by community partners, she works to translate research to action for systems change and social justice.

Dr. Letiecq primarily teaches research methods courses (EDRS 812: Qualitative Research, EDRS 814: Anti-Colonial Methodologies, EDRS 833: Participatory Action Research) and has recently added a critical praxis in education course (EDUC 856). She is faculty advisor to the Anti-Racist and Decolonizing Research (ARDR) Collaborative, and primary faculty overseeing both the ARDR graduate certificate concentration under Research Methods and the Critical Studies in Education graduate certificate. She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Marriage and Family and the Journal of Family Theory and Review and has published her research in such professional outlets as Journal of Marriage and Family, Family Relations, Journal of Family Theory and Review, Journal of Family and Community Health, Journal of Family Issues, Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, and Health Education and Behavior. She is currently serving as the President of the Board of Directors of the National Council on Family Relations (President-elect 2021-2023; President 2023-2025), and is affiliated with the Council on Contemporary Families, Law and Society Association, the American Sociological Association, and the American Educational Research Association, among others. She currently serves as the Vice-President of American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Local 6741 of the American Federation of Teachers, the President of the GMU Chapter of the AAUP, and Past-President of the VA Conference of the AAUP.

Community-based participatory action research (CBPAR)

Theorizing family marginalization and family privilege

Anti-racist and decolonizing research (ARDR) methods

Immigration and family well-being

Family-school-university partnerships

Letiecq, B. L. (2024). Theorizing White heteropatriarchal supremacy, marriage fundamentalism, and the mechanisms that maintain family inequality. Journal of Marriage and Family, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12971

Vesely, C. K., Letiecq, B., Davis, E., Goodman, R., DeMulder, E., Marquez, M., & Amigas de la Comunidad (2024). “The spirit of a fighter”: Mixed-status Latine immigrant families' experiences during COVID. Family Relations, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13010

Letiecq, B.L., & Bermudez, J.M. (2023). Situating Latinx Immigrant Romantic Relationships in the Context of Illegality: Using a Socioculturally Attuned Lens. In B. Ogolsky (Ed.), The Socio-Cultural Context of Romantic Relationships. Advances in Personal Relationships Series. Cambridge.

***Winner of the 2024 International Association of Relationship Research Book Award***

Vesely, C.K., Sansbury*, A.B., Call-Cummings, M., Dodman, S., Chen*, X., Ndiaye*, N., Bethea*, C., DeMulder, E., Frank, T., Letiecq, B., Shaklee, B, View, J. (2023). Putting antiracism into action in teacher education: Developing and implementing an antiracist pedagogy course audit. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2023.2192433

Letiecq, B.L., Williams, J.M., Vesely, C.K., & Smith Lee, J. R. (2023). Publicly-housed Black Mothers’ Experiences of Structural Racism in their Everyday Lives. Journal of Marriage & Family. Early view online. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12908

Vesely, C.K., Letiecq, B.L. et al., (2023). Amigas de la Comunidad: A Critical Case Study of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) with Central American Immigrant Mothers. In M. Call-Cummings, G. Dazzo, & M. Hauber-Özer (Eds.), Critical Participatory Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Introduction and Guide. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE Press.

Fields, S., Gibson, T., Kilgore, R., Letiecq, B., & Magee, M. (alphabetical order) (2022). How to Organize around issues and build faculty power. Academe: American Association of University Professors. https://www.aaup.org/article/how-organize-around-issues-and-build-faculty-power#.YmlneNrMLIU

Letiecq, B., Davis*, E., Vesely, C., Goodman, R., Zeledon*, D. & Marquez, M. (2022). Central American immigrant mothers’ narratives of intersecting oppressions: A resistant knowledge project. Journal of Marriage & Family, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12854

Cross, C., Fomby, P., & Letiecq, B. (2022). Interlinking Structural Racism and Heteropatriarchy: Rethinking Family Structure’s Effects on Child Outcomes in a Racialized, Unequal Society. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 1– 20. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12458

***Article of the Year awarded by the American Sociological Association Family Section***

***Top cited article in JFTR in 2021-2022***

Letiecq, B., Vesely, C., & Goodman, R. (2022). Family-centered participatory action research: With, by, and for families. In K. Adamson, A Few-Demo, C. Proulx and K. Roy (Eds.), Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methodologies. Springer.

Gibson, T.A., Letiecq, B.L., & Finkelstein, J.H. (2021). Good Trouble in the Time of COVID-19. Health Communication, 22 (online). DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2021.1957214

Vesely, C., DeMulder, E., Sansbury, A., Davis, E., Letiecq, B., Willard, B., & Goodman, R. (2021). 'A place where my children could learn to read, write, and play': The Search for Early Care and Education among Undocumented Central American Immigrant Mothers. Early Childhood Research Quarterly.

Sanchez, R., Letiecq, B., & Ginsberg, M. (2019). An integrated model of family strengths and resilience: Theorizing at the intersection of Indigenous and western paradigms. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 4(11), 561-575. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12351

Kuvalanka, K. A., Newsome, W., Letiecq, B., Neff, J., Neubeiser, K., Snodgrass, J., & Valentic, G. (2019). Grandmothers raising their transgender grandchildren: An exploratory study. Journal of GLBT Family Studies. DOI: 10.1080/1550428X.2019.1630883

Letiecq, B. (2019). Family privilege and supremacy in family science: Toward justice for all. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 11(3), 398-411. DOI: 10.1111/jftr.12338

Letiecq, B.L., Mehta, S., Vesely, C.K., Marquez, M., Goodman, R.D., & Moron, L. (2019). Central American immigrant mothers’ mental health in the context of illegality: Structural stress, parental concern, and trauma. Journal of Family and Community Health, 42(4), 271-282. DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000233, PMID: 31403988

Vesely, C., Letiecq, B., & Goodman, R. (2019). “Parenting across two worlds”: Low-income Latina immigrants’ adaptation to motherhood in the U.S. Journal of Family Issue, 40, 711-738. doi: 10.1177/0192513X18821398

Bailey, S., Letiecq, B., Visconti, K., & Tucker*, N. (2019). Resilience among Native American custodial grandparents. Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology, 34(2), 131-148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-019-09372-w.

Vesely, C.K., Letiecq, B.L., Goodman, R.D., Marquez, M., Alves, L. Lazo, W., & Martinez, M. (2019). “What does this mean to you?” Partnering with Amigas de la Comunidad to Analyze the Housing Conditions of Undocumented Latina immigrants. In A. Humble and E. Radina (Eds.) How qualitative data analysis happens: Moving beyond “themes emerged”. Taylor & Francis.

Allen, K. R., Letiecq, B.L., Roberto, K.A., Rosenblatt, P.C., & Wieling, E. (2019). Dialogue about reflexivity. In A. Humble and E. Radina (Eds.) How qualitative data analysis happens: Moving beyond “themes emerged”. Taylor & Francis.

Goodman, R. D., Vesely, C. K., & Letiecq, B. L. (2018). Counseling refugees. In J. Webber & J. B. Mascari (Eds.), Disaster mental health counseling: A guide to preparing and responding (4^th ed.). Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association Foundation.

Goodman, R. D., Letiecq, B. L. Vesely, C. K., Marquez*, M., & Leyva, K. (2017). Community practice with immigrants and refugees. In A. Hilado & M. Lundy (Eds.), Models for practice with immigrants and refugees: Collaboration, cultural awareness and integrative theory. New York, NY: SAGE.

Letiecq, B. & Anderson, E. (2017). From education to advocacy and activism: Alternative roles for translating family science to policy. Family Relations, 66(4), 729-740. (Special Issue on Translational Family Science). doi.org/10.1111/fare.12274

Vesely, C., Letiecq, B., Goodman, R. (2017). Immigrant family resilience in context: Using a community-based approach to build a new conceptual model. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 9, 93-110.