Melissa J. Smith

The Big Freak Out: Educator Fear in Response to the Presence of Transgender Elementary School Students

Elizabethe Payne, Melissa J. Smith · Journal of Homosexuality · 2014 · 124 citations

Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Sexuality Studies +16

The Reduction of Stigma in Schools: A New Professional Development Model for Empowering Educators to Support LGBTQ Students

Elizabethe Payne, Melissa J. Smith · Journal of LGBT Youth · 2011 · 116 citations

Humanities, Gender Studies, Sexuality Studies +13

Refusing Relevance: School Administrator Resistance to Offering Professional Development Addressing LGBTQ Issues in Schools

Elizabethe Payne, Melissa J. Smith · Educational Administration Quarterly · 2017 · 105 citations

Humanities, Educational Leadership, Gender Studies +13

LGBTQ Kids, School Safety, and Missing the Big Picture: How the Dominant Bullying Discourse Prevents School Professionals from Thinking about Systemic Marginalization or . . . Why We Need to Rethink LGBTQ Bullying

Elizabethe Payne, Melissa J. Smith · QED A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking · 2013 · 77 citations

Humanities, Educational Psychology, Gender Studies +16

Rethinking Safe Schools Approaches for LGBTQ Students: Changing the Questions We Ask

Elizabethe Payne, Melissa J. Smith · Multicultural Perspectives · 2012 · 58 citations

Humanities, Gender Studies, Critical Theory +16