Jacob Donald Gordon

Jacob Gordon serves as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Nursing. Dr. Gordon is an interdisciplinary and community-engaged social work researcher dedicated to tackling mental health disparities for young adults through innovative digital interventions.

Dr. Gordon completed post-doctoral training as a NIMH-funded T32 postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University. Here, Dr. Gordon has honed a translational skill set aimed at optimizing social media usage among youth and young adults. His work focuses on improving the ability of young adults to harnessing the positive aspects of social media while mitigating the negative experiences commonly encountered online. 

PhD: University of Pittsburgh 2022 (Social Work)

MSW: Washington University in St. Louis 2018

BA: University of New Mexico 2016

Social Media Use
Digital Interventions
Human-centered Design
 

Peer Reviewed Publications

Darren L Whitfield, Tural Mammadli, Jacob D Gordon, Jagadīśa-devaśrī Dācus, Cristian J Chandler, Rodman E Turpin, Antoine Douaihy (2025. ) More than taking a pill: the effects of intersectional microaggressions on pre-exposure prophylaxis adherence among Black MSM .Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, ,

Isabel R Rooper, William W Liem, Martha Burla, Jacob Gordon, Lara M Baez, Rachel Kornfield, Andrew BL Berry (2025. ) Designing Values Elicitation Technologies for Mental Health and Chronic Care Integration: User-Centered Design Approach .JMIR Publications, ,

Kathryn Macapagal, Juan Pablo Zapata, Junye Ma, Jacob D Gordon, Christopher Owens, Silvia Valadez-Tapia, Peter Cummings, Nathan Walter, Jim Pickett (2025. ) Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents’ Preferences for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Social Marketing Campaigns: Qualitative Preimplementation Study .l JMIR Formative Research, ,

Val Wongsomboon, Cindy B Veldhuis, Jacob D Gordon, Kathryn Macapagal (2025. ) Experiences and correlates of cyber dating abuse in sexual and gender minority adolescent girls and feminine teens: implications for psychological wellbeing .Psychology & Sexuality, ,

William Wibowo Liem, Emily G Lattie, Bayley J Taple, Caitlin A Stamatis, Jacob Gordon, Rachel Kornfield, Andrew BL Berry (2025. ) Improving Collaborative Management of Multiple Mental and Physical Health Conditions: A Qualitative Inquiry into Designing Technology-Enabled Services for Eliciting Patients' Values .Proceedings of the ACM on human-computer interaction, ,

Jacob Gordon, Val Wongsomboon, Andrés Alvarado Avila, Julianna Lorenzo, Brian Mustanski, Kathryn Macapagal (2024. ) Experiences of successful PrEP uptake among adolescent sexual minority men in the United States: a qualitative exploration .AIDS Education and Prevention, ,

Jacob D Gordon, Darren L Whitfield, Tural Mammadli, César G Escobar-Viera (2023. ) Social Support–Seeking Strategies on Social Media at the Intersection of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Identity, Race, and Ethnicity: Insights for Intervention From a Qualitative Study .JMIR Formative Research, ,

Darren L Whitfield, Rebekah S Miller, César G Escobar-Viera, Tural Mammadli, Andre L Brown, Jacob D Gordon, Cristian Chandler (2023. ) Effects of internalised racism and internalised homophobia on sexual behaviours among black gay and bisexual men in the USA: a systematic review protocol .BMJ open, ,

Darrell Hudson, Tina A Sacks, Whitney Sewell, Derek Holland, Jacob Gordon (2021. ) Surviving the white space: perspectives on how middle-class Black men navigate cultural racism .Ethnic and Racial Studies, ,

Invited Presentations

Jacob Gordon (2024. ) An Intersectional Exploration of Risks and Strategies for LGBTQ+ Youth Using Dating Apps .The University of Cincinnati Psychology Department’s Clinical Psychology Colloquium Series , UC.

Jacob Gordon (2023. ) T32 NIMH Postdoc Showcase .Northwestern University,

Kathryn Macapagal, Jacob D. Gordon, et al. (2023. ) Engaging sexual and gender minority adolescents in the design of digital, multimedia HIV prevention and testing interventions in the United States .AIDSImpact, Stockholm.

Poster Presentations

Jacob Gordon (2021. ) Understanding Gay Community Connection in an App Based Culture .SSWR,

Jacob Gordon, Darren Whitfield (2020. ) Sexual Health Communication and Geospatial Dating Applications use among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men .SSWR, Washington D.C. .

2022-2024 T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, ,

Social Media, Mental Health

2024 -2026 FRAME Fellowship Office of Research UC Type:Faculty Fellowship

gordon93@ucmail.uc.edu