Research

McQuillan M. T., Cimpian J. R., Lebovitz B. A., Gill E. K. (2024) Transgender adolescent school climate, mental health, and adult social support. JAMA Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.3079

McQuillan, M. T., Gill, E. K., & Gong, X. (2023). LGBTQ+-Inclusive professional development in elementary schools: Does It Matter to Schoolwide Disciplinary Rates? Journal of School Leadership 33(4), 382-408. https://doi.org/10.1177/10526846231174051

Gill, E. K., & McQuillan, M.T. (2022). LGBTQ+ students’ peer victimization and mental health before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 11537. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811537

Gill, E. K. (2025). LGBTQ+ students’ experiences and wellbeing in rural schools. In C. Whitten & A. Azano (Eds.), Rural and out(rooted): Exploring the intersection of rural education and queer identities. Routledge. 

Lebovitz, B. L., Gill, E. K., McQuillan, M. T., & Eckes, S. (2024). LGBTQ+ Students in PK–12 Education. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1962

Gill, E. K., & McQuillan, M. T. (2022). COVID-19 pandemic and LGBTQ+ youth. Scholarly Community Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/28335

McQuillan, M.T., Gill, E. K., Gong, X.,   Lebovitz, B., Swetz, A.  & B. Juchems. (2025). Physical activity and trans students in Wisconsin schools. Madison, WI: GSAFE and FAIR Wisconsin.  

McQuillan, M. T., Lebovitz, B., Gill, E. K..  French, W., & B. Juchems. (2025). Wisconsin PK-12 school board policies concerning LGBTQ+ students. Madison, WI: Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools (GSAFE).

Iverson, D., Gill, E. K., Bates, D., & McQuillan, M. T. (2025). Building inclusive schools for multiply-marginalized students. Policy brief for the Stanford Graduate School of Education Public Scholarship Collaborative.

Lebovitz, B. A., Gill, E. K., & McQuillan, M. T. (2024). Trans students’ wellbeing in Wisconsin schools. Madison, WI: School of Education.

McQuillan, M. T., Hohs, S., Herdina, J., Gong, X., & Gill, E. K. (2022). Examining school supports and barriers to improving the health, safety, and academic achievement of MMSD LGBTQ+ students. Madison, WI: Madison Education Partnership. pp. 1-41.

• Awarded Outstanding Educational Policy Report from Division L: Educational Politics and Policy of AERA

Gill, E. K. (Conditional Acceptance). Fragmented protections, unequal promise: The reach and limits of state civil rights protections for LGB students. AERA Open. [Special issue: Centering civil rights protections in schools in the U.S., edited by M. Gopalan & E. Frankenberg].

McQuillan, M. T., Gill, E. K., Suarez, M., Iskander, L., & Keenan, H. (Revise & Resubmit). Trans-affirming leaders' professional capital: A critical mixed-methods study of educational policies, organizational practices, and leadership on trans employees’ health. Journal of Professional Capital and Community.

Gottfried, M. A., Gill, E. K., Woods, S. C., & Hutt, E. (Submitted). Beyond “total days absent”: Understanding where, when, and why students miss school. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 

Gill, E. K. LGBTQ+ students’ geography of opportunity. [Manuscript in preparation for AERA Open].

Gill, E. K. Mapping spatial inequities among LGBTQ+ students’ school safety and mental health in Dane County, Wisconsin. [Manuscript in preparation for LGBT Health].

Gill, E. K. & McQuillan, M. T. Here or there?: LGBTQ+ students’ access to safe schools by geography in Wisconsin. [Manuscript in preparation for Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis].

McQuillan, M. T., Gill, E. K., & Lebovitz, B. A. Erased from the field: An analysis of how anti-trans state athletic bans contribute to adolescents’ school climate and health. [Research brief in preparation for Nature].

Gill, E. K., Woods, S. C., & Gottfried, M. A. Where you live, why you miss: Conceptualizing the geographic drivers of school absenteeism. [Manuscript in preparation for Peabody Journal of Education].