Andrew Forshee, Ph.D.

Department of Early Education & Family Studies

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A Brief Narrative...

Educated in the arts and social sciences, Andrew S. Forshee, Ph.D., holds over 15 years of experience in the fields of early childhood education, family studies, and human services, including work as a children’s classroom teacher (early childhood and youth programs), Headstart specialist, teacher trainer; mentor teacher, faculty member, program supervisor, and family support specialist.  These experiences range from after school programs, early education environments, early childhood laboratory settings, to college teaching, human services settings, and program administration. 

Dr. Forshee has taught at various colleges and universities, including Clark College, The Evergreen State College, and Walden University.  He is well versed in face-to-face classroom teaching strategies as well as distance education and online delivery methods.  Prior to his faculty appointment at Portland Community College, Dr. Forshee held a regulatory position within the State of Washington Department of Early Learning. 

Balancing his degrees in human development and human services, Dr. Forshee holds over twenty years of experience and inquiry as an artist in theatre, performance art, and movement.  Under the tutelage of the late Doranne Crable, Ph.D., he was a founding member of and principle dancer in the artistically acclaimed dance theatre company, Kagami Butoh, from 1994-2004.

Dr. Forshee is an active scholar-practitioner.  In addition to teaching, he maintains a broad research program, encompassing experiences of masculinity, gender dissonance, gender bias, and support services for transgender children, adults, and families.  He currently serves as a peer-reviewer for the American Journal of Men's Health, and a consulting editor for the Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality.  Complimenting his full-time appointment at PCC, Dr. Forshee is also a contributing faculty member to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Walden University.

Education

Ph.D., Human Services, Walden University (Minneapolis, MN), 2006
M.A., Human Development, Pacific Oaks College (Pasadena, CA), 2001
B.A., Liberal Arts/Theatre Studies, The Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA), 1997

Areas of Specialization

Family Studies; Intervention Strategies; Child Development; Child Care; Human Services/ Social Services; Human Development/ Lifespan Studies; Family Support Strategies; Men and Masculinity Studies; LGBTQI Issues; Intervention Strategies; Online Instruction; Qualitative Research Methods; Interdisciplinary Research.

Other Teaching and Scholarly Interests

Men in Early Childhood Education; Teacher Education; Fatherhood and Community Development; Early Childhood Experiences of Gender-Variant People; Experiences of Transgender Men; Support Services for Gender Variant Children and their Families; Gender-Bias in Online Environments; Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR); Online Survey Research; Jewish Studies; LGBTIQ Jewish Identities.

Recent Publications

Forshee, A.S. (2008). Transgender men: A demographic snapshot. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 20 (3), 221-236.

Forshee, A.S. (2007). Turning off the gender autopilot: Meeting the human service needs of transgender men. Human Service Education, 27 (1), 25 - 38.

Forshee, A.S. (2006). Perceptions of masculinity among transgender men.(Doctoral dissertation, Walden University, 2006). Dissertation Abstracts International, 66, 12, 235.