Dr. Renato (Rainier) Liboro is also a Faculty Affiliate of the Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies, College of Liberal Arts.

Community Partners

Aid for AIDS of Nevada (AFAN)

Community Counselling Center of Southern Nevada (CCCofSN)

Golden Rainbow (GR)

Huntridge Family Clinic (HFC)

The LGBTQ Center (The Center) of Southern Nevada – Dr. Liboro is the Academic Research Involvement and Engagement Liaison of the Center

Nevada AIDS Research and Education Society (NARES)

Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (AIDS ETC)

Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) – Dr. Liboro is a member of the Joint Advisory Committee of SNHD’s Academic Health Department, and a research collaborator with SNHD’s Sexual Health Clinic and Ryan White Program

University Medical Center (UMC) of Southern Nevada Wellness Center

Community Reports

Bell, S., Waldron, J., Barnes, L., Ranuschio, B., Despres, J., Puno, T., Sedere, A., Sheik Yosef, N., Villalobos, E., Wackens, J., & Liboro, R. M. (2022). The resilience of middle-aged and older men who have sex with men to HIV/AIDS: Southern Nevada stakeholder perspectives in the 21st century [Community report]. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. http://dx.doi.org/10.34917/29488636 

Ranuschio, B., Waldron, J., Barnes, L., Bell, S., Puno, T., Despres, J., Sedere, A., Sheik Yosef, N., Villalobos, E., Wackens, J., & Liboro, R. M. (2022). Awareness and knowledge of aging and HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder: Service user and provider perspectives in Southern Nevada [Community report]. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. http://dx.doi.org/10.34917/29486317

Liboro, R. M., Bell, S., Fraga, B., Despres, J., Puno, T., Sedere, A., & Barnes, L. (2020). Resilience to the clinical and social impacts of HIV/AIDS: Perspectives of middle-aged and older men who have sex with men – a community report. University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. https://issuu.com/championmhlab/docs/mao_msm_r2ha_-_community_report_-_unlv

Liboro, R. M., Ibañez-Carrasco, F., Rourke, S. B., Eaton, A., Medina, C., Pugh, D., Rae, A., Shuper, P. A., & Ross, L. E. (2017). Service provider perspectives on HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND) and mental health: A community report. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health: Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Selected Publications

Ridgway, W., Mohawk, K., Soriano Smith, R., Liboro, R. M., Morgan, C., Benning, S. & Parks, C. (2026). What survivors remembered: Cognitive and experiential themes in trauma narratives from the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. APS Psychological Science Journal, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976261471424

Chang, R., Choi, J., Liboro, R. M., & Wong-Padoongpatt, G. (2026). Asian Americans and racial microaggressions. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 1-13. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aap0000432

Liboro, R. M., & Lee, C. A. (2026). Improvisation and Social Justice in Contemporary Music Therapy. In C. A. Lee (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of improvisation in music therapy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198942849.003.115

Bell, S., Ribeiro, A., Sheik-Yosef, N., Puno, T., Villalobos, E., Navarro, A., & Liboro, R. M. (2025). Fostering school engagement and social support in postsecondary school: The roles of ethnic studies and sense of community and belonging. Community Psychology in Global Perspective, 11(2), 1-23. http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/cpgp/issue/view/2127

Terry, E., Pharr, J., Liboro, R. M., Coughenour, C., Kittle, K. R., & Flatt, J. (2024). Identifying and ranking strategies to address housing insecurity and homelessness within the LGBTQIA+ community in Southern Nevada: Utilization of community-based participatory research and concept mapping. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21.1540, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21121540

Liboro, R.M., Bell, S., Flatt, J., Pharr, J., Ranuschio, B., Barnes, L. Navarro, A., Ribeiro, A., Sheik-Yosef, N., & Waldron, J. (2024). Lifetime experiences of housing insecurity among gay men living with HIV at midlife: An exploratory study utilizing a social determinants of health perspective. Social Sciences, 13(8), 420; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13080420

Ranuschio, B., Bell, S. Flatt, J., Barnes, L., Puno, T., Navarro, A., Ribeiro, A., Sheik-Yosef, N., Villalobos, E., Wackens, J., & Liboro, R. M. (2024). Awareness and knowledge of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder among middle-aged and older people living with HIV/AIDS in Southern Nevada: Implications for HIV/AIDS community-based education programs. AIDS Education and Prevention, 36(2), 141-154. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2024.36.2.141

Ranuschio, B., Bell, S. Waldron, J. M., Barnes, L., Sheik-Yosef, N., Villalobos, E., Wackens, J., & Liboro, R. M. (2023). Promoting resilience to HIV/AIDS among middle-aged and older men who have sex with men: An examination of facilitators and challenges from a social determinants of health perspective. Healthcare, 11, 2730, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11202730

Ranuschio, B., Bell, S., Flatt, J., Barnes, L., Puno, T., Ribeiro, A., Sheik-Yosef, N., Villalobos, E., Wackens, J., & Liboro, R. M. (2023). A focus on aging, HIV/AIDS, and neurocognitive challenges: Examining Southern Nevada HIV sector providers’ awareness and prospective roles. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, 6876, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20196876

Bell, S., Van den Berg, M., & Liboro, R. M. (2023). Employing dissonance-based interventions to promote health equity utilizing a community-based participatory research approach and social network analysis. Social Sciences, 12(10), 543, 1-17 https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12100543

Bell, S., Van den Berg, M., & Liboro, R. M. (2023). Training to be a community psychologist in the age of a digital revolution. Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning, 9(1), 21-38. https://doi.org/10.15402/esj.v9i1.70785

Bell, S., Ranuschio, B., Waldron, J., Barnes, L., Sheik-Yosef, N., Villalobos, E., Wackens, J., & Liboro, R. M. (2023). Pandemic upon pandemic: Middle-aged and older men who have sex with men living with HIV coping and thriving during the peak of COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, 5979. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20115979

Liboro, R. M., & Lee, C. A. (2023). Epistemic privilege and epistemic responsibility: Responding to an inherent call to address the needs of queer and trans folx in music therapy. In C. A. Lee (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of queer and trans music therapy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192898364.013.41

Liboro, R. M., Fehr, C., & Da Silva, G. (2022). Kinky sex and deliberate partner negotiations: Case studies of Canadian transgender men who have sex with men, their HIV risks, safer sex practices, and prevention needs. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811382  

Liboro, R. M., Yates, T., Fehr, C., Da Silva, G., Ibañez-Carrasco, F., Eaton, A. D., Pugh, D., Ross, L. E., & Shuper, P. A. (2021). Community-Level Resources Bolstering Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Perspectives of Middle-Aged and Older Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV/AIDS. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 12(4), 1 – 26.

Liboro, R. M., Despres, J., Ranuschio, B., Bell, S., & Barnes, L. (2021). Forging resilience to HIV/AIDS: Personal strengths of middle-aged and older gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men living with HIV/AIDS. American Journal of Men’s Health, 15, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883211049016 

Liboro, R. M., Ranuschio, B., Bell, S., Yates, T. C., Barnes, L., Fehr, C., Da Silva, G., Despres, J., Ibañez-Carrasco, F., Eaton, A., Sedere, A., Puno, T., Shuper, P. A., & Ross, L. E. (2021). Mitigating risks and building resilience to HIV/AIDS: Perspectives of HIV-negative, middle-aged and older men who have sex with men. Community Psychology in Global Perspective, 7, 129-144. https://doi.org/10.1285/i24212113v7i2p129

Liboro, R. M., Yates, T., Bell, S., Ranuschio, B., Da Silva, G., Fehr, C., Ibañez-Carrasco, F., & Shuper. P. A. (2021). Protective factors that foster resilience to HIV/AIDS: Insights and lived experiences of older gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 8548, 1-18. Special Issue on “Developing Interventions to Address Health Disparities”, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168548 

Liboro, R. M., Bell, S., Ranuschio, B., Barnes, L., Despres, J., Sedere, A., Puno, T., & Shuper, P. A. (2021). Barriers and facilitators to promoting resilience to HIV/AIDS: A qualitative study on the lived experiences of HIV-positive, racial and ethnic minority, middle-aged and older men who have sex with men from Ontario, Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 8084, 1-18 . Special Issue on “Mental Health Opportunities and Challenges across LGBTQ+ Communities”, https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph18158084

Liboro, R. M., Shuper, P., & Ross, L. (2021). Scaling Up Information Sharing on HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder: Raising Awareness and Knowledge Among Key Stakeholders. SAGE Open, April-June 2021, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440211016898

Liboro, R. M. (2020). Catholic family ties: Sustaining and supporting HIV-positive Canadian gay men’s faith, mental health, and wellbeing. Religions, 11(8), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11080391

Liboro, R. M. (2019). Utilizing the community-based research approach to examine mental health and support services issues related to HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder. HIV and AIDS Review, 18(4), 233-238 https://doi.org/10.5114/hivar.2019.89454

Liboro, R. M., Travers, R., & Shankardass, K. (2019). Stakeholder perspectives on Ontario’s Bill 13: A macrosystem-level intervention supporting Gay-Straight Alliances and other initiatives affirming LGBT youth. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 10(3), 1 -31

Liboro, R. M., Rourke, S. B., Ibañez-Carrasco, F., Eaton, A., Pugh, D., Medina, C., Rae, A., Shuper, P. A., & Ross, L. E. (2019). Strategies employed by community-based service providers to address HIV-associated neurocognitive challenges: A qualitative study. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 18, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/2325958218822336

Liboro, R. M.(2018). Racial minority immigrant acculturation: Examining Filipino immigrant settlement experiences in Canada utilizing a community-focused acculturation framework, Community Psychology in Global Perspective, 4(1), 66-84 https://doi.org/10.1285/i24212113v4i1p66

Liboro, R. M., Ibañez-Carrasco, F., Rourke, S. B., Eaton, A., Medina, C., Pugh, D., Rae, A., Ross, L. E., & Shuper, P. A. (2018). Barriers to addressing HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND): Perspectives of community-based service providers. Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services, 17(1), 1-15 https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2018.1431168

 Liboro, R. M., & Travers, R. (2016). Fundamental researcher attributes vital to facilitating participation in Community Psychology doctoral dissertation research, Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 9(1), 145-158. https://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ijcre.v9i1.4353

Liboro, R. M., & Walsh, R. (2016). Understanding the irony: Canadian gay men living with HIV/AIDS, their Catholic devotion, and greater wellbeing. Journal of Religion and Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-015-0087-5

Liboro, R. M., Travers, R., & St. John, A. (2015). Beyond the dialectics and polemics: Canadian Catholic high schools addressing LGBT youth issues. The High School Journal, 98(2), 158-180

Liboro, R. M.(2015). Forging political will from a shared vision: A critical social justice agenda against Neoliberalism and other systems of domination, Social Justice Research, 28(2), 207-228.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-015-0239-5

Liboro, R. M.(2015). Community-level interventions for reconciling conflicting religious and sexual domains in identity incongruity, Journal of Religion and Health, 54(4), 1206-1220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-014-9845-z

St. John, A., Travers, R., Munro, L., Liboro, R. M., Schneider, M. & Greig, C. (2014). The success of Gay-Straight Alliances in Waterloo Region, Ontario: A confluence of political and social factors, Journal of LGBT Youth, 11(2), 150-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2014.878564