Arryn A. Guy

Arryn A. Guy is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Illinois Institute of Technology, affiliated with the Lewis College of Science and Letters. She is core clinical faculty in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program and a research faculty member at the Center for Health Equity, Education, and Research (CHEER). Dr. Guy leads the CRAFT lab, focusing on community-based participatory research with queer and trans communities.

Education:

• Postdoctoral Fellowship, T32 Biobehavioral HIV Research Training, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University (2020–2022)
• Ph.D., Psychology (Clinical), Illinois Institute of Technology (2020)
• Predoctoral Clinical Internship, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital (2019–2020)
• M.S., Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology (2017)
• B.A., Psychology (Philosophy minor), Arizona State University (2014)

Dr. Guy's research focuses on healing psychological sequelae from stigma, supporting addiction recovery, increasing access to gender-affirming care, and reducing HIV health inequities. Her work integrates Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), LGBTQ+ health, contextual behavioral science (ACT, Mindfulness), and peer support. She examines the impacts of cisgenderism, racism, heterosexism, and substance use stigma on behavioral health outcomes.

Her recent publications highlight trends in minority stress, mindfulness-based interventions, peer-led models, and HIV care integration with mental health and substance use services. Her work often involves mixed-methods designs and focuses on structural and interpersonal determinants of health among marginalized populations.

Scientific Awards:

• Excellence in Teaching Award, Graduate Student category, Department of Psychology, Lewis College of Human Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2019
• NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Award for Clinical Research (L30AA029578), NIAAA, 2021–2023
• NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Award for Clinical Research (L30DA059347), NIDA, 2023–2025

Dr. Guy has been actively involved in advising and securing research funding. She served as MPI on a PCORI subaward and PI on an NIAAA-funded pilot. Currently, she is the PI of a NIDA-funded K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award focused on a gender-affirming stigma intervention for transgender adults. She has served on editorial boards of AIDS & Behavior, The Behavior Therapist, and Journal of Contextual and Behavioral Science. Her lab, the CRAFT lab, supports collaborative research with community partners to develop evidence-based behavioral health interventions.