The PSI-I Steering Group
The PSI-I steering group is currently comprised of eight dedicated volunteers. To get a better understanding of our perspectives, and our work in psychosocial studies of intersex/VSC, see the descriptions of each of us below and the current list of relevant PSI-I Steering Group publications
Current PSI-I Steering Group Members
Marissa Adams
Program Manager, InterConnect Support Group - formerly known as AIS-DSD Support Group
Marissa has over a decade of experience working with people with variations of sex characteristics (VSC) and their families in peer support and advocacy capacities. In addition to her work in advocacy and peer support, Marissa is a researcher with interests including healthcare experiences of people with VSC and their families, demographic data collection, and clinical psychology. Marissa has a B.S. in psychology from Towson University (Baltimore, Maryland), has received training as an Inclusive Eating Disorder Professional, and has authored numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Limor Danon
Sociologist, Medical Humanities Program, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
My studies focus on the social, biopolitical aspects of intersexuality. Since 2005 I have been examining the dynamics, connections and conflicts between the medical system, parents and intersex subjects, as well as the processes of change within the field of intersex studies. My new study examines the different aspects of repro-genetic technologies on intersex bodies. Read more about Limor's work here.
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Martin Gramc
Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute
Martin (he/they) is a social scientist whose expertise combines medical sciences and gender studies. In their research, Martin centres the complex intersections between society, medicine, and social minorities—particularly intersex and transgender youth. Martin’s work is qualitative (interviews and focus groups). It combines participatory approaches to problem-solving with a deep commitment to connecting academic insight with the lived realities of sex and gender minorities. Read more about Martin's work here
Peter Hegarty
PSI-I Steering Group Coordinator
Professor of Psychology, The Open University, UK
Peter is a social psychologist and historian of psychology who has researched public understandings of intersex/VSC and its medicalization using qualitative and quantitative methods. He is a member of the American Psychological Association’s Task Force on differences of sex development, and the Executive Committee of the charity ICON UK. Here more about Peter’s work here.
Matthew Malouf
Licensed Psychologist, Malouf Counseling and Consulting, Baltimore, USA
Dr. Malouf is a counseling psychologist operating a Baltimore, Maryland, USA-based group practice specializing in sexuality and gender. Previously, he served on an interdisciplinary variations of sex characteristics team, as medical school clinical faculty, and as training manager for an LGBTQI-focused FQHC. His professional service includes APA's VSC Taskforce, WPATH's Revision Committee, SAMHSA's LGBTQI2-S Youth Workgroup and the PSI-I steering committee.
Marta Prandelli
Dublin City University, Ireland | IAS Fellow, University of Surrey, UK
Marta Prandelli is a social psychologist whose research examines how institutional practices, social representations, and cultural norms shape the lives of people with innate variations of sex characteristics, with a focus on stigma, epistemic injustice, and the politics of bodily recognition across European national contexts. Previously a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at Dublin City University, where she led the CHRISALIS project (2023-2025), her work has been cited in the US Department of Health and Human Services federal report on intersex health equity and informed InfoIntersex, Italy's first national evidence-based platform on VSC. She is the co-founder of the PSI-I Early Career Researcher Network, co-chair of the Italian Association of Psychology's SOGIESC Research Group, recipient of the 2025 AIP Social Impact Prize, and a committed advocate for interdisciplinary collaboration in intersex studies. Read more about Marta's work here
Katrina Roen
Professor of Sociology University of Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand
My research centrally concerns health and well-being, youth identities, sexuality and gender. I draw from critical psychology, sociology, interdisciplinary health research, youth studies, and gender studies, engaging with concepts of discourse, embodiment, and subjectivity. My work tends to be qualitative, with an emphasis on methodological approaches that enable analysis of the relationships between the individual level (experience, language, subjectivity) and the socio-cultural level (discourse, power relations, socio-political contexts). Read more about Katrina’s work here.
Bonnie Scranton
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Family Support Clinician at Connecticut Childrens' Medical Center, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Central Connecticut State University.
Bonnie Scranton DSW, LCSW(she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Sex Educator who works in both private practice and on Connecticut Children’s Medical Center’s Interdisciplinary Team for Differences of Sex Development as a Family Support Clinician. Bonnie has played an active role in both professional and advocacy communities centering the needs of intersex individuals, parents and families. Read more about Bonnie’s work here.