Associate Professor of Psychology & Women's and Gender Studies
About
Additional Research Interests: Qualitative Methods
I am a feminist psychologist who studies how the mistreatment of other people gets normalized. In my current research, I am investigating the role of racist and sexist stereotypes in abortion attitudes research. Other ongoing research includes the effects of abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education on young adults and studies of women's sexual well-being across the lifespan.
I received my PhD in Psychology (2009), was a postdoctoral scholar in the Michigan Society of Fellows (2009-2012), and received the Class of 1923 Memorial Teaching Award, the Distinguished Early Career Contributions in Qualitative Inquiry Award (APA Div 5), the Mary Walsh Roth Teaching the Psychology of Women Award (APA Div 35) and the Michele Alexander Early Career Award for Scholarship and Service (APA Div 9).
More information about my research can be found at: ProgressLab.info.
Area
- Personality & Social Contexts
- Joint Program in Women Studies and Psychology
Field(s) of Study
- feminist research methods
- gender/sexuality
- critical psychology
- adolescence
- social justice
