Social-Personality Psychology Students

Social-Personality Psychology Doctoral Students
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Current Student Work
2nd Doctoral Exam Titles
Dissertations in Progress
Alumni
Awards and Articles

Second Year Research Festival Photos

Current Student Work

Below are listed projects of some of the current Social-Personality Psychology students:

Remix: Damage, Shame & Resistance: Fall 2007 Student E-Journal

Valerie Futch - www.valerieafutch.net

Carla Marquez
My research interests include: Psychology and Law, Identity, Cognition and Social Cognition, Basic and Applied Studies of Memory and Judgment, Eyewitness Identification, and Cross-Cultural Psychology. Currently, I am developing a second year project that examines the way(s) formerly incarcerated persons feel excluded from mainstream society.

Sara McClelland
I am most curious about how adolescents learn to be sexual. Specifically, I want to understand how sex is being currently constructed-the cultural processes that teach children and teens about how to act and what to do, in and out of sexual situations. In addition, I am interested in how differently gendered bodies interact with questions of desire, protection and power within sexual dynamics.

Patricia Ruiz-Navarro
I am beginning my 4th year in the S-P program. My interest in Immigration and Identity has developed in many directions within the Social Sciences. From a Socio-psychological perspective, I am interested on Religious Identities among Immigrants. I am currently looking at Mexican Immigrants in New York and how religious symbols are used beyond religious celebrations and into social and political events.

Nhan Truong
My research interests include the role of culture, race, and sexuality on Asian masculinities; acculturation and health issues; social and cultural factors that place queer Asian men at risk for HIV/AIDS. My second year research project involved how queer and heterosexual Chinese-American men define/represent/portray their masculinities through autobiographies and memoirs.

Jason VanOra
I am interested in the ways that individuals both inside and outside of the academy under memberships within gender and sexuality categories. I am currently writing a second year project in an attempt to complicate the essentialism/social constructionism dichotomy and to understand the ways that these seemingly incongruous belief systems are applied by individuals differentially depending on the site (physical and cyber), as well as the context of a discussion. I have also engaged in research concerning disclosure of one's positive serostatus by HIV+ injection drug users.

2nd Doctoral Exam Titles

Autumn Beckman
Ties That Bound After Levees That Broke: Loss, Attributions of Responsibility, and Levels of Functioning in New Orleans Following Hurricane Katrina

Rachel Verni
Queering Passing: An Exploration of Passing as an Identity-Enactment Strategy

Dissertations in Progress

Autum Beckman
Women Rebuilding New Orleans

Juline Koken
Working in the Business of Pleasure: Stigma Resistance and Coping Strategies Utilized by Independent Female Escorts

Alumni

Ana F. Abraído-Lanza
Associate Professor
Dept. of Sociomedical Sciences
Columbia University
Mailman School of Public Health

Abraído-Lanza, A.F., Armbrister, A.N., Flórez, K.R., & Aguirre, A.N. (in press). Toward a theory-driven model of acculturation in public health research. American Journal of Public Health.

Abraído-Lanza, A.F., White, K., Armbrister, A.N., Link, B.G. (in press). Health status, activity limitations, and disability in work and housework among Latinos and non-Latinos with arthritis: An analysis of national data. Arthritis Care & Research.

Jennifer Ayala
St. Peter’s College
Dr. Ayala was inducted to the Cross-Keys Society at Saint Peter’s College - one faculty per year is selected.

Nida Bickmen
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Denison University
Granville, OH

Brian Cassel
Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center
VCU Health System, Oncology Administration: Senior Analyst

ML Twaddle, T Maxwell, JB Cassel, S Liao, PJ Coyne, B Usher, A Amin & J Cuny (2007). Palliative care benchmarks from academic medical centers. Journal of Palliative Medicine 10 (1), 86-98.

KR White, KG Stover, JB Cassel & TJ Smith. (2006). Non-clinical outcomes of hospital-based palliative care. Journal of Healthcare Management, 51 (4), 253-267.

Kenny Foster
Texas Women's University

Terrell, F., Miller, A. R., Foster, K., & Watkins, Jr., C. E. (2006). Racial discrimination-induced anger and alcohol use among Black adolescents. Adolescence, 41, 485-492.

Hazing, Manhood and Black Fraternities: The Construction of Black Masculine Identity. Psychology of Men & Masculinity (Reviewer, 2005)

Ronni Greenwood
Lecturer, University of Dundee, School of Psychology

Greenwood, R.M. & Christian, A. W. (in press). What Happens When We Unpack the Invisible Knapsack? Intersectional Political Consciousness and Inter-group Appraisals. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research. To appear in a Special Issue on Intersectionality (Guest Editor Stephanie A. Shields).

Spears, R., Greenwood, R.M. & De Lemus, S. (in press). Legitimacy, social identity and power. In A. Guinote & T. Vescio (Eds.), The social psychology of power. New York: Guilford.

Elizabeth Haines
Kite, M., Deaux, K,. & Haines, E.L. (2008). Gender stereotypes. F.L. Denmark and M. Paludi (Eds) Psychology of Women: A Handbook of Issues and Theories, 205-236. Praeger: Westport, CT.

Haines, E.L. & Sumner, K. (2006). Implicit measurement of attitudes, stereotypes, and self-concepts in organizations: Teaching old dogmas new tricks. Organizational Research Methods. 9, 536-553.

Jana Sladkova
Assistant Prof at UMass, Lowell at the Psychology Department