Samantha J. Dawson Curriculum Vitae Sexuality and Gender Lab Department of Psychology, Queen’s University 62 Arch St., Humphrey Hall, Room 111 Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 3N6 Email: 11sd49@queensu.ca Position 2012 – PhD Student (Clinical Psychology), Queen’s University Education 2010 - 2012 MSc (Psychology), University of Lethbridge 2006 - 2010 BA (Psychology), Great Distinction, Honours Thesis, University of Lethbridge Academic Awards & Honours 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2012-2016 2012-2013 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010-2012 2010 Student Research Development Award, International Academy of Sex Research, $1,000 Best Symposium, Psychology Outside the Box Conference, $100 Best Research Presentation, Canadian Sex Research Forum, $200 Queen’s University Travel Award, $250 Queen’s University Graduate Award, $2,300 MSc Medal of Merit, University of Lethbridge Queen’s University Travel Award, $250 Queen’s University Graduate Award, $1,700 Ontario Trillium Scholarship, $160,000 International Tuition Award, Queen’s University, $5,000 CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence Masters Thesis Graduate Students’ Association Research Travel Award, $500 Best Research Presentation, Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference, $200 CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence, Honours Thesis Research Dissemination Award, University of Lethbridge, $1,000 School of Graduate Studies Award, University of Lethbridge, $3,000 International Research Award, University of Lethbridge, $2,000 SGS Entrance and Continuing Award, University of Lethbridge, $28,000 Academic Gold Medal, University of Lethbridge, [candidate] 1 2010 2007-2010 2006-2009 Best Poster Award (3rd), The Puzzle of Sexual Orientation Workshop Dean’s Honour List, University of Lethbridge (inclusive) Academic Scholarships, University of Lethbridge, $5,300 Grants International Academy of Sex Research (2014-2015) Applicant: Samantha Dawson (MSc) Project title: Attentional Mechanisms Involved in Sexual Arousal and Desire Difficulties in Women. Amount: $1000.00 (CDN) Queen’s Senate Advisory Research Council Grant (2014-2015) Applicant: Dr. Meredith Chivers Co-Applicant: Samantha Dawson (MSc) Project title: Attentional Mechanisms Involved in Sexual Arousal and Desire Difficulties in Women. Amount: $8540.00 (CDN) UMRF Operating Grant (2012-2013) Principle Investigators: Dr. John Bradford and Dr. Meredith Chivers Co-Applicants: Samantha Dawson (MSc) and Dr. Michael Seto Project title: Correlates of Paraphilic Interests and Behaviours in the General Population. Amount: $29,803.50 (CDN) Professional Activities Ad Hoc Reviewer (number of reviews in parentheses) August 2013 – present (as an independent reviewer) Archives of Sexual Behavior (4) Personality and Individual Differences (2) Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science (1) January 2012 – present (in collaboration with Dr. Chivers and Dr. Lalumière) Archives of Sexual Behavior (2) Journal of Sex Research (2) The Journal of Sexual Medicine (4) 2 Memberships Canadian Psychological Association (student member) The International Academy of Sex Research (student member) The Canadian Sex Research Forum (student member) Society for Sex Therapy and Research (student member) Research Interests Human sexual arousal, sexual psychophysiology, viewing-time, visual attention, sexual fantasy, menstrual cycle, category-specificity, sexual concordance, information-processing model, incentive motivation theory, learning, paraphilias, sexual dysfunction, evolutionary psychology, mating strategies. Peer-reviewed Publications 1. Dawson, S. J., Sawatsky, M., & Lalumière, M. L. (under review). Assessment of Introital Lubrication: An Initial Study. 2. Dawson, S. J., & Chivers, M. L. (in press) Gender Differences and Similarities in Sexual Desire. Current Sexual Health Reports. doi:10.1007/s11930-014-0027-5 3. Sawatsky, M., Dawson, S. J., & Lalumière, M. L. (provisionally accepted). Intercourse between perpetrators and victims following initial sexual assault: The effects of sexual history and relationship status. 4. Dawson, S. J., & Chivers, M. L. (2014) Gender-specificity of solitary and dyadic sexual desire among gynephilic and androphilic women and men. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 11, 980-994. doi:10.1111/jsm.12430 5. Dawson, S. J., Bannerman, B., & Lalumière, M. L. (2014). Paraphilic interests: An examination of sex differences in a non-clinical sample. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. doi:10.1177/1079063214525645 6. Dawson, S. J., Lalumière, M. L., Allen, S. W., Vasey, P. L., & Suschinsky, K. D. (2013). Can habituation of sexual responses be elicited in men and women when attention is maintained? Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, 45, 274-285. doi:10.1037/a0032848 7. Dawson, S. J., Suschinsky, K. D., & Lalumière, M. L. (2013). Habituation of Sexual Responses in Men and Women: A Test of the Preparation Hypothesis of Women's Genital Responses. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 10, 9901000. doi: 10.1111/jsm.12032 3 8. Dawson, S. J., Suschinsky, K. D., & Lalumière, M. L. (2012). Sexual fantasies and viewing time across the menstrual cycle: A Diary Study. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1, 173183. doi: 10.1007/s10508-012-9939-1 Other Publications 9. Lalumière, M. L., & Dawson S. J. (2012). The challenges of a Darwinian approach to disorders. A review of Maladapting Minds: Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Evolutionary Theory by Pieter R. Adriaens and Andreas De Block (Eds.). Evolutionary Psychology, 10, 727-730. Manuscripts in Preparation 10. Dawson, S. J., & Chivers, M. L. The effect of relationship context on responsive dyadic and solitary sexual desire in women and men. 11. Dawson, S. J., & Chivers, M. L. Gender differences and similarities in patterns of visual attention to sexually-relevant stimuli. 12. Dawson, S. J., Persall, N. P., & Chivers, M. L. Sexual openness as a predictor of gendernonspecificity of visual sexual interest in exclusively and predominantly androphilic women. Non-refereed Contributions 1. Dawson, S. J. (Fall, 2013). Student Research Feature: Gender-specificity of Solitary and Dyadic Sexual Desire among Androphilic and Gynephilic Women and Men. Canadian Sex Research Forum Newsletter. 2. Dawson, S. J. (Fall, 2011). Student Research Feature: Turning Men and Women Off. Canadian Sex Research Forum Newsletter. Refereed Conference Presentations 1. Dawson, S. J., & Chivers, M. L. (2014, October). What are you looking at? Are SexuallyRelevant Stimuli Favored by the Visual Attention System? Oral Presentation at the Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Accepted. 2. Dawson, S. J., & Chivers, M. L. (2014, June). Do the Eyes Have it? Are Sexually-Relevant Stimuli Favored by the Visual Attention System? Oral Presentation in the Symposium: New Paradigms for the Sexual Psychophysiological Assessment of Sexual Interest and 4 Arousal in Women and Men, at the Psychology Outside the Box Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. * Awarded Best Symposium 3. Sawatsky, M. L., Dawson, S. J., & Lalumière, M. L. (2014, June). Inside the Box: An Investigation of Vaginal Lubrication. Oral Presentation in the Symposium: New Paradigms for the Sexual Psychophysiological Assessment of Sexual Interest and Arousal in Women and Men, at the Psychology Outside the Box Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. * Awarded Best Symposium 4. Dawson, S. J., & Chivers, M. L. (2013, October). Gender-Specificity of Solitary and Dyadic Sexual Desire among Opposite- and Same-gender Attracted Women and Men. Oral presentation at the Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. * Awarded Best Research Presentation 5. Dawson, S. J., & Chivers, M. L., (2013, August). The What and Who of Desire: Gender and Sexual Orientation Differences in Specificity of Responsive Solitary and Dyadic Sexual Desire. Brief communication at the 39th Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research in Chicago, USA. 6. Dawson, S. J., & Lalumière, M. L. (2013, June). Frisky business: Effects of Pornography and Casual Sex on Habituation on Sexual Responses to Sexual Stimuli in Men and Women. Oral presentation and the 74th Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Québec City, Québec, Canada. 7. Dawson, S. J., Lalumière, M. L., Allen, S. W., Vasey, P. L., & Suschinsky, K. D., (2012, September). Are you paying attention? Habituation of sexual responses in men and women. Oral presentation at the Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 8. Sawatsky, M., Dawson, S. J., & Lalumière, M. L. (2012, September). Intercourse Between Perpetrators and Victims Following Initial Sexual Assault: The Effects of Sexual History and Relationship Status. Oral presentation at the Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 9. Bannerman, B., Dawson, S. J., & Lalumière, M. L. (2012, March). Sex Differences in Paraphilic Interests. Oral presentation at the Meeting of the Minds Conference, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. 5 10. Sawatsky, M., Dawson, S. J., & Lalumière, M. L. (2012, March). Intercourse Between Perpetrators and Victims Following Initial Sexual Assault: The Effects of Sexual History and Relationship Status. Oral presentation at the Meeting of the Minds Conference, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. 11. Dawson, S. J., Suschinsky, K. D., & Lalumière, M. L. (2011, September). A real turn off: A test of the preparation hypothesis of women’s genital arousal. Oral presentation at the Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. * Awarded Outstanding Research Presentation 12. Bannerman, B., Dawson, S. J., & Lalumière, M. L. (2011, August). Paraphilic interests: An examination of prevalence rates and sex differences. Oral presentation at the Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 13. Dawson, S. J., Suschinsky, K. D., & Lalumière, M. L. (2011, April). A real turn off: Habituation of sexual arousal in men and women. Oral presentation at the 5th Annual Graduate Student Association, Multidisciplinary Research Conference, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. 14. Dawson, S. J. (2010, April). Dear diary: Sexual fantasies and the menstrual cycle. Oral presentation at the 5th Annual Psychology Symposium, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta. Refereed Poster Presentations 1. Dawson, S. J., & Chivers, M. L. (2014, October). Patterns of Responsive Sexual Desire: Does it Matter if it is a Stranger, Friend, or Long-term Partner? Poster presentation at the Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Accepted. 2. Dawson, S. J., Persall, N., & Chivers, M. L. (2014, October). Is Sexual Openness Related to Gender-Nonspecificity of Visual Attention Among Exclusively and Predominantly Androphilic Women? Poster presentation at the Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Accepted. 3. Dawson, S. J., Sawatsky, M. L., & Lalumière, M. L. (2013, October). A New Method to Assess Genital Responses in Women: An Initial Study of Vaginal Lubrication. Poster presentation at the Canadian Sex Research Forum Conference, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. 4. Dawson, S. J., Sawatsky, M. L., & Lalumière, M. L. (2013, August). The Assessment of Vaginal Lubrication: Results from a Pilot Study. Poster presentation at the 39th Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research in Chicago, USA. 6 5. Dawson, S. J., Suschinsky, K. D., & Lalumière, M. L. (2011, August). A real turn off: Habituation of sexual arousal in men and women. Poster presentation at the 37th Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research in Los Angeles, USA. 6. Dawson, S. J., Bannerman, B., & Lalumière, M. L. (2011, August). Paraphilic interests: An examination of prevalence rates and sex differences. Poster presentation at the 37th Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research in Los Angeles, USA. 7. Dawson, S. J., Suschinsky, K. D., & Lalumière, M. L. (2010, July). Dear diary: Sexual fantasies and the menstrual cycle. Poster presentation at the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research in Prague, Czech Republic. 8. Dawson, S. J., Suschinsky, K. D., & Lalumière, M. L. (2010, May). Dear diary: Sexual fantasies and the menstrual cycle. Poster presentation at The Puzzle of Sexual Orientation Workshop, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. *Awarded Best Poster (3rd) Teaching and Supervision Invited Lectures/Talks 2013 Female Sexual Dysfunctions. Abnormal Psychology, Queen’s University at Kingston. 2013 Female Sexuality Across the Menstrual Cycle. Human Sexuality, Queen’s University at Kington. 2013 The Evolution of Sexual Coercion. Seminar in Sexuality and Gender, Queen’s University at Kingston. 2012 Sexual function and dysfunction. Abnormal Psychology, Queen’s University at Kingston. 2012 Rape in the Congo. Seminar in Interpersonal Violence, University of Lethbridge 2012 How to pursue graduate studies in psychology? Psychology of Crime, University of Lethbridge 2011 What’s Next? Planning for Graduate School, Center for the Advancement of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CAETL), University of Lethbridge 2011 Habituation and Sensitization, Psychology of Learning, University of Lethbridge 7 2011 A Real Turn-off: A Test of the Preparation Hypothesis of Women’s Genital Arousal, Chivers/SAGE Laboratory, Queen’s University 2011 Female Sex Hormones and the Menstrual Cycle, Sexual Health and Human Sexuality, University of Lethbridge 2010 Single Case Experimental Designs. Abnormal Psychology, University of Lethbridge Teaching Assistantships Queen’s University: Abnormal Psychology (Head Teaching Assistant; 2012-2015) University of Lethbridge: Abnormal Psychology (2010); Research Methods and Statistics (2011); Sexual Health and Human Sexuality (2011); Psychology of Learning (2011); Interpersonal Violence (2012) Co-Supervision of Undergraduate Honours Students 2014-2015 Emily McBride. TBA 2013-2014 Nicole Persall. Sexual openness as a predictor of gender-specific visual attention in exclusively and predominantly androphilic women. 2011-2012 Megan Sawatsky. Intercourse between perpetrators and victims following initial sexual assault: The effects of sexual history and relationship status. 2010-2011 Brittany Bannerman. Paraphilic interests in the general population: An examination of prevalence rates and sex differences. Clinical Experience May 2014 – Present Student Clinician, Sex Therapy Service, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario Supervisor: Dr. Caroline Pukall May 2014 – Present Practicum Student, Health Counselling and Disability Services, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario Supervisor: Dr. Charles Vetere Jan 2014- Present Psychometrist, Regional Assessment and Resource Center, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario Supervisor: Dr. Melanie Edwards, Ph.D., C.Psych 8 Jan 2014- April 2014 Practicum Student, Family Court Clinic, Hotel Dieu, Kingston, Ontario Supervisor: Dr. Rob Rowe, Ph.D., C. Psych Sept 2013- Jan 2014 Practicum Student, Regional Assessment and Resource Center, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario Supervisor: Dr. Melanie Edwards, Ph.D., C.Psych May 2013 – Sept 2013 Practicum Student, Psychology Clinic, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Parker, Ph.D., C.Psych Institutional & Community Service 201420132011-2012 2011-2012 2011-2012 2011-2012 2011-2012 2011-2012 2011-2012 2011-2012 2011-2012 2011-2012 2011-2012 2010-2011 2009-2010 Clinical Psychology Student Representative, Queen’s University Member, Quality Assurance Committee, Queen’s University Organizer, Meeting of the Minds Conference, University of Lethbridge Vice President Internal, Graduate Students’ Association, University of Lethbridge Coordinator, Sexology Reading Group, University of Lethbridge Program Coordinator, Schizophrenia Society, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Graduate Student Representative, General Faculties Council Executive, University of Lethbridge Graduate Student Representative, General Faculties Council, University of Lethbridge Graduate Student Representative, University Awards Council, University of Lethbridge Graduate Student Representative, School of Graduate Studies Council, University of Lethbridge Graduate Student Representative, Centre for the Advancement of Excellence in Teaching and Learning Council, University of Lethbridge Graduate Student Representative, Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee, University of Lethbridge Graduate Student Representative, Assistant Dean Appointment Hiring Committee, University of Lethbridge Youth Council Director, YWCA, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (2010-2011) Undergraduate Student Mentor, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. 9 Media Coverage New York Times Magazine (USA); The Daily Mail (UK); SELF Magazine (USA); Men’s Health Magazine (USA); LiveScience (USA); The Times of India (India); Indian Express (India); iAfrica.com (Africa); El Mundo Newspaper (Spain); Bucharest Herald (Romania). 10