THURSDAY, MARCH, 12
001. Continental Breakfast for Pre-Conference Training Session
Attendees
7:00 to 8:00 am
Marriott Hotel: East Foyer
002. Registration for Pre-Conference Training Workshops Session I
7:00 to 8:00 am
Marriott Hotel: Registration Desk
Chair:
Kathryn K. Quina, University of Rhode Island
003. PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING WORKSHOP.
Feminism's Final Frontier: The Body Myth Across the
Lifespan.
8:00 to 12:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Courageous
Eating disorders and body image despair are a major public health problem
affecting adult women, despite prevailing beliefs that these conditions only
affect the young. In previous generations, satisfaction with bodies increased
with age, but today 65% of midlife women express significant body
distress and weight preoccupation. Experiencing unprecedented stress due
to their rapidly changing role in a global consumer culture, relentless
attention to their bodies and appearance, unattainable media influences, and
the fear of obesity, women of all ages mistakenly accept The Body Myth
that controlling their weight, shape, and eating will solve their deeper
issues. This program explores the unique clinical needs of adult women
suffering eating and body image disorders, as well as implications for
professional training, outreach, prevention, and public policy.
Facilitator:
Margo Maine, Maine & Weinstein Specialty Group
004. PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING WORKSHOP.
Mindfulness-Based Meditation and Clinical Practice: An
Immersion Experience for Clinicians.
8:00 to 12:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Freedom
This workshop offers clinicians the opportunity to experience the
innovative and clinically proven group treatment approach developed by
Segal, Williams, and Teasdale (2002) in which elements of cognitive
therapy are integrated with mindfulness-based practices to prevent
depression relapse in patients. Workshop participants will actively engage
in guided meditations in a community of peers, reflect upon the impact of
mindfulness-based meditations on one's own daily life and be introduced to
a new set of technical skills. As the workshop ends there will be ample time
to discuss both strategies for maintaining and amplifying the newly
acquired skills in your on-going day-to-day life, and methods for
implementing mindfulness-based cognitive therapy techniques in your
clinical practice.
Presenter:
Beverly Serabian, Private Practice
005. PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING WORKSHOP. Feminist
Qualitative Research: An Introductory Training.
8:00 to 5:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Weatherly
Feminist qualitative research is a powerful tool for social justice,
investigating issues concerning oppressed and marginalized groups,
creating a space for voices of previously silenced individuals and groups,
empowering research participants, and producing knowledge that
contributes to social change. This introductory training in feminist
qualitative methods is designed to teach basic principles and skills in
qualitative research design, data gathering, data analysis, and writing from
a feminist perspective, with a particular focus on research that empowers
research participants and contributes to social change. Standards of
"trustworthiness" (quality or rigor) will be examined. The workshop will
also address the tensions in psychology regarding feminist and qualitative
research perspectives as well as strategies for publishing feminist
qualitative research. The training is designed for both students and
experienced quantitative researchers who are interested in being able to
conduct qualitative research.
Presenter:
Sue Morrow, University of Utah
006. PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING WORKSHOP.
Understanding Multivariate Statistics.
8:00 to 12:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
Multivariate analyses can greatly enhance the information gained from
your research project. This workshop will provide helpful guidance for
designing studies to take advantage of multivariate analyses, review the
basic multivariate statistics, and provide practical information for
conducting the analyses and interpreting the results. Time will be available
for discussion of and general advice regarding participants' projects.
Presenter:
Kate Webster, URI and Business Community
007. PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING WORKSHOP. Women of
Color Institute (Open to all): An Interactive Workshop on
Hindrances and Strategies for Improving Recruitment and
Retention for a More Diverse Faculty.
8:00 to 12:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Enterprise
This interactive workshop will explore hindrances and strategies for
improving recruitment and retention for a more diverse workforce. The
history of the Women of Color Caucus in AWP will be reviewed, barriers
that hinder recruitment and retention of diverse faculty and staff within
academia, medical and mental health practices, and professional
organizations such as AWP will be identified, methods for making work
environments more inclusive for minority women will be reviewed, and
strategies for working as supporters and allies of minority professionals in
your organization will be developed.
Presenters:
Michelle Dunlap, Connecticut College
Nina Nabors, Walden University
Angela R. Gillem, Arcadia University
008. Registration for Pre-Conference Training Workshops Session II
12:00 to 1:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Registration Desk
Chair:
Kathryn K. Quina, University of Rhode Island
009. PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING WORKSHOP. Publishing
Research Studies: Methods to Facilitate Manuscript
Production.
1:00 to 5:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Courageous
Researchers often struggle to produce manuscripts from their studies. For
funded research, once the required reports are completed, many researchers
find that there are limited funds, energy, or ideas to continue publications
from their data. This interactive workshop is designed to provide
professional development in the area of research project organization and
manuscript production. Attendees will identify strategies for (1) planning
multiple manuscripts from a single research project and (2) facilitate
manuscript production during all aspects of a research project. The
presenter will include examples from mental health, women's health, and
health services research, and will provide targeted feedback to assist
participants in strengthening their publication plans for their research.
Appropriate for researchers at all career stages who wish to improve
efficiency and productivity in publishing their research. Attendees are
invited to bring an abstract of their research project for discussion.
Presenter:
Jennifer P. Wisdom, Columbia University
010. PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING WORKSHOP. Our
History Is In Our Memories: Empowering Lesbians through
Memoir Writing.
1:00 to 5:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon III
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
This experiential, hands-on workshop is appropriate for lesbians and others
(including men) interested in promoting memoir as either a therapeutic tool
or as an end in itself. Principles of group psychotherapy will inform the
creation of a safe and supportive atmosphere. Principles of therapeutic
writing will be offered: the potential to heal past psychological wounds and
to explore relationships. Participants will experiment with writing brief
memoir pieces from their on histories, giving and receiving feedback, and
will practice approaches for encouraging others to write their memoirs.
Chair:
Barbara Silver, University of Rhode Island
Facilitator:
Judith Scarfpin, None
011. PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING WORKSHOP.
Challenging Cosmetic Genital Surgery: Feminist Activism
2008 Style.
1:00 to 5:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
We describe a grassroots effort organized by a coalition of feminist
practitioners, scholars, and activists in New York City, in coordination with
several college campuses, designed to bring attention to an emerging
industry of cosmetic genital surgeries. Drawing on the strategies and
lessons learned from our recent protest and media campaign, the goal of
this workshop is to provide a framework for feminist organizing within a
contemporary sociopolitical context. Increasingly, the beauty and sexual
medicine industries have adopted and co-opted core feminist concepts of
empowerment, self-determination, and choice for their own profit motives.
We address dilemmas for feminist organizing arising from this co-optation,
and present strategies for overcoming these challenges developed within
our campaign. After presenting an overview of our own organizing efforts,
participants will be given an opportunity to "workshop" their own feminist
activist ideas or planned activities with support from our organizing team.
Presenters:
Leonore Tiefer, NYU Medical Center, Department of
Psychiatry
Lisa R. Rubin, New School for Social Research
Rachel Liebert, The Graduate Centre, CUNY
Nicola Gavey, The University of Auckland, City Campus
Rebecca Chalker, Pace University
Virginia Braun, University of Auckland
Michelle Leve, New School for Social Research
012. PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING WORKSHOP. Women of
Color Institute (Open to WOC Caucus Members only):
Academic Publication Strategies for Women Faculty and
Students of Color.
1:00 to 4:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Enterprise
This workshop will explore approaches and resources for developing and
furthering a research program, develop ideas for networking, collaborating,
presenting, and writing with students and colleagues, and share strategies
for writing, submitting, revising, and publishing articles and manuscripts.
Presenter:
Michelle Dunlap, Connecticut College
013. Women of Color Caucus Business Meeting
4:00 to 5:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Enterprise
Chair:
Radhika Sehgal, University of Idaho
014. Registration for AWP Conference I
5:00 to 7:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Registration Desk
Chair:
Kathryn K. Quina, University of Rhode Island
015. Volunteer Orientation & Training I
5:30 to 6:00 pm
All volunteers stating today must attend this session.
016. WELCOMING RECEPTION for AWP Conference
Attendees
6:00 to 7:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Atrium
017. AWP Implementation Collective Meeting. AWP members
are invited to attend.
7:00 to 10:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Boardroom
Chair:
Donna Hawxhurst, University of Utah
FRIDAY, MARCH, 13
018. Continental Breakfast I
7:30 to 8:30 am
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon 1V
019. Registration for AWP Conference II
7:30 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Registration Desk
Chair:
Kathryn K. Quina, University of Rhode Island
020. Volunteer Orientation & Training II
8:00 to 8:30 am
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
All volunteers stating today must attend this session.
Chair:
Barbara Silver, University of Rhode Island
021. OPENING CEREMONY. Interactive Drumming Experience
with Annie Geissinger
8:30 to 9:00 am
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom - All Salons
Don't miss the exciting interactive drumming performance with Annie
Geissinger and her group of all-women drummers. They will being some
instruments so that the audience members can participate. Please join in!
022. WELCOME by Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts
9:00 to 9:05 am
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom - All Salons
Introduction:
Mary A. Zahm, Bristol Community College
023. PRESENTATION of the Christine Ladd Franklin Award
9:05 to 9:15 am
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom - All Salons
Presenter:
Donna Hawxhurst, University of Utah
024. KEYNOTE ADDRESS. At 40, Let's Celebrate,
Commiserate, and Commit. Gwendolyn Keita, Executive
Director for Public Interest at the American Psychological
Association.
9:15 to 10:30 am
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom - All Salons
Nineteen-sixty-nine was a year of protest and unrest in the United States
and other parts of the world. In that environment, women of APA formed
AWP and began to demand change -- removal of restrictions on
employment and education, child care at conventions, elimination of sex
role stereotypes and sexists attitudes that keep women down, inclusion of
women on boards and committees. Forty years later, where are we with
those demands and the demands for equity of women in all their diversity
in the larger society--pay equity, reproductive rights, quality and affordable
child care? This presentation will look at those demands, celebrate
accomplishment and draw attention to those areas where our goals have not
been accomplished. As we begin this new decade, what lessons can we
learn and where do we go from here? How can we take advantage of the
excitement of this new administration and re-energize ourselves for the
years ahead?
Presenter:
Gwendolyn Keita, American Psychological Association
Introduction:
Bernice Lott, University of Rhode Island
025. Exhibits I
10:00 to 7:30 pm
Marriott Hotel: Weatherly
Chair:
Cynthia Roberts, University of Rhode Island
026. Symposium. Multicultural Perspectives of Feminist
Approaches to Empowering Female Victims of Intimate
Partner Violence (IPV)
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
It is imperative that feminist efforts on behalf of battered women continue
to become more culturally sensitive. There is much work to be done to
elaborate all of the many different cultural aspects of women's lives that
influence their abilities to contend successfully with IPV. This panel details
the cultural values and realities influencing African American battered
women, Deaf battered women, and South Asian battered women. Times of
crisis are not the time to re-examine one's cultural values and beliefs to see
if they are working - rather, those in crisis tend to rely heavily on cultural
beliefs that have helped them in the past. Battered women rightly attend to
safety first and consider the influence of cultural norms secondary. Services
for battered women need to be delivered in culturally congruent and
contextually relevant ways.
Chair:
Barbara Gormley, Georgia State University
Participants:
Multicultural Feminist Interventions for Intimate Partner
Violence: Considering Safety and Self-Determination among
African American Women. Monica Michelle Manuel,
Georgia State University
Research exploring culturally sensitive interventions with
battered African American women who choose to remain in their
relationship is limited. This paper presents a culturally
appropriate intervention model that espouses both the safety and
self-determination of African American women committed to
staying in their relationships.
The Silencing of Deaf Battered Women: A Multicultural
Feminist Approach to Intimate Partner Violence. Tomina
Jean Schwenke, Georgia State University
This paper addresses deaf female victims of intimate partner
violence. Integrating feminist guidelines and multicultural
principles, the complex needs of deaf women are illuminated.
Aspirations for consciousness raising, coalition building, and
interventions that empower deaf survivors of domestic violence
to develop voice and power from within are described.
Cultural Factors Contributing to Gender-based Violence against
South Asian women. Fatima Wasim, Raksha, Inc.
South Asian women face many challenges and barriers different
from women in other cultures that put them at heightened risk of
experiencing intimate partner violence. This paper extends the
power and control wheel to reflect culture-specific behaviors in
each category.
027. Workshop. Training Us All to Become Active Participants in
Social Justice Work on Campus
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Middletown Suite
This workshop will explore the definition of social justice and highlight
activities that can be done to bring issues of social justice to campus, in
both the classroom setting, as well specific offices on campus (health
services, disability services, tutoring services, etc…). While there are many
colleges that have offices and individuals dedicated to social justice and
diversity on campus, this important work often remains the responsibility
of a few committed individuals. Acknowledging that social justice is
important in all facets across campus, this workshop seeks to explore the
ways in which social justice work can be done across campus, beyond the
few instances of programming allotted to specific offices on campus, or
classes that focus on issues social justice.
Facilitators:
Jennifer L Weiner, Fisher College
Susanna M. Gallor, University of New Hampshire
028. Structured Discussion. "Our Stories": Supporting Women In
Addiction Recovery.
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Courageous
We will view taped interviews of the voices and faces of women living
with addiction recovery. Participants will be assigned to focus groups to
address the following issue: drugs of use; life crisis; denial; sexuality;
treatment roadblocks; roadblocks to recovery; and what has changed in 25
years?
Facilitator:
Dorothy Bianco, Rhode Island College Institute of Addiction
Recovery
029. Structured Discussion. Statutory Rape: Youth, Love, Lust &
the Law-What's the Feminist Position?
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Newport Suite
Statutory rape is non-forcible sexual intercourse with someone below the
age of consent. Often the younger party (usually a girl) feels she is "in
love." Feminists want to protect youth while respecting their sexual agency.
This discussion is designed for ALL who are interested for clinical,
personal, political, or scholarly reasons.
Presenter:
Lisa Aronson Fontes, Union Institute & University
030. INVITED ADDRESS by Winners of the 2009 Oliva Espin
Award for Social Justice Concerns
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Enterprise
"Perceived conflicts between affirmation of religious diversity and
affirmation of sexual diversity: That's 'perceived'," Using feminist analysis,
we explore an ethical dilemma often avoided: what to do when clinicians
perceive genuine conflict in values between respect for religious and sexual
diversity? Claiming to affirm both sexual diversity and religious values
sidesteps the core conflict when the religious values hold that it's wrong to
be LGB. Reference: Fischer, A.R., & DeBord, K (2007). Perceived
conflicts between affirmation of religious diversity and affirmation of
sexual diversity: That's 'perceived', in K. J. Bieschke, R. M. Perez, & K. A
DeBord (Eds.). Handbook of counseling and psychology with lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender clients (2nd ed., pp. 317-339). Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association.
Presenters:
Ann R. Fischer, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Kurt DeBord, Lincoln University
Chair:
Michele Boyer, Indiana State University
031. Researcher's Caucus
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Portsmouth Suite
The newly formed Researcher's Caucus will hold a business meeting.
Chairs:
Mindy Erchull, University of Mary Washington
Jennifer Gorman Rose, Connecticut College
032. INVITED ADDRESS for Distinguished Publication Award.
Women as Leaders: Negotiating the Labyrinth.
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salons I and II
Women have gained considerable access to leader roles and are
increasingly praised for having excellent skills for leadership. Nevertheless,
more people prefer male than female bosses, and women can still face
challenges in attaining and becoming successful in leader roles. These
phenomena reflect progress toward gender equality as well as the lack of
attainment of this goal. Reference: Eagly, A., & Carli, L. (2007). Through
the labyrinth: The truth about how women become leaders. Boston, MA:
Harvard Business School Press.
Presenters:
Alice Eagly, Northwestern University
Linda Carli, Wellesley College
033. NEW MEMBER LUNCHEON
12:00 to 1:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Atrium
034. Structured Discussions on the Impact of Race, Culture,
Gender, Social Class and Life Roles on Women's Identity
Development and Revision.
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon III
034-1. Concepts of Self-Cultural, Relational and Feminist:
Women's Identity Development and Revision.
Feminist, relational, and multicultural psychological perspectives have
transformed our understanding of women's identity development. Both
cultural and feminist psychologists have challenged conventional notions
of self as Western, static, patriarchal and individualistic. How do we
understand women's identity development when feminist, relational and
cultural definitions of self are applied simultaneously?
Presenter:
Sue Motulsky, Counseling & Psychology Division, Lesley
University
034-2. Dutiful Daughters Caring for Aging Parents
Caretaking of aging parents for mid-life feminists has its challenges.
Because of the interest in this topic, we have prepared a follow-up to our
discussion session from last year. There is a critical need to expand the
boundaries of feminist psychology to include caring for aging parents.
Presenters:
Patricia Rozee, California State University
Carla Golden, Ithaca College
Facilitator:
Ruth L. Hall, the College of New Jersey
034-3. Empowering Feminist Motherhood: Beyond the "Stay
at Home vs Work Debate."
Motherhood remains an important, understudied topic in feminist
psychology. This structured discussion, led by two diverse (race and sexual
orientation) feminist psychologists and mothers of small children, will
address the following themes: cultural messages of childhood, becoming a
mother, motherhood and work as competing roles, and the impact of
feminism on motherhood.
Facilitators:
Nina Nabors, Walden University
Rebecca Rosenblum, Private Practice
034-4. Gender Differences: Are They for Whites Only?
A great deal of controversy has swirled around the findings of gender
differences, particularly in the area of mathematical ability. Much less
attention has been paid to the data that shows that gender differences not
only in mathematical ability, but in nonverbal behavior and other
personality and social behaviors have been found for Whites but not for
Blacks.
Facilitator:
Joan Rollins, Rhode Island College
034-5. Moving Past "Good White Girl": Intersection of Race
and Gender in European American Womens' Multicultural
Journey.
European American women hold a privileged (race) and oppressed
(gender) position. This structured discussion will address how those
identities intersect and impact one's journey toward multicultural
competence. Implications for training and clinical work will be discussed.
Presenters:
Sarah Jensen, Wright State Unviersity School of Professional
Psychology
Kathleen Malloy, Wright State University School of
Professional Psychology
Anna Feliciano, Wright State University School of
Professional Psychology
Catherine Baggett, Wright State University School of
Professional Psychology
034-6. Professionals from the Working Class: Exploring the
Personal and Professional Implications of Bicultural Class
Identity.
As psychologists-in-training who were raised working class, we will
facilitate a discussion about internal conflicts and strengths inherent in this
bicultural class identity. Explore with us how social class affects your
clinical work, training programs, and professional identity, and discuss
future directions for psychology in the area of social class.
Presenters:
Marcie Wiseman, University of Florida
Jill Hendrickson, University of Akron
Donna McDonald, University of Akron
Facilitator:
Katharine J. Hahn, University of Akron
035. Symposium. Improving Size Acceptance for Women on
College Campuses
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Enterprise
This is the first year that AWP has a Size Acceptance Caucus. Members of
this caucus will present on (1) sizism in psychology of women textbooks,
(2), teaching about health behaviors in fat-affirmative ways, and (3)
addressing sizism issues for women on college campuses.
Chair:
Esther Davida Rothblum, San Diego State University
Participants:
Fat Yet Invisible: Sizism in Psychology of Women Texts.
Maureen C. McHugh, Indiana University of Pennsylvania;
Lisa A. Osachy, Carlow University, Dept. of Counseling
Services
This presentation examines the degree to which students in
Psychology of Women are introduced, via texts, to: images and
myths of fat women, and to research on fat prejudice, and the
ineffectiveness and risks of diets. This presentation presents the
data from an earlier review (Touster, 2003) and from a recent
replication.
Teaching about Health Behavior in a Fat-affirmative Way. Joan
C. Chrisler, Connecticut College
Health psychology is a popular course that attracts healthconscious students, many of whom are convinced that only thin
people can be healthy as a result of media reports about "the
obesity epidemic." This course is a teachable moment - an
opportune time to correct students' misunderstandings about
weight and dieting.
Addressing Sizism Issues for Women on College Campuses: A
dialogue. Amy Cavanaugh, Western Michigan University;
Julie Meredith Davis, Western Michigan University
The presenters of this symposium will focus on the external (e.g.,
media, family/friends, doctors, and residence hall staff) and
internal issues sizism (e.g., negative cognitive messages) cause
for women on college campuses. They will utilize case
illustrations to provide examples of the self-exploration process
for college age women of size.
036. FEMINIST SCIENCE TRACK Symposium. Critical
Feminist Psychology: New Theory and Research, Activism and
Practice. Part 1
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Portsmouth Suite
Critical feminist psychology is characterized by research and theory that
departs from or rejects the central tenets of positivism: objectivity,
neutrality, and a methodological hierarchy that overvalues quantification.
Instead, it involves theory, research and practice that acknowledge values
and politics; its analytic lens tends to include broader sociocultural factors;
social change is often a strong driver. It is often qualitative, and often
constructionist in theoretical orientation. These symposia showcase
contemporary critical feminist psychology scholarship that engages in
theory and research, and connects with activism and practice. The first
session is organized around sexuality, representation and research; the
meta-theme that joins the papers in the second session, 'beyond the
personal', is the importance of context. The first two papers identify the
need to examine mental and social health with a broader economic/political
context. The final paper argues for the importance of remembering
historical contexts of feminist theorizing for enriched (critical) feminist
psychology scholarship.
Chair:
Virginia Braun, University of Auckland
Participants:
Desiring Subjects: Situating Sexuality and Youth Research
within Feminist Critical Psychology. Maria Gurevich,
Department of Psychology, Ryerson University
Research on sexuality and youth is dominated by discourses of
danger, victimization, and individual morality, while pleasure,
agency, embodiment, and entitlement remain conspicuously
submerged. A developing program of research on healthy
sexualities among Canadian youth suggests the epistemological
and empirical utility of feminist critical psychology in
reconfiguring sexuality research.
Telling Maya's Story: Representing Trafficked Women. Mary
Crawford, University of Connecticut
Sex trafficking has fostered global activism on behalf of women.
Based on research done in collaboration with a Nepali
organization dedicated to ending trafficking, I analyze the
representation of trafficked women as naïve, ignorant victims and
its origins in systems of gender, caste, and the politics of
international aid.
037. WELLNESS ACTIVITY. Movement, Relaxation and
Expressive Arts.
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Freedom
Working with images (visual as well as somatic, affective) that arise in
psychotherapeutic processes requires a "symbolic attitude" where both
therapist and client hold a stance of respect and reverie towards the image.
This attitude allows for the unconscious contents of the image to reveal
themselves and, at the same time, precludes the foreclosure of the image
into premature meaning. Not only is this relevant for our work with clients,
but also for ourselves, to maintain well-being. In this experiential wellness
activity, we will "move from within" and allow images to dance in our
imaginations and then expressive those images and feelings via multimedia
visual art.
Facilitator:
Denise Renye, CIIS
038. Media Presentation. My Friend, Myself: Sorrow, Joy, and
Strength in Women's Faces.
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
Selecting from 3 decades of work as a published and recognized artist, Judy
Schavrien displays a slideshow of her original paintings, pastels, and
photographs portraying women's faces. Some of these will be well-known
faces, others not—still, the aim of the portraiture is to embrace the subject
with the kind of intimate and complex understanding women typically offer
each other. Some of the relationships (in analogy with Annie Lieberman's
portraits of Susan Sonntag) entail an erotic as well as emotional intimacy;
some works portray public figures, others are of models spanning diverse
races and generations. Except for the androgyny in some portraits, the
implied gender fluidity, the perspective of the artist is second wave
feminist. But audience members of all persuasions will be welcomed in the
discussion of the art and of women's range of relations with women. In fact,
differing viewpoints, and therefore informative ones, will be most
welcome.
Presenter:
Judy Schavrien, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
039. Workshop. The Ongoing Journey of Becoming Anti-Racist
(Sponsored by the AWP Implementation Collective)
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Newport Suite
A structured discussion and working session for White women who are
committed to the personal, interpersonal, and sociopolitical work of ending
racism. Please come and share your experiences, challenges, and the
resources you have found helpful. We will examine White privilege and
racism as they play out in our personal and professional lives, as well as in
AWP. This session continues dialogues begun in San Diego, 2008, during a
half-day preconference workshop for White participants on race and
privilege that was sponsored by the AWP Implementation Collective. It is
offered as a regular conference session and reflects an ongoing
commitment to develop anti-racist work as a priority within AWP and in
our communities.
Facilitators:
Kristy K. Bartley, Univ. of Utah, Women's Resource Center
Donna Hawxhurst, University of Utah
Jessica Tartaro, Arizona State University
040. Paper Session. Sexualization of Young Girls. Sexual Agency
and Experiences of Teenaged Girls.
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Middletown Suite
Sexuality
Participants:
Sexualization of Girls and Early Menstrual Life: Hello Kitty
Thongs Meet Sanitary Pads? Ingrid Johnston-Robledo,
SUNY, Freedonia; Margaret Stubbs, Chatham University;
Shea Calleri, SUNY Fredonia; Atira Hepworth, SUNY
Fredonia
Feminist psychologists have recently called attention to the
extent to which American girls are sexualized in popular culture.
Researchers have yet to examine the influence this may have on
girls' experiences with menarche and menstruation. This
theoretical paper will explore this important relationship and
identify suggestions for future research and education.
"If It Were to Happen, I Would Initiate It": Feminist Identity
and Young Women's Sexual Agency. Elisabeth Morgan
Thompson, University of California, Santa Cruz
This mixed method study will examine the role of feminist
identity in young women's expressions of sexual agency.
Surprisingly, quantitative measures of feminist identity predicted
lower sexual agency/assertiveness. The cohort and cultural
relevance of the included measures will be discussed, and
narrative responses will provide a more contextualized, deeper
analysis.
Hooking-up: Wanted and Unwanted Sexual Experiences.
Melanie S. Hill, SUNY New Paltz
With the goal of empowering young women to choicefully
engage in healthy sexual encounters and a concern for their wellbeing, the following presentation empirically explores women's
experiences of "hooking-up". Despite recent media's portrayal of
casual sex or hooking up as positive and empowering for young
women, current research suggests that it is not uncommon for
women to report discomfort, loneliness, and depression following
a hook-up. Based on responses from 400 college students, this
presentation will explore gender differences in expectations,
comfort, and experiences of hooking-up, and how positive
experienced and negatively experienced hook-ups differ from
each other.
041. Posters on Approaches for Empowering Clients Who Have
Been Victimized and Preventing Burnout of Therapists
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon 1V
Participants:
When and How to Ask About Violence: A Call for
Victim/Survivor Voices. Kathryn Becker-Blease, Psychology
Dept., Washington State University Vancouver
Research psychologists face barriers to asking participants about
violence, while medical professionals are urged to ask all patients
about violence. Whether we are asking research participants or
medical patients, the question is not whether to ask or not, but
how to match our practices to individual victim/survivor needs.
I Want You to Know: Secret-Keeping and Empowerment
among Sexual Assault Victim-Survivors. Stephanie Marie
Hoover, University of Utah
Sexual assault disclosure is the process in which a victimsurvivor tells someone else about the incident. Feminist research
has argued that sexual assault disclosure is an act of healing and
self-empowerment. Based on interviews with 15 self-identified
participants, this study addresses the possibility of sexual assault
disclosures being self-empowering.
Hypnotherapy with Women Who Have Experienced Sexual
Assault: A Time-Limited Strategy for Self-Empowerment
and Healing. Melinda Rose Paige, Georgia State University
This poster describes therapeutic interventions utilizing clinical
hypnotherapy with women who have experienced sexual assault.
It will utilize both transcripts and case studies to demonstrate the
ways that both hypnotherapy and time-limited therapy can be
used in therapy with trauma survivors.
Helping Helpers of Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Avoid
Traps Related to Power and Control. Kiranmayi
Neelarambam, Georgia State University; Barbara Gormley,
Georgia State University; Christina Noble, Georgia State
University
The original power and control wheel (Pence & McDonnell,
2000) is extended in this poster to describe helping behaviors
associated with each spoke on the wheel that would constitute a
reenactment of the misuse of power in the romantic relationship,
potentially re-victimizing battered women who are seeking
assistance.
Comparing and Contrasting Feminist Therapy with Behavioral
Approaches when Treating PTSD Relating to Interpersonal
Abuse. Kristin Nicole Bertsch, Lehigh University; Rebecca
Samara Klinger, Lehigh University
The purpose of this poster is to present the theoretical basis of the
feminist therapy approach to treatment of PTSD with women that
have experienced trauma related to interpersonal violence. We
will compare and contrast the feminist approach with cognitive
behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Implications
for future research and the strategies psychologists need to
execute to provide competent and effective treatment will also be
discussed.
Preventing Secondary Victimization of Sexual Assault
Survivors: An Application of the Ecological Model. Lindsay
Marie Orchowski, Brown University Clinical Psychology
Internship Consortium
The Ecological Model illustrates the various levels and factors
that interact in the perpetration of violence. This theoretical paper
applies the Ecological Model to propose multi-level strategies for
reducing secondary victimization of survivors of sexual assault.
A critical review of research in social reactions to sexual assault
survivors is provided.
A Qualitative Investigation of Therapists' Experience of
Burnout and Vicarious Traumatization at a Small Mental
Health Agency. Sara Rose Byczek, Indiana State University
The goal of this poster is twofold. First an examination of the
causes of burn out and vicarious traumatization and a review of
self-care strategies that assist in preventing burn out is presented.
Second, a qualitative investigation examining therapist's
experience of burnout at a small mental health agency is
explored.
Self Care and Burnout of Female Clincians: Societies Impact.
Sara Rose Byczek, Indiana State University; Debra Leggett,
Indiana State University
This poster provides information on self care for women
clinicians. A review of self care strategies and warning signs of
burn out and vicarious trauma is provided. Suggestions for
clinicians on how to reduce these experiences are reviewed
focusing on society's influence on women's use of self care.
042. FILM & INVITED DISCUSSION WITH FILMMAKER.
Traces of the Trade ( 51 min., 2008; P.O.V.).
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Courageous
Rhode Island Producer/Director Katrina Browne tells the story of her
forefathers, the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. Given the myth
that the South is solely responsible for slavery, viewers will be surprised to
learn that Browne's ancestors were Northerners. The film follows Browne
and nine fellow family members on a remarkable journey which brings
them face-to-face with the history and legacy of New England's hidden
enterprise.
Program Chairs:
Joan Rollins, Rhode Island College
Hilary B. Jones, Day One, the Sexual Assault & Trauma
Resource Center of RI
043. INVITED ADDRESS by the Winner of the 2008 Jewish
Women's Caucus Award. "Afro-Brazilian Jewish Women:
Female Centaurs Transgressing the Borderlands."
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salons I and II
This interactive performance presents my conversations with AfroBrazilian Jewish women, who are spiritual, religious, sexual, and racial
transgressors, "caught in the crossfire" between multiple communities and
identities. They assert their agency to break the barriers that surround them,
to live how they want to live. Participants will join me in reading from
interview transcript excerpts and discussing how the women's narratives
might intersect with participants' experiences of transgressing the
Borderlands.
Presenter:
Abby Suzanne Gondek, The Curriculum Initiative (TCI) New
York Metro Region
Chair:
Sharon Lynne Siegel, AWP
044. Symposium. From Feminist Psychology to Feminist
Spirituality: A Global Journey.
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Newport Suite
The Symposium presents feminist archetypal study and practice for these
post-structural times. All three presenters are educators and activists
representing the broadening that occurred in the early 1970's to make
feminist psychological inquiry inclusive of women's spiritual history,
development, and pursuits. In this sense, the symposium both addresses
women's self-empowerment and contributes to a celebration of four
decades of growing the field of feminist psychology. Dianne Jenett asks :
What female archetypes can contain the 21st century female in the face of
the multiplicity and changing nature of "woman" in our post-structural
world? She uses Meador's Jungian interpretation of the earliest poet on
record, Enheduanna, to expand women's archetypal range. Judy Schavrien
discusses the role of encounter in India with Kali, and the Kali archetype,
in a development from spiritual emergency to spiritual emergence. Valerie
Sher discusses archetypal development in the discovery of authentic self
through women's bodily movement.
Participants:
Female Archetypes in a Post-Structural World: Enheduanna,
High Priestess of Ur. Dianne Jenett, Institute of
Transpersonal Psychology
What female archetypes can contain the 21st century female in
the face of the multiplicity and changing nature of "woman" in
our post-structural world? Literature from ancient Mesopotamia,
authored by Enheduanna, the high priestess of Ur and earliest
poet of record, reveals a goddess Inanna whose paradoxical
nature holds the entire range of women's archetypal potential.
Her Terrible Dark Laughter: From Spiritual Emergency to
Spiritual Emergence. Judy Schavrien, Institute of
Transpersonal Psychology
Judy Schavrien tells her own story as a case history. She was shot
in the face and, through encounter in India with Kali, and through
drawing on the archetype within of the dark laughing Goddess,
moved from spiritual emergency to spiritual emergence. Stone
Center and Kohutian theory track the shattering of self-structure
and the reassembling into an expanded relational self.
A Woman's Body in Motion: Arriving Through Archetype at
Authenticity. Valeri Sher, Institute of Transpersonal
Psychology
Valerie Sher explores full spectrum being as the celebration of all
aspects of the self— body, mind, heart, sexuality, and spirit. She
views the pursuit of authentic self, beyond the bounds of
convention, through masculine and feminine archetypal lenses. A
woman's movement in her body, through Valerie's researched
process, offers archetypal exploration and liberation.
045. Structured Discussions on Best Practices for Teaching
Psychology of Women, Discussing Race and Gender Issues in a
Sports Psychology Course and Issues Concerning the
Sustainability of Academic Gender Equity Programs.
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon III
045-1. "Aren't Sports Colorblind?" Talking about Race and
Gender in a College Sports Psychology Class.
This structured discussion will focus on how we talk about race and gender
in the college classroom. The discussion leader will draw from her
experience teaching the new field of Sports Psychology to a largely
traditionally aged, White male student body.
Facilitator:
Phyllis Wentworth, Bristol Community College
045-2. Feminist Pedagogy & Student Centered Learning:
Practical Strategies for Working with the Millennial
Generation.
Often termed the "net" generation, today's entering college student has
never known the world without technology and the internet. This practical
discussion will address the intersection of feminist pedagogy and student
centered learning techniques in the 21st century. The goal is for educators
to share strategies for infusing feminist-centered learning philosophies in
the classroom.
Facilitator:
Audrey Ervin, Delaware County Community College
045-3. Teaching the Psychology of Women: Best Practices.
The goal of this structured discussion is the share the best practices in the
teaching of Psychology of Women. Best practices may include course
content, assignments, facilitating discussion, addressing challenges to
feminism and course content. This discussion is for seasoned teachers and
those new to teaching psychology of women.
Facilitators:
Christine Smith, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Maureen C. McHugh, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
045-4. When Only Dust Rattles in the Coin-Bank: Building
Sustainability into a Higher-Ed Gender Equity Program.
Grant money for faculty gender-equity programs expires. Program officers
have two challenges: (1) operationalizing "sustainability" at the outset, and
(2) tailoring grant activities to be sustainable. In this discussion, we
encourage participants to explore a multi-layered understanding of
sustainability. Additionally, we offer a sample sustainability-infused
program logic-model.
Presenters:
Ashima Singh, Univ. of Arizona
Helena Rodrigues, University of Arizona
046. FEMINIST SCIENCE TRACK Symposium. Critical
Feminist Psychology: New Theory and Research, Activism and
Practice. Part 2
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Portsmouth Suite
Critical feminist psychology is characterized by research and theory that
departs from or rejects the central tenets of positivism: objectivity,
neutrality, and a methodological hierarchy that overvalues quantification.
Instead, it involves theory, research and practice that acknowledge values
and politics; its analytic lens tends to include broader sociocultural factors;
social change is often a strong driver. It is often qualitative, and often
constructionist in theoretical orientation. These symposia showcase
contemporary critical feminist psychology scholarship that engages in
theory and research, and connects with activism and practice. The first
session is organized around sexuality, representation and research; the
meta-theme that joins the papers in the second, 'beyond the personal', is the
importance of context. The first two identify the need examine mental and
social health with a broader economic/political context. The final paper
argues for the importance of remembering historical contexts of feminist
theorizing for enriched (critical) feminist psychology scholarship.
Chair:
Virginia Braun, University of Auckland
Participants:
Against the Tide: The Economics and Politics of
Psychotherapy. Jeanne Marecek, Department of Psychology,
Swarthmore College
The landscape of psychotherapy has been altered by economic
and political changes: the re-medicalization of social suffering;
Direct-To-Consumer drug advertising; and managed care.
Mainstream responses include re-branding psychotherapists as
"health care providers" and quasi-therapies such as coaching and
applied positive psychology. I offer a critical feminist perspective
on these trends.
The Personal is Political: Neoliberal Embodiment and SSRI
Use. Rachel Liebert, The Graduate Centre, CUNY
This preliminary critical feminist exploration of 'selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitors' (SSRIs) examines discourses of
'SSRI benefit' in direct-to-consumer advertising. I give particular
attention to the operation of notions of 'empowerment' and
'freedom', and discuss their broader implications in fertilising
SSRI use as a site for neoliberal relations of biopower.
Using the Past to Understand the Future: The Relationship
Between First and Second Wave Feminist Psychology.
Rhoda Unger, Women's Studies Research Centre, Brandeis
University
This talk examines the lack of relationship between first and
second wave feminist psychology, and a similar discontinuity
between early second wave feminism and present work. The
potential negative future consequences for feminist psychology
of the lack of questions about values and the nature of science
will be discussed.
047. Symposium. From Wave to Web: Shifting Feminist
Metaphor; Connecting Discourses of Self, Community, and the
Sacred.
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
Instead of adhering to the classic, binary metaphor of two waves to
describe contemporary feminist movements, we are deliberately attempting
to get caught in a web of identities and ideas related to feminist
psychologies and women's spiritualities. Spider webs often consist of
multitudes of strong junctures that increase the strength and integrity of the
entire form. We propose that the web model assists individuals in
connecting with others while also being a vehicle to align with the
sacredness of interdependent communities. Additionally, a web model is
useful in holding an array of variance to include the diversity of
experiences of second and third wave viewpoints that are often assumed to
be at odds. This forum is participatory in nature. We will apply the web
model to our lived experiences in the arts, education, and psychotherapy
and invite dialogue among all present.
Discussants:
Judy Grahn, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
Akhila Kolesar, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
Facilitator:
Christine Brooks, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
048. Symposium. Women's Agency in Sexual Decision Making:
Consequences for Relationships, Victimization and Sexual
Satisfaction.
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Middletown Suite
Three papers address women's abilities to assert their sexual agency and the
consequences this has for relationship functioning, victimization and sexual
satisfaction. The first paper presents findings from a multiple sample
comparison of gender differences in condom negotiation strategies, sexual
assertiveness, sexual self-acceptance, and condom self-efficacy, as they
relate to risky sex behaviors. The second paper tested a structural model
relating sexual victimization history to sexual agency and sexual
satisfaction as mediated by butch-femme relationship qualities and couple
interdependency in female couples. These findings have important
implications for women's relationship functioning. The third paper
discusses research investigating the link between women's endorsement of
traditional gender roles and their tendency to sexually assert themselves in
wanted and unwanted sexual situations. Women who identify with
traditional gender scripts demonstrate lower levels of assertiveness for
refusal of unwanted sex.
Chair:
Patricia Morokoff, University of Rhode Island
Participants:
Gender Differences in Risky Sex Behaviors: Condoms,
Assertiveness, Self-acceptance. Asako C. Matsuura,
University of Rhode Island
Young adults in the US are diagnosed with HIV/AIDS at an
increasing rate, with greater numbers of heterosexual exposure,
particularly among young women. This paper presents recent
findings focusing on gender differences in condom negotiation
strategies, sexual assertiveness, sexual self-acceptance, and
condom self-efficacy, as they relate to risky sex behaviors.
The Effects of Sexual Victimization, Butch-Femme Ideals, and
Interdependency on Women's Sexual Agency and Sexual
Satisfaction: Implications for Relationship Functioning in
Female Couples. A. Cassandra Golding, University of Rhode
Island
This study tested a mediational latent variable model of the
consequences of individual sexual victimization histories upon
sexual agency and sexual satisfaction as mediated by butchfemme relationship qualities and couple interdependency.
Research used a nation-wide sample of women in female couples
collected online. Empirical and theoretical implications will be
discussed.
Traditional Gender Roles and Heterosexual Women's Sexual
Agency: Effects of Sexual Victimization and Individual
Autonomy. Tricia K Williams, University of Rhode Island
Due to the negative consequences that result from risky sex
behaviors, it is important to understand the factors influencing
women's engagement in sex. The proposed paper discusses
research investigating the relationship between women's
endorsement of traditional gender roles and their tendency to
sexually assert themselves in wanted and unwanted situations.
049. MEDIA PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION. The
Scapegoating of Mothers and Children in Child Abuse and
Custody Cases: A Short Film of a Stage Play, Two Short Talks,
and Discussion.
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Courageous
The frequent pattern of courts removing transferring child custody from
nonabusing mothers to the fathers who sexually abused them -- due to a
combination of misogyny, mother-blame, old boys' networks, and many
people's aversion to believing that fathers molest their children -- are
addressed in a short play, two talks, and audience discussion.
Presenter:
Eileen King, Justice for Children
Program Chair:
Paula Joan Caplan, Harvard University
050. Regional and Caucus Coordinators Meeting
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Freedom
051. Posters on Factors Affecting Women's Physical Health, WellBeing and Empowerment of Self and Others.
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon 1V
Participants:
Empowerment Through Health Screening Participation Among
Urban Women. Anjuli Ramesh Amin, Southern IL University,
Carbondale
Engaging in preventive health care services can empower
women. We examined health behaviors in a sample of ethnically
diverse urban women. Ethnicity was an important variable for
health screenings as well as breast self-exams. Qualitative
analyses identified multiple reasons why women did not take
care of their health.
The HPV Vaccine Debate: What Do College Women and
Feminist Researchers Think? Jessica Barnack, University of
Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Laura Voith, University of
Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Diane M. Reddy, University of
Wisconsin - Milwaukee
One purpose of this presentation is to introduce qualitative data
on 282 college women's perceived benefits and drawbacks to the
HPV vaccine. A second purpose is to stimulate a discussion
about a timely feminist issue that has feminist arguments on both
sides of the debate.
African American and White Women with Daily Stress and
Arthritis: Examining Different Contexts for Coping. Jessica
M McIlvane, University of South Florida; Melissa Lunsman,
University of South Florida; Chivon Mingo, University of
South Florida; Kira Birditt, University of Michigan; Edna
Brown, University of Connecticut
Race and socioeconomic status differences were examined in
daily stress among women with arthritis. Twenty-one African
American and 20 White women participated in 10 daily
telephone interviews. African Americans reported more pain and
coping; women with low education reported more pain, arthritis
stress, and poor well-being but less daily stress.
Self-Management of Arthritis Pain: Different Perspectives.
Kimberlee J. Trudeau, Inflexxion, Inc.; Jessica Ainscough,
Inflexxion, Inc.; Lynette Menefee-Pujol, Jefferson Medical
College
We conducted phone interviews about self management
strategies with 21 people with arthritis pain and nine health
professionals. There was some incongruence between what
people with arthritis pain are doing and what health professionals
are recommending. This suggests areas for health education of
patients and professionals.
The Psychological Effects of Pool Exercise on Women. Kazuyo
Mori, J. F. Oberlin University Tokyo; Rie Ishikawa, J.F.
Oberlin University, Tokyo
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of pool
exercise on the psychological state of women. The sample
consisted of 69 women (mean age 70.43, SD=11.45). Mood was
assessed using a Two-dimensional Mood Scale. T-tests showed
that all scores changed significantly after the exercise compared
with before.
Predictors of Psychological and Physical Well-Being among
Women in a Career Training Program. LaRae M. Jome,
University at Albany; Mary P. Donahue, University at
Albany
This study explored the psychological and physical well-being of
a group of unemployed or underemployed, HIV-positive women
participating in a computer skills training program. Career and
self variables were significantly related to psychological, but not
physical, well-being. Women with greater self-regard and greater
problem-solving confidence reported greater mental well-being.
Empowerment Within the Heterosexual Relationship: The Role
of Husbands' Flexibility in Women's Struggle to 'Have it all.'.
Michal Ben Zvi Sommer, Kings County Hospital Center
Current youth want to have it all - a career and a family. Yet,
when the time comes, young women tend to choose one over the
other. The study's goal was to offer a possible explanation for the
discrepancies between intentions and behavior. Findings suggest
that the husband's flexibility is a crucial factor.
"It's Just About Being There": Reflections of Community
Women on Mentoring Women in Prison. Dawn Marie
Salgado, Lewis and Clark College; Morgan Padgett, Lewis
and Clark College; Sara Douglas, Lewis and Clark College
Mentoring programs are used in a variety of contexts to offer
alternative sources of support, encourage the development of
healthy relationships, and promote individual growth or change.
This study presents the voices and experiences of community
women volunteers serving as mentors to women during their
incarceration and continuing post- release.
Feminist-based Principles in the Mentoring of Women in
Prison. Dawn Marie Salgado, Lewis and Clark College;
Judith Fox, Rhode Island Women's Mentoring Program;
Kristen Quinlan, University of Rhode Island
Programs and services offered to women in prison are typically
underfunded or inconsistent with empirically-supported needs.
Through the voices of women receiving services, the current
qualitative study examines the application of feminist-based
principles to a mentoring program for incarcerated women.
Empowering and Being Empowered: Twelve Shelter Workers'
Experiences. H. Norene Wu, Providence University, Taiwan
This study explores the reasons that brought females to work at
women's shelters and their experiences in empowering abused
women through shelter work. In-depth individual interviews
were conducted with 12 peer-referred participants who work at
battered women's shelters in the Midwest of the United States.
052. Paper Session. Feminist Issues Concerning Representation of
Female Genitalia, Gender Diffrences in Acceptance of Feminist
Pedagogy and Strategies for Clinical Supervision.
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Enterprise
Participants:
Recreating a Genital Aesthetic: Public Representations of
Female Genitalia Thirty-Five Years after Betty Dodson's
Slideshow. Vanessa R. Schick, The George Washington
University; Brandi Nicole Rima, The George Washington
University; Sarah K. Calabrese, The George Washington
University
Betty Dodson's groundbreaking presentation created a vulva
aesthetic in response to limited public depictions of female
genitalia in 1973. Technological advances have since increased
accessibility of genital imagery. The present analysis found that
contemporary genital images were constrained to a single,
unrealistic ideal, raising concern about women's current genital
referents.
Gender Differences in Students' Response to Feminist
Pedagogical Strategies. Karyn Boatwright, Kalamazoo
College; Amy Cavanaugh, Western Michigan University;
Julie Meredith Davis, Western Michigan University; Bridget
Nolan, Borgess Medical Center; Emily Yeagley, University
of Akron
In response to feminist pedagogical strategies, resistance from
some male students has frequently been reported to take on many
forms including refusing to read certain literature, suggesting that
diverse course content is inappropriate or using course
evaluations to complain about feminist teachers. In this paper,
researchers will present data from a recent study that examined
how gender influences their receptivity to feminist pedagogy in
community college, university, and liberal arts college
psychology classrooms.
Crossing Boundaries for Change: An Example of Cross
Disciplinary Course-Based Events. JuliaGrace J. Jester,
Ithaca College; Judith E. Rosenstein, United States Military
Academy
This paper describes a series of campus wide events arranged
between a psychology course, "stereotyping and stigmatization",
and a sociology course, "hate crimes". The goal was to create
discussion on these issues and to encourage a positive approach
to change. The final component was an interactive fair called
"Deconstructing Hate."
Feminist Supervision: An Experience of Mutuality. Kelly
Blasko, University of Michigan; Mary Margaret Hart,
Independent practioner
The application of feminist values are often explored for feminist
therapy but less frequently for feminist supervision. This paper
demonstrates the integration of feminist values in terms of
context, practice, and activism using a case study of a feminist
supervisory relationship between a feminist psychotherapist and
a psychologist-in-training.
Supervision of Therapists' Work with Diverse Women: A
Developmental Approach to Promoting Multicultural
Competency. Rebekah Smart, California State University
Fullerton
This presentation is for educators and supervisors committed to
helping students understand women's issues and obtain
multicultural competency. Drawing on the Guidelines for
Psychological Practice with Girls and Women (APA, 2007) and
utilizing identifiable benchmarks, trainees' awareness,
knowledge, and skills can be assessed according to their
developmental stage as therapists.
053. INVITED ADDRESS. Distinguished Publication Award for
"Objectification Theory and Deaf Cultural Identity Attitudes:
Roles in Deaf Women's Eating Disorder Symptomatology."
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salons I and II
This study examined tenets of objectification theory and the role of
marginal Deaf cultural identity attitudes in eating disorder symptoms with a
sample of 177 Deaf women. Observed relations among internalization of
cultural beauty standards, body surveillance, body shame, and eating
disorder symptoms were generally consistent with objectification theory. In
addition, marginal Deaf identity attitudes (but not hearing, immersion, or
bicultural attitudes) were related uniquely with body image and eating
disorder variables. Reference: Moradi, B. & Rottenstein, A. (2007).
Objectification theory and Deaf cultural identity attitudes: Roles in Deaf
women's eating disorder symptomatology. Journal of Counseling
Psychology, 54, 178-188.
Presenters:
Adena Taryn Rottenstein, University of Michigan
Bonnie Moradi, University of Florida
054. Structured Discussions on Peer Faculty Mentoring, Collegial
Collaboration and Strategies for Uniting Diverse Feminists.
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon III
054-1. A Collaborative Model of Peer Mentoring among
Female Junior Faculty
A collaborative model of peer mentoring will be discussed as a strategy for
negotiating self-care among junior female faculty. For many women
faculty who are more accustomed to relationship-centered modes of
engagement and collegiality, managing the transition into a faculty position
can present extra challenges. Seemingly all at once, networks of support
and intellectual exchange disappear and new professionals are faced with a
multitude of tasks associated with adjustment. How are women in this stage
of their careers coping with these challenges? The primary purpose of this
discussion is to facilitate a conversation about the creation of peer
mentoring relationships among women who are junior faculty. Specific
goals include increasing the new faculty member's ability to identify
obstacles and discuss strategies for success in such environments.
Facilitators:
Julie Shulman, Sonoma State University
Debra Leggett, Indiana State University
054-2. Beyond Multiculturalism: Moving Toward
International Collaboration.
Training programs with a multicultural focus do not adequately prepare
clinicians for working internationally and with refugees and immigrants in
the United States. This discussion will explore the benefits and challenges
of the internationalization of psychology. Participants will be invited to
share experiences with global feminist work and international
collaboration.
Facilitators:
Yoko Mori, Lehigh University
Kristin Elizabeth Mehr, Lehigh University
Jill Franco, Lehigh University
Aubrey Decarlo, Lehigh University
054-3. Diversity and Unity Among Feminist Sisters
Our various feminist perspectives and identities shape how we enact
feminism in our daily lives and, occasionally, challenge our unity as
feminists. Participants are invited to join facilitators in an examination of
the impact diverse and intersecting social, cultural, and personal identities
have on our journey toward feminist unity.
Presenters:
Tracy L. Smith, Indiana State University
Michele Boyer, Indiana State University
Ginger Faulkner, Indiana State University
Keya J. Wiggins, Indiana State University
054-4. Feminist Collaborations: Doing Research, Theory, and
Practice Together on a College Campus.
A faculty member, the director of student development, the coordinator of
the women's center, and a women/gender studies student will come and
share their thoughts, goals, experiences, and the work they do together
toward the joint effort of creating and sustaining feminist community on
campus. There will be opportunity for those in similar situations to discuss
and offer best practices, previous flops, or feminist fantasies. Come one,
come all, collaborate!
Presenters:
Maya Anita Poran, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Mandolin Restivo, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Katherine McGee, Ramapo College of New Jersey
054-5. Unity Across the Feminist Generational Divide
Senior feminists, currently in positions of organizational power, are
predominantly female, Caucasian, and outwardly heterosexual. Younger
feminists represent complex intersecting social identities that do not fit
neatly within major categories. This generational disparity creates conflict,
leading to microaggressions. Our discussion will focus on these
experiences and strategies to address them.
Facilitators:
Kathy McCloskey, University of Hartford Graduate Institute of
Professional Psychology
Durriya Meer, University of Michigan
055. Workshop. Audrey Cohen's Transformative Effects on
Education and Human Services: Celebrating Her Life and
Legacy.
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Enterprise
This workshop offers an opportunity to have a dynamic dialogue on the
historical frameworks for purpose-centered education and its implications
in the arenas of academia, human services, and psychological practices, as
well as a biographical sketch of Audrey Cohen, the woman who
transformed the system of higher education. A concrete example of how
this method can be used is offered in an exploration of women's
experiences of the asylum and lunatics liberation movement of the 19th
century and its parallels to the modern-day psychiatric systems and user
and survivors of psychiatry movements.
Presenter:
Lauren J. Tenney, Environmental Psychology PhD Program,
Graduate Center, City University of New York
056. Symposium. Empowerment and Healing through DBT and
Reconnection
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Newport Suite
This program will describe the developmental history and overview of two
treatment programs based on the works of women who changed the field.
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program in the Outpatient Clinic is
based on the theory and clinical research published by Marsha M. Linehan,
Ph.D. Her empirically validated treatment for chronically suicidal and selfharming women identifies dysfunctional transactions between an
emotionally vulnerable individual and an invalidating social environment
as a primary target of treatment. The Women's Treatment Program, a
milieu-based residential and partial program, integrates DBT with the
relational theories of Jean Baker Miller and the Stone Center at Wellesley
College. Gender-informed, empowering and evidence-based, both
programs are tailored to assist women in improving their quality of life
through acceptance, problem-solving and self-respect.
Participants:
Walking, Stumbling, and Walking Some More on the Middle
Path. Elizabeth Murphy, McLean Hospital
Dialectical Behavior Therapy's central dialectic is accepting the
client, and oneself, just as you are, in the context of learning to
change. This paper will review the challenges, pitfalls and
success encountered in establishing a DBT program that
validates both patients and staff in a private psychiatric hospital's
outpatient clinic.
The Women's Treatment Program. Allison Berger, McLean
Hospital
The Women's Treatment Program is a millieu-based residential
and partial program, recognizing women's unique needs for
healing in the context of relationship. Trauma expertise and a
rich DBT program coalesce to help women develop skills to
manage PTSD, dissociation, and self-injurious behaviors and
return to more empowered and manageable lives.
057. Workshop. Psychology of Diversity: Feminist Frameworks
for Empowering and Healing through Activism and
Understanding.
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Freedom
Using feminist strategies we will learn how to increase our psychological
comfort with those who are different from ourselves. The goal is to become
an advocate for social change toward human equality: to facilitate student
activism and to promote healing in therapeutic settings. My newly created
Psychology of Diversity syllabus and activities will provide the format.
Presenter:
Joan S. Rabin, Towson University, Dept. of Psychology
058. Workshop. Clinical Applications with Female Perversions
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Middletown Suite
This workshop will explore female perversions so that they are not
overlooked or over-pathologized within a therapeutic context. Both
experienced and non-experienced clinicians will gain knowledge that will
contribute the empowerment of the client and the therapist using a feminist
psychology model.
Presenters:
Kellen Bennett, Alliant International University
Boyka Dimitrova, Alliant International University
Lynnashley Gildar, Alliant International University
Megan Parker, Alliant International University
Yasmine Safinya-Davies, Alliant International University
Denae Sammons, Alliant International University
Monika Telichowska, Alliant International University
059. Feminist Shabbat. Queering Jewish Prayer and
Understanding Diversity within Jewish Communities.
5:00 to 6:30 pm
Marriott Hotel: Portsmouth Suite
The Feminist Shabbat will integrate sexuality and Jewish spirituality and
incorporate songs, prayers and traditions from globally diverse Jewish
communities. Everyone is welcome, especially participants who identify as
queer, of color and/or those who want to explore ways to connect spiritual
practice, gender, sexuality and race/ethnicity.
Presenter:
Abby Suzanne Gondek, The Curriculum Initiative (TCI) New
York Metro Region
060. AWP BUSINESS MEETING. All AWP members are invited
to attend.
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salons I and II
Chair:
Donna Hawxhurst, University of Utah
061. Posters on Sex Education, Sex-Related Experiences,
Harrassment and Violence, Coping with Romantic Break-up
and Deployment of Partner in Military.
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon 1V
Participants:
Secret Yearnings, Secret Learnings: Young Women's Thoughts
on Gender Segregation in School-Based Sex Education. Amy
Brown-Bowers, York University, Glendon Campus; Maria
Gurevich, Department of Psychology, Ryerson University;
Lisa Dang, Ryerson University, Department of Psychology,
Ontario, Canada; Alex Wright, Ryerson University, Ontario,
Canada; Jenna Wagner, Ryerson University, Department of
Psychology, Ryesron University
An unresolved question in sexual health education pertains to
whether mixed-gender or gender-segregated settings better serve
the needs of female students. Findings from developing research
on the impact of school-based sexual education on the sexuality
of Canadian youth reveal thematic tensions between the merits
and barriers of gender-segregated sex education.
An Exploration of the Meaning and Contexts of Virginity and
the First Sexual Experience for Adolescent Females.
Katherine Ross, University of Pennsylvania; Theodore
Burnes, member
Recent studies indicate a need for clear, consistent definitions of
virginity, abstinence and sex that account for heterosexual and
non-heterosexual experiences. Analyses of the literature find that
adolescent women navigating their first sexual experiences
would benefit from open dialogue and unbiased sexual health
information. Despite this need for information, current
information is often gender-based, resulting in decreased selfempowerment and increased risks
Sexual Attitudes and Perceptions of Gendered Sexual Roles,
from the Perspective of Urban South African Women.
Duduzile Phindile Mashinini, Northern Michigan University
This study explores how gender inequalities might influence HIV
risk, comparing both the perceived and harbored sexual attitudes
of educated professional adult females to those of female college
students in South Africa. This study reveals significant
differences between the two populations' perceptions, perhaps
indicating a changing South Africa, one adapting to the
HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Feminist Analysis, Narrative Theory, and Relational
Perspectives on Dorothy Canfield's Story, Sex Education.
Sue Motulsky, Counseling & Psychology Division, Lesley
University
Dorothy Canfield's (1945) story, Sex Education, raises
fascinating questions about a woman's retelling of an incident in
her life, and about the story of women in a patriarchal society.
Using feminist analysis, narrative theory, and relational
psychology, I explore the restorying in Sex Education, bridging
literary and psychological interpretations.
Differences in the Sexual Victimization Responses of Men and
Women at Work: What Are They and Why Does it Matter?
Tim Bauerle, University of Connecticut; Jessica Gallus,
University of Connecticut; Vicki Magley, University of
Connecticut
Little is known about the sexual harassment of men and how it
affects men's ability to cope. The present study analyzes coping
differences between male and female experiences of sexual
harassment in an attempt to develop collaborative strategies for
future research on addressing the issue in both women and men.
Pornography, Masculinization and Sexual Violence: A
Correlational Study. Amy B. Ernst, Colorado College
Levels of masculinity in undergraduate males wese measured to
observe the effects on pornography use and sexual violence. Low
levels of violence made the original analyses impossible.
However, participants who had had the urge to force sex but
didn't act showed correlations with pornography use, violent
pornography use and masculinity.
Loss and Resilience: Women's Well-Being and Use of Coping
Strategies Following a Romantic Break-up. Erica Elizabeth
Johnson, University of Central Missouri; Kim S. StarkWroblewski, University of Central Missouri; Elina Prudinsky
Lackey, University of Central Missouri
The present study investigated how women's use of coping
strategies following a romantic break-up can relate to their sense
of well-being. Results suggest certain coping strategies (e.g.,
hostile, avoidant, and distractive methods) are linked to higher
levels of distress following a romantic break-up.
Voices from the Homefront: Military Wives' Experiences of
Deployment and Reintegration. Nicole Knickmeyer, Austin
Peay State University; Jeff Piercy, Austin Peay State
University; Heather Sayles, Austin Peay State University;
Tieriney Schiewe-Smits, Austin Peay State University;
Jennifer Lujan, Austin Peay State University
This poster will present the major findings from a feminist
qualitative inquiry into the experiences of women who have had
partners in the military deploy and reintegrate within the past five
years. Particular emphasis will be given to how women negotiate
these transitions and strengths that have emerged as a result this
negotiation process.
062. INVITED ADDRESS. Distinguished Publication Award for
"Psychology and Economic Injustice: How Personal,
Professional, and Political Issues Intersect."
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
In this talk, we briefly review our objectives in writing Psychology and
Economic Injustice and trace our own developments as feminist social
psychologists who grew up in working-class/low-income families.
Emphasis is placed on exploring intersections among personal, political,
and professional strands as these relate to research and practice focused on
women's lives. We close with time for discussion. Reference: Lott, B., &
Bullock, H. (2006). Psychology and economic injustice: Personal,
professional, and political intersections. Washington, DC.: American
Psychological Association.
Presenters:
Bernice Lott, University of Rhode Island
Heather E. Bullock, University of Santa Cruz
063. FILM FESTIVAL. Holy Water-Gate (46 Min., 2006;
Filmmakers Library)
5:00 to 5:50 pm
Marriott Hotel: Courageous
In Holy Water-Gate filmmaker Mary Healey-Conlon examines sexual
abuse of children by priests that was occurring in several areas around the
country, including Rhode Island, Illinois, Wisconsin, New Jersey and New
York and the methods and mechanisms used by the Catholic Church to
conceal this wide-spread abuse. In chilling testimony, an admitted
perpetrator priest, Father William C., recounts his abuse of two children
who reported their abuse to the police. The report "disappeared", and no
criminal charges were made. The Church sent him for six months' of
therapy and later reassigned him to six different parishes. When stories
about the sexual abuse began appearing in the Boston Globe, the New York
Times and many other newspapers, many victims came forward with their
stories and sued the Church. It is clear that the Church put the protection of
priests ahead of the protection of children compounding the problem for
thousands of Catholic families and individual victims. This film is
appropriate for college classes in Criminal Justice and Law, Religion,
Sociology and Women's Studies. Awards: Best Documentary, Rhode Island
International Film Festival, 2005; Cine Golden Eagle, 2004.
Program Chairs:
Joan Rollins, Rhode Island College
Hilary B. Jones, Day One, the Sexual Assault & Trauma
Resource Center of RI
064. SOCIAL HOUR with INVITED MEDIA PRESENTATION,
ENTERTAINMENT, BOOK SIGNING & EXHIBITS. All
AWP Conference Attendees are invited to attend.
6:00 to 7:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Columbia, East Foyer and Weatherly
064-1. Book Signing and Social Hour with Entertainment. All
AWP Conference Attendees Are Invited To Attend.
064-2. Media Presentation. "Climbing the Stairs: Indian and
Hindu Attitudes toward Women."
Padma Venkatraman, the author of the highly acclaimed novel, Climbing
the Stairs (published by Penguin, 2008), will read from her work and
present a short talk about the status of women in India, with particular
emphasis on the Hindu religion. This will be followed by discussion and a
book signing.
Presenter:
Padma Venkatraman, University of Rhode Island
065. Dinner (On Your Own or with a Group in Newport).
7:15 to 9:30 pm
Marriott Hotel: Lobby
The Marriott Hotel chef has agreed to give a 10% discount to people
wearing an AWP Conference badge in the Fathoms Restaurant.
066. Student Caucus Dinner Date (Meet to go out to Dinner with
the Group)
7:15 to 9:30 pm
Marriott Hotel: Atrium
Facilitator:
Eliza Kristine Harley, University of Oregon
SATURDAY, MARCH, 14
067. WELLNESS ACTIVITY. Moving Through Barriers:
Women's Three Mile Walk/Run for Wellness.
7:30 to 8:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Lobby
Socially constructed views of what a woman "should" look like directly
impacts a woman's view about herself. This creates a barrier to women
getting involved in activities for their well-being. This wellness activity
will give participants the opportunity to discuss this barrier while engaging
in a fun, relaxing three mile walk or run.
Presenters:
Sarah Jensen, Wright State Unviersity School of Professional
Psychology
Anna Feliciano, Wright State University School of
Professional Psychology
068. Continental Breakfast II
7:30 to 8:30 am
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon 1V
069. Registration for AWP Conference III
7:30 to 8:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Registration Desk
Chair:
Kathryn K. Quina, University of Rhode Island
070. Volunteer Orientation & Training III
8:00 to 8:30 am
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
All volunteers stating today must attend this session.
Chair:
Barbara Silver, University of Rhode Island
071. GREETINGS from Trudy Coxe, CEO/Executive Director of
the Newport Preservation Society.
8:30 to 8:40 am
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom - All Salons
072. PRESENTATION of the Florence Denmark Mentoring
Award
8:40 to 8:55 am
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom - All Salons
Presenter:
Karol E. Dean, Mount St. Mary's College
073. PLENARY SESSION. Empowerment of Women through
HIV Prevention and Treatment, Globally and Locally.
9:00 to 10:30 am
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom - All Salons
Two inspirational women who place global and local empowerment at the
center of their professional and personal lives will share insights from their
work with women living with HIV/AIDS. Dr. Susan Cu-Uvin is Professor
of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine at Brown University. She is
the Director of the Immunology Center at the Miriam Hospital, Brown
University, a clinic that serves almost 1,200 HIV infected patients. She is
also the director of the Women and AIDS Core, for the Center for AIDS
Research (CFAR) at Brown University. She is director of the Research
program of the Brown/ Women and Infants Hospital Center of Excellence
in Women's Health. She chaired the NIH advisory committee on HIV
related research in women and girls in 2008 and has been a very active
mentor for international trainees in HIV/AIDS care and research. She was
selected as 2008 Woman of the Year by the Rhode Island Commission on
Women. Karina Andrea Danvers is the Director of the Connecticut AIDS
Education and Training Center at Yale School of Nursing. She holds a
Bachelor of Science in Public Health and a Master's in Women's Studies.
Karina has worked in the AIDS field for the past 19 years and has received
numerous awards for her work, including the Connecticut Commissioners
AIDS Leadership Award for exceptional commitment in providing
advocacy and support for people living with HIV/AIDS, The Yale School
of Nursing Martin Luther King Award for service to the community, and
the United Nations Award as one of the 100-Top Women in Connecticut.
In her work, she provides information on realistic and workable tools
regarding HIV/AIDS that can be implemented by providers, patients, and
communities on a daily basis. We are grateful to the Brown University
AIDS Program (www.brown.edu/departments/brunap/) for their support
and encouragement!
Presenters:
Susan Cu-Uvin, Brown University Alpert Medical School,
Department of Medicine
Karina Danvers, Yale University School of Nursing
Introduction:
Kathryn K. Quina, University of Rhode Island
074. Exhibits II
10:00 to 7:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Weatherly
Chair:
Cynthia Roberts, University of Rhode Island
075. Structured Discussions on Treatment for Sexual Trauma,
Research on Sexual Assault and Preventing Partner Violence.
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon III
075-1. Doing Sexual Assault Research That is Empowering to
Participants and Researchers
This structured discussion will introduce ideas about how to conduct
research on sexual assault that is empowering for both participants and
researchers. Concepts from Zimmerman's empowerment theory are
explored and substantive ideas discussed about how to apply these concepts
to various types of research questions with various methods. Ways in
which engaging with survivors in research can facilitate empowerment of
them and ourselves through the research process will be discussed
including barriers inherent in traditional ways of doing research that make
this difficult to achieve.
Presenter:
Sarah E, Ullman, University of Illinois at Chicago
075-2. Reconsidering Trauma in the Lives of Women by
Attending to their Collective Needs
This structured discussion addresses self-empowerment models for
traumatized women that move beyond individual treatment. It expands the
relational perspective to include community based methods of psychosocial
support. Participants will engage in a discussion that reframes trauma from
within a psycho-political reality and reconsider present notions of wellness
and healing.
Presenters:
Dalia J. Llera, Lesley University
Eleanor Roffman, Lesley University
075-3. The Impact of Military Sexual Trauma and the Politics
of Providing Treatment
Military sexual trauma (MST) frequently and profoundly impacts female
service members. The presenters will discuss their experiences working
with military personnel to create a referral process for survivors to receive
services outside of the Veterans Administration system and their attempts
at effective outreach to survivors of MST within military communities.
Presenters:
Christine Adams Hill, Women's Resource Center
Misty McIntyre, Rape Recovery Center, SLC, UT
075-4. The Public Health Approach to the Prevention of
Intimate Partner Violence: Opportunities for Collaboration.
This discussion will focus on describing the public health approach to the
prevention of intimate partner violence (IPV) and the Division of Violence
Prevention's unique role in IPV prevention at CDC. The group also will
brainstorm how feminist psychology can interface with public health in the
area of violence prevention.
Presenter:
Diane M. Hall, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
076. Workshop. Our History is in Our Memories; Empowering
Ourselves Through Memoir - A Workshop for Lesbians.
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Portsmouth Suite
This workshop will provide lesbians a safe and supportive context in which
to begin or to continue writing memoir. This is a hands-on opportunity to
meet and talk with other lesbians writing memoir, discuss ideas about
structure, voice, what to include and exclude, hear each others' stories and
be heard,and write.
Facilitator:
Judith Scarfpin, None
077. Workshop. Group Counseling for Survivors of Sexual
Assault: A Two Part Integrative Model.
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Enterprise
Given the high incidence and prevalence of sexual assault among college
women with the majority of assailants being known to the victim, and the
dual dilemma of many victims not reporting the crime and others not even
identifying or acknowledging themselves as having been raped, it is
imperative that treatment approaches start with accurate identification and
recruitment of survivors. With this in mind, a two-part model for group
treatment of survivor's of sexual violence on campus will be presented in
this paper. The first component of group intervention involves a short term
Group intervention for survivors experiencing acute trauma stress
responses (intrusive symptoms such as nightmares, flashbacks, and
anxiety). This component of group recovery work with survivor's would
focuses on cognitive-behavioral treatment interventions to decrease PTSD
symptoms as well as the healing impact of support from other group
members who have experienced something similar. For this subgroup of
rape survivors experiencing acute stress the issue of acknowledging and
identifying the experience as rape is not the focal issue, rather it is the need
for safety and support. The second group intervention is designed as a more
general women's empowerment group for women who may not yet have
defined their experience as rape or who are not yet ready to come to a rape
recovery group. These women may have experienced the sexual assault
recently or in the remote past. They may have always defined the
experience as rape or they may not have acknowledged the experience as
rape yet known they struggled with issues of safety and trust in
relationships and related to issues of self-esteem identity and a sense of
interpersonal power. In this workshop the Two Part Group Model for
Sexual Assault Recovery will be presented with a focus on an integrative
theoretical framework based on Feminist Research over the past 40 years as
well as Research on Acute and Delayed Trauma Recovery and Group
Work. Specific interventions will be described and case vignettes will be
presented as examples. Participant discussion, contributions, and case
consultation will be encouraged.
Presenter:
Jamie R. Funderburk, University of Florida Counseling Center
078. WELLNESS ACTIVITY. Caring for Ourselves: Mindfulness
Meditation for Stress Reduction and Mindful Eating.
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Freedom
Participants in this session will be guided through various mindfulness
meditations which help to reduce stress and restore a sense of peacefulness
to everyday life. The three minute breathing space, guided body scan, and a
loving kindness meditation will be practiced. The session will end with a
mindful eating exercise.
Facilitator:
Susan L. Williams-Quinlan, National University
079. Structured Discussion. Female Graduate Students of All
Colors: What Brings Us Together, What Keeps Us Apart.
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Newport Suite
Graduate students from diverse experiences and cultural backgrounds will
explore topics that affect their experience within the academic community.
The topics of discussion for this session will include supervisor/supervisee
relationships, multicultural competence, and what it means to be an ally.
Themes of racial microagression and examples of equity advocacy in
academia will be incorporated into the discussion.
Presenters:
Alice Wen-Jui Cheng, University of Rhode Island
Radhika Pasupuleti, University of Rhode Island
Cynthia Roberts, University of Rhode Island
Marie Aline Sillice, University of Rhode Island
Ashima Singh, Univ. of Arizona
Kristen Weissinger, University or Rhode Island
Bryana F. C. White, University of Rhode Island
Facilitator:
Bernice Lott, University of Rhode Island
080. Student Caucus Speed Mentoring Session
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Middletown Suite
This session will provide an opportunity for both graduate and
undergraduate students to network with other AWP members. The main
objective of this session is to increase professional development through a
series of short conversations.
Chair:
Eliza Kristine Harley, University of Oregon
081. Posters on Lesbian and Bissexual Women's Expectations
about Family, Interpersonal Relatonships, and Health-Related
Concerns.
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon 1V
Participants:
Conceptions of the Family: Gay Women's Hopes, Dreams, and
Expectations. Nikki A. DiGregorio, West Chester University;
Jasmin Tahmaseb McConatha, West Chester University
Gay rights and identity issues are currently on the forefront of the
socio-political arena. As a result it is becoming increasingly
important to understand the ways in which gay women
conceptualize family. Utilizing a qualitative framework this
study investigates the plans and goals of three cohort groups of
gay women.
"how r u!!!": Young Lesbian/Bi Women Online. M. Sue
Crowley, Binghamton University
Young lesbian and bi identified women have come of age in a
generation of "digital natives." As such, they are using social
networking sites, such as MySpace, to form Groups and engage
in virtual conversations defined as Forum Topics. Appearing
within the past 5 years, these virtual social spaces offer young
women opportunities for connection and community unavailable
to older generations of lesbian and bi women. The research for
this paper explores different types of topic threads (on-going
conversational strings) and, subsequently, employs discourse
analysis to describe how young women are connecting with one
another online.
How is Gender Identity and Fusion in Lesbian Relationships
Influenced by Age? Kaitlin Merritt, Muhlenberg College
Though psychological inquiry of lesbian relationships has
increased within the past 30 years, much research continues to
study these dyads within the context of heterosexual norms. This
study examines gender identity, age, and degree of fusion in
lesbian relationships in an attempt to explore the unique aspects
of lesbian relationships.
Comparing Sexual-Minority and Heterosexual Young Women's
Friends and Parents as Sources of Support for Sexual Issues.
Carly Kay Friedman, Samford University; Elizabeth M
Morgan, Boise State University
Qualitative analyses compared sexual-minority (n=88) and
heterosexual (n=141) young women's experiences seeking
support for sexual issues from parents and friends. Topics
participants reported discussing included problems with dating
relationships, sexual behavior, sexual health, identity negotiation,
and discrimination. Results suggested similarities and differences
between sexual-minority and heterosexual women's experiences
with support.
Understanding The Relationship Between Lesbian Mothers and
Heterosexual Daughters through Postmodern Feminism.
Sasha Stelle Lerner, McGill University; Ada Sinacore,
McGill University
The association between motherhood and heterosexuality, and
the constructs of mother-daughter and homosexual-heterosexual
are accepted as truths in our society. This paper will apply
postmodern feminist critique to the dominant discourse of
mother-daughter relationships and explore the non-dominant
discourse of heterosexual daughters and their lesbian mothers.
Decision-Making about Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction
among Lesbian and Bisexual Women. Lisa R. Rubin, New
School for Social Research
The majority of studies of decision-making about breast
reconstruction postmastectomy are based on hetero-normative
assumptions about body image and sexuality. This paper presents
the results of a qualitative investigation of both surgery decisionmaking, medical setting experiences, and emotional support
needs among 13 lesbian or bisexual breast cancer survivors.
Bridging the Gap: Substance Use Treatment and Lesbian
Identified Persons. Cort Medeiros, Lewis & Clark College
Research indicates GLBTQ persons can have unique needs in
substance use treatment. Yet lesbians access treatment services at
a lower rate than both gay men and their heterosexual
counterparts. This poster explores how agencies, counselors and
private practitioners can work towards better inclusiveness of
lesbians through outreach, awareness, and education.
Coverage of Non-Heterosexual Women in Addiction Journals:
A Content Analysis. Connie R. Matthews, Slippery Rock
University; Nadine R. Mastroleo, Brown University; Peggy
Lorah, Penn State University
This poster will report on a content analysis of major addiction
journals, examining the extent to which women who are not
exclusively heterosexual are included. This includes reviewing
studies targeting this population and studies of all women to
determine the rate at which sample description and analyses
address sexual orientation.
082. Paper Session. Research on Latino Child's Development of
Emotions, the Need for Studies of Boys and Girls, and
Experiences of International Women College Students.
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
Participants:
Mothers' Beliefs about Emotions, Mother-Child Emotion
Discourse, and Children's Emotion Understanding in Latino
Families. Marie Belle Perez-Rivera, Virginia Tech
University
Addresses maternal emotion socialization and children's emotion
understanding in relation to acculturation within Latino families.
By using developmental, sociological, and feminist perspectives,
and both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, this study
makes an important contribution to the literature on children's
development of emotion understanding and the importance of the
cultural context.
Thinking Outside the Box: Boyhood Studies/Girlhood Studies.
Sharon Lamb, Saint Michael's College
This paper examines why girlhood studies have flourished and
boyhood studies lag behind. What would be the problems in
studying boyhood in ways similar to the study of girls? This
paper examines arguments about hegemonic masculinity,
fairness, and violence prevention in the call for a boyhood
studies.
International Academic Sojourners: Does Gender Matter?
Shweta Sharma, Wright State University, School of
Professional Psychology; Joyce E. Jadwin, Wright State
University, School of Professional Psychology
Significant research exists regarding the transition experience of
international students who migrate to the United States. The
presenters will review the literature on the transition experience
of academic sojourners with an emphasis on understanding the
impact of gender. Finally, implications and practical applications
for student support services will be discussed.
083. Paper Session. Research on the Gender Disparity in STEM
Career Awards, Reliability Generalization of the PAQ, and
Synthesis Stage of the Feminist Identity Development Model.
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salons I and II
Participants:
Reliability Generalization of the Personal Attributes
Questionnaire. Siobhan Katherine O'Toole, California
School of Professional Psychology at Alliant; Donna Lynne
Demanarig, California Schoold of Professional Psychology
at Alliant; Ashley Langeliers, California School of
Professional Psychology at Alliant
Researchers have sought to understand sex role attitudes,
preferences, and stereotypes using instruments like the BSRI and
PAQ. The results of studies should be tempered by the reliability
of the sample data. The current study employs reliability
generalization to assess the reliability of the PAQ over the past
30 years.
The RAISE Project: Gender Disparities in Science, Technology,
Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) Awards.
Vanessa R. Schick, The George Washington University; Anne
Lincoln, Southern Methodist University; Stephanie Pincus,
The Society for Women's Health Research
Targeting inequities in award distribution is one way to sustain
women in male-dominated fields (e.g., STEMM) because awards
are markers of recognition and may be an impetus for women on
an uncertain career path. Yet, data from the RAISE project award
database identified a clear gender disparity between award
laureates.
Empowered Ignorance: The Paradox of the Synthesis Stage of
the Feminist Identity Development Model. Mindy Erchull,
University of Mary Washington; Miriam Liss, University of
Mary Washington
The synthesis stage of the feminist identity development model is
theoretically related to feminist self-identification, but the
relationship is inconsistent. We found that feminist selfidentification was not predicted by synthesis. Synthesis was
predicted by a combination of feminist and conservative
constructs. We will discuss the paradox represented by this
combination.
084. FILM FESTIVAL. In Sickness and In Health (56 min., 2007;
Women Make Movies)
10:45 to 11:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Courageous
In Sickness and In Health cuts through abstract ideologies, politics, and
legalities to the human heart of the same-sex marriage debate in this
amazing story of love, hope, and courage. In 2002, filmmaker Pilar Prassas
began following seven couples in their effort to legalize same-sex marriage
in the state of New Jersey. Two years into filming, however, plaintiff
Marilyn Maneely, mother of five, was diagnosed with the incurable,
terminal disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou
Gehrig's Disease. On the day Marilyn passed away, her life partner of 14
years, Diane Marini, was not even allowed to sign her death certificate. In
traditional marriage vows, "'til death do us part" is the phrase that follows
"in sickness and in health," but to many gay and lesbian Americans, saying
these words and enjoying their subsequent rights is not an option. With a
tender touch, Prassas delicately balances tragedy and triumph in this film
about the civil rights issue of our time—the fight to marry, and care for, the
ones we love, in sickness and in health. Awards.Philadelphia International
Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Jury Award for Best Documentary; Festival
Favorite Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival; Audience Award Best
Documentary Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, TX.
Program Chairs:
Joan Rollins, Rhode Island College
Hilary B. Jones, Day One, the Sexual Assault & Trauma
Resource Center of RI
085. Workshop. The Nuts and Bolts of Planning an AWP
Conference
12:00 to 1:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Newport Suite
Have you thought about hosting a conference for AWP? Come to this
brown bag discussion and learn how a caucus, regional group or a group of
individuals committed to feminist theory, research and practice can serve as
hosts for a future conference. You will learn everything you need to know
to plan a conference, develop feminist networks, showcase your area, and
highlight feminist psychology.
Facilitator:
Patricia Rozee, California State University
086. Student Caucus Conversation Hour/Business Meeting
12:00 to 1:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Middletown Suite
Socialize with other students. Share ideas around how to increase student
involvement in the Student Caucus. Discuss Student Caucus projects for
2009.
Chair:
Eliza Kristine Harley, University of Oregon
087. Mothering Issues Caucus Business Meeting and Networking
12:00 to 1:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
The Mothering Caucus will hold a meeting.
Chair:
Diane M. Hall, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
088. Size Acceptance Caucus Meeting
12:00 to 1:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Portsmouth Suite
089. LUNCH (Pick up Pre-Ordered Box Lunches)
12:00 to 1:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon 1V
090. Bisexuality & Sexual Diversity Caucus Business Meeting
12:00 to 1:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Enterprise
Have you enjoyed activities of the Caucus for Bisexuality and Sexual
Diversity in the past? In addition to organizing the Coming Out Ceremony
every year, this caucus strives to create programming and build networks
that promote dialogue and enhance understanding about sexual diversity
issues. All are welcome to the caucus lunch time meeting, a chance to get
to know one another better and share ideas for the future of our group!
Chairs:
Cat Pause, Massey University
Jessica Tartaro, Arizona State University
091. FILM FESTIVAL. I had an Abortion (55 min., 2005;
Women Make Movies)
12:15 to 1:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Courageous
In the US, 1.3 million women per year have abortions, but the topic is still
so stigmatized that it's never discussed in polite company. Powerful and
fiercely honest, filmmakers Gillian Aldrich and Jennifer Baumgardner
tackle this taboo, featuring 10 women who candidly describe their abortion
experience, with stories that span seven decades - from the years before
Roe v. Wade to the present day. Cutting across age, race, class and religion,
this film offers heartfelt stories that personalize what has become a vicious
and abstract debate. Award: Fargo Film Festival, Ruth Lanfield Award for
Social Justice.
Program Chairs:
Joan Rollins, Rhode Island College
Hilary B. Jones, Day One, the Sexual Assault & Trauma
Resource Center of RI
092. Workshop. What is Fat Studies?
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Portsmouth Suite
Talk about fat and the "obesity epidemic" is pervasive in western nations.
We are told that fat people are unhealthy. That everyone could lose weight
with enough willpower. The United States has even declared a "War on
Obesity." In many countries deeply divided on almost every important
topic, there seems to be only one opinion about fat: it's bad. The new Size
Acceptance Caucus of AWP focuses on women and weight from an
affirmative perspective. It adapts the principles of the Fat Liberation
Manifesto, written by members of the Fat Underground in 1973, including:
(1) People of all sizes are fully entitled to human respect and recognition;
(2) size discrimination intersects with race, socioeconomic class, age,
sexual orientation, and nationality; and (3) people of all sizes deserve equal
access to employment, education, public facilities, and health services. This
workshop is aimed a general AWP audience of clinicians, researchers, and
students, and will focus on basic issues of size acceptance and the new
discipline of Fat Studies. We will discuss size acceptance from a political
perspective and will address how to communicate size acceptance in
psychotherapy.
Facilitators:
Esther Davida Rothblum, San Diego State University
Marcia Hill, private practice
093. Structured Discussions Concerning Clinical Training,
Supervision and Practice.
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon III
093-1. "She Drinks Like A Man": A Feminist's Perspective On
Addiction and Recovery.
We will review classic and contemporary definitions of addiction and
recovery, with particular emphasis on the current National and
International models and the addiction recovery movement. Of importance
will be a discussion of women's lived experience and the extent to which
women's "faces and voices" are superimposed on the shadow of men.
Facilitator:
Dorothy Bianco, Rhode Island College Institute of Addiction
Recovery
093-2. A Feminist Multicultural Outcome Questionnaire:
Relating Theory to Practice.
This presentation elucidates how the Client Beliefs, Feelings, and Activities
Scale (Abousleman, 2006) can offer clarification on the client's current
level of empowerment and relate the assessment results with therapeutic
strategies and goals for counseling consistent with a feminist multicultural
theoretical orientation.
Facilitators:
Esther Israel, Womens Resource Center University of Utah
Jo Merrill, Women's Resource Center
Brook Ridge, Women's Resource Center
Christine Adams Hill, Women's Resource Center
093-3. Coaching and Psychotherapy: Integrated for Optimal
Personal and Community Growth.
Psychotherapists and Life Coaches are not often found working in
collaboration. Why not? What does each have to offer the clients/patients
they serve? Are there generational differences related to who we call on to
help when life seems out of balance? Join this structured discussion to
explore the possibilities.
Presenters:
Megan Wilson, Coaches Training Institute of California
Kate Cauley, Wright State University
093-4. Negotiating Feminist Principles within Supervision
This structured discussion will explore how the mental health profession
integrates feminist principles into clinical supervision to create a
collaborative and empowering supervision environment. Of particular
interest is how feminist-identified practitioners negotiate the inherent
power dynamics of the supervisory relationship.
Facilitators:
Rebecca Samara Klinger, Lehigh University
Kristin Elizabeth Mehr, Lehigh University
Anju Kaduvettoor, Lehigh University
Yoko Mori, Lehigh University
093-5. To Name or Not to Name: Gender, Context, and Power
in Naming One's Emotions.
We hope to engage participants in analyzing the roles of gender, context,
and power in shaping the ways one identifies her/his emotions. Discussants
will collaborate to critically analyze ways that power may influence and be
influenced by gender-linked concepts such as "normative male
alexithymia" at both individual and societal levels.
Facilitators:
Sonya Bettendorf, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Ann R. Fischer, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Kenna Bolton Holz, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
093-6. Women and Wellness: An Exporlation of Wellness
Counseling and its Application with Women.
This discussion is designed to explore potential benefits and barriers to
wellness counseling that are unique to women. Among the topics to be
examined: special considerations and the potential of specific wellness
interventions such as exercise, as well as barriers to wellness created by
societal pressures and expectations for women.
Presenter:
Katie Padgett, Lewis and Clark College
094. Symposium. Intersections of Gender, Culture, and Privilege:
Multicultural Feminist Analyses and Insights.
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Enterprise
A great challenge that feminists face involves the multiplicity of
perspectives among culturally different women from different generations.
These authors apply second wave and new feminist concepts to address
trauma (Hurricane Katrina), training international students, and an analysis
of mainstream U. S. culture. The barriers that women encounter in each
setting can be construed as similar manifestations of power structures that
advantage men. Whether involved in a natural disaster, a professional
training program, or mainstream U. S. culture in general, women are at
heightened risk of violence and discrimination, are devalued, and are
blamed for their marginalizing experiences. Taken together, these papers
demonstrate similar patterns in different settings. Raising women's
awareness about risks they may encounter helps them empower
themselves. Discovering unifying themes among women who seem to have
different problems helps empower women as a widely diverse group by
offering them opportunities to support each other and form coalitions.
Chair:
Barbara Gormley, Georgia State University
Participants:
Transitioning Between Countries: A Conceptual Model of the
Ethnic Identity of Female International Students. Kiranmayi
Neelarambam, Georgia State University
The size of the international student population in the United
States warrants a model that traces their ethnic identity
development. Female international students encounter additional
barriers surrounding academics and gender role expectations.
This paper presents a model that addresses the impact of this
international transition on their multiple identities.
The Voices of Female Survivors of Hurricane Katrina: A
Narrative Inquiry Through a Feminist Lens. Stephanie Erin
Eberts, Georgia State University
Media coverage seldom addressed the unique perspectives of
women living in New Orleans before and after Hurricane
Katrina. This qualitative study explored the experiences of
women residents of New Orleans through a feminist lens.
The Obfuscation of Women's Capacity For and Use Of Reason.
Catherine Malone Meiburg, Georgia State University
The feminine capacity for and use of reason has been routinely
and profoundly obscured in American society: unacknowledged
and squelched by the powerful, and often unseen and
unarticulated by women themselves. The culture has embraced
gender differences, emphasizing women's relational abilities
while assigning rational abilities to men, maintaining the status
quo.
095. Symposium. Teaching from a Feminist Perspective
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Middletown Suite
Presenters discuss feminist perspectives incorporated into their teaching of
various courses at the undergraduate and graduate level.. Presentations
address feminist conceptualizations and specific classroom strategies for:
teaching human sexuality and the sexual double standard; teaching about
social class in graduate counseling courses; and feminist perspectives on
teaching psychopathology.
Chair:
Maureen C. McHugh, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Participants:
Title: Beyond "How-To…": A Feminist Approach to Teaching
Human Sexuality. Ingrid Johnston-Robledo, SUNY,
Freedonia
In this presentation I will share ways in which I approach my
Human Sexuality course from a feminist perspective (e.g., texts,
topics, and themes). Feminist themes addressed throughout the
semester include analyses of power, attention to diversity,
globalization, and access to resources to optimize sexual
functioning, esteem, and relationships.
Sluts and Studs: Strategies for Teaching about the Sexual
Double Standard. Harmony Sullivan, Department of
Psychology; Maureen C. McHugh, Indiana University of
Pennsylvania
The presenter describes classroom strategies for engendering a
feminist understanding of the operation of the sexual double
standard in contemporary US society in undergraduate students.
Strategies include having students examine their experiences
with sexual labels, and to consider societal reactions to young
women acting as sexual agents.
Teaching Psychiatric Taxonomy from a Feminist Perspective.
Lisa Cosgrove, University of Massachusetts@ Boston
The hegemony of a biopsychiatric model has been sustained by
the dramatic increase of pharmaceutical industry research
funding over the last decade. The author of this paper discusses
why conflict of interest in the psychopharmaceutical industry is
an important public health issue for women. She/he identifies
some strategies for training students to think critically about
diagnostic and treatment guidelines in an era of Big Pharma.
Teaching the Class about Class: Infusing Class into Graduate
Level Clinical Training. Mary Catherine Burke, Carlow
University
Social class creates differential access to resources and is a form
of social inequity. Social class impacts the lived experience of
individuals and impacts men and women differently, and merits
increased attention from feminist psychologists (APA, 2007).
Are we addressing issues of social class in our classes?
Suggestions for teaching clinicians to develop class-sensitive
knowledge, skills and attitudes will be provided.
Discussant:
Florence Denmark, Pace University
096. WELLNESS ACTIVITY. Empowering the Feminine: An
Exploration Through Movement.
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Freedom
This workshop focuses on deepening one's connection to Feminine
psychological consciousness. Through the exploration of personal and
universal psychospiritual myths, this workshop offers a direct lived
experience of the Feminine as an embodied presence, inviting participants
to experience a sense of wholeness and empowerment through the creative
expression of the self. Embodiment of the Feminine allows participants to
cultivate a better understanding of the positive and negative aspects of key
Feminine archetypes within them; break out of culturally defined roles;
develop a healthier relationship with the repressed aspects of the body;
begin to heal the splits within themselves, the culture, and the collective
unconscious creating a more balanced and harmonious world; experience
enhanced emotional well-being through fuller expression of the S(s)elf; and
allow for transpersonal experiences to emerge. Personal experiences will be
framed using the results of this study on Embodiment of the Feminine: An
Exploration through Movement.
Facilitator:
Valeri Sher, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
097. Media Presentation. The Changing Face of Feminist
Psychology: A Video Documentary.
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Courageous
This video documentary uses oral history interviews to showcase the
synergy between the women's liberation movement and the emergence of
feminist psychology. Featured are the formation of AWP and Division 35,
the personal and professional experiences of our feminist foremothers and
colleagues, and their hopes for the future of the field.
Program Chair:
Alexandra Rutherford, York University
098. Symposium. Embodiment and Resilience: Qualitative Studies
with Girls and Women Carve Similar Paths of Empowerment.
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Newport Suite
The Developmental Theory of Embodiment (DTE) is a social-critical
theory of embodied experiences in diverse girls and women which emerged
first in a qualitative life history study with 11 young women, and further
developed, refined and validated in a 5 years prospective study with 27
girls. The seminar will focus on the implications of three key dimensions of
this theory, namely: mental freedom, physical freedom, and social power,
to the enhancement of positive embodied experiences and empowerment in
girls and women. The first presentation will examine experiences of
positive connection with the body in relation to the constraining
dichotomous categories of tomboy/girlie girl and slut/prude. The second
presentation will examine the impact of continued passionate engagement
in physical activities in girls post puberty. The third presentation will
examine the impact of experiences of social power on a positive connection
with the body, even within the context of broader social inequities.
Chair:
Niva Piran, University of Toronto
Participants:
Embodiment and Resilience in the Face of Narrow Social
Constructs for Being a Girl. Robyn Legge, University of
Toronto
This presentation will examine the constraining and socially
controlling dichotomous categories of 'tomboy/girly girl' and
'slut/prude' described in the narratives of 27 girls. Possibilities for
and experiences of resilience and empowerment within these
restrictive discourses will be explored through following
prospectively the stories of three adolescent girls.
Embodiment and Resilience: The Struggle to Remain
Physically Active. Sachiko Nagasawa, University of Toronto
This presentation examines the meaning and impact of continued
passionate engagement with physical activities affects girls' sense
of embodiment. In particular, the presentation will focus on ways
in which girls negotiate and resolve conflicts between restrictive
gender norms and their passion for engagement in physical
activities, with implications to health promotion strategies.
Social Power and Embodiment: Social Critical Theory and
Girls' Own Constructions Delineate Paths for Change. Niva
Piran, University of Toronto
The presentation will use girls' drawings and narratives to
highlight the link between social power along intersecting social
dimensions and the embodied experiences of agency, self care,
and a positive connection with the body. The presentation
highlights the importance of empowering social subsystems on
girls' and women's experiences of embodiment.
099. FEMINIST SCIENCE TRACK Symposium. Sexual
Harassment and Incivility in Women's Educational and Work
Lives.
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salons I and II
This symposium examines experiences of harassment and incivility during
three important time points of women's lives. Paper one explores the
relationship between sexual harassment at school and adolescents' sexual
behavior. Paper two looks at the effect of sexual harassment on working
women at the beginning of their careers. The third paper examines the
relationship between parental status and experiences of incivility in the
workplace.
Chair:
Alayne Ormerod, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Participants:
The Slippery Slope from Schoolyard Sexual Harassment to the
Adolescent Sexual Debut. Lynda Sagrestano, University of
Memphis; Alayne Ormerod, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
Sexual harassment in middle and high school is a pervasive
problem, yet little is known about the longer-term consequences
of exposure. This study will examine the extent to which the
sexualized nature of interactions in schools, beginning at young
ages, impacts sexual risk-taking and early initiation of sexual
activity.
Unwanted Lessons: The Influence of College and Workplace
Harassment on Women's Well-Being and Career
Adjustment. Alayne Ormerod, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Sexual harassment at work is negatively associated with job
satisfaction, organizational commitment, and physical and
psychological well-being. However, few studies have considered
the influence of harassment experienced at school on entry-level,
employed women's well-being and career adjustment. This
prospective study examines the effect of sexual harassment
experienced in college, and that of recent harassment on the job,
on entry-level women's well-being and job satisfaction.
Does Being a Mom Help or Hurt? Workplace Incivility as a
Function of Motherhood Status. Kathi Miner-Rubino, Texas
A&M University
Although research shows that women are frequent targets of
workplace incivility (i.e., rudeness, disrespect), little research has
examined what factors may influence the frequency with which
women experience workplace incivility or how incivility may
differentially affect different women. The present study examines
how parental status may act as a predictor of workplace incivility
for women and a moderator in the relationship between incivility
and negative work outcomes.
100. Posters on College Students' Attitudes, Achievement,
Experiences, Community Service and Developing Leadership
Aspirations.
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon 1V
Participants:
College Students' Attitudes toward Singlehood. Lisa Peterson,
University of North Dakota; Cheryl Terrance, University of
North Dakota
Historically, people who have remained single have faced
considerable social stigma. Remaining single is becoming more
common, yet little is known about the current attitudes of young
single men and women. The current study examined college
students' attitudes toward singlehood, currently and as a future
lifestyle. Results and implications are discussed.
Rape Myth Acceptance among College Students. Marjorie H.
Carroll, United States Military Academy; M. Diane Clark,
Gallaudet University; Debra Oswald, Marquette University
The level of rape myth acceptance among college students was
examined. Although a general disagreement with rape myths was
found, important group difference were observed. An
examination of the functions of rape myths is key to
understanding these group differences. Implications for sexual
assault education programs will be discussed.
A Cross-Cultural Study of American, Lebanese, and Malaysian
Students' Perceptions of Domestic Violence. Dorota W.
Wnuk-Novitskie, Fairleigh Dickinson University; Janet Sigal,
Ph.D., Fairleigh Dickinson University; Margaret S. Gibbs,
Ph.D., Fairleigh Dickerson University; Bahia Elmoufti,
University of Balamand, Lebanon; Narasappa
Kumaraswamy, University Malaysia Sabah
This study examined American, Lebanese, and Malaysian college
students' attitudes toward a domestic violence incident. The
results supported the prediction that the participants in countries
that are ranked higher in gender equity will express more
sympathy toward the victim and perceive the husband as more
responsible in the incident.
College Students' Son Preference and Allocation of Time and
Resources for Daughters vs. Sons. Kelsey Snavely, Centre
College; Mykol Hamilton, Centre College
Son preference, which persists to some degree in the U. S., may
predict preferential allocation of resources. We measured college
students' daughter/son preferences and their importance ratings of
parent-child activities and expenditures. Men preferred sons on
several measures, and preference related to two major
expenditure/activity ratings.
College Men Struggling Academically: What's Patriarchy and
Dominance Got To Do With It? Jack S. Kahn, Member
Recently, research has indicated that men are struggling in
college. This 'crisis' has been blamed on women and femininity.
In contrast, this study examines the relationship between
conformity to masculine norms and academic motivation to
assess the relationship between dominant ideologies that
marginalize women and femininity and academic lower
engagement.
Exploring Immigrant Student Experience Utilizing a Feminist
Research Process. Marsha Pravder Mirkin, Lasell College;
Merryl Raubeson, Lasell College graduate 2008; Iván
Gonzalez, Lasell College; Catherine Near, Lasell College;
Kaitlin Harris, Lasell College; Danielle Roux, Lasell
College; Hafsa Lewis, Lasell College 2008 graduate
This study utilizes a feminist process to conduct undergraduate
research and disseminate information about student immigrant
experiences. The purpose is to engage undergraduates who are
new to research, collaborate with immigrant students in
developing the research, and promote a campus-wide
understanding of the challenges faced and strengths developed by
immigrant students.
K-5 Afterschool Enrichment Program Created and Conducted
as a Community Service Leadership Project by Community
College Students. Jennifer Boulay, Brown Univeristy;
Daureen Lingley, Bentley University
Two nontraditional women college students will describe an
innovative 5-week afterschool program for K-5 students that they
designed and conducted in response to budget cuts eliminating
enrichment programs during the 2007-2008 academic year when
they were community college students. They will discuss the
types of enrichment classes that were taught by peers whom they
recruited to develop and teach courses in their areas of expertise
as an unpaid community service. They will share compliments
the program received from the elementary school principal as
well as comments made by students who participated in it and
their parents. They will discuss some of the benefits reported by
the community college students who taught the courses as well as
their own personal growth resulting from having had this
successful community service leadership experience.
Afterschool Enrichment Expressive Dance Course for
Elementary School Girls Designed and Taught as a ServiceLearning Project. Kim Vinal, Bristol Community College
An enrichment course was designed to teach elementary school
girls expressive dance movements and to help them can poise
and self-confidence. The curriculum design for the course, which
was taught as part of an afterschool program at an inner city
school as a Service-Learning/Honors project, will be described.
Project to Create and Help Implement a Public Awareness Plan
to Rid Convenience Stores of Drug Paraphernalia Sold as
Novelty Items. Kim Rodrigues, Bristol Community College
A public awareness plan was developed by a community college
student to help a community rid its stores of drug paraphernalia
sold under the guise of novelty items. The design and
implementation of the successful plan, which was completed as a
Service-Learning/Commonwealth Honors Project in
collaboration with a local non-profit organization, will be
discussed, as well as personal growth realized resulting from
performing the community service.
Changes in College Women's Leadership Aspirations During
their College Experience. Karyn Boatwright, Kalamazoo
College; Rachel Brainerd, Kalamazoo College; Kristie
McAlpine, Kalamazoo College; Sara Nestor, Kalamazoo
College
This poster will present results from a four-year longitudinal
study that identified factors that influence leadership aspirations
in college women over the course of their college career. Results
from this four-year study will be useful in identifying factors that
inspire or deflate women's leadership aspirations.
101. Paper Session. Examining the Evolution of Marriage;
Strategies for Overcoming the Impact of Negative Stereotypes,
Stigma of Mental Illness and Gender Inequities at Work.
1:30 to 3:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
Participants:
"Aren't They All Backwards Down There?" Appalachian
Women on Developing a Positive Identity in the Face of
Adversity. April K. Dye, Carson-Newman College
This project investigated the stereotypes and stigmatization
surrounding Appalachian women, explored how women are able
to acquire a positive identity in spite of this negative view of
Appalachians, and then finally attempted to work to reduce these
stereotypes. This project demonstrated that Appalachian women
are viewed differently in society, which has implications for
women regarding identity development and discrimination.
Finding Success Against All Odds: Information for the Helping
Professional. Crystale M. Marsh, Mississippi State
University
A qualitative study was conducted in order to determine specific
techniques a helping professional could implement in assisting
women who wanted to successfully overcome a life of poverty.
The study evolved into the space where each of the women told
her own success story and I examined my own biases.
Overcoming Mental Health Stigma for Women: Research and
Strategies. Melissa Lenz, Minnesota State University
Mankato
Recent research on mental health stigma has shown important
differences in attitudes based on gender. One key finding has
been less encouragement for females to seek mental health
treatment. This presentation will discuss this research and
strategies for mental health providers and all women for
overcoming this stigma.
What's Data Got to Do with It? How to Measure Change in
Academic Work Environments. Karen Stamm, University of
Rhode Island; Lisa Harlow, University of Rhode Island;
Barbara Silver, University of Rhode Island; Marimer
Santiago-Rivas, University of Rhode Island; Helen Mederer,
University of Rhode Island
Climate surveys are an effective tool for understanding the
atmosphere in academic workplaces and can be used to influence
institutional changes within a university. Results from two
climate surveys will be presented. We will offer implications and
strategies for using climate survey results to influence
institutional change.
Marriage: On the Road to Dissolution or Evolution? Veronica
M. Lugris, Self
The 2008 presidential election presupposes change for our
country except when it comes to the issue of marriage. This paper
seeks to examine this exclusive institution within the patriarchal,
creationist etiology that fears its dissolution. Alternatively, a
feminist psychoanalytic lens will allow us to explore its
evolution.
102. Structured Discussions on Opportunities for Activism and
Leadership by Femininsts
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon III
102-1. Empiricism and Social Justice: Foundational Issues and
Practical Suggestions.
Psychology has a strong tradition of empiricism. However,
conceptualization in social justice work is often in post-modern
construction-conscious frameworks. This structured discussion will address
the positive interdependence of these paradigms. In addition, practical
approaches and methods for studying "squishy" constructs using empirical
methods and principals will be discussed.
Facilitator:
Silvia von Kluge, Eastern Michigan University, Department of
Psychology
102-2. Learning to Lead Together
This structured discussion will focus on women's leadership experiences-particularly in single-sex groups or institutions--and how these
opportunities allow for the development of leadership skills, heterogenious
group harmony and a united front in our continued struggle aganist
patriarchal attitudes, practices and institutions.
Presenter:
Patricia Lynn Murphy, Mary Baldwin College
102-3. Local Activism on Global Trafficking in Persons
This discussion will examine global human trafficking and responses at the
local level. Our target audience includes people new to the issue, those
currently trying to energize a community response, and members of
established groups to share experiences and insights. The overarching
theme will be connecting local and global activism.
Presenters:
Deborah L. Hume, University of Missouri Dept. of
Psychological Sciences
Cecilia Madu, Saint Louis University School of Social Work
Jennifer K Kimball, University of Missouri Dept. of Women's
and Gender Studies
102-4. Not Preaching to the Choir: How to Engage in Feminist
Consciousness-Raising with Resistant and/or Conservative
College Students.
Presenters and participants will identify and elaborate pedagogical
strategies designed to work with students who may be less open or resistant
to feminist ideas. Each of the presenters will share their unique
perspectives based on experiences within particular educational and
regional contexts. Trends, challenges, and opportunities for growth will be
discussed.
Presenters:
Nicole Knickmeyer, Austin Peay State University
Julie Shulman, Sonoma State University
Mary Catherine Burke, Carlow University
Audrey Ervin, Delaware County Community College
102-5. Peace x Peace as a Tool for Global Women's
Networking
Come discuss the international women's network Peace x Peace
(ww.peacexpeace.org) and how to use its (free) infrastructure to connect
with women across the globe for dialogue, organizing, research, learning,
and community. Learn how PxP women's circles would rejoice to connect
with you and share your knowledge, insights and heartfelt exchange.
Presenter:
Lynn McClintock, Peace x Peace
Facilitator:
Alicia Lucksted, University of Maryland Dept. of Psychiatry
102-6. Publishing Feminist Research
In this session, the editors of the major feminist research journals in
psychology [Virginia Braum for Feminism and Psychology; Irene Hanson
Frieze for Sex Roles and Jan Yoder for Psychology of Women
Quarterly]discuss the types of papers published in each of these journals as
well as answering questions and leading a discussion about the pros and
cons of publishing in feminist journals. We also talk about how to become
a reviewer for these journals and why this is beneficial.
Presenters:
Virginia Braun, University of Auckland
Jan Yoder, University of Akron
Facilitator:
Irene Hanson Frieze, University of Pittsburgh
102-7. Uncovering the Bias of Crisis Pregnancy Centers
This structured discussion will examine what a pregnant woman faces
when seeking resources from a clinic that masquerades as a medical facility
but is framed by fundamentalist Christian rhetoric. The presenter will
describe the materials, information, and counseling a woman receives.
Presenter:
Nicolette Ashley Tomaszewski, Austin Peay State University
102-8. What Do Students and New Clinicians Want from
AWP?
The purpose of this discussion is to gather information on what students
and New clinicians want from AWP. How can we bridge the gap between
experienced clinicians and those who are just learning? How do we meet
the needs of both groups at AWP Conferences, local chapters, and mental
health worker training programs? The information gathered will be given to
the AWP implementation collective as a means to co-creating an inclusive,
nurturing environment within AWP organizations. Bring your ideas,
questions, and experiences to the discussion in an effort to help AWP
flourish with a variety of populations.
103. Symposium. Gender Issues in a Private Psychiatric Hospital
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Newport Suite
This symposium will address the difficulties encountered by female
patients and clinicians in a private psychiatric hospital. The problematics of
gendered language and hegemonic masculine interpretations in the work
with female patients will be discussed. Additionally, the interplay between
being a therapist, supervisor and mother will be addressed, as well as the
barriers to advancement encountered by female clinicians.
Participants:
The Use of Gendered Language in a Psychiatric Hospital.
Elizabeth Murphy, McLean Hospital
This paper will review the range and frequency of gender
referencing language employed by and encountered by patients
and staff at a large private psychiatric hospital. Vignettes
involving patient-patient, staff-patient and staff-staff interactions
will be provided. Impact on participants, observers and the
therapeutic community will be considered.
Therapist, Supervisor, Mother, Colleague: Attempts at SelfEmpowerment. Shauna Dowden, McLean Hospital
A current look at one woman's experiences treating women with
Borderline Personality Disorder within a traditional maledominated treatment system while simultaneously parenting
young children. This paper will consider the impact of
environment on tackling the complex interplay between being a
therapist, supervisor and mother on one's growth as a
psychologist.
The Glass Ceiling in Mental Health Care: Ambition vs.
Opportunity. Lisa M Parker, McLean Hospital
The following paper will examine the current and past ratios of
male to female psychologists/psychiatrists within administrative
and executive positions in a large psychiatric hospital. Findings
suggest female psychologists may continue to face challenges in
career advancement despite the national trend of a female
majority earning doctoral degrees within psychology.
Gender Dynamics in Psychotherapy: Senior Male Therapists
Treating Young Female Borderlines. Mariola Magovcevic,
McLean Hospital
This paper will discuss how power differentials in the therapeutic
relationship are both overemphasized and neglected. The
following themes will be discussed: a) avoidance of vs. overfocus on sex and sexuality; b) invalidation of emotions and needs
vs. narcissistic involvement; and c) masculine hegemony vs. the
role of helper.
104. Cultural Factors, Sexism, Racism, and Coping in the Career
Development of Asian American Female Psychologists.
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Portsmouth Suite
The extant literature on the career development of women and ethnic
minorities has addressed issues such as occupational socialization, societal
and contextual barriers such as sexism and racism, and the effect of these
issues on career decisions and behaviors. Knowledge based on the career
development of women has recently been applied to the career
development of ethnic minorities, including the comparison as well as
contrast of relevant issues faced by women and ethnic minority persons.
However, knowledge of the career experiences of individuals who hold
more than one disempowered identity, including gender and ethnicity, is
less established. This presentation uses personal narratives to illustrate
cultural values, sexism, racism, and coping of Asian American women in
psychology at two different stages of career development.
Participants:
The Nail that Sticks Up Gets Pounded Down: A Personal
Narrative of Disparate Cultural Values and Unequal
Treatment. Shihwe Wang, University of California-Santa
Barbara
Asian American female graduate students in psychology face
challenges of cultural mismatch and coping with covert -isms.
Examples include: unwritten rules for communication and
opportunities, finding support, questioning of credibility as
instructors of multicultural courses, preparing for interviews, and
coping with the Model Minority stereotype and "being unseen."
The Challenges Posed by Racism and Sexism in Academia for
an Asian American Female Psychologist. Soo Yun Uhm,
Central College
Racism and sexism in academic settings pose unique challenges
for early career Asian American female psychologists. The often
ambiguous nature of both -isms and the chronicity of its
occurrences in the workplace warrant a discussion of its impact
and coping strategies to ameliorate the burden on its recipients.
105. Symposium. Conflict and Conversation: Feminist Pedagogy
in Teaching and Learning Social Justice.
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Middletown Suite
This symposium explores issues of social justice in the classroom. Panelists
address how they use interdisciplinary theory and method in the classroom.
Presenters describe pedagogical strategies that infuse social justice into
course content and class assignments and activities that are intended to
encourage consciousness-raising and dialogue. The panelists teach at a
state college where the majority of students are white and working class.
Presentations include: a self-censoring assignment about sexuality and
homophobia, a classroom simulation about war and conflict, service
learning in studying violence against women, and examinations of power in
therapist-client relationships. Panelists reflect upon the importance of
incorporating feminist values in their teaching, mentoring and
collaboration.
Participants:
Silencing Sexuality: Baring Homophobia and
Heteronormativity. Andrea L. Dottolo, Worcester State
College
This presentation focuses on a teaching activity and writing
assignment about censorship, sexuality and homophobia.
Students are required to censor any discussion or reference to
their own sexuality for 24 hours. Then they integrate the activity
and experience with course readings in essays that are discussed
in class.
Classroom War Zones: Simulating Conflict and Fostering
Dialogue. Sandra M. McEvoy, Worcester State College
This presentation explores the use of a classroom simulation
modeled around the conflict in Northern Ireland. Students
embody different identities of participants in the conflict that
focus on class, religion, gender, and sexuality. Students are asked
to generate one idea that requires collaboration toward achieving
a shared goal.
Making it Real: Service Learning in Abuse Education and
Prevention. Lori Dawson, Worcester State College
This presentation explores service learning projects in abuse
education, prevention, or service provision agencies. Students'
journals often reflect an emergence of social awareness.
Agencies benefit from assistance, students gain invaluable
insight, and hopefully, the experience provides an introduction to
lifelong civic engagement and activism.
The Dialectics of Empowerment and Disempowerment:
Learning about Clinical Practice. Champika K Soysa,
Worcester State College
This presentation will explore intersecting aspects of power as
they impact learning about clinical practice. Students begin by
examining how multiple sources of power intersect in
themselves. This is followed by an interview exercise that
investigates one aspect of the experience of discrimination.
106. Symposium. Unshelving Psychology: Translating Research to
Serve Our Colleagues, Clients, and Teen Girls.
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
This 90-minute presentation will focus on three innovative projects, the
CWP Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology, Postpartum
Depression Consumer Brochure: Translation and Dissemination Project,
and Sexualization of Girls Curriculum Development Project. These projects
stress the importance of translating research into public
communication/education materials and training materials to reach our
broadest constituencies—women psychologists, our colleagues; consumers
of psychology, our clients and their families; and middle school girls, our
next generation of women leaders. The presentations will highlight how
each project addresses issues confronting one of the three constituency
groups. In addition, the presenters will identify the research foundation for
each project, the facilitators and barriers to effective translation and
dissemination of this research into education and training materials, discuss
strategic advocacy and organizing activities, and share qualitative and
quantitative evaluation data.
Participants:
CWP Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology (LIWP):
Preparing the Next Generation of Psychology's Leaders.
Helen Coons, Women's Mental Health Associates
The LIWP prepares, supports, and empowers women
psychologists as leaders to promote positive changes in
institutional and organizational life and increase the diversity,
number, and effectiveness of women psychologists as leaders.
This presenter will discuss the project's first three phases and
qualitative and quantitative needs assessment and evaluation
data.
Postpartum Depression Consumer Brochure: Translation and
Dissemination Project. Shari Miles-Cohen, American
Psychological Association
This presenter will discuss the development of a low-literacy
postpartum depression consumer brochure and its translation into
Spanish, French and Chinese to reach out to Latino, African and
Asian immigrants who are not proficient in English. The
presenter will share data regarding qualitative and quantitative
needs assessment and evaluation.
Sexualization of Girls Curriculum Development Project. Shari
Miles-Cohen, American Psychological Association
The Sexualization of Girls Report has generated more than
700,000 Web hits. More than 4,000 print copies have been
distributed. WPO is developing a five-module curriculum for
eighth graders including differentiated teaching suggestions and
lessons based on the report. This presentation will include a
progress report on program activities.
107. Paper Session. Therapeutic Techniques for Treating and
Empowering Women Who Self-Mutilate or Exhibit Eating
Disordered, Addictive or Narcissistic Behaviors.
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Enterprise
Clinical
Participants:
Narrative Therapy as an Intervention for Self-Mutilation in
Young Women. Sara Marie Martino, Richard Stockton
College of New Jersey; Jessica Jablonski, Richard Stockton
College of New Jersey
Recent statistics in the United States indicate that between 1-2%
of the population currently engages in self-injurious behaviors,
such as cutting (AACAP, 2006). Recent research indicates that
behavioral techniques are more successful than medications
(McGlynn & Locke, 1997; Luiselli, Evans, & Boyce, 1986;
Huband & Tantam, 2004). The current study explored a creative
technique, narrative therapy, for use with two young adult
females in a college setting. This pilot data provides promising
findings about the usability of the intervention. Implications and
directions for future research are discussed.
Addiction Recovery Capital: What Do Women Want to Sustain
Recovery? Sandra Puevini Del Sesto, Rhode Island College
Institute For Addiction Recovery; Dorothy Bianco, Rhode
Island College Institute of Addiction Recovery
This paper reports on 20 community focus groups to obtain
information about the perceived community support needs for
people in long term addiction recovery. Questionnaires and
narrative analysis of focus group discussions were categorized
based on Maslow's model and contemporary modification of the
needs hierarchy.
Yoga: The Mind Body Treatment for Eating Disorders. Denise
Renye, CIIS
Models currently used to predict and explain the development as
well as used to treat eating disorders are still incomplete and
usually not sufficiently evaluated and replicated. There is a need
for more embodied modes of treatment. Deeper, spiritually
focused treatment, is lacking. Yoga, a practice that integrates the
physical, mental and spiritual, is the missing element of current
treatment. In response to the minimal number of treatment
facilities that actually include yoga as part of therapy despite
studies showing positive outcomes, this talk addresses the need
for and benefits of including the practice as an essential part
treatment at eating disorder treatment facilities.
"More and More, Less and Less" Narcissism and the
Paradoxical Discovery of Buddhism and Joy. Elizabeth
Rovere, The New School
Narcissism, reflected in the "culture of me", is on the rise in the
United States. Ironically, there is also a growing interest in
Buddhism and positive psychology that inherently embrace a
"culture of we". These themes are explored through presentation,
discussion and meditation.
108. Posters on Psychological and Social Factors Impacting
Eating Disordered and Exercise Behaviors as well as
Perceptions of Healthy Weight.
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon 1V
Participants:
Less is More: Social Comparison, Thin-Ideal Internalization,
and Self-Esteem. Greg Scott Kerwin, University of
Connecticut; Giorgio Di Berto, University of Connecticut;
Gayle R. Bessenoff, Southern Connecticut State University
The present study builds on Bessenoff's (2006) model of social
comparison and self-discrepancy as applied to the thin ideal.
Findings suggest internalization of the thin-ideal mediates the
two paths to self-esteem from social comparison and selfdiscrepancy. Implications regarding the availability vs.
accessibility of self-discrepancy are discussed.
What is the Pro-Anorexia Movement?: An Exploratory Content
Analysis of Pro-Anorexia Websites. Meghan Groves,
Connecticut College; Jennifer Gorman Rose, Connecticut
College; Joan C. Chrisler, Connecticut College; Ashley
Ryall, Connecticut College
Women and girls not only view ideal beauty standards on the
internet but now they can also learn about ideal anorexic
standards. Pro-anorexia websites are online communities that
promote the maintenance of disordered eating behaviors and
provide a forum for anorexics to discuss their experiences. The
results of a content analysis of pro-anorexia websites will be
presented. AWP themes such as unity, diversity and selfempowerment as they relate to the pro-anorexia movement will
also be addressed.
Thin Equals "Healthy": Effects of Body Weight on Perceived
Emotional, Physical, and Overall Health. Aleta Marie Storch,
Lewis and Clark College; Caitlin Irene Harper, Lewis and
Clark College; Elizabeth Mary Graf, Lewis and Clark
College; Hanna Christine Nelson, Lewis and Clark College;
Dawn Marie Salgado, Lewis and Clark College
This study examines the effects of body size (underweight,
average, overweight) on perceived emotional, physical, and
overall health by others. The results were significant in all three
variables, suggesting that body size does play a role in the
perception of women's health
White Racial Identity Development and Eating Disordered
Behaviors. Karly Rodriguez, Muhlenberg College
This study will explore if white racial identity development can
predict disordered eating. This will be assessed through
administering the WRIAS and the EAT-26 to college aged white
women. Results will be discussed within the context of white
racial identity development and could provide insight to
prevention methods and treatment.
Rapid Cultural Change, Globalization, and Gender: Considering
Disordered Eating among Women in East Asia. Rebekah
Smart, California State University Fullerton
This presentation considers eating problems among women in
Japan, China, and South Korea, and examines gender in light of
rapid cultural changes and the influence of globalization. It will
be most helpful for researchers interested in women's issues
internationally and clinicians who work with Asian immigrant
women.
Weight Identity in Morbidly Obese Women. Cat Pause, Massey
University
Working from a psychosocial perspective, this study places
weight identity within the late modern context to understand how
morbidly obese women conceptualize their sense of themselves.
Collecting interview data from 19 women, this study found
weight identity to be understood as a negotiation between the
women and their environment.
Influence of Feminist Identity on Body Dissatisfaction and
Thin-Ideal Internalization in Women. Galina A. Portnoy,
University of Connecticut; Gayle R. Bessenoff, Southern
Connecticut State University
This study aimed to provide an interdisciplinary examination of
women's body dissatisfaction and thin-ideal internalization
through feminist theory. Findings suggest that although feminist
identification develops awareness of thin-ideal norms, it may not
protect women from internalizing the negative images and
stereotypes that society presents about women and their bodies.
How Do Implicit Theories About the Body Relate to Health
Behavior? Predicting Exercise Frequency. Brandi Nicole
Rima, The George Washington University; Annette R
Kaufman, The George Washington University; Andrea
Mercurio, Boston University
To examine the determinants of women's exercise behavior, a
healthy weight control strategy, we extended implicit theory to
the body image domain. The effects of implicit theory on
exercise frequency were moderated by weight discrepancy such
that the relationship was stronger among those who held an
incremental vs. entity theory.
Positive Self-Objectification? An Investigation of Women's
Experience in Pole Dance Fitness Classes. Shula Melamed,
The New School For Social Research
This qualitative study focused on the experience of 25 women
enrolled in classes presented by an organization that has in recent
years popularized pole dancing as a fitness/personal growth
activity. Within the framework of objectification theory, this
study probed the paradox that simulating activities drawn from
strip clubs could encourage personal growth.
From Competition to Unity: Battling the Patriarchy and Going
Beyond the Beauty Myth. Mala Matacin, University of
Hartford
A college seminar entitled "Women, Weight, and Worry" sought
to examine the beauty myth and had a positive impact on young
women. Students left the course feeling better about their bodies,
became more committed to feminist issues, and learned how to
promote unity (rather than competition) among each other.
109. FILM FESTIVAL. Blood Lines (52 min., 2008; Women
Make Movies)
3:15 to 4:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Courageous
A moving meditation on guilt and reconciliation, filmmaker Cynthia
Connop explores the unwritten cost of war and genocide on future
generations - of both victims and perpetrators. Bettina Goering, descendent
of Nazi war criminal Herman Goering, comes to Australia to meet Ruth
Rich, artist and the daughter of Holocaust survivors. With astonishing
honesty and courage, both women attempt to reconcile the traumas in their
bloodlines. F
Program Chairs:
Joan Rollins, Rhode Island College
Hilary B. Jones, Day One, the Sexual Assault & Trauma
Resource Center of RI
110. FEMINIST SCIENCE TRACK Symposium. The
Relationships Among Feminism, Empowerment, and WellBeing: What Does Research Tell Us?
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salons I and II
The Differential Roles of Feminist Identity and Feminist Attitudes to SelfEfficacy and Weight Concern. Heather Eisele The Relationship between
Feminist Identity Development and Psychological Well-Being in Women.
Kendra Saunders, Ph.D. (Mis)Translating the Sexual Liberation Movement
into the 21st Century: The Moderating Impact of Gender Conservatism on
Young Women's Sexual Wellbeing. Vanessa R. Schick
Chair:
Jan Yoder, University of Akron
Participants:
The Differential Roles of Feminist Identity and Feminist
Attitudes to Self-Efficacy and Weight Concern. Heather
Eisele, University of Missouri-St. Louis
This presentation will review the research on the relationship
between feminism and self-esteem and weight concern, with a
focus on differentiating between feminist attitudes and identity.
Recent research demonstrates that feminist attitudes and identity
are differentially related to mental health variables and the
importance of endorsing an explicit feminist identity.
The Relationship between Feminist Identity Development and
Psychological Well-Being in Women. Kendra Saunders,
Millersville University
Most feminists believe that a feminist identity is good for
women, yet empirical evidence in this area is lacking. Dr.
Saunders will discuss her research examining the relations
among feminist identity development, gender role orientation,
and psychological well-being in women, and review the most
recent research developments on this topic.
(Mis)Translating the Sexual Liberation Movement into the 21st
Century: The Moderating Impact of Gender Conservatism on
Young Women's Sexual Wellbeing. Vanessa R. Schick, The
George Washington University
Media representations of sexual women may reflect a malecentered agenda, biasing the referent on which women base their
sexual self-concept and impeding the reliable translation of their
sexual self-views into sexually healthy attitudes and behavior.
Conservative gender views moderated the relationship between
young women's sexual self-views and increased sexual wellness.
111. Coming Out Ceremony
4:00 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Freedom
The coming out ceremony celebrates individuals choosing to address a
stigmatized or invisible aspect of their identity in a safe and supportive
environment. The ceremony is a simple, powerful, and sacred event that
includes both individuals coming out and supporters for their process.
Individuals are welcome to come out about any aspect of their sexual
orientation or gender, or about any aspect of their identity for which they
would like community support. Please consider attending the ceremony,
whether you would like to "come out" or support someone else in her or his
coming out process.
112. Workshop. Using Feminist Ethical Values and Psychological
Theory to Critique the APA's Silence on Torture: Toward a
Rebuilding of Confidence in Ethical Principles.
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salons I and II
The blurring of boundaries between ethics, law, and power politics has
weakened commitment to ethical virtues in psychology's national
organization, the American Psychological Association. Some have argued
that the change in national policy to tolerate torture is the most salient
ethical issue of our time. Yet the role of psychologists in this unjust activity
has remained either marginalized or entirely invisible in the mainstream
press and in the discourse of most psychology divisions and regional
organizations. The process of resolution has begun, but the power of the
status quo will be a formidable obstacle. Feminists have a vital role to play
in the healing process. We must now emphasize feminist values in the
grass-roots efforts to strengthen the code and rebuild confidence in the
ethical virtues that lead to commitment to principles of justice.
Presenter:
Mary Pelton Cooper, Academic/private practice
113. Workshop. Campus-Based Sexual Assault Prevention and
Risk Reduction: Reviewing 30 Years of Research and Practice.
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Enterprise
As a result of such alarmingly high rates of campus-based sexual violence,
researchers and social advocates have developed a range of educational
interventions and awareness campaigns over the past 30 years. This
workshop provides a critical review of the rationale, content and efficacy of
campus-based sexual violence prevention, including: 1) awareness
campaigns; 2) bystander interventions; and 3) programs for male, female
and mixed-sex audiences. Recommendations for the development,
implementation and evaluation of programs will also be provided.
Presenter:
Lindsay Marie Orchowski, Brown University Clinical
Psychology Internship Consortium
114. Sex Roles Editorial Board Meeting
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Newport Suite
This is a meeting and discussion for the members of the Editorial Board of
Sex Roles. Others are welcome to attend if interested in discussing how the
journal operates.
Facilitator:
Irene Hanson Frieze, University of Pittsburgh
115. Croning Ceremony
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Portsmouth Suite
116. Paper Session. Women Homeschooling, Virtual Networking,
and Experiencing a "Motherhood Penalty" at Work.
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
Mothers and families
Participants:
The Emergence of Feminist Homeschooling. Kathryn BeckerBlease, Psychology Dept., Washington State University
Vancouver
Among the growing number of parents who are homeschooling
are those who do so in order to provide their children a feminist
education. This presentation will discuss the prevalence of
homeschooling in the U.S., the diversity of homeschooling
families, feminist and social justice motives for homeschooling,
and feminist homeschooling practices.
Blogging the Balancing Act: The Role of Blogs in the Lives of
Academic Mothers. Annie Beth Fox, University of
Connecticut; Joannah Keats, University of Connecticut;
Mary Crawford, University of Connecticut
Academic mothers are often faced with balancing the conflicting
demands of their personal and professional lives. What role does
blogging play in managing these demands? We will present the
results of a qualitative and quantitative study examining the role
of blogging in the lives of academic mothers.
Working Through Motherhood: Obstacles to Empowerment.
Hilary Lips, Radford University; Katie Lawson, Radford
University
Feminist psychology has shifted the focus on maternal
employment from a narrow emphasis on its effects on children to
broader concerns that include women's well-being. This paper
describes research that explores the motherhood penalty: the
economic penalty incurred by women when they have children.
117. All Caucus Raucous
5:00 to 6:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Middletown Suite
The purpose of this "raucous" is for cross-caucus conversations, to get to
know one another better, and to introduce caucuses to new folks.
Chair:
Diane M. Hall, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
118. FILM FESTIVAL. I Was a Teenage Feminist (62 min., 2005;
Women Make Movies)
5:00 to 6:05 pm
Marriott Hotel: Courageous
Why is it that young, independent, progressive women in today's society
feel uncomfortable identifying with the F-word? Join filmmaker Therese
Shechter as she takes a funny, moving and very personal journey into the
heart of feminism. Armed with a video camera and an irreverent sense of
humor, Shechter talks with feminist superstars, rowdy frat boys, liberated
Cosmo girls and Radical Cheerleaders. Beginning as a quest to find out
whether feminism can still be a source of personal and political power, this
film ultimately redefines the F-word for a new generation. Awards: NCJW
New York, Best Film; Karachi Int'l F F, Documentary Special Mention.
Program Chairs:
Joan Rollins, Rhode Island College
Hilary B. Jones, Day One, the Sexual Assault & Trauma
Resource Center of RI
119. SPECIAL EVENT. DINNER Honoring Early Teachers of
Psychology of Women and Text Authors.
6:30 to 7:45 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom Salons III amd IV
Chairs:
Lorraine Bradt Dennis, Retired
Mary A. Zahm, Bristol Community College
Facilitators:
Kim Rodrigues, Bristol Community College
Sandy Pavao-Pinarreta, Bristol Community College
120. SPECIAL EVENT. AWP's 40th BIRTHDAY PARTY
7:45 to 8:05 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom Salons III amd IV
All Conference Attendees are welcome to celebrate 40 years of AWP
Feminist Psychology and 2 types of "Vitamin F": Feminism and Fun!
Presenters:
Donna Hawxhurst, University of Utah
Martha E. Banks, President, APA Division 35
121. SPECIAL EVENT. PRESENTATION of AWARDS for
Early Teachers of Psychology of Women and Text Authors.
8:05 to 8:30 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom Salons III amd IV
All Conference Attendees are Welcome to Attend.
Presenter:
Lorraine Bradt Dennis, Retired
122. SPECIAL EVENT. CONCERT Starring Kim Trusty &
AWP DANCE. Complimentary for all AWP Conference
Attendees.
8:30 to 11:30 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salons I and II
Tickets may be purchased at the AWP Conference Registration desk, if still
available.
Program Chair:
Cynthia Roberts, University of Rhode Island
SUNDAY, MARCH, 15
123. Continental Breakfast III
7:00 to 8:00 am
Marriott Hotel: East Foyer
124. Registration for AWP Conference IV
7:30 to 9:00 am
Marriott Hotel: Registration Desk
Chair:
Kathryn K. Quina, University of Rhode Island
125. FEMINIST FORUM. All AWP conference atttendees are
invited to attend. Sponsored by the AWP Implementation
Collective.
7:45 to 8:45 am
Marriott Hotel: Freedom
Facilitator:
Donna Hawxhurst, University of Utah
126. Workshop. The Academic Job Market: Tips and Tools for
Finding a Job.
9:00 to 10:30 am
Marriott Hotel: Newport Suite
This session will focus on how to find a faculty/post doc position in
Academia. It will cover when to begin looking, where to look, how to
prepare the materials for a successful application packet, and the typical
process/timeline used by search committees. We will work on writing a
cover letter and how to write two of the important pieces of an application:
the teaching philosophy and the research statement. Many materials will be
distributed that will assist in an academic job search. This session will
benefit anyone who is on the market.
Facilitator:
Cat Pause, Massey University
127. Symposium. Lessons Learned from Cross-Cultural
Research: Research with Nepali Women.
9:00 to 10:30 am
Marriott Hotel: Middletown Suite
This symposium focuses on international research and what lessons can be
learned by conducting cross-cultural research. All presentations will focus
on research conducted in Kathmandu, Nepal. Paper 1 will discuss research
in collaboration with a Nepali organization dedicated to ending sex
trafficking and empowering women. Difficulties and rewards of working
with local women in a developing country will be explored. Paper 2 will
discuss a study of Hinduism and the stigmatization of menstruation that
was conducted through a series of interviews with Nepali women. It will
focus on how we can apply our theories and perspectives to the experiences
of Nepali women without further stigmatizing them. Paper 3 will describe a
sexual health intervention program pilot tested with women in Kathmandu.
This paper will include a discussion of the challenges of doing intervention
work in the developing world, focusing on factors such as cultural
differences, language barriers, and environmental barriers.
Participants:
Sex Trafficking: Cross-Cultural Research and Activism. Mary
Crawford, University of Connecticut
The Fulbright international exchange program provided the
impetus for a program of research in collaboration with a Nepali
organization dedicated to ending sex trafficking and empowering
women. Difficulties and rewards of working with local women in
a developing country are explored. Global research and activism
changes all who are involved.
Cultural Constructions of Stigma: Hindu Women and
Menstruation. Amy Huntington, University of Connecticut;
Mary Crawford, University of Connecticut
Hinduism prescribes restrictive menstrual rituals grounded in
beliefs about the "polluting" female body. How do Hindu women
in a modernizing society negotiate menstrual stigma? How can
we apply our theories and perspectives to their experiences
without further stigmatizing them? Analyses of interviews with
Nepali women illustrate the challenges of dual perspectives.
The Let's Talk! Program for Women: Sexual Health Education
for Kathmandu Women. Michelle R. Kaufman, RTI
International
The Let's Talk! Program for Women is a pilot study of a sexual
health education and STI/HIV prevention intervention for Nepali
women living in Kathmandu. This presentation will describe the
program; talk about challenges related to language, culture, and
environment; and will discuss plans for a randomized, controlled
trial of the intervention.
128. Symposium. Finding Your Voice: Strategies for Speaking
Out Against "-isms" in the Classroom.
9:00 to 10:30 am
Marriott Hotel: Enterprise
The effects of unaddressed racism, homophobia, sexism or other "-isms" in
the classroom may have detrimental and disempowering effects on learning
and growth for students, and on professional development for early career
professors. Although many of us have the drive to tackle "-isms" in the
classroom, there are barriers that may silence us in these situations. This
may be especially difficult for students and early career academics due to
low self-efficacy and power dynamics within the classroom. These
challenges are further influenced by minority status. The purpose of this
workshop is to share classroom experiences, discuss effective and
ineffective approaches to the problem, and offer strategies for combating
overt and subtle "-isms" in the classroom (e.g., using these situations as
'teachable moments' and creating respectful classrooms). Presenters will
facilitate a dialogue and invite participants to share their own experiences,
and collaborate to increase competency and overcome barriers to classroom
empowerment.
Facilitators:
Jill Franco, Lehigh University
Kristin Nicole Bertsch, Lehigh University
Anju Kaduvettoor, Lehigh University
129. WELLNESS ACTIVITY. Self-Empowerment and Sense of
Well-Being through Yoga Practice.
9:00 to 10:30 am
Marriott Hotel: Freedom
There are five principles of yoga empowerment that will be explored in this
experiential workshop. They are: 1.) Unify and know your body/mind/spirit
through increasing concentration, balance, and dynamic opposition; 2.)
Accept and forgive your limits; 3.) Expand and challenge your limits; 4.)
Discover new heights, insights, awareness; 5.) Improve mind/body health.
Facilitator:
Michelle Collins-Greene, Dr. Michelle Collins
130. Motivating Students to Embrace Feminist Ideology and
Social Justice: Perspectives of Teachers, Mentors, and
Students.
9:00 to 10:30 am
Marriott Hotel: Portsmouth Suite
This discussion encourages professors and students to dialogue about
motivating students in higher education toward developing a passion for
social justice. Many students are mentored into feminist ideology, but
many are left behind. We will discuss the conditions that will promote
students to embrace equality in the patriarchal educational system.
Facilitators:
Joanne Jodry, Monmouth University
Frances Trotman, Monmouth University
Stacey F. Goldstein, Monmouth University
131. Symposium. Social Justice in Action: From the Classroom to
the Community.
9:00 to 10:30 am
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
The concept of social justice broadly refers to redistributing the ways in
which privilege, often manifest as access to power and resources, is
dispersed within a society. One account of social justice (Davis,1996)
offers more by way of explanation and describes social justice as "a basic
value and desired goal in democratic societies and includes equitable and
fair access to societal institutions, laws, resources and opportunities,
without arbitrary limitations based on observed, or interpretation of,
differences in age, color, culture, physical or mental disability, education,
gender, income, language, national origin, race, religion or sexual
orientation" (p.1). As can be seen in Davis' conceptualization, injustice is
generally manifest around identity points (e.g., gender, class, ethnicity/race
etc.) and functions at all levels within a society. This symposium will
address the issue of social justice broadly and individual presenters will
offer methods for actualizing social justice based-practice. Specifically,
presenters will discuss the impact that learning about social justice has had
on their practice in the community. Presenters include women working in a
partial hospitalization program for youth, a drug court intervention program
serving primarily women and ethnic minority group members, and private
practice.
Chair:
Mary Catherine Burke, Carlow University
Participants:
From Theory to Practice: Application of Social Constructionism
in a Partial Hospitalization Program for Children and
Adolescents. Krista Boyer, Carlow University
Over the past twenty years there has been increased attention to
issues of diversity in the curricula of applied training programs in
mental health. However, many programs do not prepare students
to make changes in support eliminating injustice beyond the
clinical environment. This presentation will describe ways to
actualize principles of social justice within a partial
hospitalization program for youth.
Social Justice Implications for Drug Court Interventions. Amy
Fowkes, Carlow University
Treatment courts have recently focused on an expansion of
services to promote social justice. This presentation will address
the relevance of social justice especially in reference to women
and ethnic minority incarcerates. In addition, specific social
justice based interventions for this population will be provided.
Promoting Justice for LGBT Individuals: Clinical Applications.
Shirley Salmon-Davis, Carlow University
Understanding the unique injustices faced by Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender individuals is critical for competent
health care provision and is essential if practitioners and activists
are to be successful in removing barriers to access and utilization
of counseling services. This presentation will address ways to
promote competence in clinical work and justice in society for
members of this population.
132. Paper Session. Sexual Minority Women's Identity
Development, Relationships, Encounters with Dating Violence
and Prejudice at Work.
9:00 to 10:30 am
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon 1
Participants:
Examining Dating Violence Among Sexual Minority Youth.
Tameka L. Gillum, University of Massachusetts Amherst;
Melissa Lake, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Research has revealed disturbingly high prevalence of dating
violence among American youth. This research, however, has not
tended to focus on sexual minority youth. This talk will present
preliminary results from an ongoing study exploring the issue of
dating violence among this population and its link to mental and
physical health outcomes.
Aesexuality: The New Kid on the Block Challenges the Hetero-
Normative Model of Sexuality. Carol Haefner, The Institute
of Transpersonal Psychology
Aesexuals experience no sexual attraction or desire for either sex.
This paper will use the lens of asexuality to highlight and
challenge some of the assumptions embedded in the heteronormative model of sexuality. It will also discuss a broadened
definition of sexual diversity.
Sexual Coercion and the Role of Gendered Identity. Crystal
Lynne Larson Hendrick, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;
Sabrina D. Nettles, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;
Diane M. Reddy, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Highly masculine or feminine individuals are at increased risk for
perpetrating and experiencing sexual coercion, but this has not
been investigated in the gay community. This study investigates
the role of gendered identity among gay and heterosexual
participants, using a comprehensive measure of sexual coercion.
Implications are discussed.
Sexual Minority Women's Sexual Life Stories: High Points,
Low Points, and Turning Points. Elizabeth M Morgan, Boise
State University
This study examined 30 sexual-minority women's narratives
about important points in their sexual histories. High points
included first sexual experiences with men and women. Low
points included unwanted sexual experiences and relationship
problems. Turning points included the realization of one's sexual
identity. These responses were compared to heterosexual
women's responses.
Notes from an Old Dyke. Bonnie R. Strickland, University of
Massachusetts
Professors) and far outnumber women at all ranks. Other data
presented will highlight some improvements and needed changes
in STEM fields.
Characteristics of Reports Concerning Gender Bias in the
Courts, 1984-Present. Kathy McCloskey, University of
Hartford Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology;
Magali Laitem, University of Hartford
Since 1984, 44 states have conducted gender bias studies within
their respective court systems. Almost always commissioned by
each state's supreme court, studies have focused on gender bias
within probate/family courts, civil and criminal courts, and the
profession itself. This paper presents preliminary results from
reports currently available.
"Play it Again, Sarah!" Cartoon Images of Sarah Palin. Alice
Sheppard, Un Maine at Presque Isle
Over 200 cartoons depicting Sarah Palin from Internet cartoon
sites and print newspapers were coded in NVivo 8. Categories
included Palin's role for the GOP, campaign rhetoric, women's
imagery, props and symbols, attributes, and cast of characters.
Although rigidity of stereotyping is diminishing, elements of
gendered perception remain.
Gender, Social Class, and Perceived Promiscuity as Factors
Related to Rape Blame. Bettina Spencer, Saint Mary's
College
This study examines the role stereotyping and prejudice play in
the lives of low-SES women. Participants read about the rape of
either a woman who appeared to be low-SES or high-SES.
Participants rated the low-SES victim as more blameworthy,
more negative, and more promiscuous.
This presentation will consist of readings from autobiographical
materials spanning the life of an elder lesbian (age 72). The
readings cover identity development from early childhood
through the life span. Some of the topics will include growing up
a tomboy, patterns of perceived discrimination and oppression,
professional development, intimacy and romantic attractions,
coming of age as a lesbian, prejudice within the work force, and
adult fulfillment.
Interactions of Racism and Sexism: Further Defining the Good
Girl/Bad Girl Paradigm. Erin Currie, University of
Minnesota Counseling and Consultation Services
133. Posters on Empowerment, Psychosocial Development,
Gender Bias, Sexism, Racism, and Social Invisibility in
Personal and Public Spheres.
9:00 to 10:30 am
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon 1V
Participants:
Women's Social Networking: A Developmental Perspective.
Heather Elizabeth Macalister, Mary Baldwin College
Examining Social Invisibility through an Intersectionality
Framework. Judy Y Tan, University of Connecticut; Felicia
Pratto, Univ. of Connecticut
This poster presents current research on the role of electronic
social networking (MySpace and Facebook) in women's
psychosocial development. Preliminary results suggest that social
networking plays a role in identity development for adolescent
women but not for adults.
Gendered Social Comparisons in Dyadic Judgments of
Persuasiveness. Randi Leigh Garcia, University of
Connecticut; David A. Kenny, University of Connecticut
We use our Group Actor Partner Interdependence Model to
examine the effects of gender composition on perceptions of the
persuasiveness. Sadly, it appears as though men can achieve both
optimal distinctiveness and be perceived as persuasive, while
women's best chance at legitimacy is to be a token group
member.
Faculty Gender Composition in STEM Disciplines: A Case
Study. Marimer Santiago-Rivas, University of Rhode Island;
Lisa Harlow, University of Rhode Island; Barbara Silver,
University of Rhode Island; Karen Stamm, University of
Rhode Island; Helen Mederer, University of Rhode Island
Data from a local mid-sized New England University reveal that
women account for 20% of the STEM faculty. Men faculty are
more densely clustered in higher ranks (e.g., 77% Full
This poster is based on a study that evaluates the prejudice
processes of racism and sexism individually, and when racism
and sexism combine. It explores sexism as defined as a bias
against women who do not conform to patriarchal gender rules
and roles for women compared to those who do.
This web-based study examined the experience of social
invisibility using the intersectional invisibility framework, which
proposes that those with multiple subordinate group identities are
rendered invisible due to being non-prototypical members of
their respective identity groups. Results suggest extending the
framework beyond androcentrism, ethnocentrism, and
heterocentrism in examining social invisibility.
Many Faces of Womanhood: Empowerment through Diversity.
Jasmin Tahmaseb McConatha, West Chester University of
Pennsylvania; Deborah Mahlstedt, West Chester University
of Pennsylvania; Nikki A. DiGregorio, West Chester
University; Melina M Rosle, University of Delaware
Familial roles may be empowering or detrimental to women.
This poster presentation focuses on the ways in which power,
influence, responsibility, and care giving in the family shape the
lives of a group of women of different ages and from diverse
cultural backgrounds.
134. FILM FESTIVAL. Finding Dawn (73 min., 2006; Women
Make Movies)
9:00 to 10:15 am
Marriott Hotel: Courageous
Filmmaker Christine Welsh puts a human face on a tragedy that has
received precious little attention - and one which is surprisingly similar to
the situation in Ciudad Juárez, on the other side of the U.S. border.
Acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh embarks on an epic journey to
shed light on these murders and disappearances of the estimated 500
Aboriginal women who have gone missing or been murdered in Canada
over the past 30 years that remain unresolved to this day. Award: Amnesty
Int'l FF Vancouver, Gold Audience Award.
Program Chairs:
Joan Rollins, Rhode Island College
Hilary B. Jones, Day One, the Sexual Assault & Trauma
Resource Center of RI
135. FILM FESTIVAL. Girl Inside (70 min., 2007; Women Make
Movies)
9:15 to 10:30 am
Marriott Hotel: Weatherly
Following 26-year-old Madison during a crucial three years of her
transition from male to female, filmmaker Maya Gallus created a beautiful
film that tracks her emotional, intellectual and spiritual journey of selfdiscovery that is as important as - if not more than - the physical journey of
hormones and surgery. Sharing the spotlight is Vivien, Madison's
glamorous 80-year-old grandmother, who has taken on the job of advising
her on all things feminine. While Vivien's attempts to school Madison in
old-fashioned codes of fashion and behavior are often hilarious, the
juxtaposition of two vastly different experiences of womanhood, from very
different generations, raises profound issues about the nature of gender,
femininity and sexuality. Recommended for courses in transgender and
queer studies, gender studies, women's studies and sociology. Award:
Gemini Award, Best Direction in a Documentary Program.
Program Chairs:
Joan Rollins, Rhode Island College
Hilary B. Jones, Day One, the Sexual Assault & Trauma
Resource Center of RI
136. Symposium. Objectification Theory: Less Traversed and
Future Avenues of Research.
10:45 to 12:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom-Salon 1
Research on sexual objectification and self-objectification has proliferated
in the decade since Fredrickson and Roberts (1997) introduced
Objectification Theory. This research has led to a greater understanding of
the psychological and behavioral consequences of being the target of
sexual objectification and of adopting an objectifying observer's
perspective on the self. Despite this work, many aspects of Objectification
Theory remain under-studied. This symposium will preview research on
some of the less traversed avenues of Objectification Theory. The causes of
sexual objectification and the mechanisms of self-objectification will be
examined in order to better understand why women are objectified and
what happens to them when they experience self-objectification. Individual
and cultural moderators of objectification will be considered in order to
better predict who will experience self-objectification under what
conditions. In addition to discussing these less studied areas of research,
this symposium will reflect on future directions of objectification theory
and research.
Chairs:
Valerie Earnshaw, University of Connecticut
Diane Quinn, University of Connecticut
Participants:
Why and How are Women Sexually Objectified? Sarah
Gervais, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The purpose of this research was to examine why women are
sexually objectified and the psychological consequences of
objectification for the perceiver. I predicted and found that
stereotypic and hyper-stereotypic women, but also hyperstereotypic men, were sexually objectified more than stereotypic
men. Implications for self-objectification theory will be
discussed.
Self-Objectification and Perspectives Taken. Valerie Earnshaw,
University of Connecticut; Diane Quinn, University of
Connecticut
The role of perspective taking in self-objectification is
considered. Women adopting a third person perspective on their
appearance experience deleterious outcomes, while women
adopting a third person perspective on another aspect of the self
experience more positive outcomes. This second type of
perspective taking may protect from self-objectification.
Implications of Sexually Objectifying Images on SelfObjectification Outcomes for Black Women. Nicole
Overstreet, University of Connecticut; Bede Agocha,
University of Connecticut; Diane Quinn, University of
Connecticut
Research has examined how thin sexually objectified images
impact women. The present study examined Black and White
women's perceptions of ideal body types extending beyond
thinness to include upper and lower curvaceous body shape.
Findings highlight the importance of examining culturally valued
body ideals, especially when related to racial stereotypes.
Individual, Interpersonal, and Community Correlates of SelfObjectification. Desiré Shepler, University of Alaska
Anchorage; Stephenie Chaudoir, University of Connecticut;
Gwen Lupfer-Johnson, University of Alaska Anchorage
Women from 3 communities hypothesized to vary in their
consumption and dissemination of Western culture (Anchorage,
Alaska; Haines, Alaska; Storrs, Connecticut) were surveyed.
Self-objectification levels and participation in mainstream
American culture (PMAC) were lower for women in the isolated
rural community of Haines. Mediators between PMAC and selfobjectification were identified.
137. FILM and DISCUSSION. The Business of Being Born:
Midwifery Is a Feminist Act.
10:45 to 12:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Courageous
The 2008 documentary, The Business of Being Born, will be shown. This
powerful film highlights women's marginalization in the process of giving
birth in America. The film also highlights midwifery as a feminist
alternative to the medicalization of pregnancy and childbirth. Panel
discussion with midwives to follow if time permits.
Presenter:
Heather Elizabeth Macalister, Mary Baldwin College
138. Can You Dismantle the Master's House from Within? Being
a Feminist Administrator in Higher Education.
10:45 to 12:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Portsmouth Suite
This structured discussion will address some of the issues and conflicts that
encounter feminists in higher education administration. Feminist
administrators will structure a conversation about how feminist values can
be used to balance conflicting interests and to transform the ivory tower.
Presenters:
Karol E. Dean, Mount St. Mary's College
Michele Boyer, Indiana State University
Suzanna Rose, Florida International University
139. Symposium. An Intersectional Approach to Discrimination
Research and Identity Development of Daughters with
Mothers Diagnosed with ADMDS
10:45 to 12:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Enterprise
Discrimination is a frequent experience for many youth (D'Augelli, 2003;
Swim, Hyers, Cohen, & Ferguson, 2001; Rosenbloom & Way, 2004). Due
to demographic changes, the number of youths who are double minorities
(i.e., female and Black) is increasing. Many researchers acknowledge the
concept of intersectionality (Andersen & Hill Collins, 2004) and that these
youth face multiple forms of discrimination. It remains unclear how to best
measure the experiences of double-minority youth. This symposium
includes two studies that addressed the issue of how to incorporate
intersectionality in research on youth's experiences with discrimination.
One study used a qualitative approach to fully understand young women's
experiences with discrimination. The second study examined sexualminority young women's experiences with a scale that measured
discrimination that is both sexist and heterosexist in nature. Some useful
ways to use qualitative and quantitative methods to incorporate
intersectionality in research on discrimination and social identity will be
discussed.
Participants:
Adolescent Girls' Experiences with Sexism, Racism, and
Classism. Melanie Marie Ayres, University of Wisconsin,
River Falls
Adolescent girls' experiences of discrimination were examined
qualitatively. Participants were 74 adolescent girls (M = 16.3
years). Open-ended surveys were coded for relevant themes.
Results suggest that adolescent girls experience racism, sexism,
and classism. Furthermore, many girls reported intersectional
experiences of discrimination (e.g., discrimination based on
gender and race).
Sexual-Minority Women's Experiences with Gendered
Heterosexism During Emerging Adulthood. Carly Kay
Friedman, Samford University
The current study examined sexual-minority women's reports of
sexism, heterosexism, and gendered heterosexism (discrimination
that is both sexist and heterosexist). Participants included 83
young sexual-minority women (M = 19.93 years). Experiences
with gendered heterosexism were a better predictor of social
identity and commitment to collective action than sexism or
heterosexism.
Intersectionality: Mothers, Mental Illness and Meaning. Lynne
Carroll, University of North Florida
Mental illness is an aspect of personal and social minority
identity which has seldom been explored through the perspective
of intersectionality theory. This paper examines sex and gender
in adult daughters of mothers who are diagnosed with
schizophrenia (ADMDS).
140. Feminism is the Theory; Lesbianism is the Practice? An
Intergenerational Dialogue on Feminism and Sexual Identity.
10:45 to 12:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Newport Suite
Remember the 1970s claim, credited to Ti-Grace Atkinson, "Feminism is
the theory; lesbianism is the practice?" This structured discussion will bring
together multiple perspectives on feminism and sexual orientations/
identities while encouraging participants to examine current discontents,
create a feminist vision for approaching difference, and identify strategies
for achieving our visions.
Presenters:
Whitney Hagen, University of Utah
Stephanie Marie Hoover, University of Utah
Anneliese Singh, University of Georgia
Sue Morrow, University of Utah
141. Symposium. Ways of Knowing in Cultures and Classrooms
10:45 to 12:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Columbia
Theories on women's epistemological development suggest that women
differ in the degree to which they feel empowered to create, critique, and
challenge knowledge claims and structures. According to Belenky,
Clinchy, Goldberger, and Tarule (1986), for example, women's
epistemologies range from a Silenced approach, in which women think of
themselves as generally voiceless, mindless, and unable to figure things out
for themselves, to a Constructed approach, in which women conceive of
knowledge and truth as social constructions that are dynamic, contextual,
and evolving. The study of epistemological development, therefore,
parallels feminist goals of individual empowerment and seeing the personal
as political (Riger, 2000). With this in mind, this symposium will explore
how personal epistemologies may be shaped and developed in two different
contexts—in the psychology classroom and in diverse cultures that host
students when they study abroad. By extension, we explore how feminist
values are developed locally and globally.
Participants:
Studying Abroad: One Route to Epistemic Change. Tabitha
Holmes, State University of New York, New Paltz; Heather
Mangione, SUNY New Paltz; Elise Grant, SUNY New Paltz;
Mandi Palmer, SUNY New Paltz
Ten female undergraduate students completed in-depth
interviews regarding their ways of knowing before and after
studying abroad. An inductive thematic analysis revealed that the
epistemic challenges provided by exposure to a new culture
contributed to the development of 1) personal voice; 2)
appreciation of diverse minds; 3) self-efficacy and selfauthorship.
The Psychology Classroom: A Place for Developing Authentic,
Analytic Ways of Knowing. Melanie S. Hill, SUNY New
Paltz; Tabitha Holmes, State University of New York, New
Paltz
We will explore the unique epistemic opportunities provided in
the psychology classroom. These include opportunities 1) for the
cultivation of voice through shared narrative and "folk" expertise,
2) to explore ways in which knowledge and truth are socially
constructed, and (3) to learn and value separate (quantitative) and
connected (qualitative) procedures of knowledge construction.
142. Symposium. Sexual Assertiveness and Sexual Stereotypes:
Sexuality Issues Affecting Ethnic Minority Women.
10:45 to 12:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Middletown Suite
This symposium address factors related to sexual assertiveness and sexual
stereotyping as they affect ethnic minority women. Low sexual
assertiveness has been associated with a variety of negative outcomes for
women, such as sexual coercion and unprotected sex. The first paper
discusses the relationship between interpersonal and attitudinal factors and
sexual assertiveness among Latina and White women. The second paper
explores the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and SES as
predictors of sexual assertiveness in heterosexual Black and White women.
Findings indicate that women with higher SES were more likely to initiate
sex with male partners. Black women who were victims of CSA tended to
have higher sexual assertiveness for refusal of unwanted sex. The third
paper addresses extent to which Whites hold hypersexual stereotypes of
Black sexuality. Contemporary images of Black sexuality are replete with
hypersexual stereotypes. This paper addresses the social and cultural
pathologies that influence these views.
Chair:
Patricia Morokoff, University of Rhode Island
Participants:
Interpersonal and Attitudinal Factors and Sexual Assertiveness
among Latina and White women. Myriel Rodriguez,
University of Rhode Island
Low sexual assertiveness has been associated with a variety of
negative outcomes for women, such as sexual coercion and
having unprotected sex. Due to pervasive traditional gender roles,
it may be especially difficult for Latina women to assert
themselves. Thus, this paper discusses the relationship between
interpersonal and attitudinal factors and sexual assertiveness
among Latina and White women.
SES and CSA as Predictors of Sexual Assertiveness in High
Risk Black and White Women. Trudy-Ann Gayle, University
of Rhode Island
Explores the relationship between CSA and SES as predictors of
sexual assertiveness in heterosexual Black and White women.
Findings indicate that women with higher SES are more likely to
initiate sex with male partners. Black women who are victims of
CSA tended to have higher sexual assertiveness for refusal of
unwanted sex.
Race Gender and Sexual Stereotypes: Implications for Black
Sexuality. Marie Aline Sillice, University of Rhode Island
Contemporary images of Black sexuality are replete with
hypersexual stereotypes. These views have serious implications,
for instance, from how Black rape victims are treated by the
police, and psychotherapists, to whether they seek therapy after
the experience. This paper addresses the social and cultural
pathologies that influence these views.
143. WELLNESS ACTIVITY. Joining the Collective Feminine:
Drumming for Unity and Individuality in Sacred Ritual.
10:45 to 12:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Freedom
This session will take time for collective healing to honor all that we do as
women by using the ancient ritual of drumming. It is difficult to negotiate a
system of feminine repression to find a spiritual path in unity. This
workshop will explore personal spirit through a feminine collective.
Presenters:
Frances Trotman, Monmouth University
Stacey F. Goldstein, Monmouth University
Facilitator:
Joanne Jodry, Monmouth University
144. FILM FESTIVAL. Searching for Sandeep (55 min., 2007;
Women Make Movies)
10:45 to 11:50 am
Marriott Hotel: Weatherly
Single, frustrated and lonely in the middle of Sydney's thriving gay
community, director Poppy Stockell decides to "research" a light-hearted
look at the lesbian Internet-dating scene. To her surprise and delight, she
forges a deep online connection with an English woman, Sandeep Virdi.
When their innocent flirtation turns into true attachment, Poppy sends
Sandeep a camcorder and viewers watch as Poppy and Sandeep's virtual
relationship blooms into a poignant love complicated by the reality that
Sandeep is Sikh, lives at home with her conservative family, and has kept
her sexuality a secret. Awards. Sydney Film Festival, World Movies
Channel Audience Award; WOW Film Festival, Best Documentary &
Audience Award.
Program Chairs:
Joan Rollins, Rhode Island College
Hilary B. Jones, Day One, the Sexual Assault & Trauma
Resource Center of RI
145. FILM FESTIVAL. Black and White (17 min., 2006; Women
Make Movies)
11:55 to 12:15 pm
Marriott Hotel: Weatherly
Filmmaker Kirsty MacDonald artfully explores the creative collaboration
between intersex activist Mani Bruce Mitchell and acclaimed photographer
Rebecca Swan. Beautiful and stylish, this film introduces viewers to
notions of fluid gender identity, challenging the rigid categories of "male"
and "female." Awards: DOCNZ - Int'l Doc F F, New Zealand, Best Short
Doc; Austin Gay & Lesbian Int'l F F, Best Short Film.
Program Chairs:
Joan Rollins, Rhode Island College
Hilary B. Jones, Day One, the Sexual Assault & Trauma
Resource Center of RI
146. CLOSING CEREMONY. Celebrate Our Time Together
with Meditation and Drumming. Look Forward to AWP 2010!
12:30 to 1:00 pm
Marriott Hotel: Ballroom Salons I, II, and III
Presenters:
Joanne Jodry, Monmouth University
Frances Trotman, Monmouth University
Stacey F. Goldstein, Monmouth University
Chairs:
Mary A. Zahm, Bristol Community College
Kathryn K. Quina, University of Rhode Island