2005 AWP Conference
Feb. 24-27, 2005
Tampa, Florida

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A new feature of the 2005 AWP conference will be a FEMINIST PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE TRACK. The Science Track is being jointly sponsored by AWP and the Society for the Psychology of Women of the American Psychological Association and will consist of four symposia featuring leading researchers discussing timely topics concerning women and gender.

Co-Chairs:
Jacqueline White, University of North Carolina-Greenboro
Suzanna Rose, Florida International University

SYMPOSIUM I: (Re) Conceptualizing Women's Aggression Against Intimates

· Chair: Irene Hanson Frieze, University of Pittsburgh

· The Myth of Female Passivity: Thirty Years of Revelations about Female Aggression. Deborah South Richardson, Augusta State University

· Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrated by Women within the Context of Victimization History. Jacquelyn W. White, Kelly N. Rogers, Stacy M. Sechrist & Matthew J. Paradise, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

· Measuring Gender Differences in Partner Violence: Implications from Research on Other Forms of Violent and Socially Undesirable Behavior Sherry L. Hamby

· Theorizing Gender: Women's Aggression and Intimate Partner Violence. Kristin L. Anderson, Western Washington University & Jill Cermele, Drew University

· Discussant: Maureen C. McHugh, Indiana University-Pennsylvania

SYMPOSIUM II: Innovations in Lesbian Psychology

Constructions of gender by lesbians and queers. Carla Golden, Ithaca College

· The Stories We Tell: The Lives and Friendship of Older Black Lesbians. Ruth L. Hall and Michelle Fine, College of New Jersey and City College/NY

· Relationship Satisfaction, Coping, and Gay-Specific Stressors in Same-Sex Couples Who Had Civil Unions. Esther Rothblum, Jelica Todosijevic, and Sondra E. Solomon, University of Vermont

· Friendship after Breakups: Who Does and Who Doesn't?Lynne Harkless, Independent Practice, FL, and Blaine J. Fowers, University of Miami

SYMPOSIUM III: Gender Related Issues in Research: Trauma, Assessment, and Treatment

· Gender differences in response to recovery from a major hurricane. Gail Ironson, University of Miami

· Assessment of social class, gender, and ethnicity in HIV research: Do we know what we're doing? Karen Wyche, University of Miami

· Two treatments for female trauma survivors: Prolonged exposure and EMDR (eye movement desend and reprocessing). Blanche Freund, University of Miami

SYMPOSIUM IV: A Feminist Analysis of Body Image

· Female Trouble": Objectification and Its Consequences. Tomi-Ann Roberts, The Colorado College

· In Living Color: Television and the Body Image Development of Latina Girls. Deborah Schooler, San Francisco State University

· But how do I look? The disruptive effects of self-objectification. Diane M. Quinn, Rachel W. Kallen, & Stephenie R. Chaudoir, University of Connecticut