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Alyssa N. Zucker 1 ALYSSA N. ZUCKER Curriculum Vitae March 2016

Contact Information Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research University of Florida P.O. Box 117352 Gainesville FL 32611-7352 Phone: 352/273-0384 Fax: 352/392-4873 E-mail: [email protected]

Education Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY B.A. (1991), Department of Psychology; General and Departmental Honors

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI M.A. (1995), Ph.D. (1998), Personality Psychology Graduate Certificate (1997), Program in Women's Studies Postdoctoral Trainee (1998-2001), NIMH Gender and Mental Health Training Grant

Employment George Washington University, Washington DC Assistant Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies (2001-2007) Associate Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies (2007-2015) Core faculty member: LGBT Health Policy & Practice (2013-present) University of Florida, Gainesville FL Associate Professor and Vada A. Yeomans Chair of Women’s Studies (2015-present)

Awards and Honors Elected to Fellow Status, American Psychological Association (2013) Georgia Babladelis award for best paper in Psychology of Women Quarterly (2014)

Fellowships and Funding Robin I. Thevenet Fellowship, University of Michigan (Summer, 1995) Department of Psychology Research Partnership, University of Michigan (Summer, 1995, 1996, 1997) Horace H. Rackham Distinguished Research Partnership, University of Michigan (1996-1997) Department of Psychology One Term Dissertation Fellowship, University of Michigan (Winter, 1998) GWIPP Policy Research Scholar, George Washington University ($8000; 2007-2008) Luther Rice Fellowship, George Washington University (Mentor to Joanna Falk; 2012-2013) GWU Global Women’s Institute Faculty Research Fellowship (2015, declined) Alyssa N. Zucker 2 Grants submitted National Science Foundation 08/10/16-08/10/19 $1,294,819 Closing the gender gap in Engineering Moradi (PI), Hanh & Zucker (Co-PIs)

National Science Foundation 08/16/16-08/16/21 $4,998,830 UF ADVANCE RISE (UFAR): Retain, Inspire, Support, and Engage STEM Women Faculty Glover (PI), Adams, Gilbert, Moradi, & Turner (Co-PIs), Zucker (internal advisory committee)

Teaching Experience Undergraduate Courses Graduate Courses Women and Psychology Women and Health Psychology Research Methods Psychology of Gender Gender, Bodies, and Health Discrimination and Health Discrimination and Health Research Issues in Women’s Studies Multidisciplinary LGBT Health Feminist Methods Professional Memberships American Psychological Association (Fellow) Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women) of the APA Division 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) of the APA

Professional Service Governing Council, International Society of Political Psychology (2004-2007) APA Division 35 Task Force on Feminisms and Political Psychology (2006-2008) APA Division 35 conference proposal reviewer (2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) Clara Mayo Award Committee, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (2006-2007) IRB member, Social Solutions International (2010-2015) REU Sites grant panelist, National Science Foundation (October 22-23, 2012) Steering Committee, New Research on Gender in Political Psychology Conference (2013-2014)

Consulting Editor Psychology of Women Quarterly (2007-2011)

Editorial Board Member Sex Roles (2016-2018)

Ad Hoc Reviewer American Journal of Orthopsychology ASAP (Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy) Body Image Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology Feminism and Psychology Feminist Formations Journal of Personality NYU Press Oxford University Press Alyssa N. Zucker 3 Psychology of Women Quarterly Sex Roles Social Psychological and Personality Science

Peer Reviewed Publications Amsel, E., Constantinople, A., & Zucker, A. (1993). Coherence and variation in the development of self. New Ideas in Psychology, 11, 267-271. Cole, E. R., Zucker, A. N. & Ostrove, J. M. (1998). Political participation and feminist consciousness among activists of the 1960s. Political Psychology, 19, 349-371. Zucker, A. N. (1999). The psychological impact of reproductive difficulties on women’s lives. Sex Roles, 40, 767-786. Twenge, J. M. & Zucker, A. N. (1999). What is a feminist? Evaluations and stereotypes in closed- and open-ended responses. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 23, 591-605. Pomerleau, C. S., Zucker, A. N., & Stewart, A. J. (2001). Characterizing concerns about post- cessation weight gain: Results from a national survey of women smokers. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 3, 51-60. Pomerleau, C. S., Zucker, A. N., Namenek Brouwer, R. J., Pomerleau, O. F., & Stewart, A. J. (2001). Race differences in weight concerns among women smokers: Results from two independent samples. Addictive Behaviors, 26, 651-663. Zucker, A. N., Harrell, Z. A., Miner-Rubino, K., Stewart, A. J., Pomerleau, C. S., & Boyd, C. J. (2001). Smoking in college women: The role of thinness pressures, media exposure, and critical consciousness. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 25, 233-241. Bay-Cheng, L. Y., Zucker, A. N., Stewart, A. J., & Pomerleau, C. S. (2002). Linking femininity, weight concern, and mental health among Latina, Black, and White women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 26, 36-45. Zucker, A. N., Ostrove, J. M., & Stewart, A. J. (2002). College-educated women's personality development in adulthood: Perceptions and age differences. Psychology and Aging, 17, 236- 244. Pomerleau, C. S., Zucker, A. N., & Stewart, A. J. (2003). Patterns of depressive symptomatology in women smokers, ex-smokers, and never smokers. Addictive Behaviors, 28, 575-582. Zucker, A. N. (2004). Disavowing social identities: What it means when women say, “I’m not a feminist, but….” Psychology of Women Quarterly, 28, 423-435. Zucker, A. N., Stewart, A. J., Pomerleau, C. S., & Boyd, C. J. (2005). Resisting gendered smoking pressures: Critical consciousness as a correlate of women’s smoking status. Sex Roles, 53, 261- 272. Cole, E. R., & Zucker, A. N. (2007). Black and White women’s perspectives on femininity. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 13, 1-9. Alyssa N. Zucker 4 Zucker, A. N., & Landry, L. J. (2007). Embodied discrimination: The relation of sexism and distress to women’s drinking and smoking behaviors. Sex Roles, 56, 193-203. Zucker, A. N. & Stewart, A. J. (2007). Growing up and growing older: Feminism as a context for women’s lives. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 31, 137-145. Bay-Cheng, L. Y., & Zucker, A. N. (2007). Feminism between the sheets: The relation of feminist identity to sexual attitudes. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 31, 157-163. Shrier, D. K., Zucker, A. N., Mercurio, A. E., Landry, L. J., Rich, M., & Shrier, L. A. (2007). Generation to generation: discrimination and harassment experiences of physician mothers and their physician daughters. Journal of Women’s Health, 16, 883-894. Schick, V. R., Zucker, A. N., & Bay-Cheng, L. Y. (2008). Safer, better sex through feminism: The path from feminist ideology to women’s sexual well-being. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 32, 225-232. Bay-Cheng, L. Y., Robinson, A. D., & Zucker, A. N. (2009). Behavioral and relational contexts of adolescent female desire, wanting, and pleasure: Undergraduate women’s retrospective accounts. Journal of Sex Research, 46, 511-524. Schick, V. R., Calabrese, S. K., Rima, B. N., & Zucker, A. N. (2010). Genital appearance dissatisfaction: Implications for women’s genital image self-consciousness, sexual esteem, sexual satisfaction and sexual risk. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 34, 394-404. Zucker, A. N., & Bay-Cheng, L. Y. (2010). Minding the gap between feminist identity and attitudes: The behavioral and ideological divide between feminists and non-labelers. Journal of Personality, 78, 1895-1924. Fitz, C. C., Zucker, A. N., & Bay-Cheng, L. Y. (2012). Not all non-labelers are created equal: Distinguishing between quasi-feminists and neoliberals. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 36, 274-285. Fitz, C. C., & Zucker, A. N. (2014). Feminist with benefits: College women’s feminist beliefs buffer sexual well-being amid hostile (not benevolent) sexism. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 38, 7- 19. doi:10.1177/0361684313504736 Fitz, C. C., & Zucker, A. N. (2015). Everyday exposure to benevolent sexism and condom use among college women. Women and Health, 55, 245-262. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2014.996721 Bay-Cheng, L. Y., Fitz, C. C., Alizaga, N., & Zucker, A. N. (2015). Tracking Homo Oeconomicus: Development of the Neoliberal Beliefs Inventory. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 3, 71–88, doi:10.5964/jspp.v3i1.366. Zucker, A. N., Fitz, C. C., & Bay-Cheng, L. Y. (2016). Reverberations of racism and sexism through the subjective sexualities of undergraduate women of color. The Journal of Sex Research, 53, 265-272. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2014.1002557 Manuscripts Under Review Stewart, A. J., & Zucker, A. N. (in press). “Who is tossing whom into the current”? A social justice perspective on gender and well-being. In P. L. Hammack (Ed., forthcoming): Oxford Handbook of Social Psychology and Social Justice. Alizaga, N. M., & & Zucker, A. N. (under review). Gender identity discrimination and income status as correlates of health risk among transgender men. Alyssa N. Zucker 5 Donde, S., Koss, M., & Zucker, A. N. (under review). If it wasn’t rape, was it sexual assault? Predictors of rape and sexual assault acknowledgement among undergraduate rape victims. Eisenberg, M. H., Fitz, C. C., & Zucker, A. N. (under review). Starving for a Drink: Sexual Objectification Relates to ‘Drunkorexia’ for College Women, Not Men.

Chapters, Book Reviews, and Invited Submissions Stewart, A. J. & Zucker, A. N. (1999). Comments on “Feminist Research Process.” Psychology of Women Quarterly, 23, 137-141. Stewart, A. J. & Zucker, A. N. (1999). Regrouping social identities. Feminism & Psychology, 9, 296- 299. Pomerleau, C. S. & Zucker, A. N. (1999). Addressing smoking in young women with high dieting severity and concerns about body shape (abstract). Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 1, 198. Fine, M., Stewart, A. J. & Zucker, A. N. (2000). The curious position of White girls and women in the contemporary United States: Supporting or subverting race and gender domination? In C. Squire (Ed.), Culture in psychology (pp. 59-72). London: Routledge. Cole, E. R., Zucker, A. N. & Duncan, L. E. (2001). Changing society, changing women. In R. Unger (Ed.), Handbook on the psychology of women and gender (pp. 410-423). New York: Wiley. Zucker, A. N. (2003). [Review of the book Rethinking mental health and disorder: Feminist perspectives]. Women’s Studies International Forum, 26, 200-201. Zucker, A. N., & Ostrove, J. M. (2007). Meanings of sex and gender for a new generation of feminist psychologists. Feminism & Psychology, 17, 470-474. Ostrove, J. M., & Zucker, A. N. (2011). [Review of the book Handbook of Diversity in Feminist Psychology.] Sex Roles, 64, 143. Zucker, A. N. (2014). Reproductive justice: More than choice. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 14, 210-213.

Presentations Zucker, A. N., Amsel, E. & Constantinople, A. P. (May 1991). Epistemological consistency and identity development in college students. Paper presented at the Jean Piaget Society Annual Meeting; Philadelphia, PA. Zucker, A. N. & Cole, E. R. (August 1995). The meaning of the 1960s movements for Black and White women. In A. J. Stewart (Chair), Personality, aging, and social history in educated women's lives. Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention; New York, NY. Zucker, A. N. (February 1996). Attitudes toward feminists among contemporary college students. Paper presented at Feminist Generations Conference, Bowling Green State University; Bowling Green, OH. Zucker, A. N. & Cole, E. R. (May 1996). Predicting the timing of life events: The importance of race and social movements. In D. G. Winter (Chair), Personality in its many different contexts: Social class, culture, and history. Invited symposium presented at the Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association; Chicago, IL. Zucker, A. N. (August 1996). Exploring attitudes toward feminists: A semi-projective measure. In L. E. Duncan (Chair), Putting feminist theories into practice: Linking identity, consciousness, and Alyssa N. Zucker 6 action. Symposium presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association; Toronto, Ontario. Zucker, A. N. (March 1997). Teaching students to write a literature review in psychology. In S. Quiroz (Chair), Rhetoricity across the curriculum. Symposium presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication; Phoenix, AZ. Zucker, A. N. (July 1997). Understanding feminist consciousness in three generations. In M. Grant (Chair), Constructing Femininity and Feminism. Symposium presented at the Annual Convention of the International Society for Political Psychology; Krakow, Poland. Zucker, A. N. & Cole, E. R. (July 1998). Walking the talk: Political participation and group identity among Black and White women. In D. Shriver (Chair), Social Identity. Symposium presented at the Annual Convention of the International Society for Political Psychology; Montreal, Quebec. Pomerleau, C. S. & Zucker, A. N. (August 1998). Addressing smoking in young women with high dieting severity and concerns about body shape. Poster presented at the First International Conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco; Copenhagen, Denmark. Boyd, C. J. & Zucker, A. N. (December 1998). Thinness and smoking cessation. In L. Jason (Chair), Tobacco Policy Forum II. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Substance Abuse Policy Research Program; Charleston, SC. Zucker, A. N. & Ostrove, J. M. (April 1999). Personality change in three cohorts of adult women. In A. J. Stewart (Chair), Contexts for Women’s Adult Development. Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development; Albuquerque, NM. Zucker, A. N. (July 1999). I’m not a feminist, but…: Innovations in measuring feminist identity. In A. N. Zucker (Chair), Innovations in Theorizing and Measuring Social Identity. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology; Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Zucker, A. N., & Landry, L. J. (July 2003). Sexism, identity and health. In B. Jackson (Chair), Political Psychology and Health. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology; Boston, MA. Donde, S. D., & Zucker, A. N. (July 2003). Feelings Toward Suspected Terrorists Post 9/11/01. In A. N. Zucker (Chair), Political Attitudes III. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology; Boston, MA. Zucker, A. N., & Landry, L. J. (February 2004). Sexism, identity and health. In S. Grabe, (Chair), Embodying objectification, embodying resistance: Health and wellness consequences of focus on the body. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology; Philadelphia PA. Zucker, A N., & Lelchook, A. M. (June 2004). Others’ perceptions of feminists as a barrier to self- identification. Poster presented at biennial meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues; Washington, DC. Zucker, A. N. (July 2004). Feminism and generations. Poster presented at the 112th annual convention of the American Psychological Association; Honolulu, HI. Zucker, A. N., & Zurbriggen, E. L. (February 2005). Feminist assistant professors in the "post- feminist" era: Activism, survival and thriving. Roundtable facilitated at the annual meeting of the Association of Women in Psychology; Tampa, FL. Zucker, A. N., & Cole, E. R. (July 2005). Hegemonic femininity and feminism in African American and White women. In A. N. Zucker (Chair), Politicized Gender Identities. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology; Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bay-Cheng, L. Y., & Zucker, A. N. (April 2006). Feminism between the sheets: The relation of feminist beliefs to sexuality. In A. N. Zucker (Chair), What does it mean to be a feminist in the Alyssa N. Zucker 7 21st Century? Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology; Ypsilanti, MI. Zucker, A. N., & Cole, E. R. (April 2006). Feminist Generations in Black and White. In A. N. Zucker (Chair), What does it mean to be a feminist in the 21st Century? Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology; Ypsilanti, MI. Zucker, A. N., & Sabik, N.J. (July 2006). Sexism, self-objectification, and sexual health. In A. N. Zucker (Chair), Identity, Oppression, and Health. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology; Barcelona, Spain. Zucker, A. N., & Stewart, A. J. (March 2008). Growing Up and Growing Older: Feminism as a Context for Women’s Lives. In A. N. Zucker (Chair), Feminist Political Generations. Invited symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology; San Diego, CA. Rima, B. N., Zucker, A. N., Calabrese, S. K., & Schick, V. R. (August 2009). “Thin is in.” Thin-ideal internalization and women’s beliefs. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association; Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Zucker, A. N. (2010, May). Discrimination and women’s health. Invited colloquium at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Social Psychology area. Rima, B. N., Mercurio, A.E., & Zucker, A. N. (March 2011). Feminist identity or beliefs? How feminism relates to women’s body image. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology; Philadelphia, PA. Fitz, C. C., Zucker, A. N., & Bay-Cheng, L. Y. (March 2011). Not all non-labelers are created equal: distinguishing between quasi-feminists and neoliberals. In A. N. Zucker (Chair), Complicating Feminisms. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology; Philadelphia, PA. Fitz, C. C., Zucker, A. N., & Bay-Cheng, L. Y. (August 2011). An intersectional approach to understanding discrimination and racial minority women’s sexual health. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC. Fitz, C. C., Zucker, A. N., Bay-Cheng, L. Y. (March 2012). For her pleasure and protection: Feminism moderates the relation between sexism and women’s sexual health. Symposium given at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology. Palm Springs, CA. Fitz, C. C., & Zucker, A. N. (June 2012). Exposure to benevolent sexism, women’s condom use, and the moderating role of feminist beliefs. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference for the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Charlotte, NC. Peterson, L. M., Stock, M. L., & Zucker, A. N. (February 2014). The Independent Contribution of Racial Discrimination to African American Women’s Depressive Mood and Sexual Behavior: Investigating Intersectional Gender and Racial Discrimination. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. Falk, J. S., Fitz, C. C., Eisenberg, M. H., & Zucker, A. N. (March 2014). When Thinness and Drinking Pressures Collide: Self-Objectification, Gender Roles, and Drunkorexia. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology. Columbus, OH. Zucker, A. N., & Fitz, C. C. (March 2014). Feminist with Benefits: The Role of Feminist Beliefs in Protecting Against the Health Toll of Sexism. Invited presentation at the Global Women’s Institute, George Washington University. Zucker, A. N., Zurbriggen, E. L., Rima, B., N., Kaur, S., & Weis, A. S. (March 2016). Feminists flourishing in the academy. Structured discussion presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology. Pittsburgh, PA.

Doctoral Dissertations Chaired Alyssa N. Zucker 8 Laura Landry (2007, GWU Applied Social Psychology), Sexism and Women’s Mental Health: The Moderating Roles of Level and Stability of Self-Esteem. Andrea Mercurio (2007, GWU Applied Social Psychology), Improving the Predictive Utility of Self-Objectification: An examination of Mediators and Moderators. Sapana Donde (2008, GWU Clinical Psychology), Investigating acknowledgement of unwanted sexual experiences in college women. Vanessa Schick (2009, GWU Applied Social Psychology), Examining Female Genitalia: Female Genital Aesthetic Concerns as a Barrier to Young Women’s Gynecological Care Intentions. Rivka Liss-Levinson (2009, GWU Applied Social Psychology), Girls, Gender Roles and Cigarettes: An Intersectional Analysis of Psycho-Social Influences on the Relationship between Depression and Smoking among Early Adolescents. Brandi Rima (2010, GWU Applied Social Psychology), Women’s Body Image and Health: A Feminist Intervention Approach. Caroline Fitz (2014, GWU Applied Social Psychology), Thinking it can get better makes it better: Lay theories of prejudice and substance use willingness among undergraduate students of color. Natalie Alizaga (2016, GWU Applied Social Psychology), in progress.

Master’s Theses Chaired Raina Lenney (2002, GWU Women’s Studies), Discontinuities: A Study of Lesbians and Body Image. Sapana Donde (2004, GWU Clinical Psychology), Feelings Toward Suspected Terrorists Post 9/11/01. Laura Landry (2004, GWU Applied Social Psychology), Feminism as a Buffer for the Negative Health Effects of Sexism. Amber Brisson (2004, GWU Women’s Studies), Crime Victimization: An Examination of Fear, Perceived Risk, and Behavioral Risk Reduction. Sarah Bollinger (2004, GWU Women’s Studies), The Influence of Personal Health Experiences on the Policy Agendas of Women State Legislators. Jessie Gilliam (2005, GWU Women’s Studies), Body Image Issues among Transgender Men in the DC Metro Area. Natalie Sabik (2006, GWU Women’s Studies), Self-Objectification and Sexual Functioning: A Test of Objectification Theory. Vanessa Schick (2006, GWU Applied Social Psychology) Safer, Better Sex through Feminism: The Role of Gender Critical Consciousness in the Cultivation of Healthy Female Sexuality. Maureen Kentoff (2007, GWU Women’s Studies), Feminism, Gender Role Constraint, and Well- being in Feminist Activists. Veronica Moreno (2007, GWU Women’s Studies), Understanding Racist and Sexist Humor: An Intersectional Approach. Brandi Rima (2009, GWU Applied Social Psychology), Conventional or Feminist Beliefs about My Body? How Women’s Beliefs Relate to Thin-Ideal Internalization, Body Mass, and Body Dissatisfaction. Laura Meek (2010, GWU Women’s Studies), Medicalization and Neoliberal Individualization of Women’s Suffering. Emily Rhineberger (2011, GWU Women’s Studies), God-Concept at the Intersection of Feminism and Christianity. Alyssa N. Zucker 9 Caroline Fitz (2011, GWU Applied Social Psychology), Submitting to Stereotypes: The Role of Benevolent Sexism in Women's Condom Use Initiation. Natalie Alizaga (2014, GWU Applied Social Psychology), Does income moderate the discrimination- health relation among transmen and gender non-conforming assigned females at birth?

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