Association for Women in Psychology AUSTIN AWP 2020 MARCH 5-8TH

1 Acknowledgements

As co-chairs for AWP Austin, we are indebted to our tireless committee of students and professionals who have given generously of their time and talents to help make our conference a success. We offer our heartfelt, enthusiastic thanks to the following folx:

Dena Abbott Abigail Baer Kenna Bolton Holtz Sara Bonilla Madeline Brodt Katie Clonan-Roy Rachel Dyer Ellen Halpern Emily Keener* Julie Koven Ginny Maril Mallaigh McGinley Maureen McHugh* Clare Mehta Madison Natarajan Mike Parent Noelany Pelc* Sandy Ramirez Tangela Roberts Rakhshanda Saleem Riddhi Sandil Christine Smith Sally Stabb Lindsey White Celina Whitmore

Advisors: Kat Quina, Mary Zahm, Sharon Siegel, Elizabeth Bennett, Nik Houston, Mindy Erchull

Special thanks to our Keynote Speaker, Loretta Ross and our Plenary Speakers, Laina Bay-Cheng, Alexandra Rutherford, and Deborah Tolman

In solidarity, with reproductive justice for all—

Sharon Lamb and Debra Mollen

*Program Committee

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

What happens in our organization is a reflection of the larger world. AWP is a living space. Although we strive to create a safe and empowering environment, we are aware that we are not immune to interpersonal, organizational, structural, and cultural forces of oppression. Our feminist methods and responsibility are to address racism, classism, sexism, and all other forms of injustice in the moment-to-moment interactions of every part of our conference experience. To be conscious, to be thoughtful, to be mindful, to be reflective, to make mistakes, to be open to feedback and dialogue from others’ lived experience that differs from our own. This is the essence of feminist practice. The Implementation Collective feels strongly that feminism is an integration of both Doing (engaging in community activism, mentoring, building alliances, influencing policy, teaching, research) and Being (maintaining a feminist consciousness and intentionality around issues of privilege and oppression). This ongoing intersection is how we collectively nourish all of our members in the shared space of our conference that is the lifeblood of our organization. (Written by the Implementation Collective, June 2015)

Gender Inclusivity Statement

The Association of Women in Psychology acknowledges that language is gender-inclusive and non-sexist when we use words that affirm and respect how people describe, express, and experience their gender. Just as sexist language excludes women’s experiences, non-gender- inclusive language excludes the experiences of individuals whose identities may not fit the gender binary, and/or who may not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth. Examine your assumptions. It is common for people to make assumptions, often subconsciously, that others share the same background, perspectives, or experiences (e.g. everyone at this conference identifies as a woman). These assumptions can make conference attendees with minority identities feel marginalized while at AWP2020. It is important to develop an awareness of these assumptions and to replace them with inclusive language and behavior.

Conference attendees with have their name and pronouns listed on name badges. We expect that all attendees will use the pronouns chosen to affirm one’s identity (e.g. they/them, ze/ zir, she/her, he/him). If someone’s pronouns are not clearly stated, the best policy is to ask someone which pronouns affirm their identity, rather than assume the correct pronouns to use. You may slip up and use the wrong gender pronoun when referring to another person. This is okay. However, don’t pretend you didn’t use the incorrect pronoun. If you make a mistake, take accountability for your error by correcting yourself before continuing your conversation. Everyone in the space will appreciate your effort.

1 Land Acknowledgement: the Tonkawa Indians

We would like to acknowledge the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Tonkawa Indians on which we are learning and teaching today. Indigenous people are often talked about in the past tense. It is easier to deny Indigenous people their rights if we historicize their struggles and today we honor the people who stewarded the land on which we in the present gather and the remaining Tonkawa here in the US. We want to acknowledge the history of genocide and forced removal from this land. And in connection with the conference, we especially acknowledge the forced sterilization as one of the many forms of genocide of a people enacted upon indigenous and other racialized female bodies as the history of our colonial settler. As activists and scholars, we can commit ourselves to the struggle against all systems of oppression especially those that dispossessed Indigenous people of their lands. Colonialism is an ongoing and current process and we need to examine our participation in it.

Select HERstory of the Tonkawa Indians

The name Tonkawa is a Waco term meaning “they all stay together.” (The Tonkawa Indians were actually a group of independent bands.) It is interesting to hear as we begin our meetings that maternal clans were the basic unit in Tonkawa society. Children became members of their mothers’ clans, and men lived with their spouses’ clans. Because each clan saw itself as a family unit, marriage within the clan was discouraged. The same kinship relation carried over to the female side of the family (as was common on the male side) where sororate, the practice in which a sister married her dead sister’s husband, was followed. Following this same pattern, when a man died his property was distributed among his siblings’ children, rather than to his own in order that the property might stay within his clan. Orphans became wards of the mother’s clan. The system was designed to insure that widows and orphans would be cared for.

Little is still known about the Tonkawa and their time here in what is now called Austin, on the land where the AT&T Conference Center sit. But the death rites have received the greatest attention in existing written records. When a person neared death, their friends would gather and form concentric rings around the dying, chanting and swaying until the individual passed away. The deceased was then buried, along with many of their prized possessions. Like other plains Indians, a horse was sometimes shot over the grave of a prestigious warrior. The band mourned for three days, relatives more deeply than others, and then carried out a four-day smoking ceremony that was meant to purify those contaminated by death. This ceremony also allowed the society to realign and reintegrate itself following the loss of a member.

The Tonkawas had a plains Indian culture, subsisting on the buffalo and small game. When the Apaches began to push them from their hunting grounds, they became a destitute culture, living off what little food they could scavenge.

Women wore short skin skirts, with additional accoutrement as weather dictated. Males wore earrings, necklaces, and other ornaments of shell, bone, and feathers, and both sexes tattooed their bodies. https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/bmt68

2 WELLNESS

Thoughts On Your Well-Being

Academic and professional conferences offer great opportunities to network, share expertise, and learn from leaders in the field. However, they can also be environments that produce feelings of stress and pressure.

Conference Stress/Typical Feelings

Conferences are often busy settings, filled with new faces and noise. It is common to experience the following feelings, and more: • Stress related to getting the most value from a compressed and frenetic experience • Loneliness, especially if you have traveled to the conference without peers from your own institution • Jealousy, insecurity, or anxiety, related to comparing your own work to others’ These feelings can be intensified or made more complex if you also experience things like depression or anxiety.

Nurturing Wellness

AWP recognizes that conferences can be stressful and is deeply committed to promoting the wellness of our community. At AWP 2020, we want to support you in maintaining such balance and comprehensive wellness.

AWP offers the following recommendations for nurturing these dimensions of wellness: • Emotional: create time to stay on top of your typical work responsibilities and ask for help when you need it. • Intellectual: make sure to make time for presentation sessions that you will enjoy (even if they are unrelated to your research); take breaks for yourself in between presentation sessions • Physical: move your body (exercise); be mindful of nutrition; get eight hours of sleep • Social Support: take advantage of the social opportunities we have planned throughout the conference, the receptions, Friday night’s dance instruction, Saturday night’s comedy show • Financial: If the conference is a financial splurge for you, make a spending plan. Use buses or share rides. Eat well at the breakfasts and receptions provided by the conference and choose the inexpensive options near the hotel which is situated in a university district

Resources

In the hotel: a 24-hour fitness center; hotel heated outdoor saltwater pool 6 am- 10PM

What the conference offers: Check out the next page for a summary of our conference programming around wellness.

4 SPEAKERS

Keynote Speaker Loretta Ross

Loretta J. Ross was a Visiting Professor of Practice in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University teaching “Reproductive Justice Theory and Practice” and “Race and Culture in the U.S.” for the 2018-2019 academic year. Previously, she was a Visiting Professor at Hampshire College in Women’s Studies for the 2017-2018 academic year teaching “White Supremacy in the Age of Trump.” She was a co-founder and the National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective from 2005-2012, a network founded in 1997 of women of color and allied organizations that organize women of color in the reproductive justice movement. She is one of the creators of the term reproductive justice coined by African American women in 1994 that has transformed reproductive politics in the U.S.

She is a nationally recognized trainer on using the transformative power of Reproductive Justice to build a Human Rights movement that includes everyone. Ms. Ross is an expert on women’s issues, hate groups, racism and intolerance, human rights, and violence against women. Her work focuses on the intersectionality of social justice issues and how this affects social change and service delivery in all movements.

Plenary Speaker Laina Bay-Cheng

Dr. Laina Y. Bay-Cheng is Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Development at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work. Since the beginning of her career, she has concentrated her research on the imprint of social forces and material conditions on young women’s sexual lives. She combines empirical and conceptual analyses to shift attention away from individual-focused models of sexual risk and toward the systemic roots of girls’ and women’s sexual vulnerability: interlocked gender, class, race, and age-based inequalities and the ideologies that perpetuate them. Reflecting her interdisciplinary background and perspective, she uses diverse theories and methods in her scholarship and publishes in journals across disciplines. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and earned her MSW and Ph.D. through the University of Michigan’s joint doctoral program in Social Work and Psychology while affiliated with UM’s Institute for Research on Women & Gender.

Plenary Speaker Alexandra Rutherford

Dr. Alexandra Rutherford is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at York University in Toronto. She uses critical historical and qualitative approaches to analyze the development and contemporary status of the human sciences. She is interested in how psychologists have used their scientific expertise to impact society and how, in turn, social and political factors have shaped the nature of this expertise and its influence. Currently, she is examining the relationships among feminist psychology, gender ideologies, and policy in Canada and the United States from the 1940s-present with specific attention to gender and employment, gender- based violence, and women’s mental health.

With support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Dr. Rutherford direct the Psychology’s Feminist Voices multimedia digital archive project. This project collects, creates, and curates material about women in the history of psychology and contemporary feminist psychologists. It houses over 120 oral history interviews with feminist psychologists, 300 original profiles of women and feminists in psychology, a documentary on the emergence of feminist psychology in the United States, and resources for bringing feminism into the psychology classroom. Recently, she and her team have added a pedagogical video series called Gender Matters in which we teach the methods of sex and gender analysis in psychology.

Plenary Speaker Deborah Tolman

Dr. Deborah Tolman is a Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Hunter College and a Professor of Critical Social Psychology at The Graduate Center at CUNY. She has studied adolescent sexuality for over twenty years and is an innovative qualitative and mixed methods researcher. She has written and edited several books, including Dilemmas of Desire: Teenage Girls Talk about Sexuality (2002/2005) and The American Psychological Association Handbook on Sexuality (2015), as well as peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. She is a co-founder (with Lyn Mikel Brown and Dana Edell) of SPARK Movement, an intergenerational initiative to train and support girls’ feminist activism. Her current projects include sexgenlab.org, a web platform for disseminating critical research on gender and sexuality beyond the academy. She is currently writing a book on girls’ psychological navigation of their desire, bodies and relationships, Desiring Girls: Listening to Adolescent Girls Talk about Sexuality.

8 Pre-Conference Workshops

The Personal Meets the Political in Critical Therapy Silvia M. Dutchevici, LCSW Megan Chinn, LCSW

The critical therapist is one who develops a mode of praxis that engages the patient in a dialectical process by which the patient begins to vocalize and give shape to an interpretation of the world that identifies his/her oppression. The goal of therapy is not just analysis, or adaptation of the individual to an oppressive system. The goal is liberation.

Tools for Teachers of Psychology of Women & Gender: Intersectional Perspectives Kate Richmond, Ph.D. Mindy J. Erchull, Ph.D.

In this interactive workshop, we will share ideas about how to discuss complicated and often politically-charged issues without relying on reductionist simple answers. As part of this, we’ll demonstrate how, even when available data is analyzed, not all issues have easy answers, and this requires teachers to discuss ethical decision-making.

Having the Talk-Walking the Walk: Police Violence Toward Black Citizens, Implications for Mental Health & Psychotherapy. Beverly Greene, Ph.D. Christina Pasley-Bailey, M.P.A Dr. Frances Trotman, Ph.D. Alicia Parker, Detective Lt. Cmdr, NYC Police Force (Retired)

Explores realities and behavioral sequelae of state sponsored violence expressed in police brutality, disproportionate scrutiny from law enforcement and deaths of unarmed Black citizens. Psychological challenges to optimal mental health that African American families face, particularly for Black women, and considerations for psychotherapy will be discussed.

Teaching the Psychology of Women in the Age of Trump and #MeToo Crystal L. Hendrick, Ph.D. Emily Keener, Ph.D. Christine Smith, Ph.D.

We will engage in discussions of how psychology of women has changed post Trump related to sexual harassment/violence. Participants will engage in a number of activities that they will be able to use in their classes. Feminist themes such as intersectionality, global perspectives, and social activism will be emphasized.

Older Women’s Caucus Annual Preconference Workshop Leonore Tiefer Ph.D.

This will be our 5th annual pre-conference workshop. Getting older and facing retirement generates practical and emotional challenges. We will share our experiences in the past year and then break into small groups for in-depth discussion on grieving losses, maintaining political activism, and navigating retirement transitions.

9 Featured Feminist Science Symposium Series A joint effort by AWP and The Society for Women in Psychology (Div35)

Structural Violence: Transnational community-engaged research on the intersections of power, oppression and resistance Friday 10:45AM-12:00PM Presentations in this symposium focus on structural and institutional violence using community engaged participatory research with a decolonial and liberatory lens. The particular focus is on transnational intersections of power, privilege and oppression as well as resistance and intersectional solidarity in community organizing. Imagining opening borders and closing prisons: Praxis research on and for intersectional community organizing Sonia Sanchez Interrogating systems of power and oppression in Community Based Participatory Research Catalina Tang Yang NGO’s embodying decoloniality: Towards emancipatory psychological practice and pedagogy in Palestine Hana Masud MIRA: A Former Soldier’s Take on US Military Psychology Monisha Rios Bearing Witness & Decolonizing Solidarity Rakhshanda Saleem

Different Than We Thought: The Transition to Motherhood Fri 2:30-3:45PM Transition occupies the central theme of this symposium, which explores research related to myriad aspects of the mothering experience. We explore transition from infertility to motherhood, from pregnancy to postpartum, expectations before and after entering motherhood, and ways in which workplace attitudes change after women become mothers. From Infertility to Motherhood: Joys and Sorrows Jessica Barnack-Tavlaris, Cassandra Halper, Nikita Pate, & Sara Breheny Poetic Exploration of Identity and Embodiment: Pregnancy into the Fourth Trimester Elizabeth A. Bennett, & Lori E. Koelsch The Complex Effects of Maternal Expectations on Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: When Does a Protective Factor Become a Risk Factor? Rotem Kahalon, Gil Yanushevsky Cnaani, Heidi Preis, and Yael Benyamini Parental Discrimination Toward Therapists: Implications for Advocacy and Change Maggie Benedict-Montgomery

10 Living Legacies: Perpetuating Problems and Pondering Potential Saturday, 10:45AM – 12:00PM Wendy Peters, Julii Green, Loriene Roy, Gayle Morse The science of epigenetics and memetics explain how traits, behaviors, and cultural memes may be transmitted intergenerationally. Yet, studies and data tend to overwhelmingly chronicle deficits. This symposium highlights some of the challenges and inroads occurring in Indian Country. Gender-Based Violence: Cultural Factors and Impactful Perspectives from Vietnamese and Native American Communities Julii Green Creating Healing Spaces within Indian Boarding School Digital Environments Loriene Roy Saints and Warriors Healing Native Women Gayle Skawen:nio Morse Indigenist Feminists Synthesize an Indigenous Scientist-Practitioner Model for Native Students Wendy Peters

Featured Feminist Science Symposium Series Saturday 2:30-3:45PM Rethinking Sexual Agency, Virginity, and Virginity ‘Loss’ Laura Carpenter

Political ideology predicts beliefs about gender and feminist perspectives Frances Howell Targeting Voices of Desire at the Cusp of Adolescence: A Web of Corseting Social Forces Informs Sexual Agency Niva Piran A Bird’s Eye View: The state of the research in Psychology of Women and Gender Kate Richmond, Mindy Erchull, & Miriam Liss

11 TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELPOMENT “TRACK”

12 ENTERTAINMENT

Comedian: Carina Magyar

Carina Magyar has been performing stand-up comedy in Austin since 2010. She was the runner-up in the 2017 Funniest Person in Austin contest. Recently, she’s performed at the Moontower Comedy Festival, roast battled at SXSW, riffed movies with Doug Benson, headlined the Velveeta Room three different weekends, and been featured in the Amazon Prime documentary Funniest. She has opened or featured for Laura Kightlinger, Jen Kirkman, Michael Ian Black, Joe DeRosa, Vanessa Gonzalez, Kate Willett, Maggie Maye, Chris Cubas, Johnny Hardwick, and many more. By day, she’s a Senior Content Strategist for Springbox, and has led workshops on content strategy for private clients and conferences around the United States. She’s also the mother of two small children and author of a children’s book.

DJ Shani

Heavily influenced by the soul, funk & jazz scenes of Chicago’s south side, DJ Shani has always been enveloped by music. Throughout her childhood, her family taught her the roots of her sound (Zydeco, Blues, Jazz, Reggae, Funk, Soul), while the radio (Energy 88.7fm, B96, WGCI) taught her the future of her sound. After a few years in the rave scene, first as a patron then as a promoter, she noticed that the energy was inviting, but it was missing something. While she was a junior at Loyola University - Chicago, she set in motion what would be her biggest contribution to the House music scene to date.

In May of 1998, DJ Shani created & produced a Deep House radio show coined “The Groove Temple®” on WLUW-88.7FM that filled a void for the most prominent, yet canceled house music radio station, WBMX. She has a humble, personal, and realistic outlook about the DJ craft, “For me, it was & still is about sharing music, providing a music experience to people & giving exposure to DJs who aren’t given the chance to play out. I come from musicians – both grandfathers played music in the same band. My grandmother played piano, my uncle plays guitar and my immediate family still plays music for a living.”

In 2013, she was diagnosed with MS and attributes the music & DJ culture to her healing. For 17 years, DJ Shani was the Executive Producer of the Saturday night, 4-hour radio show, with hundreds of listeners worldwide. The Groove Temple® has hosted an impressive roster of guest DJs & interviews like Derrick Carter, DJ Touch (France), Osunlade, DJ Légo, Alix Alvarez, Sean Haley, Oscar McMillan, Lady D, DJ Frique, Bucie, Andre Harris, Phil Asher, Leonard Part VI, Black Coffee, DJ Heather & Ron Trent just to name a few. In October of 2017 she relaunched The Groove Temple® and partnered with Soundwave Radio and 92.3 fm in London, England. The Groove Temple is now back to basics with the same vibe and energy that it once had almost two decades ago. In 2009 she moved to Austin, Texas where she currently resides.

14 AUSTIN When not conferencing! (Anything with an exclamation mark afterwards means it’s personally recommended.)

FOOD QUICK BITES NEAR THE CONFERENCE CENTER (there are 2 restaurants in the CC) 1. Kesos Tacos https://www.kesostacos.com/location 2. Café in the Blanton (Art) Museum https://blantonmuseum.org/welcome-to- the-blanton-museum-of-art/blanton-cafe/ 3. K-Bop (Korean) https://www.kbopatx.com/ 4. Pho Thai Son https://www.phothaison.com/ 5. Poke Bay (Hawaiian) https://www.yelp.com/biz/poke-bay-austin 6. Oma’s Kitchen (Korean) 2021 Guadalupe (Dobie Mall, second floor), 512/472-8018 7. Teji’s Kitchen (Indian) 2100B Guadalupe St Austin, TX 78705 The Drag, West Campus, UT 8. Burrito Factory 2025 Guadalupe St # 244, Austin, TX 78705 9. Arturo’s Underground Café https://www.arturosundergroundcafe.com/ 10. Sushi Junai https://www.facebook.com/sushijunai/ 1612 Lavaca

FOOD TRUCKS/Stands (all a short drive away, El Chilitos is about a 30-minute walk) 1. Veracruz All Natural Mexican! 2. Chi’lantro Korean/Mexican! Try the kimchee fries. 3. Gourdoughs doughnuts! Total splurge on a doughnut. 4. El Chilitos! Great breakfast tacos and others.

RESTAURANTS 15-minute walk or less Olamaie Southern Food https://olamaieaustin.com/ great reviews from friends Clay Pit (Indian) https://claypit.com/ great reviews from friends Lavaca Teppan (Japanese) https://www.lavacateppan.com/ great reviews from Imps Scholz Garden http://www.scholzgarten.com/ 15-minute walk or less Olamaie Southern Food https://olamaieaustin.com/ great reviews from friends Clay Pit (Indian) https://claypit.com/ great reviews from friends Lavaca Teppan (Japanese) https://www.lavacateppan.com/ great reviews from Imps Scholz Garden http://www.scholzgarten.com/ 10-minute drive but recommended Odd Duck! https://oddduckaustin.com/ Quirky, Interesting, South of the lake Launderette! https://launderetteaustin.com/ Suerte https://www.suerteatx.com/ Loro! https://loroaustin.com/ Loud, delicious, no reservations Foreign and Domestic! http://fndaustin.com/ snout to tail interesting eating Contigo! https://contigotexas.com/restaurant/

15 AUSTIN OUTINGS Zilker Park http://zilkerpark.org/ Nice walks, runs, playgrounds Ladybird Lake (Rowing Dock) https://www.rowingdock.com/ kayaking? Barton Springs Pool http://www.austintexas.gov/department/barton-springs-pool The I love you so much graffiti wall on South Congress https://www.austintexas.org/austin- insider-blog/post/austins-best-murals/ Lesbian love story Pay what you like walking tour https://www.austintexas.org/listings/tipster-tours/9674/ Blanton Museum of Art https://blantonmuseum.org/about/ Amazing Mexic-Arte museum http://www.mexic-artemuseum.org/ Bullock Museum (State History) (across the street) https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/ Women & Their Work (art gallery, walking distance) https://womenandtheirwork.org/ State Capitol (women in politics tour Friday at 11) https://tspb.texas.gov/plan/tours/tours.html LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org/ South Congress (boot shop, pretty good pizza, shops) Hamilton Pool (need reservations in advance) waterfalls, beautiful https://parks.traviscountytx. gov/parks/hamilton-pool-preserve Driskill Hotel (cool, old, haunted?) https://driskillhotel.com/ 4th Street Gay District https://austin.gaycities.com/bars

BAR & MUSIC Skylark Lounge: http://skylarkaustin.com/ Hear the legendary Margaret Wright. Antone’s 305 E. 5th St., Home of the Blues https://www.antonesnightclub.com/

LGBTQ+ BUSINESS Jo’s Coffee “a cool, sweet part of Austin’s LGBTQ history.” La Barbeque “The beef rib and chipotle slaw are to literally die for” Oil Can Harry’s All identities and hosts many of SXSW’s queer happenings. Rain offers a similar setting but with even more dancing. Cheer Up Charlie’s, Austin’s lesbian-owned venue that lends its stage to musicians and storytellers nightly. BT2 Austin (or Bout That Time) is a good spot for games, i-pinball, pool, darts or volleyball Barbarella – Home of the fabulous ‘Tuezgayz’ event with plenty of drag queens and dance music

THURSDAY March 5, 2020

Wellness Activity: Walk/ Run Around Thursday 7:00AM Lady Bird Lake

Meet in the lobby of the hotel (not the conference center) near the hotel registration desk. Look for Katie Clonan-Roy. Join her for a walk or run around Austin’s beautiful Lady Bird Lake. Bring a contribution for the Lyft/Uber/Rideshare

Registration Thursday 8:00am 5:00pm M2 Lobby

THURSDAY 8:30AM-12:00PM, 1:00PM-4:30PM

Pre-Conference Training: The Personal Thursday, 8:30AM – 12:00PM Meets the Political in Critical Therapy 1:00 – 4:30PM Silvia Dutchevici & Megan Chinn Room 103

Social Justice Meets Clinical Practice. In a 2017 poll conducted by the APA, more than half of Americans say that the current political climate is a ‘very or somewhat significant’ source of stress. What is the role of a therapist? How do politics and ideology enter the clinical hour? (Register at the Registration Desk; CEs available)

Pre-Conference Training: Teaching the Thursday, 8:30 – 12:00PM Psychology of Women in the Age of Room 116 Trump and #MeToo Crystal Hendrick, Emily Keener, & Christine Smith

We will engage in discussions of how psychology of women has changed post Trump related to sexual harassment/violence. Participants will engage in a number of activities that they will be able to use in their classes. Feminist themes such as intersectionality, global perspectives, and social activism will be emphasized. (Register at the Registration Desk; CEs available)

Blanton Art Museum Tour Thursday 10:30-12 Meet Lindsey White at desk M2 Conference Center

We will walk to the Blanton Art Museum (two blocks away) for a guided tour of the art with a focus on women artists and women artists of color.

Lunch Thursday 12-1

We are on our own for lunch. Check out the Restaurant List at the end of the program for places near the conference center. The hotel has two restaurants. The Blanton Art Museum has a café.

Pre-Conference WOC Workshop: Thursday, 1:00 – 4:30PM Having the Talk-Walking the Walk: Room 116 Police Violence Toward Black Citizens, Implications for Mental Health & Psychotherapy. Beverly Greene, Christina Pasley-Bailey, Frances Trotman, & Alicia Parker

Explores realities and behavioral sequelae of state sponsored violence expressed in police brutality, disproportionate scrutiny from law enforcement and deaths of unarmed Black citizens. Psychological challenges to optimal mental health that African American families face, particularly for Black women, and considerations for psychotherapy will be discussed. (Register at the Registration Desk; CEs available)

Pre-Conference Workshop: Tools for Thursday, 1:00 – 4:30PM Teachers of Psychology of Women & Room 115 Gender: Intersectional Perspectives Kate Richmond & Mindy Erchull

In this interactive workshop, we will share ideas about how to discuss complicated and often politically-charged issues without relying on reductionist simple answers. As part of this, we’ll demonstrate how, even when available data are analyzed, not all issues have easy answers, and this requires teachers to discuss ethical decision-making. (Register at the Registration Desk; CEs available)

Older Women’s Caucus Meeting Thursday, 1:00 – 4:30PM Room 104

This will be our 5th annual pre-conference workshop. Getting older and facing retirement generates practical and emotional challenges. We will share our experiences in the past year and then break into small groups for in-depth discussion on grieving losses, maintaining political activism, and navigating retirement transitions. (Free)

THURSDAY 5:00-6:30; 8:00PM-10:00PM

Welcome Reception Thursday, 5:00-6:30pm Courtyard (If raining, Tejas Dining area)

Music by Anna Larson https://www.annalarsonmusic.com/

Disability, Sex, and Sexuality Film & Disc Thursday 8:00pm-10:00PM Madeline Brodt Room 106

In this evening session, we will watch a film together, Sins Invalid, and discuss. Disability rights scholar will be joining us.

FRIDAY March 6, 2020

Wellness Activity: Fitness Friday, 7:00AM Celina Whitmore Courtyard (Room 115 if rain)

Breakfast Friday, 7:30am-8:45am M3 Lobby

Registration Friday, 8:00AM – 5:00PM M3 Lobby

FRIDAY 8:30AM-10:30AM

“Sexual Rights as Human Rights?” Friday, 8:30am-10:30am Welcome & KEYNOTE SPEAKER Ballroom LORETTA ROSS:

In this presentation, our keynote speaker will discuss how freedom from sexual violence and bodily self-determination are included in the global regime of human rights. She will discuss the applicable categories of human rights and how the women's movement could benefit from this international framework to advance issues domestically. Loretta J. Ross is a nationally-recognized trainer on using the transformative power of Reproductive Justice to build a Human Rights movement that includes everyone. Ms. Ross is an expert on women’s issues, hate groups, racism and intolerance, human rights, and violence against women. Her work focuses on the intersectionality of social justice issues and how this affects social change and service delivery in all movements. She was a co-founder and the National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Col- lective from 2005-2012, a network founded in 1997 of women of color and allied organizations that organize women of color in the reproductive justice movement. She is one of the creators of the term “Reproductive Justice” coined by African American women in 1994 that has transformed reproductive politics in the U.S.

FRIDAY 10:45AM-12:00PM

Paper Session: Qualitative Approaches Friday 10:45am-12:00pm to Adult/Older Women (4 papers) Room 115

We will walk to the Blanton Art Museum (two blocks away) for a guided tour of the art with a focus on women artists and women artists of color.

Sexual Life Stories of Women in their 50’s: The Formative Years Ponder Goddard & Michael I. Loewy This study centered the subjective narratives of women in their 50s in order to gain a greater depth of understanding and insight into what is most salient for them regarding their sexualities, sexual identities, expressions and development during their ‘formative years.’ Qualita- tive interviews were conducted with 9 women.

‘Rocking the Boat Makes You Seasick’: Reflections of Senior Feminist Activists on Their Academic Career Thamar Heijstra & Gyða Margrét Pétursdóttir The first generation of feminist activists in Icelandic academia are now in the twilight of their careers. What made these women feminist activists and how do they look back on their career? Has it all been worth it? We use semi-structured interviewing and find that there are still battles ahead.

The Intersection of Age, Gender, and Sexuality: The Sexual Lives of Older Womxn Charis Stiles This presentation will discuss the complexities of sexual health as cis- and transgender womxn age, how older womxn are seen as ‘the other’, and how the cumulative impact of ageism, sexism, and transphobia create barriers to early STI diagnoses and education on safe sex.

Combating Age Discrimination Jasmin Tahmaseb McConatha & Frauke Schnell Based on several years of qualitative and quantitative work assessing ageism experiences, we discuss ways that older women can advocate for themselves and work to change the social and political climate relating to age and ageism.

Paper Session: Addressing Violence Friday 10:45am-12:00pm Toward Diverse Victims (4 papers) Room 116

Paper 1: Examination of a Culturally Specific Brief Intervention for African American Survivors of Sexual Assault Oluwafunmilayo Ayeni Scholars have emphasized the need for culturally-specific sexual assault interventions to adequately address the needs of African American survivors. This qualitative study documents the value of one culturally-specific, group-based, brief intervention from the lens of survivors. Overall, the women reported significant benefits associated with their participation in the intervention.

Paper 2: The Silence Around Intimate Partner Sexual Violence in Kenya: Implications for IPV Prevention Tameka Gillum Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in the developing world is especially high. A recent qualitative study which explored experiences and IPV perceptions of Kenyan survivors and community members noted the absence of discussion of sexual violence despite documented high prevalence of sexual violence and FGM/C. Implications for prevention are discussed.

Paper 3: Gender-Based Violence among Females with Disabilities in Refugee Camps: Help-seeking Behavior and Service Utilization Morgane Vincent & Lawrence Pick The goal of this presentation is to discuss the literature regarding females with disabilities experiencing sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) in refugee camps. We will discuss mental and behavioral consequences, the situational factors supporting and preventing disclosure behaviors, and service utilization.

Paper 4: Interpersonal Violence & Dual-Marginalization Status Among Deaf LGBT+ Populations Kathryn Wagner & Emily Bramande There is a lack of research in the area of interpersonal violence (IPV) with deaf/hard-of- hearing populations who also identify as a sexual or gender minority. In this paper, we discuss existing research, our ongoing qualitative study with deaf LGBT+ individuals, and propose theories for understanding this population’s experiences.

SYMPOSIUM: Sexual Agency or Sexual Friday 10:45am-12:00pm Acquiescence? Postfeminist Discourses Room 103 of Sexual Maintenance, Practice Man- dates, and (Performative) Consent

This symposium brings together critical sexuality researchers working on the way publicized and privatized conversations about sexual agency, (dis)pleasure, and (non)consent are operating in a postfeminist landscape. Post-feminism’s chief touted talisman is women’s access to maximal sexual freedom and pleasure (Gill, 2008; Gill & Scharff, 2011; McRobbie, 2007). A rhetoric of emancipation and unlimited choices joins a kindred neoliberal lexicon of self-determination, individual freedom and autonomy (Harvey, 2005). At the same time ’sexual entrepreneurship’ discourses recruit both neoliberal and postfeminist dictates to pre- scribe compulsory sexual readiness – receptivity, re-skilling, and goal setting as key sexual mandates (Harvey and Gill, 2011a/b).

Paper 1: “I Didn’t Really Want To, Then I Did It Anyway”: Dueling Discourses of Agen- tic Sexual Desire and (Compulsory) Consent Emily Thomas Sexual consent is widely framed as a verbal agreement to engage in sex. Missing from this conceptualization are the complex intersections of competing discourses that dictate direc- tives for relationship requirements, sexual agency, and female pleasure. This talk explores young women’s descriptions of navigating consent and desire within sexual relationships.

Paper 2: Appropriating Agency: Attaining (Non)Consent from Women and Achieving Masculinity in Men’s Online Sex Advice Stephanie Cosma Analysis of men’s online sex advice for cultivating masculine accomplishment through sexual maximization is presented. Masculinity is linked to (un)naturalizing discourses and (pressured) pursuit of (hetero)sex. Female consent is positioned as an obstacle to conquer, while gaining it involves (normalized) resistance and is equated with control over the female target.

Paper 3: Wanting, Willing and Wavering: Sexual Agency and Desire Labor (S)training under Postfeminist and Sexual Entrepreneurship Discourses Maria Gurevich Key findings are described from research on sexual agency and desire among young West- ern women, in the context of sexual entrepreneurship and postfeminist discourses. Female sexual agency is both required and repudiated; porn acts as an unavoidable reference point; and sex is framed as ‘relationship hygiene’ — frequency ‘dosing’ is mandatory.

SYMPOSIUM: Intersectional Approach Friday 10:45am-12:00pm to Well-Being Room 104

This symposium will examine well-being as influenced by intersectional identities. Specif- ically, sexual minority Latinx women, Asian American international students, and minority first-generation graduate students’ identities will be explored through the literature. Attention will be given to interventions and relationships that support well-being within these populations.

Paper 1: Effects of Multiple Minority Identities on the Well-being of Sexual Minority Latinx Women Stephanie Houk This symposium will explore the well-being of sexual minority Latinx women as affected by minority stress related to sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and gender. The effects of distal and proximal minority stressors will be reviewed. The discussion will highlight current literature and possible intersectional modes of resistance for sexual minority Latinx women.

Paper 2: Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Among Asian International Students: Acculturation and Loss of Face Stephanie Houk This symposium will explore the well-being of sexual minority Latinx women as affected by minority stress related to sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and gender. The effects of distal and proximal minority stressors will be reviewed. The discussion will highlight current literature and possible intersectional modes of resistance for sexual minority Latinx women.

Paper 3: Culturally Responsive Mentorship Promotes Well-being in First-Generation Graduate Student Minorities Jennifer Foster This symposium will explore the experiences of first-generation graduate student minorities. Impediments to the successful completion of higher education will be reviewed. The discussion will focus on culturally responsive mentorship to support the inherent strengths of these individuals thereby encouraging success in graduate education while promoting well-being.

Featured Feminist Science Symposium Friday 10:45am-12:00pm Structural Violence: Transnational Room 107 Community-Engaged Research on the Intersections of Power, Oppression and Resistance Rakhshanda Saleem

Presentations in this symposium focus on structural and institutional violence using community engaged participatory research with a decolonial and liberatory lens. The particular focus is on transnational intersections of power, privilege and oppression as well as resistance and intersectional solidarity in community organizing.

Paper 1: Imagining Opening Borders and Closing Prisons: Praxis Research on and for Intersectional Community Organizing Sonia Sanchez Drawing from my praxis research with organizers in New York City who connect struggles for migrant justice, Indigenous sovereignty, and carceral abolition; this presentation focuses on ways folks are making connections between and challenging entangled systems of oppression, while expanding the imaginary toward collective liberation.

Paper 2: Interrogating Systems of Power and Oppression in Community Based Participatory Research Catalina Tang Yang This session describes the findings of a scoping review examining the following question: how do multiple positioned actors in participatory approaches to research in the global north and the global south contest, challenge, or reproduce interlocking systems of oppression when working in coalition to support community-led efforts towards social justice?

Paper 3: NGO’s Embodying Decoloniality: Towards Emancipatory Psychological Practice and Pedagogy in Palestine Hana Masud Through dialogues with Palestinian psychologists this study explores the dynamics of their work within a framework of settler-colonial violence. It describes the programs and directions of these NGOs along with their institutional impact on communities to understand how psychologists perceive coloniality within their organization and practice and their readiness to engage clients.

Paper 4: MIRA: A Former Soldier’s Take on US Military Psychology Monisha Rios Using a decolonial and liberatory praxis lens, this presentation focuses on an autoeth- nographic critical analysis of the history and morally injurious impacts and war crimes of militarization of psychology and US Psychological Operations/warfare (e.g., APA’s role) on colonized peoples and lands, with a specific focus on Vieques, Puerto Rico.

Paper 5: Bearing Witness & Decolonizing Solidarity Rakhshanda Saleem Grounded in narratives of grassroot detention and deportation organizers, the project’s aim is to understand how organizers navigate complex intersections of positionalities with power differentials and ethical and moral challenges to develop nuanced insights for decolonizing considerations for research and solidarity.

SYMPOSIUM: Inequities in Schools: Friday 10:45am-12:00pm Girls’ Experiences of Sexual Room 108 Harassment, Sexism, And Racism Britney Brinkman

This symposium explores girls' experiences of sexual harassment, sexism, and racism within schools. Data from three studies will detail perspectives from girls and teachers in schools, exploring how girls cope with these events and ways teachers and other staff members respond.

Paper 1: Girls’ Experiences of Sexual Harassment in Schools Britney Brinkman; Shacoya Bates; Orlandria Smith Black girls’ voices have often been minimized or neglected in research about sexual harassment. This study describes a community-based research study of girls’ experiences of sexual harassment in schools, centering perspectives of Black girls. The data includes ways teachers and other school staff members responded when they reported the experiences.

Paper 2: Black Girls’ Perceptions and Reactions to Experiences of Racism and Sexism within the Educational System Ashley Dandridge; Britney Brinkman; Kathi Elliott; Sara Goodkind Black girls are suspended and expelled within the educational system at alarming rates. These high discipline rates are likely a result of racial and gender disparities within the educational system. This study examined black girls’ perceptions and reactions to experiences of racism and sexism within the educational system in Pennsylvania.

Paper 3: Teachers’ Perceptions of Girls’ Experiences of Discrimination in Schools Britney G Brinkman, Deanna Hamilton, Kandie Brinkman, Kate Meade, Meredith Deal Teachers have an opportunity to play a crucial role in girls’ experiences of discrimination in schools, as they can act as perpetrator, bystander, or advocate. This study describes teachers’ perceptions of girls’ experiences of discrimination in schools, including their responses to incidents, policies regarding sexual harassment, and barriers to intervening.

WORKSHOP: How Fatphobia Impacts Friday 10:45am-12:00pm Reproduction Rights for People Room 101 Endowed with Uteruses, and What You Can Do about It! Wendy Dragon

Fatphobia impacts the reproductive rights of people with uteruses (PWU) in larger bodies. We will discuss the research around negative outcomes and explore how physician fatphobia may play a role. Additionally, we will discuss advocacy for PWU to minimize the impact of fatphobia on PWU's reproductive rights.

WORKSHOP: Masturbation and Body Friday 10:45am-12:00pm Image: Taking on the Taboo Room 105 Eleanor McCabe & Margaret Manges

This session will focus on the topics of masturbation, shame, and subsequent body image by discussing relevant literature, personal experiences, and clinical implications. Through a structured dialogue, we will address the taboo of women discussing self-pleasure and ways to empower clients to embrace self-exploration through self-pleasure in a patriarchal world.

WORKSHOP: How to Publish in and Friday 10:45am-12:00pm Contribute to Feminist Journals Room 106 Janice Yoder, Joan Chrisler, Debra Kawahara, Jeanne Marecek, Esther Rothblum, & Dawn Szymanski

One venue for contributing to scholarship on reproductive justice and sexual agency (and other feminist issues) is to publish. Come join an informal Q&A session with feminist editors in a safe, supportive setting. Learn about manuscript submission, reviewing, deciphering decision letters, finding a home for your manuscript, and more.

Women in Texas History TOUR Friday 10:45am-12:00pm Meet Madison Natarajan at the AT&T Conference Center registration table at 10:45am.

FRIDAY 12:00PM-1:15PM

New Members’ Mentoring Lunch Friday 12:00-1:15PM Hosted by Clare Mehta, Sharon Siegel, Tejas Dining Room Jessica Barnack-Tavlaris, Elizabeth Bennett, Fran Trotman, Alicia Trottea, Mindy Erchull, Celina Whitmore, & Tiffany O’Shaughnessy

Come and meet the AWP implementation collective. Learn how to get involved and network with new AWP members. (Check with Registration Desk if you did not pre-register)

In Memory Friday 12:00-1:15PM Maureen C McHugh Room 101

The lives of AWP members / feminist psychologists who have died in the past year are celebrated.

Wellness Activity: Guided Meditation Fri 12:00-12:30PM Room 108

FRIDAY 1:15PM-2:45PM

Paper Session: Studies with Sex Friday 1:15-2:15PM Workers (3 papers) Room 107

Paper 1: I Can’t Get No (Sexual) Satisfaction: Sex Workers’ Private and Professional Experiences Madison Hurley Ten qualitative interviews with webcam models pending results will be analyzed for themes concerning the relationship between job and sexual satisfaction in both professional trans- actions and private relationships. The researcher will also inquire about the expectation of sexual pleasure and the impact of client expectations of emotional intimacy.

Paper 2: Legalizing Sex Work: The Mirage of Sex Worker Autonomy in The Nether- lands Kathryn Pataki This presentation features an in-progress paper that utilizes qualitative research methods to understand how sex workers in the Netherlands understand their autonomy as workers within the legalized sex industry. In-depth interviews with sex workers and those intimately connected to the sex industry function as the main form of data analysis.

Paper 3: The Effects and Experiences of Stigma in the Minneapolis Strip Club Industry Machensey Shelgren Utilizing participatory action research with dancers in the Minneapolis strip club industry, this study examined experiences with stigma and its effects on quality of life. Applying the minority stress theory, results indicate that the stress experienced by dancers is caused by discriminatory social structures and stigma built against the population.

Paper Session: AWP/Division 35 Award Friday 1:15-2:15PM Winner & Honorable Mention Excellence Room 104 in Undergraduate Psychological Research

Honorable Mention: Gendered Racial Microaggressions and Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Black Women Anahvia Moody & Jioni Lewis This presentation highlights a study that investigated the association between gendered racial microaggressions (GRMS), gendered racial socialization, and traumatic stress in a sample of 226 Black women. The results indicated that a greater frequency of GRMS was significantly associated with greater traumatic stress; internalized oppression also moderated the GRMS-trauma link.

Winner: ‘Don’t Bother Your Pretty Little Head’ Appearance Compliments Lead to Improved Mood but Impaired Cognitive Performance Rotem Kahalon, Nurit Shnabel, & Julia Becker The effects of receiving appearance compliments on women have received relatively little attention in the psychological literature, despite its high relevance to women’s daily experience. By examining the effects of appearance compliments on cognitive performance, affect and perceptions of agency and competence, the present research aims to fill this gap.

Paper Session: Issues of Sexual Friday 1:15-2:15PM Consent (3 papers) Room 104

Paper 1: The Grey Zone of Sexual Regret: Questionable Consent and Sexual Victimization Marli Corbett & Nicole L. Johnson This interactive paper presentation focuses on college students’ experiences of sexual regret. Engaging case examples will illustrate data on who reports regretted sex and why the sexual regret occurs. Group discussion will explore the overlap between sexual regret and sexual victimization, with special focus on issues of sexual consent.

Paper 2: The Relationship between Rape Myths, Sexual Communication Self-Efficacy, and Knowledge of Consent in Undergraduates Caitlin Martin-Wagar, Alexis Dafonseca, Marisa Norton, Alejandra Gonzalez Lopez, Nuha Alshabani, & Samsara Soto Considerable research has focused on how nonconsensual behaviors (e.g., threats) impact sexual assault, college students’ knowledge of and engagement in specific consensual behaviors have been less frequently examined. Undergraduate students’ (N = 261) confidence in discussing sexual health topics and rape myth endorsement significantly predicted their understanding of consent.

Paper 3: Women’s Experiences of Consent Sexual Agency and Alcohol Use Prior to Sex Julie Koven & Sharon Lamb This paper presents findings from a study of undergraduate women’s attitudes toward consent in alcohol-involved sexual experiences, alcohol consumption in sexual encounters, and evaluation of one’s consent after such an experience. We present preliminary analyses on the complex relationship among sexual consent, alcohol consumption, and female sexual agency.

SYMPOSIUM: Me Too: Examining Sexual Friday 1:15-2:15PM Violence and Mental Health Outcomes Room 108 Among At-Risk Populations Danielle Cummings, Shelby Weber, & Ahva Mozafari

Across three presentations, this symposium will discuss prevalence rates of sexual assault and related mental health outcomes across two populations: university students and incarcerated women. Across these studies, survivors were more likely to report shame experiences, avoidance, PTSD, dissociative, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. Implications for treatment will be discussed.

Understanding University Women’s Experiences of Shame and Experiential Avoidance following Sexual Assault Danielle Cummings, Shelby Weber, Ahva Mozafari, & Shannon Lynch In this sample of 145 university women, 33% reported a history of at least one sexual assault. Survivors were significantly more likely to report global experiences of shame, body shame, and experiential avoidance. Experiential avoidance further mediated the relationship between sexual assault and global shame.

Examining the Associations between Sexual Violence, Relationship Functioning, and Depressive Symptoms Ahva Mozafari, Danielle Cummings, Shelby Weber, & Shannon Lynch One hundred twenty incarcerated women were randomly selected for this study. Participants reported high rates of sexual violence. Sexual violence was significantly associated with depression (r = .232, p = .041) and attachment anxiety (r = .322, p = .003). Attachment anxiety mediated the relationship between sexual violence and depression.

Experiences of Childhood and Adult Sexual Violence as Predictors of PTSD, Substance Use, and Dissociation among Women in Jail Shelby Weber, Ahva Mozafari, Danielle Cummings, Stephanie McManiman, Stephanie Kaplan, Elizabeth Craun, & Shannon Lynch This study examines cumulative experiences of childhood and adulthood sexual abuse and rape as predictors of mental health outcomes among 146 women in jail. Cumulative exposure to sexual violence significantly predicted PTSD symptoms, substance use severity, and dissociation. These findings highlight the need for trauma-informed treatment among incarcerated women.

WORKSHOP: Activism - Social Agency Friday 1:15-2:15PM and Sexual Rights Room 101 Sandy Ramirez & Paula Caplan

This session will present examples of activism through research, teaching and direct actions focused on sexuality, sexual orientation, sex/gender and reproductive health, and sexual assault. We will look at how feminist/integrative/qualitative/critical/mixed methodologies inform teaching and clinical interventions as well as political actions leading to systemic change.

WORKSHOP: Gender Diverse Affirmative Friday 1:15-2:15PM Therapy: Advancing Skills and Room 105 Knowledge of Clinical Work with Trans and Non-Binary People Sana Flynn, Erica Rey, & Dani Soltis

This workshop aims to increase participants’ understanding of gender diversity from a mul- ticultural, developmental framework. We will provide overviews of community experiences, vocabulary, gender minority stress, intersectionality, and non-binary experiences. We will lead the group in investigating their own attitudes toward gender diverse people in a supportive group-focused environment.

CAUCUS MEETING: Caucus on Friday 1:15-2:15PM Mothering Issues Room 106 Karen Tao

This caucus meeting is for anyone interested in dialoguing about topics related to mothering/parenting, supporting research on mothering/parenting, fostering professional development and mentoring, promoting activism within and outside of the organization, and consult- ing on ways to engage clients in discussion about mothering/parenting issues.

WORKSHOP: Personal Consequences of Friday 1:15-2:15PM Sex/Gender Identity Politics Room 115 Leonore Tiefer & Stephanie Sanders

The last few decades have emphasized identity politics as a route to empowerment and social justice. What have been some of the (unintended) consequences of sex/gender identity politics in our personal, family, and work lives? We will engage in small group activities to explore this question.

WORKSHOP: Personal Consequences of Friday 1:15-2:15PM Sex/Gender Identity Politics Room 115 Leonore Tiefer & Stephanie Sanders

WORKSHOP: Thinking About Writing a Friday 1:15-2:15PM Book? Room 116 Irene Frieze & Margaret Signorella

This workshop will explore the process of writing a book and getting it published, with a focus on books on feminist psychology

FRIDAY 2:30PM-3:45PM

Paper Session: Ethics and Clinical Friday 2:30-3:45PM Training (3 Papers) Room 115

Paper 1: Re-thinking Agency and Informed Consent in an Era of Digital Psychotropics: Contributions from Feminist Ethics Lisa Cosgrove, Andrew Wiggins, Christine Tosti, & Michelangela Yusif The authors of this paper draw on scholarship from feminist bioethics and moral philosophy to argue that clinicians must explicitly attend to gendered power relations that influence health-care decisions. Attending to these power dynamics means understanding informed consent, particularly for ‘digital’ psychotropics, as a relational and dialogical (not static) process.

Paper 2: Abortion: An Ethical Training Imperative for Applied Psychology Doctoral Programs Rachel Dyer Abortion is a particularly charged topic, making ethical considerations surrounding it particularly important, particularly for applied psychologists. By examining select sections of the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (APA, 2017), the case is made for the ethical imperative of abortion training in applied psychology graduate programs.

Paper 3: Psychology Graduate Student Training in Sexual Assault Prevention & Outreach Alejandra Gonzalez, Nuha Alshabani, Marisa Norton, Samsara Soto, & Kiarra King This paper examines how integrating training and delivery of a sexual assault prevention outreach into the pre-practicum course of first-year graduate students addresses the need for early prevention training in graduate school. Presenters: Alejandra Gonzalez, Nuha Alshabani, Marisa Norton, Samsara Soto, and Kiarra King from The University of Akron.

Paper Session: Issues in Alcohol Use Friday 2:30-3:45PM and Sexual Offending (3 papers) Room 116

Paper 1: Reactions to Participating in Trauma and Addiction Research among Women in a Sober Living Home Katie Edwards We examined reactions to participating in victimization and addiction research in a sample of women living in a trauma-informed, gender-responsive sober living home. whereas 41% of women reported being upset immediately after completing the survey, 96.6% of women reported benefiting. Reasons for and correlates of women’s reactions were identified.

Paper 2: Sexual Offending Can Be Addressed through Psychological Measures Nancy I Mejia Humor in psychotherapy is a controversial subject which attempts to rehabilitate sexual offenders. Denial is the usual defense among sexual offenders. Topic-specific humor was compared with a cartoon. Rape myths and misperceptions about date rape were reduced; results depended on childhood experiences and the age of onset.

Paper 3: Qualitative Research on Alcohol-Related Sexual Assaults: Developing Survivor-Informed Measures Sarah Ullman Research categorizing alcohol-related sexual assaults against women is discussed in relationship to women’s narratives of their subjective experiences of impairment, incapacitation, and/or unimpaired assaults. Terminology and categorization of assaults used by researchers is revealed to be inadequate for describing the complexity of women’s experiences, thus requiring survivor-informed measure development.

SYMPOSIUM: Engaging Transformative Friday 2:30-3:45PM Power for Incarcerated Women Room 103 Susan Marcus-Mendoza, Choe Blau, & Kat Quina

We have conducted feminist research and interventions in women’s prisons, and will discuss our findings, and potential for more transformational interventions. We will discuss our own transformations and will seek from the audience their experiences and ideas. We hope that this session will encourage others to work with this population.

Paper 1: Past Experiences and Future Directions: My Research and Work with Incarcerated Women Susan Marcus-Mendoza While excellent research has been conducted across the spectrum of women’s experiences within the criminal justice system, the field needs more feminist-informed scholarship. I will discuss my experiences working and doing research in women’s prison and encourage others to work in areas identified as critical needs.

Paper 2: ‘Transforming Power’ for Women by Women: Finding Solutions through Co- Facilitation Chloe Blau I will share experiences as a trained facilitator with the Alternatives to Violence Project, which pairs outside facilitators with inside facilitators (inmates who have undergone AVP training) to run workshops for inmates, allowing them to transform their perspectives and give them new ways to cope with the world around them.

Paper 3: Feminist Interventions with Incarcerated Women: Changes and Challenges Kathryn Quina A team of researchers carried out an extensive evaluation of a holistic program of feminist, trauma-informed intervention programs with incarcerated women, including substance abuse, parenting, and violence. Programs showed positive impacts, but post-release structural factors (jobs, income) prevented many from changing their lives. Implications for future work are discussed.

Featured Feminist Science Symposium Friday 2:30-3:45PM Different Than We Thought: The Room 104 Transition to Motherhood Jessica Barnack-Tavlaris, Cassandra Halper, Nikita Pate, Sara Breheny, Elizabeth Bennett, Lori Koelsch, Rotem Kahalon, Maggie Benedict-Montgomery

Transition occupies the central theme of this symposium, which explores research related to myriad aspects of the mothering experience. We explore transition from infertility to motherhood, from pregnancy to postpartum, expectations before and after entering motherhood, and ways in which workplace attitudes change after women become mothers.

Paper 1: From Infertility to Motherhood: Joys and Sorrows Jessica Barnack-Tavlaris, Cassandra Halper, Nikita Pate, & Sara Breheny We conducted interviews with 25 women who experienced infertility before motherhood. The ways in which women view their motherhood as impacted by their experience with infertility will be discussed, as well as suggestions for how to improve the transition from infertility to motherhood.

Paper 2: Poetic Exploration of Identity and Embodiment: Pregnancy into the Fourth Trimester Elizabeth A. Bennett, & Lori E. Koelsch We focus on four participant’s narratives of embodiment in pregnancy and the fourth trimester; data are explored via poetry. Each participant’s poem is presented and discussed both within the context of the individual interview, as well as in dialogue with the other poems. Implications for research into embodied maternal experience are explored.

Paper 3: The Complex Effects of Maternal Expectations on Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: When Does a Protective Factor Become a Risk Factor? Rotem Kahalon, Gil Yanushevsky Cnaani, Heidi Preis, and Yael Benyamini Previous studies that examined the contribution of maternal expectations, which are formed in light of ‘the motherhood myth’, to the onset of Postpartum Depression symptoms yielded mixed results. The present longitudinal study aimed to reconcile these inconsistencies, by examining the combined effects of these expectations with situational and dispositional factors.

Paper 4: Parental Discrimination Toward Therapists: Implications for Advocacy and Change Maggie Benedict-Montgomery This study explored the experiences of 55 therapists who are mothers. Approximately half of the participants reported experiencing discrimination related to parenting at work, primarily from supervisors, managers, and colleagues. The impact of parental discrimination will be discussed, along with implications for structural change within the field.

SYMPOSIUM: Breaking the Silence: Friday 2:30-3:45PM Enhancing Access for Diverse Survivors Room 107 of Gender-Based Violence Cassandra Gearhart, Lyric Russo, Phuong Nguyen, Angela Hart, Germine Awad

Silencing keeps gender-based violence invisible and perpetuates the status-quo. This symposium explores survivors’ silencing through access barriers. The influence of traditional Vietnamese and Mexican cultural beliefs on barriers to support- and help-seeking, along with overall recommendations for enhancing survivor access to services, will be discussed.

Paper 1: Barriers to and Facilitators for Service Access among Intimate Partner Violence Survivors Cassandra Gearhart, Lyric Russo, Courtney Ahrens Thirty-three percent of women will experience intimate partner violence. Few survivors access formal services. Survivors’ narratives and service provider focus group data were explored through inductive thematic analysis for service access barriers and facilitators. Barrier and facilitator domains included affordability, availability, accessibility, accommodation, acceptability, awareness, and attitudes. Service implications discussed.

Paper 2: Vietnamese American Students’ Attitudes toward Bystander Intervention, Barriers and Motivations for Help-Seeking Phuong Nguyen Majority of campus sexual assault cases are not reported. Asian American women are least likely to report. Quantitative analyses showed Vietnamese American students’ attitudes toward bystander intervention were associated with gender roles. Help-seeking barriers included fear, confusion, minimization, embarrassment, and self-blame. Motivators were need for disclosure, justice, and uneasy feeling.

Paper 3: Responses to Informal Abuse Disclosure within the Mexican Heritage Community Angela Hart, Courtney Ahrens A qualitative study examining reactions to IPV disclosure in a sample of 43 female Mexican heritage IPV survivors was examined via Inductive Thematic Analysis. Survivors explanations for disclosure reactions were often rooted in cultural values such as Beliefs About Abuse, The Importance of Marriage and Family, Gender Roles, Religious Beliefs, and Disclosure Taboos.

SYMPOSIUM: Promising Evidence for Friday 2:30-3:45PM Adapting Housing First for Domestic Room 108 Violence Survivors Gabriela Lopez-Zeron, Cris Sullivan, Danielle Chiaramonte, & NkIru Nnawulezi

The Domestic Violence Housing First model is an innovative approach aimed at supporting the housing and financial stability of survivors and their families as quickly as possible through the use of flexible financial assistance, survivor-driven advocacy, and community engagement. This symposium will present recent/ongoing evaluations of the model.

Paper 1: The Process of Implementing DV Housing First Cris Sullivan This presentation describes a recent process evaluation of the DV Housing First model aimed at documenting what it takes for agencies to implement the model for domestic violence survivors. Preliminary evidence of the model’s success will be presented, along with key lessons learned.

Paper 2: Rigorously Testing Housing First with DV Survivors Danielle Chiaramonte This presentation describes a longitudinal evaluation of how the Housing First model impacts domestic violence survivors. We are interviewing 400 survivors every 6 months over two years to explore how this model impacts their safety, housing, and well-being.

Paper 3: Providing DV Housing First for Latinx Survivors Gabriela Lopez-Zeron This presentation describes a longitudinal evaluation with 28 Latinx survivors who were interviewed every 3 months over 9 months after receiving DV Housing First services for at least 6 months. Findings highlight critical aspects of providing survivor-centered advocacy when working with diverse populations.

SYMPOSIUM: Ignore at Your Peril: Friday 2:30-3:45PM Feminist Perspectives on ‘Managing Up’ Room 106 Shari Miles-Cohen & Karol Dean

One skill typically taught in women’s leadership training is the ability to ‘manage up’ to work effectively with supervisors. The presentations in this symposium will apply a feminist approach, theoretical models and evidence-based strategies to create relationships with supervisors that are open and productive.

Paper 1: New Wine in Old Wineskins: Sexism and “Managing Up” Karol Dean Management journals abound with advice about working effectively with supervisors, often urging subordinates to anticipate and meet the needs of the dominant individual or to manipulate the supervisor’s strategies associated with female gender role stereotypes. A feminist analysis of “managing up” will be offered to support women in leadership.

Paper 2: Managing from The Middle in Complex Academic Systems: Black Feminist Leadership In Action Nina Nabors Black feminist leadership is understudied in the literature (Abdullah, 2007; Parker, 2005; Rosser-Mims, 2010). Models of middle management are typically viewed through a hierarchical lens (Garrett, Matzke, & Rankins-Robertson, 2017). In this presentation, I address the challenges and rewards of managing from the middle using a black feminist leadership perspective.

Paper 3: Strategies to Build your Political Toolkit for Managing Up Jennifer Wisdom Black feminist leadership is understudied in the literature (Abdullah, 2007; Parker, 2005; Rosser-Mims, 2010). Models of middle management are typically viewed through a hierarchical lens (Garrett, Matzke, & Rankins-Robertson, 2017). In this presentation, I address the challenges and rewards of managing from the middle using a black feminist leadership perspective.

WORKSHOP: Friday 2:30-3:45PM To Please and to Educate: Revival of Room 105 the Salon as Feminist Consciousness- Raising Group and Antidote to Sexual Shame Camille Interligi & Amy Commander

Use of the salon as a consciousness-raising group to enhance sexual pleasure, decrease sexual shame, and interrogate sexual discourse is examined. Participants will partake in a sex salon; they will establish participation ground rules, discuss a sex-related topic, and assess the utility of implementing a sex salon in their communities.

WORKSHOP Friday 2:30-3:45PM The Identity Binary: Women Professors Room 101 of Color Expressing Sexual Agency LaSonja Roberts & Tangela Roberts

The ivory tower does not simply define what knowledge is valid; it also defines the identities of those that exist within its walls. This workshop explores how women professors of color perform gender and race within the traditional standards of the institution and navigate sexual agency within the ivory tower.

FRIDAY 4:00PM-5:00PM

Size Acceptance Caucus Friday 4:00-5:00PM Room 108

The Size Acceptance Caucus promotes clinical services, research, and activism advocat- ing size acceptance and ending size discrimination. The Size Acceptance Caucus meeting provides an opportunity to discuss topics relevant to individuals who believe that everyone should be accepted with dignity and equality, regardless of their body size. Everyone is invited.

Paper Session: Challenging Friday 4:00-5:00PM Heteronormativity (3 papers) Room 104

Paper 1: Deconstructing Heterosexuality: Challenging Psychology’s Heteronormativity Pani Farvid In this talk, I build on a scattering of pre-existing feminist psychological work on heterosexuality to dislodge its privileged status within psychology. I do this putting it under the theoretical microscope and drawing on new empirical data on heterosexuality, to provide a ‘new’ psychology of heterosexuality.

Paper 2: 50 Shades of Gender Attitudes: Unraveling the Heterogeneity in Gender/ Sexual-Orientation Attitude Correlations Vanessa Hettinger & Kenna Bolton-Holz As our gender awareness continues to expand beyond the binary, we invite attendees to reflect with us on 50 years of research demonstrating a consistent relationship between hostile/traditional gender attitudes and sexual prejudice. Through factor analysis and meta- analysis, we uncover the most prevalent themes underlying this longstanding relationship.

Paper 3: Growing Resistance to Compulsory Heterosexuality Sean Massey, Rich Mattson, Mei-Hsiu Chen, Melissa Hardesty, Ann Merriwether, Sarah Young, Maggie Parker This survey study (n = 5111) explores trends in sexual orientation over 9 years, asking whether the rate of non-heterosexuality documented in adolescence continues into emerging adulthood; whether recent advances in LGBT rights have influenced the nature and prevalence of non-heterosexual sexualities; and whether corresponding shifts in sexual attitudes have occurred.

Paper Session: Media Objectification Friday 4:00-5:00PM and Exploitation (3 papers) Room 107

Paper 1: ‘She’s So Hot She’s Making Me Sexist’: A Meta-Analysis of Objectifying Media and Attitudes about Women Sarah Harsey & Veronica Hamilton Sexual objectification has consequences for women institutionally, interpersonally, and intrapersonally. The purpose of this meta-analysis is to investigate the impact of sexual objectification on attitudes about women. Our findings will demonstrate the weight of sexual objectification of women on social attitudes about women, with implications on violence against women.

Paper 2: South Asian Women’s Experiences of Objectification: The Role of Skin Tone Prejudice, Dowries, and Marriage Sona Kaur This presentation applies Objectification Theory to the experiences of South Asian women to understand the culturally specific and nuanced ways they are objectified. Specifically, it examines South Asian women’s experiences of skin tone prejudice, dowries, and abuse and deception that can occur within particular forms of arranged marriage.

Paper 3: Women’s Conceptualizations of Image-Based Sexual Exploitation Michelle Krieger This talk presents qualitative research on women’s experiences with image-based sexual exploitation (e.g., having a sexual image taken/used without consent). Thematic analysis was used to explore women’s reactions following victimization, changes in their thoughts and feelings over time, and to draw parallels to offline sexual violence.

SYMPOSIUM: Sexual and Gender Friday 4:00-5:00PM Violence: Assessment Using A Feminist Room 103 Lens Kathy McCloskey & Margo Townley

Mental health providers need to know that sexual and gender violence victimization is everywhere in clinical work. Because such violence is gendered, every clinician should have knowledge about feminist assessment approaches. Concrete procedures for screening, interviewing, assessment planning, testing, and interpretation are provided in order to address these problems.

Designing Feminist Clinical Interviews That Target Sexual and Gender Violence Kathy McCloskey Mental health providers need to know that sexual and gender violence victimization is everywhere in clinical work. Because such violence is gendered, feminist assessments should be included in every intake session. Concrete procedures for screening are provided in order to address these problems, as well as initial safety planning strategies.

Feminist Testing and Assessment for Survivors of Sexual and Gender Violence Margo Townley When conducting psychological testing and assessment, mental health providers should understand the signs and symptoms of sexual and gender violence victimization. Survivors often exhibit common assessment outcome patterns, and such patterns across tests are presented here. Implications for planning, interpretation, and handling of results are also included.

WORKSHOP: Feminism, Spirituality, Friday 4:00-5:00PM Women’s Empowerment and Social Room 101 Justice: Two Perspectives Oliva Espin & Leanne Parker

Spirituality as a liberating force that fosters emancipation through personal interpretations of traditional beliefs. We explore two different approaches to women’s spirituality: case studies of canonized saints and paganism; their significance for women’s personal and collective empowerment; the potential to enrich participants’ feminist identities; and practices of social justice.

WORKSHOP: Leaving the Life: Racial Friday 4:00-5:00PM Disparities and Attitudes Toward Room 105 Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth Tashi Khabbaz & Sine Zungu

This workshop includes general knowledge of human and sex trafficking. We assess major locations for sex trafficking within the nation. Stereotypes associated with sex trafficking and factors that put youth at risk are discussed. Lastly, we offer skills related to identification of sex trafficking and other sources of support.

WORKSHOP: Is There Such a Thing Friday 4:00-5:00PM as a Normal Woman? Sexism in Room 106 Psychiatric Diagnosis, Mother-blame, & Psychological Theory & Research Paula Caplan

Even this far into the 21st century, if one examines psychiatric diagnosis, stereotypes about and expectations of mothers, and classic theories of psychological development, it is hard to find any possibilities for women to be considered anything other than pathological or otherwise deficient. Alternatives will be proposed.

WORKSHOP: Circles of Sexuality: Friday 4:00-5:00PM Implications for Native and Black Room 115 Women’s Sexuality Research Shemeka Thorpe & Gabrielle Evans

The Circles of Sexuality conceptual model is composed of five interlocking circles: intimacy, sexual identity, sensuality, power and sexualization, and sexual and reproductive health. Participants will identify examples of the five circles of sexuality and brainstorm how the circles influence each other to construct Black and Native women’s sexuality.

WORKSHOP: Teaching Sexual Ethics to Friday 4:00-5:00PM Undergraduate First Year Students Room 116 Julie Koven, Madeline Brodt, Lindsey White, & Sharon Lamb

This workshop, relevant to educators, presents an undergraduate first year seminar designed to introduce and stimulate critical thinking around philosophical, sociological, and psychological issues related to sexual ethics. Course instructors share the curriculum, interactive exercises, and discuss challenges related to scaffolding material to this age group.

FRIDAY 5:30PM-7:00

RECEPTION & POSTERS BEGIN AT 5:30 OVERLAPPING DISTINGUISHES PUBLICATION AWARD STARTS AT 5:15 Distinguished Publication Award: Friday 5:15-6:00PM Compelled Disclosure of College Sexual Room 107 Assault Kathryn Holland, Lilia Cortina, & Jennifer Freyd

Mandatory reporting policies for sexual assault can compel survivors to disclose assaults even when they do not want to. This talk outlines the landscape of college/university mandatory reporting policies, assumptions driving these policies, and empirical evidence examining the potential effects of these policies on survivors, employees, and campus communities.

RECEPTION & POSTER SESSION Friday 5:30- 7:00PM M3 Lobby & 301

1. Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies as Mediators of Shame Following Trauma Danielle Cummings This study examined relationships between emotion regulation strategies and shame after trauma. Compared to other types of trauma, sexual assault survivors were significantly more likely to utilize self-blame, which mediated experiences of shame. For all trauma survivors, positive reappraisal and strength of ethnic identity were associated with lower reported shame.

2. Examining the Association between Household Dysfunction, Child Abuse, and Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Youth Makenzie Atwood, Caitlin Harper, Shelby Weber, & Shannon Lynch In a sample of 255 incarcerated juveniles, this study examined associations between different types of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and mental health symptoms. On average, the youth reported about four adverse childhood experiences. While gender and household dysfunction were significant predictors of depression and anxiety symptoms, child abuse was not.

3. Menstrual Attitudes or Taboo Messages? Impact on Self-Objectification and Attitudes toward Menstrual Suppression Jessica Barnack-Tavlaris, Cassandra Halper, & Emma Pranschke We examined the extent to which taboo messages about menstruation affect state self- objectification and attitudes toward menstrual suppression. Participants’ pre-existing attitudes toward menstruation (not the taboo message) was the strongest predictor of self- objectification and attitudes toward menstrual suppression. We discuss the importance of fostering healthy and normative attitudes toward menstruation.

4. Fostering Well-being in the Face of Racism and Sexism: Examining Protective Strategies for African American Women A’sharee Brown & Tiffany O’Shaughnessy Experiences of racism and discrimination related to race and gender have marked negative effects on African American women’s well-being, yet limited research has addressed these challenges. This research examines whether specific forms of coping mediate the relationship between Strong Black Woman-gender schema, experiences of gendered racial microaggressions and well-being.

5. Decolonizing Global Mental Health Through Service-User Activism Chia Po Natarajan Cheng, Justin Karter, Madison Natarajan, Zenobia Morrill, Rebecca Troeger Lisa Cosgrove This poster describes how a feminist-informed human rights approach and service user activism can productively reconfigure Western biomedical conceptualizations of distress within the Global Mental Health Movement. This reconceptualization provides both a moral and empirical justification for a paradigm shift-one that is consonant with a de-colonizing approach.

6. Good Hair: The Impact of Racist Beauty Ideals on Women in the Beauty industry Jessica Cone & Kathryn Frazier This project examined the psychological, economic and cultural impact of racist, Eurocentric constructions of beauty in hair salons. Interviews with hair stylists and clients of varied racial backgrounds explored how experiences within the beauty industry impact self-image, feminist identity, and entrepreneurial endeavors.

7. Know Her Name: The Autonomy of Reporting Sexual Assault, and Why Many Do Not Cassie Dennis, Sukanya Ray, Zihan Ma, & Hannah Robins This presentation provides an overview of literature regarding reporting or not reporting of sexual assault. Literature identifies themes relating to formal (mental health and legal professionals) and informal (friends, family, romantic partners) support, re-victimization, and victim’s relationship to the perpetrator. These themes affect women’s decisions around reporting and well-being.

8. SAT’s Short-Lived Childhood Adversity Score: Public Framing of Accommodating for Adversity in Educational Opportunity Harley Ditzler & Lauri Hyers We discuss the controversial SAT ‘Adversity Score,’ its intended purpose, the reasoning behind the sudden halt of the program, and public reaction. We explore pros and cons of quantifying adversity, offer a qualitative frame analysis of public reactions, and conclude with recommendations informed by theories of social justice.

9. Queer Pregnancy and Mental Health: A Qualitative Exploration Rachel Dyer & Emma Carpenter Queer people are at increased risk of unintended pregnancy while also facing barriers to intended pregnancies - experiences that are associated with poorer mental health in the general population. Four themes related to mental health emerged from qualitative analyses of a larger dataset exploring queerness in pregnancy decisions/desires.

10. Gender Oppression, Objectified Body Consciousness, and Health: Extending Objectification Theory Melissa Ertl, Jacob Sawyer, & Jessica Martin Objectification theory, which posits that gender oppression harms women’s mental and physical health, guided the present study, which aimed to extend objectification theory to examine whether objectified body consciousness mediates hypothesized positive associations between sexist experiences and disordered eating, substance use, and inconsistent condom use among college student women.

11. Representations of Trauma Theory and Trauma Informed Care in Introductory Psychology Textbooks Emily Feldman, Maegan Hailey, Brittni Gettys, Chelsea Cowden & Lauri Hyers In this study, we explored the representation of trauma theory and trauma informed care at the earliest stage of psychological training, through the window of undergraduate introductory psychology textbooks. We make recommendations for areas where much neglected trauma theory could (and should) be incorporated into Introductory Psychology material.

12. Reproductive Autonomy in a Non-Restrictive Regulatory Framework: A Pregnancy Interruption Study in Mexico City. Celis Flores, Ramos Karla, & Luciana Lira Purpose of this zposter is to inform how Mexican women who have opted for a medical abortion in a public service, responded to the scale of Reproductive Autonomy created by Upadhyay et al., (2014). The scale consists of 14 multiple-choice questions about: decision making, freedom from coercion and communication.

13. The Neglect of Affirmative Representations of Disability Communities in Psychology: The Case of Deaf Culture Maegen Hailey, Emily Feldman, Ollie Slupski, & Lauri Hyers In this poster, we describe our analysis of the representation in Psychology of positive dimensions of human disability, focusing on the affirmative community known as ‘Deaf Culture’. We provide evidence of the lack of representation of the flourishing community represented by ‘Deaf culture’ in Psychological curriculum and scholarship.

14. Understanding Associations between Exposure to Violent Pornography and Female Sexual Minority Teen Dating Violence Cara Herbitter, Alyssa L. Norris, Kimberly M. Nelson, & Lindsay M. Orchowski The study’s objective was to determine whether exposure to violent pornography was associated with teen dating violence (TDV) among sexual minority female youth. Exposure to violent pornography was not significantly associated with involvement in TDV, though the association trended towards significance (aOR = 2.28, 95%CI [0.94, 5.50]).

15. Verbal Conflict, Gender, and Condom Coercion Meredith Higgins This study employs a unique perspective on condom coercion, gender, and relational power in the context of romantic relationships. In this quantitative study, participants were asked to reflect on their adherence to gender roles, sexual relationship control, and condom usage. Results and implications will be shared during the presentation.

16. Career Counseling and Mentorship for Refugee Girls: Lessons Learned CANCELLED Emily Jackson Over half of the 22.5 million current refugees are women and girls (UNHCR, 2018). Global conflicts disproportionately impact women and girls via trauma at each stage of displacement. This zposter presents the Vision Project, a career exploration and empowerment workshop promoting the personal and career success of refugee girls.

NEW 16. Crippling Qualitative Methodologies: Interviewing Deaf and Blind Psychotherapists Kathryn Wagner This poster presents how qualitative research methods must be altered to fit the needs of interviewers and interviewees who present with sensory challenges that may ‘dis- able’ typical interviewing practices. I offer an interdependent paradigm that challenges assumptions about how qualitative research should be conducted.

17. Effective & Interesting or Painful & Strange? Conformity to Norms Predicts Willingness to Try a New Male Contraceptive Theresa Jackson & Katherine Lacasse We investigated how conformity to masculine norms predicts reactions to a new male contraceptive. Results indicate less willingness to try it when men endorse ‘Power over women’ and ‘Heterosexual Self-Presentation’, which was mediated by beliefs about negative impacts on sex. Confronting this is essential for addressing gendered responsibility for contraception.

18. Arts-Based Engagement Ethnography: An Innovative Methodology to Reach Underrepresented Communities through Research Anusha Kassan, Susanne Goopy, & Nancy Arthur This poster presentation will describe the research process involved in an arts-based engagement ethnography, explaining its benefits in terms of ethically and culturally sensitive practice, and addressing the ways in which the methodology can be adapted to work with various communities whom have been underrepresented in psychological research.

19. Beyond She and He: Does Pronoun Usage Affect Inclusivity? Sydney Kresconko, Kourtney Kotvas, & Amanda Reichert We compared perceptions of an advertisement using gender inclusive or exclusive pronouns. Compared to men, women reported greater ostracism, less motivation, and less identification with gender exclusive pronouns. Perceptions did not vary depending on whether ‘s/he’ vs. ‘they’ were used suggesting that ‘they’ functions as a gender inclusive pronoun.

20. Exploration the Negative Perspectives of Childfree Women Jillian Lemke Despite the efforts to increase opportunities for women in education, work, and reproductive rights, the negative perception of childfree women continues to exist. This literature review aims to explore and negative perception of childfree women at the social, vocational, and clinical contexts to advocate for this growing group of women.

21. ‘We All Thought Our Rapists Were Safe’: Exploring Women’s Narratives of Forced Sexual Debut Jessica Mandell, Tracy Hipp, Melissa Beyer, & Amanda Toumayan We explored narratives of women whose first sexual experiences were forced (i.e., forced sexual debut) by qualitatively analyzing anonymous online posts from a major public and anonymous American social news and discussion website. Our preliminary findings revealed six commonly endorsed themes within participants’ descriptions of experiencing forced sexual debut.

22. If, When, How? Reproductive Life Planning in Sexual Health Education Rebecca McCarthy and Aurelie Athan The Sex Education Initiative launched at Teachers College, Columbia University introduces sex educators to the theoretical concept of Reproductive Identity Formation (RIF) and its application in the classroom. Like other identity models (e.g., sexual, spiritual) RIF enables individuals to explore their intentions and desires regarding reproductive life planning.

23. Examining Social Belonging and Peer Support as Predictors of Academic Motivation and GPA Among Women in MDMs. Mackenzie Miller The current study examined whether social belonging and peer support serve as predictors of academic motivation and GPA among college students, and whether this association is stronger for women in male-dominated majors (MDMs), relative to men in MDMs and women in gender neutral majors (GNMs).

24. Sex, Religion, and Shame: Assessing Religious Fundamentalism and Sexual Shame in College Females Madison Natarajan This presentation by doctoral student Madison Natarajan at University of Massachusetts Boston includes a literature review and research study assessing religious fundamentalism with shame and sexual activity among college females. This study seeks to assist clinicians and researchers to better understand possible origins of shame that impact sexual/mental health.

25. The Role of RMA, Narcissism, and Moral Intuition in One’s Proclivity to Misinterpret Sexual Intentions Mallory Patterson This study examined the role of rape myth acceptance (RMA), narcissism, and moral intuition (i.e., conservatism vs. liberalism) in explaining one’s proclivity to misinterpret sexual intentions. Investigating the individual characteristics that lead to an increased likelihood of sexual violence perpetration is vital for prevention programs.

26. The Role of Self-Compassion in Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations for Exercise. Amanda Roy The present study examined self-compassion as a predictor for intrinsic (Health and Enjoyment-based) and extrinsic (Weight and Appearance-based) motivations for exercise.

27. Sources of Resilience in the Holocaust Diaries of Anne Frank and Renia Spiegel Jenna Walmer and Lauri Hyers In this archival qualitative diary study, the Holocaust diaries of the familiar Anne Frank and recently discovered Renia Speigel are examined for sources of resilience. Using a qualitative thematic analysis, themes of gender and resilience are explored through the words of these brave young women, with implications for trauma theory.

28. South Sudan: The Plague of Gender-Based Violence Leah Walsh This presentation provides insight into the government of South Sudan’s lack of legal infrastructure, procedure and blatant participation in the crimes committed against women and girls. My research details the links between the lack of legislative foundation and healthcare with the endemic violence facing women in South Sudan.

29. Cumulative Sexual Violence, Trauma, Coping, Self-Efficacy and Substance Use Severity among Women in Jail Shelby Weber, Shannon Lynch, Stephanie Kaplan, and Elizabeth Craun In a sample of 146 incarcerated women, the majority reported exposure to multiple experiences of sexual violence. There was a small, significant indirect effect of trauma coping self-efficacy on the relation between cumulative experiences of childhood and adulthood sexual abuse and substance use severity. Trauma-informed treatment will be discussed.

30. All Caucus Raucous (Corner) The many caucuses of AWP invite you to their corner where you can find out more about the mission of each caucus and meet members.

FRIDAY 9:00PM-11:00PM ENTERTAINMENT

Texas 2-Step Dance with Instruction Friday, 9:00 – 11:00PM Ballroom C

Sherry Reynolds, a national Country Western Dance star and competition judge will coach us through some Texas 2-step and line dancing. She is the co-owner of Austin Uptown Dance and is the event director of the LoneStar Invitational, an annual dance competition in Austin every August. Even if you don’t dance, come anyway and enjoy friendship and choc- olate fondue!

SATURDAY March 7, 2020

Wellness Activity: Yoga Saturday, 7:00AM Courtyard or 301 if rain/cold

Breakfast Saturday, 7:30 – 8:45AM M3 Lobby

Registration Saturday, 8:00AM – 5:00PM M3 Lobby

SATURDAY 8:30AM-10:30AM

Award Announcements by Co-Co of the Saturday, 8:30AM – 10:30AM Implementation Collective, Sharon Siegel Grand Ballroom

Guest Plenary session: Sexual Agency Inside and Out: The Conceptualization, Embodiment, and Promise of Sexual Agency Beyond Neoliberal Ideology

Laina Bay-Cheng, Alexandra Rutherford, & Deborah Tolman This plenary session considers sexual agency not only as it is defined by and within neoliberal discourse, but also its historical conceptualization, its embodiment in young women’s lived experiences, and how it can be broadened through policies and practices. Each speaker will draw on their respective bodies of scholarship to advocate collectively for a vision of girls – and their agency – that is more nuanced, potent, and fraught than neoliberal rhetoric and representations suggest. Presentations will highlight theoretical, methodological, and practical paths forward for feminist psychology in support of young women’s sexual well-being.

SATURDAY 10:45AM-12:00PM

Paper Session: Words and Bodies of Saturday, 10:45AM – 12:00PM Different Women/Persons (3 papers) Room 115

Paper 1: Queer-Inclusive Language: Where We Have Been, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going Kayla Casavant This paper focuses on the power of language in queer-inclusive feminism. It aims to contextualize and analyze the ways rhetoric influences attitudes toward queer womanhood. Particularly, it explores the journey language has taken and continues to take in the psychology community and general feminist movement regarding queer persons.

Paper 2: Bodies That Matter in Mirrors That Know: Trans Embodiment, Psychic Realness, and the Importance of Symbolic Recognition. Natasha Distiller As therapists working with transgender clients, how do we reconcile individual journeys with various gender affirming theoretical models? This paper will explore the importance of mirroring as a key clinical and political tool. It will explore identity construction when one is fundamentally misrecognized. It offers theoretical discussion and clinical input.

Paper 3: Different Menstruators Rajasi Diwakar In India, menstruation is taboo subject and some groups like women in jail, women with disabilities, women in sex work and transmen/non-binary people face discrimination. Their menstrual experiences are different from and sometimes more traumatic than those of other women.

Paper Session: Issues in Rape Culture (4 Saturday, 10:45AM – 12:00PM papers) Room 116

Paper 1: Unacknowledged Rape, Sexual Assault, and Epistemic Injustice Katherine Cooklin I will situate unacknowledged rape/sexual assault within the framework of epistemic injustice to address the difference between neglecting to utilize available conceptual resources to identify acts of sexual violence, and the genuine impoverishment of conceptual resources which make it difficult to render one’s own experience intelligible as sexual violence.

Paper 2: ‘Triggered’: The Word, the Meaning, and the Lived Experiences among Graduate Students in Counseling Programs Madison Natarajan, Sara Bonilla, Lindsey White, Mallaigh McGinley, Julie Koven, & Sharon Lamb This paper presents research on how/for what experiences graduate students in counseling use the word ‘triggered.’ Students completed a survey examining experiences of being ‘triggered,’ relating these to measures of anger and coping. Results allow us to test hypotheses regarding women, anger expression, and the relationship to ‘being triggered’.

Paper 3: Biphobia, Rape Myth Acceptance, and Victim Blame for Bisexual Survivors of Sexual Assault Melody Robinson and Manijeh Badiee Bisexual individuals experience unique stressors (e.g., high sexual assault rates). Gay victims are blamed more than heterosexual victims for their sexual assault. No researchers have examined biphobia regarding bisexual victim blame. Robinson and Badiee will investigate correlational relationships between biphobia, rape myth acceptance, and victim blame towards bisexual victims.

Paper 4: Am I Next? Tyra Timm and Nicole Lozano The current paper will explore the cultural foundations specific to South Africa that have perpetuated a normative culture of ruthless and brutal acts of violence against women through an intersectional lens. These cultural factors will be drawn and assessed from previous research conducted on other countries rife with GBV.

SYMPOSIUM: Femininity and Shame Saturday, 10:45AM – 12:00PM Maureen McHugh, Richard Karley, Cynthia Room 103 Sopko, & Sonia Molloy

Multiple conceptualizations of femininity are reviewed in relation to shame. The operation of hegemonic masculinity in the military is explored through qualitative analysis of epithets levied at other military members, shaming them as feminine. Research examining the relation of femininity to shame and sexual agency and sexual satisfaction is presented.

Paper 1: Femininity and Shame Maureen McHugh Multiple conceptualizations of femininity are reviewed in relation to shame. Femininity reflects and reinforces women’s sexual objectification and the cultural valuation of women based on their attractiveness. An analysis of students’ conceptions of femininity indicates commodified femininity which can stem from and result in shame.

Paper 2: Gender Harassment and Shame Among Military Men Richard Karley & Sonia Molloy Research has indicated that men experience gender-role harassment resulting from non- conformity to masculine ideal (Berdahl, 2007). This qualitative analysis explored the use of gender harassment to induce shame and compliance among military men. Results from this study indicated the pervasive and impactful nature of gender harassment in the military.

Paper 3: Femininity, Shame and Sexual Agency Cynthia Sopko & Maureen C McHugh The research presented examined the relation of femininity (conformity to feminine norms and feminine ideology) and shame to sexual agency. Objectified body consciousness, body shame, and genital shame were examined in relation to femininity and sexual agency.

Discussant: Sonia Molloy

SYMPOSIUM: Navigating Medical Illness, Saturday, 10:45AM – 12:00PM Marginalization, & Sexual Trauma: Room 104 Clinical Perspectives Narolyn Mendez, Naomi Torres-Mackie, & Ranjana Srinivasan

The session will discuss the intersections of race, language proficiency, and sexism while navigating the healthcare system and simultaneously identifying how to empower women in spite of a past or current experience of sexual trauma or loss of agency, and in the context of serious medical conditions.

Individual paper titles unavailable

Featured Feminist Science Symposium Saturday, 10:45AM – 12:00PM Living Legacies: Perpetuating Problems Room 107 and Pondering Potential Wendy Peters, Julii Green, Loriene Roy, Gayle Morse

The science of epigenetics and memetics explain how traits, behaviors, and cultural memes may be transmitted intergenerationally. Yet, studies and data tend to overwhelmingly chronicle deficits. This symposium highlights some of the challenges and inroads occurring in Indian Country.

Paper 1: Gender-Based Violence: Cultural Factors and Impactful Perspectives from Vietnamese and Native American Communities Julii Green Gender-based violence (GBV) remains one of the most prevalent and persistent public health issues facing women and girls globally. This issue is especially devastating for communities with limited resources and services, unsupportive legal systems for victims, and social/cultural norms that are directly or indirectly condoning violence against women. Two communities of interest to this study are Vietnam and the Indigenous communities in the US.

Paper 2: Creating Healing Spaces within Indian Boarding School Digital Environments Loriene Roy Over 350 American Indian boarding schools were established in 28 states since 1879. Several efforts have been undertaken to organize, digitize, and share the records of institutions. This includes the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center, the Sherman Indian School collection, and the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. While such efforts may serve the needs and interests of educators and researchers, they also need to provide a digital healing space for board school survivors and their descendants. This portion of the panel addresses the needs librarians and archivists to development respectful policies and practices.

Paper 3: Saints and Warriors Healing Native Women Gayle Skawen:nio Morse Utilizing data collected from a Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Reservation examining cultural affiliation and quality of life we will describe the Blume paradigm of Indigenous Psychology and the Jacob Cycles Healing and organize early America Feminists literature to explain a contemporary view of Native feminists and novel intervention for women’s psychological well-being.

Paper 4: Indigenist Feminists Synthesize an Indigenous Scientist-Practitioner Model for Native Students Wendy Peters Our views on feminism have guided and informed our methods of cultural revitalization by synthesizing, applying, and incorporating traditional and ancestral knowledges in our approach to research and scientific inquiry. Ever mindful of our cultural values of respect, relevance, and reciprocity, we aim to develop methodologies that are, at their core, Indigenous. Our ultimate goal is to create an Indigenous scientist-practitioner model that will ensure our students might become not just practitioners who are Native, rather, that they will be Native practitioners who will contribute to the scientific development of their field, and also to their respective communities in ways that are culturally congruent, relevant, and worthwhile.

SYMPOSIUM: Contemporary Saturday, 10:45AM – 12:00PM Considerations in Intimate Partner Room 106 Violence Nicole Johnson

Historically intimate partner violence (IPV) has focused on physical abuse perpetrated by cismen against ciswomen; although this remains crucial, it is important to expand our understanding of IPV. The proposed symposium will discuss three contemporary considerations: cyber dating violence, reproductive coercion, and IPV in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual individuals.

Paper 1: Cyber Dating Violence: Research, Challenges, and Future Directions Morgan Benner

Paper 2: Intimate Partner Violence and Reproductive Health: The Underrecognized Role of Reproductive Coercion Natalia Lipp

Paper 3: Intimate Partner Violence in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals Claire Siepser Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) individuals experience rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) equal to or higher than those of heterosexual individuals and as such is an important contemporary consideration. We will discuss IPV in LGB research and unique components of IPV including societal and internalized heterosexism and identity abuse.

SYMPOSIUM Title X: The Impact of Saturday, 10:45AM – 12:00PM Policy Change to the Reproductive and Room 108 Sexual Health of Gender, Sexual, and Racial Minorities 108 Sri Harathi, Brittany Newman, Brittany Broderick, & Kathy McCloskey

The Trump administration’s cuts and restrictions to Title X has vastly negative implications for low-income populations. Using an intersectional lens, we will examine the impact of these changes on LGBTQ+ and racial minority populations. We will discuss how we as clinicians can best support clients through these challenges

Paper 1: Title X: Where are we now? Sri Harathi, Brittany Newman, Brittany Broderick, & Kathy McCloskey The Title X program provides reproductive and sexual healthcare services to those from low-income backgrounds. We will discuss the Trump administration’s recent changes to the program involving funding cuts and the restriction of information given to patients, and the subsequent barriers placed on accessibility of sexual and reproductive healthcare services.

Paper 2: Who is Title X For? Reproductive and Sexual Health Care Needs of Racial, Sexual, and Gender Minorities Sri Harathi, Brittany Newman, Brittany Broderick, Kathy McCloskey Disparities exist regarding gender, sexual, and racial minorities’ access to effective and appropriate sexual and reproductive healthcare. We will examine the effectiveness of Title X in LGBTQ+ and racial minority populations, with a critical eye toward Title X’s truthfulness to its stated purpose of providing aid to underserved communities.

Paper 3: Considerations for Psychological Treatment for Those Struggling with Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues Sri Harathi, Brittany Newman, Brittany Broderick, Kathy McCloskey Due to the medical repercussions and reduction in quality of life that lack of care can lead to, barriers to appropriate sexual and reproductive healthcare can add significant stress for clients. We will discuss potential impacts on therapy and offer suggestions for clinicians in providing culturally competent and affirmative treatment.

WORKSHOP: Sexual Rights and Social Saturday, 10:45AM – 12:00PM Justice: A Practical Advocacy Workshop Room 101 Sally Stabb, Meredith Higgins, Madison Hurley, Allison Comiskey, Abigail Baird

Realizing advocacy ideals requires overcoming several barriers. One helpful tool is Banks et al.’s (2019) Community Advocacy Toolkit. A period poverty example using the Toolkit is presented. We involve participants in sharing their successes/struggles in sexual rights advocacy, and by brainstorming how their future projects may be realized.

WORKSHOP Hire Me, Don’t Tokenize Saturday, 10:45AM – 12:00PM Me: An Interactive Workshop Examining Room 105 Problematic Diversity Hiring Policies Amber Choruby Whiteley, Olivia Scott, Gretchen Anstadt, Cerynn Desjarlais, Sarah Christman

Employers seeking to diversify their staff may inadvertently send the message that candidates are hired based on their minoritized identities, leading to the tokenization of holistically valuable employees. This interactive workshop will engage attendees to help their organizations to develop better policies and help attendees navigate problematic workspaces.

SATURDAY 12:00-1:15PM

Wellness Activity: Swim at Barton Saturday, 12:00-1:15PM Springs Hotel Registration Desk Katie Clonan-Roy

Meet Katie Clonan-Roy at the Hotel Registration Desk and bring contribution for Lyft/Uber/ Rideshare

Research Caucus Saturday, 12:00-1:15PM Room 101

Calling all feminist researchers and academics! Join us for a meeting of the researchers’ caucus, where we will share research updates and discuss our visions for the caucus as we move into the next decade. New members welcomed and encouraged to attend!

Activism Caucus Saturday, 12:00-1:15PM Room 106

SATURDAY (1:00) 1:15-2:15PM

White Feminists Unlearning Racism Unique Time Slot 1:00-4:00PM Ginny Maril Room 105

White Feminists Unlearning Racism This experiential workshop is intended to broaden perspectives regarding conscious and subconscious racial bias for attendees. Participants should expect to reflect on their personal experiences of perpetuating racism, engage in open and difficult conversations, and leave with a better understanding of allyship. This program is for White Women Unlearning Racism and does not need review.

Wellness Activity Unique Time Slot 1:15-4:30PM The Zlotnik ballroom

Relaxation, comfort room: The Zlotnik ballroom is ours & spacious. There is room there to get away from it all, and dare we say, take a little nap? It will be quiet until around 4:30 or 5:00

Paper Session: Sexual Agency (3 Saturday 1:15-2:15PM papers) Room 103

Paper 1: A Tale as Old as Time and Other Dreams Your Heart Makes: A Qualitative Analysis of Disney Remakes Around Sexual Agency Mary Page Leggett-James, Lindsay Horst, & Noelany Pelc This paper focuses on qualitative comparisons of two original Disney films and their live action remakes, examining themes related to sexual agency, portrayals of communication and consent between characters, changing portrayals in the objectification of female characters, and slut-shaming, as well as representation of ethnic, racial, gender and sexual orientation.

Paper 2: The Ebb and Flow of Sexual Agency in Young People’s Conversations about Sex with Their Friends Sarah Trinh & Hannah Freeland Talking about sex may shape the course of sexual agency. From recounting pleasurable experiences to expressing ambivalence over unwanted consensual sex, we analyze young people’s conversations with their close friends about their sexual experiences to identify how sexual agency ebbs and flows in their sexual decision-making and meaning-making experiences.

Paper 3: Exploring Latinas Experiences with Sexual Satisfaction, Pleasure and Desire Christine Velez This presentation describes a qualitative study aimed at understanding sexual satisfaction, pleasure and desire in a sample of 18 Latina women. Latinx Critical Race Theory, Intersectionality and Reproductive Justice Perspectives inform a thematic analysis approach which identified themes related to sexual agency.

Paper Session: Illness, Impairment and Saturday 1:15-2:15PM Disability Issues (2 papers) Room 104

Paper 1: Women with Disabilities and Their Menstruation Pallavi Amte & Rajasi Diwakar In India, the sexuality of the disabled girls and boys attaining puberty is almost neglected. The respondents were disabled women residing in residential institutions and non- residential institutions. Interviews and focused group discussions and observation were conducted. Issues differed according to disability and one solution won’t fit all.

Paper 2: How do Immigrant Women Cope with Chronic Illness: Managing Type 2 Diabetes? Jasmin Tahmaseb McConatha & Frauke Schnell Gerontologists have theorized that being a member of a minority or immigrant group impacts an individual’s health and well-being, especially in later life. This presentation addresses the ways that a sample of older Latino immigrant women cope with Type 2 diabetes.

Paper Session: Sex Education and Saturday 1:15-2:15PM Sexual Assault Prevention (3 papers) Room 107

Paper 1: Preserving Abstinence and Preventing Rape: How Sex Education Textbooks Contribute to Rape Culture Katie Clonan-Roy, Kimberly Fuller, Elizabeth Goncy, Shereen Naser In this presentation, we analyze how health education textbooks in the U.S. perpetuate rape culture by: linking sexuality with fear, violence, and victimization; emphasizing the importance of refusal skills and sexual gate keeping, and understating the role of consent and the sexual aggressor, and; engaging in victim-blaming and slut-shaming.

Paper 2: Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: Will Teaching Cause Fear? Margaret Manges & Amanda Nickerson Many educators and parents express concern over teaching concepts related to child sexual abuse. This paper will examine if teaching a prevention program leads to growth or decline in fear endorsement from pre-test to 12 month follow-up using HLM.

Paper 3: Emancipatory Sexuality education -- A Key Element of Effective Sexual Assault Resistance Education for Women Charlene Senn & Karen Hobden The EAAA program is the only intervention proven to substantially reduce the sexual violence women students experience. We demonstrate the benefits of enhancing resistance education with emancipatory sexuality education that strengthens women’s ability to detect danger in situations and men’s behaviour and empowers them to effectively resist

LUMA AWARD & SPECTRUM AWARD (2 Saturday, 1:15-2:15PM papers) Room 108

Anusha Kassan & Nadine Nakamura “Falling in love with me means that she can never go back”: The immigration experience of a lesbian couple in a binational relationship

Monica Ghabrial “We can shapeshift and build bridges”: Bisexual women and gender diverse people of color on invisibility and embracing the borderlands

SYMPOSIUM: Intersectionality, Saturday 1:15-2:15PM Invisibility, and Neutrality in Lessons on Room 201 Sexuality and Reproductive Justice Desdamona Rios, Georgina Moreno, & Germine Awad

WORKSHOP: Toward Disability Justice: Saturday 1:15-2:15PM Ensuring Rights-Based Sexual and Room 101 Reproductive Health Services for Women with Disabilities Suzannah Phillips

Intersectionality in feminist psychology courses highlights how experiences of women of color, including Arab/Middle Eastern Americans who are often classified as white, are invisible in dominant discourse about sexuality and reproductive justice, and how relying on “neutral” perspectives, such as neuro-psychology, can erase social contexts that limit women’s sexual agency.

WORKSHOP: Sexuality and Saturday 1:15-2:15PM Reproductive Education in Applied Room 106 Psychology: Identifying Values & Biases Elyssa Klann

In our interactive workshop, we will discuss the importance of sexuality and reproductive education in applied psychology training. Those who attend will learn more about their own relevant values and biases and come away with a framework for facilitating growing self- awareness related to sexuality and reproduction with students and colleagues.

WORKSHOP: Loving More than Saturday 1:15-2:15PM One: Therapeutic Considerations for Room 115 Polyamory Manijeh Badiee

One in five people have engaged in ethical non-monogamous relationships (Haupert, Gesselman, Moors, Fisher, & Garcia, 2017) but little guidance exists for psychologists. This workshop will focus on one type: polyamory. Audience’s biases about these relationships will be explored, therapeutic considerations will be presented, and clinical vignettes will be discussed.

WORKSHOP: “Me explico”: Saturday 1:15-2:15PM Integrating a Linguistic Justice Room 116 Framework to Research with Survivors of Gender- based Violence Maria Isadora Bilbao Nieva & Gabriela Lopez-Zeron

This workshop will offer participants an overarching understanding of the importance of integrating a linguistic justice framework within each research stage when working with survivors of gender-based violence. This framework promotes social justice through working to dismantle language barriers, equalize power dynamics, and build strong communities.

White Feminists Unlearning Racism Unique Time Slot continuing from 1:00 to Ginny Maril 4:00pm Room 105

White Feminists Unlearning Racism This experiential workshop is intended to broaden perspectives regarding conscious and subconscious racial bias for attendees. Participants should expect to reflect on their personal experiences of perpetuating racism, engage in open and difficult conversations, and leave with a better understanding of allyship. This program is for White Women Unlearning Racism and does not need review.

SATURDAY 2:30PM-3:45PM

Featured Feminist Science Session Saturday 2:30-3:45PM Paper Session: Feminist Psychology: Room 201 Ideology, Desire and Direction (4 papers)

Paper 1: Rethinking Sexual Agency, Virginity, and Virginity ‘Loss’ Laura Carpenter Drawing on interviews with 33 cisgender women, aged 18 to 35, of diverse sexual identities and social backgrounds, this study asks how women exercise sexual agency around sexual initiation. Respondents deployed context-specific ideas about virginity and virginity loss to achieve conventional and unconventional sexual and nonsexual aims.

Paper 2: Political Ideology Predicts Beliefs about Gender and Feminist Perspectives Frances Howell In this research, we examine the relationship between political ideology and feminist perspectives. We find that beliefs about gender, or the extent to which participants believe that gender is biologically versus socially determined, fully mediates the relationship between political ideology and gendered social roles, from a feminist perspective.

Paper 3: Targeting Voices of Desire at the Cusp of Adolescence: A Web of Corseting Social Forces Informs Sexual Agency Niva Piran Based on a 5-year prospective study with diverse girls, ages 9-14, I will describe intensifying social pressures in the sexual domain prior to, and during, early adolescence. The study suggests that sexual agency can be understood through a critical analysis of co-occurring social forces.

Paper 4: A Bird’s Eye View: The State of the Research in Psychology of Women and Gender Kate Richmond In writing a Psychology of Women & Gender textbook, we rigorously read the field of feminist psychology. In this presentation, we plan to share the major themes and trends we uncovered and provide specific recommendations for areas that appear under-researched and reflect on where the field is heading.

Paper Session: Intervention and Saturday 2:30-3:45PM Childhood Educational Spaces (4 Room 108 papers)

Paper 1: The Impact of Victimization on Middle Schooler’s Perceptions of Peer Attitudes and Barriers to Bystander Intervention Katherine Bogen & Mohamed Mulla The present study examined the associations among sexual violence (SV), perceived peer acceptance (PPA) of SV, and expectations of negative peer reactions (ENPR) to SV bystander intervention among middle schoolers. Results indicated significant positive direct associations among all variables, and an indirect effect of SV on ENPR via PPA.

Paper 2: Navigating Care and Relational Interventions in Girls’ Group Spaces Katie Clonan-Roy This presentation focuses on qualitative research conducted in after-school girls group spaces, examines the complexities of care present in girls’ groups and research relationships, and emphasizes that the relational interventions invoked in such research can nurture adult and youth critical consciousness, resistance, and resilience.

Paper 3: Teacher Predictors of Student Knowledge and Skills in a Sexual Abuse Prevention Program Margaret Manges & Amanda Nickerson Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is an international public health concern, with as many as 25% of girls and 1-16% of boys experiencing CSA by age 18. This paper examines the efficacy of a CSA prevention program as well as teacher-level variables that influence knowledge gains using Hierarchical Linear Growth Modeling.

Paper 4: The ‘Feelings Thermometer’: Theorizing Emotional and Relational Agencies in Early Childhood Education Angela Sillars How does emotion regulation in early childhood education take up ‘sex’ indirectly, and how does this uncover ‘the manner in which power and desire are joined to one another’ (Foucault, 1978, p. 81)? I theorize the presence and possibility of an erotic radical interdependence in early childhood educational communities.

Paper Session: Dating, danger, and Saturday 2:30-3:45PM coercion (4 papers) Room 107

Paper 1: Sexting, power, and patriarchy: Narratives of sexting from a college population Sara Bonilla, Mallaigh McGinley, & Sharon Lamb This paper presents research on sexting by a diverse group of undergraduates. We take a discourse analytic approach to written narratives to understand their decision-making in various relational contexts and power hierarchies; connections to self-esteem/self-image; and how individuals position themselves within greater cultural narratives of sex positivity and danger.

Paper 2: ‘Orgasm Coercion’: When Pressuring a Partner to Orgasm Mirrors Sexual Coercion Sara Chadwick & Sari Van Anders In this research, we identify orgasm coercion as a previously unacknowledged form of sexual coercion. Specifically, our findings showed that the tactics used to pressure a partner to orgasm are often analogous to sexual coercion tactics. Results also showed important gender/sex differences in how orgasm coercion is experienced.

Paper 3: Dating and Sexual Violence Victimization among Native American Girls on an Indian Reservation Katie Edwards We documented the scope and correlates of past six-month victimization among Native American girls on an Indian Reservation. Whereas alcohol use increased risk for all forms of victimization, confidence to resist a sexual assault, mattering, and connection to culture were generally related to lower rates of victimization.

Paper 4: Re/configuring Pleasure and Danger in Mobile Dating Experiences of Young Bisexual and Heterosexual Women Pani Farvid In this paper I examine the ongoing terrain of pleasures and dangers in bisexual and heterosexual women ‘s mobile dating experiences.

SYMPOSIUM: #MeToo Chinese Saturday 2:30-3:45PM International Student Sexual Harassment Room 104 on U.S. College Campuses Linda Castillo, Carly Thornhill, Polet Millan, Sakina Ali, Ankita Sahu, Sidai Dong, Lina Chang

Given the lack of scholarly work on Chinese international student sexual harassment, the purpose of the symposium is to: 1) provide an overview of experiences and perceptions; 2) introduce a culturally-based model; and 3) discuss culturally-informed interventions when working with Chinese international students experiencing the effects of sexual harassment.

Paper 1: Sexual Harassment Experiences for Chinese International Students Yunlnig (Lina) Chang & Sidai Dong

Paper 2: Culturally Contextualizing the Sexual Harassment Model Ankita Sahu & Carly Thornhill

Paper 3: Culturally Informed Interventions: Sexual Harassment Interventions that Serve the International Student Community Sakina Ali and Polet Milian

SYMPOSIUM: Pathways to Editorship: Saturday 2:30-3:45PM Experiences and Insight from Women of Room 103 Color in Journal Editor Roles Stephanie Pollock, APA Publishing

This panel will feature perspectives from women of color in leadership roles editing psychology journals. Editors will share details of common barriers, recommendations for diversifying representation in scholarly publishing, and leadership tips for attendees.

Paper 1: Having a Seat at the Table Kerry Kawakami, Editor, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes section

Paper 2: Editorial experience Sandra Mattar, Associate Editor, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy The associate editor of Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy, discusses her experience as a women of color in an editorial position. She addresses a series of questions: (1) What made you interested in becoming an editor? (2) What opportunities and resources were available for you to pursue leadership roles in scholarly journals, and what skills got you here? (3) Can you speak to barriers you faced in achieving such leadership positions? and (4) What is needed for the next generation of women of color editors to succeed?

Paper 3: The path to Editorial Leadership Ayanna K. Thomas, Editor, Memory & Cognition The editor of Memory and Cognition discusses her experience as a woman of color in a leadership position. Offering a background on her life and expertise, she provides insight into her motivation, and the path to her current position. Resources, opportunities and barriers are addressed.

WORKSHOP: PROP 21638855 Advocacy Saturday 2:30-3:45PM to End Sexism in Courts Taking Child Room 115 Custody from Protective Mothers of Sexually Abused Children Paula Caplan

Rarely publicized is the misogyny in family courts, which leads judges too often to award custody of sexually abused children to abusive fathers. Description of typical cases will be followed by a project aimed to lead to federal legislation to stop these horrors and performance of excerpts from a play.

WORKSHOP: Shameless Sexual Saturday 2:30-3:45PM Revolution Room 116 Terah Harrison & Martha Bergen

This workshop will be a live taping of the Make More Love Not War podcast. Join us for the Shameless Sexual Revolution: a discussion with audience participation where we will unpack shaming cultural messages and reclaim shameless, empowered sexual identities. This is a recreation of a consciousness raising group.

WORKSHOP: Intersectionality, Power, Saturday 2:30-3:45PM and Supervision: Understanding Race, Room 101 Gender, and Queerness Nikiru Nnawulezi, Gabriela Lopez-Zeron, Selima Juarali, Lauren Wiklund, NiCole Buchanan

Quality supervision and mentorship are critical to training new therapists and researchers. The aim of this interactive workshop is to discuss how intersectional identities influence relational dynamics in supervisory and mentoring relationships. We provide insights on how to leverage the power of these relationships to improve clinical and research practice.

WORKSHOP: Diverse Gender Identities Saturday 2:30-3:45PM in Research, Education, and Practice Room 106 Claire Siepser & Nicole Johnson

The main purpose of this workshop is to expand conceptions of gender and provide tools to researchers, educators, and practitioners. We will be focusing on diverse genders; some of the identities we will discuss are two-spirit, non-binary, genderqueer, agender, third gender, gender fluid, bigender, androgyne, gender non-conforming, and transgender identities.

SATURDAY 4:00PM-5:00PM

Caucus for Non-Binary Sexual & Gender Saturday 4:00-5:00PM Diversity + The Coming Out Ceremony Room 106

The Caucus for Non-Binary Sexual & Gender Diversity seeks to promote dialogue about sexual and gender identity and diversity. The caucus collaborates with conference participants, in an effort to increase programming on sexual and gender identity and diversity, particularly as it relates to other identities (i.e., race, class, etc.). The ‘Coming Out Ceremony’ is an opportunity for those who wish to participate to ‘come out’ in whatever way they choose, and whatever way makes sense to them. Previously, the ‘Coming Out Ceremony’ served as a space in which individuals who identified as bisexual felt acknowledged, recognized and celebrated. Welcome!

Early Career Professionals Caucus Saturday 4:00-5:00PM Meeting Room 201

This caucus meeting is open to early career professionals (ECP; within 10 years post degree), and those who are looking forward to being an early career professional in 3 to 5 years. The caucus is looking for new leadership. Opportunities exist to collaborate with Division 35 ECP, as well.

Paper Session: Sex Education and Saturday 4:00-5:00PM LGBTQ+ (3 papers) Room 101

Paper 1: The Silencing of LGBTQ+ Identities in Middle and High School Health Education Katie Clonan-Roy This presentation analyzes how school health textbooks frame and teach gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, and diverse identities. Calling upon data collected through a qualitative content analysis of U.S. health textbooks, we demonstrate how curricula marginalize LGBTQ+ youth, and provide curricular revisions to foster optimal youth health and development.

Paper 2: Things My Teachers Never Told Me: LGBTQ+ Students and the Search for Sexual Agency Tangela Roberts & Lasonja Roberts Sociopolitical context often shape the sexual experiences of LGBTQ+ students in high school and post-secondary settings. This qualitative paper explores sex education and the enactment of sexual agency for LGBTQ+ students. A focus is made on conditions that either foster or hinder sexual agency. Educational and clinical implications are addressed.

Paper 3: Teacher Educator Insights on Preparing Teachers to Teach Comprehensive, Holistic Sexuality Education: TEACH-RSE findings7 Catherine Maunsell, Ashling Bourke, Claire Cullen, & Aisling Costello Sexual rights and sexual agency are integral to the approach of comprehensive, holistic sexuality education. This presentation draws on preliminary findings from the TEACH-RSE research study which sought to investigate the role of initial teacher educators in preparing Irish teachers to teach comprehensive, holistic sexuality education.

Paper Session: What He said: Saturday 4:00-5:00PM Conversations, Communication & Room 104 Creepiness (3 sessions)

Paper 1: Examining University Men’s Conversations about Sex and the Social and Linguistic Construction of Sexual Violence Nicole Jeffrey & Paula Barata We examined how 29 university men talked and negotiated conversations in focus groups about sex in intimate relationships and how this talk worked to support sexual violence (SV). We examined the traditional, male-centered and SV-supportive discourses that men drew on and the rhetorical strategies that worked to strengthen men’s claims.

Paper 2: He Showed So Many Sides of Himself; I Tiptoed around Him’: Manifestations of Creepiness in #MeToo Testimonies in Iceland Gyða Pétursdóttir & Margrét Rúdólfsdóttir In Iceland, MeToo testimonies were collected in private Facebook groups before they were made public. In this performance presentation, based on 631 #MeToo testimonies, we will read and re-enact MeToo testimonies focusing on the many descriptions of the perpetrators, i.e. the creeps, and consequences of creepiness.

Paper 3: “We Need More People to Be Courageous”: Men’s Communication about Intimate Partner Violence and Toxic Masculinity Valerie Ryan We conducted a focus group with four Ten Men Rhode Island alumni, asking the men about their communication with other men about intimate partner violence and masculinity. They identified specific strategies they use to bring up these topics and how they talk to other men once the topics are broached.

Paper Session: Text harassment, sexual Saturday 4:00-5:00PM harassment & sexual misconduct (3 Room 103 papers)

Paper 1: Harassment, Bullying, and Targeted Misogyny: A Psychosocial Analysis of Mobile Dating Interactions Pani Farvid & Rose Howell In this paper, we report on preliminary findings from a project that investigated how abusive textual communication unfolds in the dating app context, to showcase new modes of misogyny that manifest in private online interactions.

Paper 2: Deciding to Report Sexual Harassment at Work: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Vanessa Hartmann This qualitative study examines the narratives of 14 women reporting sexual harassment at work to better understand what factors contribute to a decision to come forward after experiencing sexual harassment. Preliminary emerging themes highlighted past experiences with sexual harassment and the importance of social support as motivators to report.

Paper 3: ‘Something Small that Happens a Lot’: ‘Minor’ Sexual Assault and Aggression among College Women Leanna Papp & Sarah McClelland We conducted six focus groups (N=36) with women at a U.S. university. We evaluate their accounts of mundane sexual assault and aggression in the context of a university- administered sexual misconduct climate study and conclude that participants’ experiences would likely not be reported nor included in the university’s survey findings.

SYMPOSIUM: Undressing 'Yes Means Saturday 4:00-5:00PM Yes:' Implementation of Affirmative Room 108 Consent Policy Amber Gipson, Marissa Lawrence, & Brianna Hobson

Before #metoo was reawakened in 2017, California enacted senate bill 967 in 2014, leading the movement in bringing affirmative consent from the bedroom to the courtroom. This symposium will analyze California’s affirmative consent policy through public health and clinical psychology methodologies and considerations. Policy implementation will be the focus.

Paper 1: Ideology and Implementation of Affirmative Consent Policy Amber Gipson Before #metoo was reawakened in 2017, California enacted an affirmative consent policy for educational institutions in 2017. The effort was lauded by activist groups, repudiated by right-wing commentators, and was even sardonically performed on SNL. This policy is due for implementation analysis and qualitative public health research will be presented.

Paper 2: Interplay of Interpersonal Factors and Affirmative Consent Policy Marissa Lawrence The recent adoption of affirmative consent policy requires individuals exercise an “affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement when engaging in sexual activity” that occurs at every point of contact during a sexual encounter. However, the lack of specificity and guidance on how the parties involved should navigate affirmative consent in practice challenges the utility of this policy. This presentation will examine how the interplay of an individual’s interpersonal factors and affirmative consent policy can be approached through research and a clinical conceptualization. Moreover, underlying theories of how mental health and traumatic experiences function within this paradigm will also be presented.

Paper 3: Affirmative Consent Law for Sexual Assault Victims-survivors Who are Transgender Brianna Hobson According to the 2015 U.S. Transgender survey, at the college and vocational school level, nearly one-quarter (24%) of people who were out or perceived as transgender were verbally, physically, or sexually harassed. The new affirmative consent policy seeks to ensure that students, faculty, and staff who are victim-survivors of sexual assault on the grounds or facilities of their institutions receive treatment and information, including a description of on-campus and off-campus resources. This presentation will examine the utility and applicability of the affirmative consent policy by exploring individual and environmental factors that would affect the safety and protection of sexual assault victims-survivors who are transgender.

SYMPOSIUM: Heteronormativity, Shame Saturday 4:00-5:00PM and Sexual Agency Room 107 Maureen McHugh, Camille Interligi, & Christina Ceary

Presenters examine women’s sexual agency as limited by heteronormativity and the shaming communicated to women whose sexualities do not follow a heterosexual script emphasizing male pleasure and penetration. Avenues for the development of shame resilience, sexual agency and a more positive sexuality for women across the lifespan are addressed.

Paper 1: Sexual Discourses, Sexual Agency and Shame Resilience Camille J Interligi The possibility of positive and empowered sexuality for young women is examined in relation to multiple discourses including the Madonna/Whore dichotomy, the permissive discourse, the romance narrative, and the risk/victimization discourse. Suggestions for resistance to heteronormative discourses, and development of sexual agency and shame resilience are made.

Paper 2: Heteronormativity, Shame, and Sexual Discourses for Older Women Maureen C McHugh Heteronormativity is examined in relation to older women’s sexuality and sham. The normative sexual script emphasizes male pleasure and penetration; women who have difficulty with penetrative sex feel inadequate and shamed. Strategies for resisting heteronormative discourses are suggested, including: sharing our stories, providing lifelong sex education.

Paper 3: Othering the Aces: Asexuality, Shame, and Heteronormativity Christina Ceary It is important to consider the needs and desires of people who identify as asexual in discussions of sexual autonomy. Society and psychology marginalize, invalidate, or erase asexual individuals. As clinicians and researchers, part of our job is challenging the heteronormative structures and recognizing our client’s unique experiences.

WORKSHOP: Women Military Veterans’ Saturday 4:00-5:00PM Sex-Specific Barriers as Sexual Assault Room 101 Victims and as Mothers Paula Caplan

Women military veterans constitute a largely underserved population. Major challenges include (1) the ways in which, if sexually assaulted, they are pathologized, badly treated by mental health professionals, and exposed to further harm and (2)the ways that being a mother compounds their problems. Helpful actions will be discussed.

WORKSHOP: Critical Competencies for Saturday 4:00-5:00PM Working with Trans and Gender Diverse Room 116 Clients in Sex Therapy through Practice and Advocacy Karen Stovall, Halleh Hashtpari, & Jennifer Taylor

This workshop will explore clinicians’ and researchers’ current understanding of TGD issues regarding healthy sexuality, personal bias, and advocacy work. Learning objectives include: 1) Identifying at least one personal bias previously unrecognized, 2) Exploring language used to effectively communicate about TGD issues, and 3) Developing an advocacy toolkit of resources.

WORKSHOP: Queering your Pedagogy: Saturday 4:00-5:00PM An Interdisciplinary Approach to Room 115 Engaging the University in Feminist Approaches to Teaching Emily Keener, Rhonda Clark, Katherine Cooklin, Katherine Mickle, Cindy LaCom

Panelists from various disciplines will discuss participation in a ‘Faculty Learning Community (FLC)’ on Queer Pedagogy. Similarities between Queer and Feminist Pedagogy will be highlighted along with strategies for engaging colleagues/students across disciplines. Attendees will be invited to develop ideas for their classes while also considering the FLC model.

SATURDAY 5:15PM-6:30PM

PAPER: Distinguished Publication Award UNIQUE TIME 5:15-6:00PM Colleen MacQuarrie Room 107

Feminist Liberation Psychology: Framework to Create Reproductive Justice

RECEPTION & POSTERS BEGIN AT 5:30 OVERLAPPING DISTINGUISHES PUBLICATION AWARD

STARTS AT 5:15 Caucus Poster: Learn about the AWP Caucuses via their Poster Presentation. Members of the Caucuses will be Standing by to Answer Questions and Invite you to Join

1.The Impact of Sexual Self-Esteem on Academic Performance Among College Women with Sexual Victimization Elyxcus Anaya The current study seeks to examine the role of sexual self-esteem in the relationship between sexual victimization and academic performance among college women. Possible implications for college counseling centers include understanding how high sexual self- esteem may help alleviate trauma symptoms, therefore protecting academic performance.

2.Men’s Sexual Victimization and Precarious Manhood: Barriers to Acknowledgment and Endorsement of Rape Myths Allison Comiskey CANCELLED Using a precarious manhood framework, this study examines how the elusive and tenuous nature of manhood as a social status has implications for men’s sexual victimization acknowledgement when men endorse behavioral indicators of experiencing sexual assault. Conformity to masculine norms and rape myth acceptance are also examined.

3.Instagram influencers: A Content Analysis & Focus Group Analysis of Influencer Images Sara Darman & Kathryn Frazier This poster will present findings from two studies. First, a content analysis of top-followed Instagram influencers examined the prevalence of harmful elements, such as sexualization and objectification, in influencer images. Second, an analysis of focus groups explored how female undergraduates discussed these images and whether they were viewed as harmful.

4.Green Crusaders Rajasi Diwakar A quarter of India’s population menstruates every month and faces issues related to hygiene, access to facilities, choice of products, comfort, associated with it. Due to concerns for health, environment, comfort, and economics, women are moving from disposable to sustainable products, like using reusable cloth pads and menstrual cups.

5. Masculinity and Femininity: Testing Segregation Based on Gendered Trait Expression Emily Dodge, Cassandra Oleksak, Kailey Berdar, Emily Keener, Rebecca Nicholson, & Dil Singhabahu The purpose is to examine whether college students’ current and retrospective friend groups are segregated based on gender-typed expression. The hypothesis is that women will have a preference for friends with high femininity and low masculinity, and men will have a preference for friends with high masculinity and low femininity.

6. The Influence of Ethnic Identity Commitment and Experiences of Oppression on Sexual Risk Among Latina College Students Melissa Ertl, Jessica Martin, & Frank Dillon Guided by intersectionality theory, the present study examined Latina college students’ sexual risk in relation to ethnic identity and experiences of oppression. Results highlighted unexpectedly low condom use and the contribution of sexist experiences to an increased number of sexual partners among Latinas with relatively low ethnic identity commitment.

7. Are You Protected? Investigating Students’ Attitudes and Awareness of STD’s at a Rural University Rebecca Esquivel & Alicia Trottea Most studies focus on the statistical facts regarding STD’s and less on why these STD rates are so high among university students. My question was why college students continued practicing unprotected knowing what was at risk? My findings showed that students lacked basic knowledge on STD’s.

8. How Conformity to Female Norms Influences Sexual Discussion and Gender Role attitudes. Alyssa Flores, Marisa Thompson, & Nicole Lozano This study investigated how women’s conformity to feminine norms influenced their attitudes of traditional gender roles and/or their discussion of their sexual history and experiences. Women who conformed to higher feminine norms had more traditional values in terms of gender norms, and less pressure to discuss sexual experiences.

9. A Descriptive Analysis of College Students’ Experiences of Female-Perpetrated Sexual Assault Gianna Gambardella, Madeline Benz, Denise Hines, & Kathleen Palm-Reed The current study used over a decade of campus climate survey data to explore the experiences of college students who experienced sexual assault (SA) perpetrated by a woman. Findings include patterns of gender of victim, relationship to perpetrator, help- seeking behavior, and victim wellbeing.

10. Empowered and Tough or Just Powder Puffs: Infantilizing and Sexualizing of Women Athletes in Mass Marketed Athletic Gear Lauri Hyers, Leigh Wolfrum, Erin Hipple, Rebecca Egan, & Shannon Clemens In this project, we use qualitative methods to explore athletic wear mass-marketed to women and girls. We coded for symbols of infantilization and sexualization as a means to disempower girls and women involved in athletics.

11. Childhood Sexual Violence Survivors and Resiliency: The Implications of Emotion Regulation Chelsea Jones To understand childhood sexual violence (CSA) survivors’ development of resiliency and post-traumatic growth, this project examined whether emotion regulation and the ability to cope with stress predicted resiliency among survivors of CSA. Results indicate emotion regulation skills, though not coping with stress, may be vital to developing resiliency in this

12. Picture Imperfect: The Effect of Time Spent on Instagram and Body Esteem Samantha Kowalchek & Kathryn Frazier This study examined the relationship between hours spent on instagram and body esteem among undergraduate students. Data from 75 male and female students suggest that while time use was related to body esteem, this relationship was mediated by gender and race. Supplemental data from focus groups will be discussed.

13. Through Self-Sexualization: A Qualitative Synthesis of Women’s Experiences of Sexual Empowerment in Neoliberalism Hio Tong Kuan This snapshot of contemporary academic dialogue on the legitimacy of sexual empowerment among women and girls focuses on studies discussing endorsement of self- sexualization as a strategy to experience agency in sexuality and neoliberal influences on the conceptualization and negotiation of sexual empowerment. Hio Tong Kuan @ University of Windsor.

14. Reproductive Identity Development: A Reproductive Justice-Informed Conceptual Framework Rebecca McCarthy & Aurelie Athan Reproductive life events and decisions are hugely formative in the adult life course, yet a model of reproductive identity development is absent. Like other aspects of identity (e.g., sexuality, gender) reproductive expression should be openly explored, destigmatized, and self-authored. We present a reproductive justice-informed framework for Reproductive Identity Formation.

15. The Effect of Threatened Masculinity on Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Refusals to Unwanted Sexual Advances Colleen M. McDaniel The present study examines how threatened masculinity may influence men’s perceptions of women’s refusals to unwanted sexual advances. Participants completed an experimental proxy of masculinity threat, read a vignette, and reported their perceptions of a woman’s refusal and their willingness to continue an unwanted sexual advance.

16. Women Therapists’ Experiences with Military Culture and Sexual Harassment in Veterans Health Administration Settings Katelyn Meade, Jill Paquin, Michelina Astle, Dominique Dove, & Anne Frick This poster details the findings of a Grounded Theory analysis of interviews with women therapists who have worked in VA settings, and sought to better understand the workplace climate of VHA settings for women therapists, including experiences of being victimized by their clients and experiences of sexual harassment.

17. Studying Sexist Discrimination in Relation to Posttraumatic Growth: Challenges and Implications Chandra Merry This poster reviews a cross-sectional study examining relationships between posttraumatic growth, sexist discrimination, and coping styles in women. This study highlights that considering the role of internalized sexism, as well as other forms of adversity, on participant endorsement of sexism is integral to adequately capture this complex experience.

18. Self-identified Feminism and Allyship: Moving toward a Womanist Perspective. Mackenzie Miller & Makayla Kelley Feminism and feminist-related research has catered to the experiences of White women. To be better allies, women within the feminist movement must be intersectional to better understand women of color’s experiences. The goal of the current study is to examine White women’s feminist perspectives and ally-related behaviors.

19. Microaggressions toward Genderqueer People Kari Schall A qualitative research design was implemented to identify the specific themes of microaggressions towards genderqueer people. Some of the microaggressions themes identified were gender identity being questioned, being fetishized, and frequently being the spokesperson for their entire gender identity.

20. Community Perspectives on Sex Education: A Case Study in East Tennessee Elena Schuch & Pamela Rosecrance Pamela Rosecrance, Elena Schuch, Renee Mikorski, and Patrick R. Grzanka, all from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, conducted a survey assessing knowledge and beliefs about sex education of 727 students, parents, and teachers in East Tennessee following the passage of a Tennessee law prohibiting the promotion of ‘gateway sexual activity.’

21. Gender and Age Differences in Decisions to Continue Failing Projects for Oneself and a Loved One Kelly Smith, JoNell Strough, Wandi Bruine de Bruin, & Andrew Parker We investigated differences in decisions about continuing a failing project for oneself (vs. a loved one) in which time (vs. money) were sunk. Women’s decisions are the same whether the decision involved themselves or a loved one; men are more willing to abandon a failing project for loved ones.

22. Coloring Outside the Lines: A Critical Look at the Effect of Media Narratives on the Perception of Immigrants. Neha Tamhane & Fatima Shaik As social distance has shrunk, we have become aware of places we have had little access to historically. This zposter aims to assess if media coverage affects the way the general population views immigrants by looking at differential news coverage across countries and its effect on undiscerning public.

23. The Perilous World of Locker Room Talk Tyra Timm & Nicole Lozano ‘Locker room talk’ encompasses a range of masculine topics; with women often as the central theme of discussion. This study found that men who conform to playboy and violence masculinity norms were more likely to participate in locker room talk, potentially perpetuating toxic masculinity.

24. Sexualization and Consent in Cartoons with Nonbinary Characters and Gender- Diverse Themes Abigail Walsh This study examined the themes that emerged after watching television shows with nonbinary characters and gender diverse themes. Using a grounded theory approach, researchers identified themes of sexualization and consent. Results provide evidence that watching television is an active and interpretive experience where viewers make meaning out of television content.

25. Transphobia Healing Project Lindsey White, Kathleen Collins, Heidi Levitt, Sharon Horne, & Meredith Maroney The Transphobia Healing Project was developed to facilitate transgender and gender diverse individuals’ processing of experiences of gender-based discrimination. The project, an extension of the Healing from Heterosexism Project, consists of an online expressive writing intervention grounded in emotion focused therapy (EFT). Theoretical grounding, preliminary data, and applicability are discussed.

26. Why Routine Depression Screening May Be Bad for Girls’ Mental Health Michelangela Yusif, Lisa Cosgrove, Zenobia Morril, Akansha Vaswani, Sadie Cathcart, Rebecca Troeger, & Justin M. Karter By adolescence, the prevalence of girls taking antidepressants greatly increases in comparison to boys. This poster will discuss questionnaire-based depression screening in youth, how this may be leading to the over-use of antidepressants in teenage girls, and implications for feminist-based practice, particularly in terms of understanding intersectional risk for depression.

27. Taking a Break from Social Media: Impact and Gender Differences on College Students’ Body Image and Well-Being CANCELLED Deanne Zotter, Kelsey Blum, Kelly Bradley, Sonia Schuler, Kelly Daudert, Hannah Crespy, & Erin Walsh College student participants were randomly assigned to continue regular use or to stop using social media for one week. Results show difficulty complying with study instructions to remain off social media for some participants. Reported reasons for this difficulty and their implications will be presented along with study findings.

SATURDAY NIGHT 8:00PM-11:30PM ENTERTAINMENT

Join us for cheesecake, laughs, and our annual dance party!

COMEDIAN Saturday 8:00-8:45PM Carina Magyar Zlotnik Ballroom

Carina Magyar has been performing stand-up comedy in Austin since 2010. She was the runner-up in the 2017 Funniest Person in Austin contest.

DANCE PARTY Saturday 8:45-11:30PM DJ Shani Zlotnik Ballroom

Heavily influenced by the soul, funk & jazz scenes of Chicago’s south side, DJ Shani has always been enveloped by music.

SUNDAY March 8, 2020

Wellness Activity: Walk/ Run Around Sunday, 7:00AM Lady Bird Lake Lady Bird Lake

Breakfast Sunday, 7:30 – 8:45AM M2 Lobby

Registration Sunday, 8:00am –10:00am M2 Lobby

SUNDAY 8:30-9:45AM

Paper Session: Clinical Issues (4 Sunday 8:30-9:45AM papers) Room 203

Paper 1: The Deviant Mother: Regulating the Maternal Body and Mind Meghan Klein Toups In the shaping of maternal subjectivity and affect, regulation of the maternal body is critical. Reproductive rights are in direct opposition of sociocultural, idealized maternal norms. This paper examines how maternal subjectivity is socioculturally shaped, and women are oppressed and pathologized in the United States, through affect and body regulation.

Paper 2: From #Metoo to #Wetoo: Therapist Self-Disclosure of Sexual Violence Lori Koelsch, Elizabeth Bennett, Sheree King Ash, & Susannah Kuppers In this presentation we focus on feminist therapist self-disclosure in dialogue with and response to the #metoo era. We review the feminist literature on therapist self-disclosure and offer best practices for therapists who are considering disclosing their own experiences of sexual violence as a therapeutic intervention.

Paper 3: On the Borderline: Overcoming Stigma and Truly Understanding Women Who Struggle in Relationship Sara Martino This presentation will focus on clinical cases of women from varying age groups who have struggled in relationships and have been diagnosed, formally or informally, with borderline personality disorder. Discussions of the intersections of their stories will help explain how women struggle in relationship, especially after trauma.

Paper 4: Therapists’ Reflections on the #MeToo Movement: A Qualitative Interview Study CANCELLED Melissa Ward, Alexandria Dilley, & Rebekah Smart This presentation will highlight data from a qualitative interview study of therapists regarding their personal and professional experiences in light of the #MeToo movement. Themes surrounding the movement’s impact on the participants, their clients, and the culture will be presented, and implications for therapy and social justice will be discussed.

Feminist Forum Sunday 8:30-9:45AM Room 202

Feminist Forum is an opportunity to discuss topics of importance in a feminist space. Time will be devoted to discussing how we can apply what we are learning at the conference and beyond in our communities. All are invited to participate.

SYMPOSIUM: The Role of Social Context Sunday 8:30-9:45AM in Actualizing Women’s Rights and Room 108 Women’s Agency Anjali Dutt

This symposium involves analysis of social context and what is unveiled through this lens in three feminist research projects. The talks include examination of neoliberal versus care- oriented ideology on sexual assault, how local context shapes women of color activists’ experiences, and how setting impacts refugee women’s experiences giving birth.

Paper 1: Challenging Rape Culture through Shifting Ideology Amanda (Mandi) Ward This paper examines the role of neoliberal culture as a contributing reason for the persistence of sexual assault. Using an experimental design, we compare levels of rape myth acceptance based upon exposure to ideological priming. Findings have implications for curating effective social change utilizing momentum from the “Me Too” Movement.

Paper 2: Women of Color Activists Transforming Local Context Nabiha Chaudhary This study examines psychosocial mechanisms linked to sustaining women of color activists. Interpretative narrative analysis of women’s oral histories illustrate how oppositional consciousness, solidarity, and liberatory ethics of care, collectively shape an underlying basis for their activism. We emphasize local community context both in what catalyzes and sustains women’s activism.

Paper 3: Refugee Women’s Perspectives on Maternal Care in the United States Autumn Kirkendall This study analyzes interviews with refugee women about their experiences through pregnancy and birth in the United States. Although involvement with an organization supported women’s sense of agency about the pregnancy process, power dynamics in the medical setting left women feeling unable to use their knowledge, inhibiting agency.

SYMPOSIUM: Rights on Paper vs. Rights Sunday 8:30-9:45AM on the Ground: A Capabilities Approach Room 107 to Identifying Barriers to Young Women’s Sexual Rights Laina Bay-Cheng

We will share findings from a community-based project that uses the Capabilities Approach to identify barriers to diverse girls’ abilities to exercise their sexual rights. Analyzing policies, services, and interview data, we focus specifically on girls with intellectual disability, immigrant girls, and Latina and Black girls’ vulnerability to reproductive coercion.

Paper 1: Disabling Protectionism: Guardians and Providers as Barriers to the Sexual Rights of Women Labeled with Intellectual Disabilities Hannah G. Ginn The sexual rights of women labeled with intellectual disability are frequently denied both “on paper” via evaluations of ‘capacity to consent’ and by their support networks’ fail to enable their relationships. This grounded theory analysis examines these constraints and offers recommendations to legally establish and practically enact their sexual rights.

Paper 2: The Consequences of Immigration Scare Tactics on Young Immigrant Women’s Sexual Health Care Access Honour Odigie A singular focus on sexual rights on paper overlooks broader political constraints on immigrant women’s sexual capabilities. This paper examines how immigration enforcement activities foster a climate of fear that deters young immigrant women from enrolling in and using the publicly-funded sexual health services to which they are entitled.

Paper 3: Undetected violations: Neglecting Reproductive Coercion Among Black and Latina Girls Jessica J. Mencia Reproductive coercion is a prominent form of relationship violence and sexual rights violation experienced by girls, especially those who identify as Black or Latina, yet often goes undetected. This paper considers how race and gender obscure the sexual and reproductive vulnerability of girls of color from providers and policymakers.

WORKSHOP: Kink-N-Femme: Sunday 8:30-9:45AM Celebrating Femmes in Kink Spaces Room 116 Shanae Adams

Mainstream depictions of kink center on men dominating femme submissives. This blatant erasure of femdom (femme domination) paints the misconception that femmes are only meant to submit. This workshop will expose participants to femme dominants and uncover the motivations and liberation within femme domination.

WORKSHOP: We All Deserve Sunday 8:30-9:45AM Representation: Mirror-Making through Room 106 the Diverse Bodies Project Yael Rosenstock & Mishael Sims

The Diverse Bodies Project shatters the idea that only some bodies deserve to be represented. We explore bodies for all they can be, beyond and inclusive of the sexual. Now that we’ve completed our first phase, we’re inviting people from across the world to join our inclusivity movement.

SUNDAY 10:00-11:15AM

AWP Annual Business Meeting Sunday 10:00-11:15AM Yael Rosenstock & Mishael Sims Room 116

Join us for our Annual Business Meeting. This is a good opportunity to learn more about AWP and what’s happening within the organization. Your ideas are welcome!

Paper Session: Reproductive Decisions, Sunday 10:00-11:15AM Reproductive Justice (4 papers) Room 203

Paper 1: Post-Abortion Syndrome: Unpacking the Co-opting of Psychological Knowledge by Abortion Rights Opponents Laura Hooberman The invention of Post-Abortion Syndrome (PAS) claims a causal link between abortion and trauma; no such link is supported by empirical evidence. This paper explores the history of PAS, situating its invention within efforts by abortion rights opponents to co-opt psychological language and knowledge to legitimize their agendas.

Paper 2: The Pregnancy Decision-Making Model: A Reproductive Justice Approach to Unintended Pregnancy Elyssa Klann In this paper, I introduce the Pregnancy Decision-Making Model (PDMM), an innovative model that utilizes a reproductive justice framework to understand systemic and psychological forces that are likely to influence pregnant people’s decision-making. The model outlines how pregnancy outcomes are affected by sociopolitical systems and psychology.

Paper 3: Future Directions for Abortion Research from Evolutionary, Clinical, and Sociological Perspectives Nicole Lozano and Lora Adair Abortion research has traditionally focused on outcomes and experiences after deciding to obtain an abortion - leaving opportunities for theoretical and empirical developments about the abortion decision-making process. The aim of this paper is to address the many factors which shape abortion decisions, using evolutionary, clinical, and sociological perspectives.

Paper 4: ‘I’ve Not Told My Family I’ve Done Any of This’: Experiences of Egg Donation among Asian and Asian American Egg Donors Lisa Rubin, Ellen Yom, & Inmaculada de Melo-Martin In-depth interviews conducted with six Asian/Asian-American egg donors (from a larger study) regarding experiences with donation revealed heightened concerns about the impact of donating on their family-of-origin. Asian/Asian-American donors were less likely to talk about donation with family. Results underscore the importance of cultural considerations in egg donation.

Paper Session: Sex and Sexual Violence Sunday 10:00-11:15AM in Religious Communities (3 papers) Room 202

Paper 1: It Happens in #ChurchToo: Twitter Users Discuss Sexual Violence and Institutional Betrayal within Religious Communities Katherine Bogen and Mazheruddin Mulla The present study characterized disclosure of and reactions to sexual victimization in religious contexts via 1087 Tweets containing the hashtag #ChuchToo. Emergent themes included characteristics of institutional violence, and positive versus negative disclosure reactions. Implications regarding the importance of supporting religious and spiritual victims of violence will be discussed.

Paper 2: Latter-day Saint (Mormon) Sexual Abuse Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Finding Healing Within a Patriarchal Setting Amber Choruby Whiteley Twenty-five sexual abuse survivors from the LDS/Mormon church were interviewed about their sexual abuse experiences and healing processes. Their stories shed light on our greater societal patriarchal culture and the interaction of shame and hope while healing from sexual and spiritual trauma. Results will be presented alongside clinical implications.

Paper 3: Shining a Light on the Purity Myth: Manifestations and Consequences of Gendered Purity Norms Vanessa Hettinger A particularly pernicious facet of gender essentialism and benevolent sexism refers to women’s supposed ‘purity’. In three studies, I demonstrate that purity (including, but not limited to, sexual purity) is more central to evaluations of women than of men, and that internalization of these norms has implications for women’s self-esteem.

Symposium: LGBTQ+ Well-Being in Sunday 10:00-11:15AM Shifting Sociopolitical Climates Room 201 Mike Parent

In three talks, we discuss how shifting political climates and anti-LGBTQ+ oppression relate to mental and physical health and family structure. Using minority stress theory and an analysis of the political climate, we offer interventions aimed at legislators, therapists, and LGBTQ+ individuals who may want to change their health behaviors.

Paper 1: State Law and Reproductive Planning for Same-Sex Couples Mike C. Parent State laws, and concerns about laws, can influence same-sex couples’ reproductive plans. Data were gathered from 1000 same-gender-loving women on state of residence, fears of laws restricting same-sex parenting, and reproduction plans. Fears of state laws restricting same-sex parenting discouraged adoption and encouraged involuntary childlessness.

Paper 2: And How Does that Make You Feel?: Political Stress, LGBTQ People and Therapy Alexandra S. Weis What should therapists know about LGBTQ clients’ needs with regard to current political stress? There are few comprehensive examinations that incorporate shifting political culture and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric into a mental health framework. This presentation will overview theoretical foundations for such a framework, consider practice implications, and reflect on research gaps.”

Paper 3: Minority Stress Theory: Mental Health Mediates Substance Use in LGBT+ Populations Alyssa N. Zucker, Bonnie Moradi, Jesse Dallery & Hannah L. Brown Previous research has documented disproportionate negative mental health indicators among LGBTQ+ populations. In a study of 307 LGBTQ+ respondents, we explore the pathways by which minority stress manifests in substance use, as mediated by anxiety and depression. Furthermore, we use experimental data to bolster evidence for impactful interventions.

Symposium: Sexual Risk, Sexual Sunday 10:00-11:15AM Violence, and Sexual Health among Room 108 Women, and Sexual and Gender Minorities Idia Thurston

This symposium presents research on protective factors associated with decreased sexual risk behaviors in women; measurement challenges for assessing sexual risk in sexual minority women; sexual violence and health in women experiencing partner violence, and predictors of reproductive health and fertility care pursuits in Transgender and gender expansive youth.

Paper 1: “Resilience as a Moderator of the Association between Syndemics and Sexual Risk Behaviors in Women Experiencing Adversity Idia B. Thurston, Kathryn H. Howell, Caroline C. Kaufman, Jessica E. Mandell, Caitlyn E. Maye, & Whitney C. Howie Resilience was examined as a moderator of SAVA (Substance Abuse, Violence, and AIDS/ HIV) and sexual risk among 183 racially-diverse U.S. women. Findings revealed that higher resilience weakened the positive association between SAVA and sexual risk but only for women experiencing one SAVA, suggesting a compounding negative effect of multiple adversities.

Paper 2: Measuring Sexual Risk Behavior among Heterosexual, Lesbian, and Bisexual Women: Do Existing Measures work for all women? Tracy N. Hipp & Kevin M. Swartout While commonly-used brief assessments of sexual risk behavior are inappropriate for use with sexual minority women, results of this study using an item response theory framework indicate that even extant, more robust assessments are inadequate and either necessitate significant revision or, potentially, the development of completely new instruments.

Paper 3: The Relationship between Sexual Violence, Sexual Health, and Polyvictimization in Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence Kathryn H. Howell, Idia B. Thurston, Lacy E. Jamison, & Taylor R. Napier, This study examined sexual violence, sexual health, and polyvictimization among 137 women exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV). A hierarchical regression was significant, F(7,130)=5.03, p<.001, R2=21%; with age, income, sexual IPV, and childhood witnessing sexual IPV associated with polyvictimization. Past and current experiences with IPV should be targeted via intervention.

Paper 4: Sexual and Reproductive Health among Transgender and Gender Expansive (TGE) Youth: Developmental Considerations Rebecca C. Kamody & Christy L. Olezeski Among 59 TGE youth (11.3 -18.8 years) pursuing medical transition, logistic regression revealed increased self-concept was related to increased odds (OR = 2.09, p < .01) of willingness to discuss fertility/reproductive options with their endocrinologist. Empowering TGE youth to explore their reproductive options at this developmental stage will be discussed.

Symposium: Are We Psyched? Sunday 10:00-11:15AM Undergraduate Women of Color Speak Room 107 on Becoming Women of Color in Psychology Christine Smith, Hanette Kamanda, Addison Hunter, Kailah Siggers, Priyanka Bharadwaj, Lesle Lee, & Joy Russ

A panel of undergraduate women of color and white professor discuss their experiences and offer advice on how to best serve undergraduate students of color in psychology, development of Psychology of Women of Color course materials, and discuss the impact of the I Am Psyched program on campus and community.

WORKSHOP: Sexual Assault on Sunday 10:00-11:15AM Campus: AWP Leads the Way Room 115 Maureen McHugh, Karol Dean, Katie Edwards, Sarah Ullman, Emily Keener, Karley Richard

The panelists, representing various campus groups, review current issues in addressing sexual assault on campus and advocate for best practices for policies and programs. Issues addressed include: Title IX compliance; compelled reporting; prevention efforts; responding to victims; adjudication. Planning a path forward; audience members invited to participate.

WORKSHOP: Breaking Down Barriers: Sunday 10:00-11:15AM Supporting Immigrant Survivors with Room 106 Trauma-Informed, Culturally Grounded Services Yumnah Syed-Swift & Menaka Chandurkar

Since 1992 AFSSA (Asian Family Support Services of Austin) has offered culturally grounded services to immigrant survivors. In this workshop, AFSSA’s Therapeutic Counselor and Community Education Program Coordinator help participants examine potential barriers to services, explore societal power structures that affect immigrant clients, and develop action plans to decolonize practices.

Closing Ceremony Sunday, 11:30AM – 12:30PM Room 115