Department of Psychology

Faculty & Staff

 

Lori Dawson, Ph.D.

Department Chair

 

Contact Information

Office: Sullivan 241C

Phone: (508) 929-8765

Email: ldawson@worcester.edu

 

Education

PhD - University of Albany, SUNY

BA - Suffolk University

 

Area of Specialization

Dr. Dawson’s main research interests are in the areas of: 1) child sexual abuse; 2) date/acquaintance rape; 3) sexual harassment; 4) relationship violence; 5) gender roles; and 6) prejudice.

 

Representative Scholarly Activity

Dawson, L., & Chunis, M. (2004). From tailhook to tailspin: A dishonorable decade of sexual harassment

in the U. S. military.   In C. Harvey and M. J. Allard (Eds.), Understanding diversity: Readings, cases,

and exercises, 3rd ed.  New York: Pearson/Prentice- Hall.

 

Dawson, L., Chunis, M., Smith, D., & Carboni, A. (2001).  The role of academic discipline and gender in

high school teachers' AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes. Journal of Schoool Health, 71, 3-8.

 

Dawson, L., Gaston, D., & Guzman, L. (1999, April). Sexual coercion on campus: A comparison of

resident and commuting student experiences.  Paper presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the

Eastern Psychological Association, Providence, RI. Hamburger, M., Hogben, M., McGowan, S., &

Dawson, L. (1996).  Assessing hypergender ideology: Development and initial validation of a gender-

neutral measure of adherence to extreme gender-rolebeliefs.  Journal of Research in Personality, 30,

157-178.

 

Love, T., & Dawson, L. (2004, April).  The effects of self-esteem and media exposure on body image. 

Paper presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.