Handbook of Positive Body Image and Embodiment

Tracy L. Tylka is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University. The Editor-in-Chief of Body Image: An International Journal of Research and a Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders, she has published many articles, chapters, and scales on positive body image.

Niva Piran is Professor Emerita in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at OISE/University of Toronto. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Academy for Eating Disorders, she has published extensively on embodiment, treatment, and prevention of eating disorders.

Jessica Alleva, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Psychological Science
Maastricht University

Melissa Atkinson, PhD
Lecturer in Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Bath

Brooke Bennett, MS
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Psychology
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Sofia Berne, PhD
Senior Lecturer
Department of Psychology
University of Gothenburg

NiCole T. Buchanan, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Michigan State University

Rachel Calogero, PhD, FAED
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Western University

Catherine P. Cook-Cottone, PhD, RYT
Professor
Department of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology
State University of New York at Buffalo

Sigrún Daníelsdóttir, Cand.Psych/MSc
Clinical Psychologist
Project Manager for Mental Health Promotion
Directorate of Health

Phillippa Diedrichs, PhD, FAED
Associate Professor
Centre for Appearance Research
Department of Health and Social Sciences
University of the West of England

Jessica Dupasquier, MA
PhD Candidate, Clinical Psychology Program
Department of Psychology
University of Waterloo

Debra Franko, PhD, FAED
Professor
Department of Applied Psychology
Northeastern University

Ann Frisén, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Gothenburg

Christy Greenleaf, PhD
Professor
BS Kinesiology Program Director
Department of Kinesiology
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Emma Halliwell, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Health and Social Sciences
University of the West of England
Centre for Appearance Research

Diana Harcourt, PhD
Director, Centre for Appearance Research
Professor
Department of Health and Social Sciences
University of the West of England

Beth Hartman McGilley, PhD, FAED, CEDS
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Kansas School of Medicine

Caitlyn Hauff, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Sport
University of South Alabama

Mary S. Himmelstein, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
University of Connecticut

Kristina Holmqvist Gattario, PhD
Senior Lecturer
Department of Psychology
University of Gothenburg

Iryna Ivanova, PhD, C.Psych
Private Practice
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Allison Kelly, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Waterloo

Julie Koven, MSEd, MPhilEd
Doctoral Student, Counseling Psychology
Department of Counseling and School Psychology
University of Massachusetts Boston

Andrea Lamarre, MSc
PhD Candidate
Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition
University of Guelph

Sharon Lamb, PhD, EdD
Professor
Department of Counseling and School Psychology
University of Massachusetts

Janet D. Latner, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Janet M. Liechty, PhD, LCSW
Associate Professor
School of Social Work and College of Medicine
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Alice Lowy, MA
PhD Candidate, Counseling Psychology
Department of Applied Psychology
Northeastern University

Nina Mafrici, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Broadview Psychology

Carolien Martijn, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Psychological Science
Maastricht University

Kathryn Miller, MA
PhD Candidate, Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Waterloo

Sarah Murnen, PhD
Samuel B. Cummings II Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Kenyon College

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD, RYT-500
Professor, Division Head
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
School of Public Health
University of Minnesota

Kelly Pedrotty-Stump, MS, RYT
School Counselor
Springfield School District
Exercise Consultant
Renfrew Center of Philadelphia

Niva Piran, PhD, CPsych, FAED
Private Practice
Professor Emerita
Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development
University of Toronto

Rebecca Puhl, PhD
Deputy Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity
Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
University of Connecticut

Virginia Ramseyer Winter, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
University of Missouri

Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD, FAND
Nutrition Therapist
Private Practice
Beverly Hills, California, USA

Rachel Rodgers, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Applied Psychology
Northeastern University

Courtney Rogers, MA
PhD Candidate, Health Psychology, Clinical Track
Department of Psychological Science
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Emily K. Sandoz, PhD
Emma Louise LeBlanc Burguieres/BORSF Endowed Professor of Social Sciences
Department of Psychology
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Sonya Satinsky, PhD, MPH
Director, Health Promotion and Prevention Services
Princeton University

Linda Smolak, PhD
Professor Emerita
Department of Psychology
Kenyon College

Isis H. Settles, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Michigan State University

Jaclyn A. Siegel, MS
PhD Candidate, Social Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Western Ontario

Emily Squyres, MS
PhD Candidate, Counseling Psychology
Department of Psychology
Louisiana Tech University

Emily Stefano, MS
PhD Candidate, Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Marika Tiggemann, PhD
Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor
School of Psychology
Flinders University

Lianne Trachtenberg, PhD, CPsych. (Supervised Practice)
Postdoctoral Fellow
University Health Network
University of Toronto

Tracy L. Tylka, PhD, FAED
Professor
Department of Psychology
The Ohio State University

Kiruthiha Vimalakanthan, MA
PhD Candidate, Clinical Psychology Program
Department of Psychology
University of Waterloo

Tracey Wade, PhD, FAED
Professor
Dean, School of Psychology
Flinders University

Sydney Waring, BA
PhD Candidate, Clinical Psychology Program
Department of Psychology
University of Waterloo

Jennifer B. Webb, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychological Science
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Simon Wilksch, PhD
Research Fellow in Psychology
College of Education, Psychology, & Social Work
Flinders University

Heidi Williamson, DHealth
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Health and Social Sciences
University of the West of England
Centre for Appearance Research

Krystle Woods, PhD
Private Practice
River's Bend, PC

Zali Yager, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education
College of Arts and Education
Victoria University

"Handbook of Positive Body Image and EmbodimentÂprovides insights from a powerhouse list of world-renowned body image and eating disorder researchers and practitioners. The chapter authors provide both theoretical and practical suggestions for how individuals can better understand and appreciate their bodies, offering a variety of perspectives that provide refreshing and innovative ways to view the body. Each section provides a unique, in-depth look into how the reader can focus on the positive aspects of the body and navigate potentially damaging physical, social, and digital environments. Unique to this text is its inclusion of protective factors, providing the reader with a better understanding of how social justice, activism, and diversity play a role in positive body image." -- CHOICE

"The view we have of our body impacts on so many aspects of our lives. How refreshing to read a book that focuses on positive aspects of the body: the broad social environment as well as interventions to enhance our view of our body. The authors of the chapters read like a Who's Who of contemporary body image researchers." -- Marita McCabe, PhD, FAPS, Research Professor and Team Leader, Health and Aging Research Group, Swinburne University

"The Handbook clearly confirms the significance of this cutting edge topic. Editors Tylka and Piran, renowned for their brilliant leadership in the field, have assembled this unique compilation of innovative perspectives, state-of-the-science knowledge, and creative applications. The handbook is essential reading for researchers and practitioners who are fascinated by the human meaningfulness of body image and embodiment." -- Thomas F. Cash, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Old Dominion University, and Founding Editor-in-Chief of Body Image: An International Journal of Research

"This book brings together an exciting array of world-class researchers, scholars, and practitioners to address fundamental questions that people new to the fields of body image and eating disorders will have and that experts should still be asking. This book is groundbreaking because it provides multiple and clear paths to the breadth, depth, and integration needed to advance positive body image and embodiment as forms of personal, interpersonal, and public health." -- Michael P. Levine, PhD, FAED, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Kenyon College

"This Handbook is an important and refreshing contribution that ushers in a necessary and desirable shift from the body as problem to the body as possibility. Framed rightfully as a matter of social justice, the handbook's focus on the critical roles of mindfulness, embodied practices and literacy as interventions and forms of therapy offers clinicians and practitioners, as well as researchers and teachers, roadmaps for finding and following the too-often obscured signs to encourage and enable us to demand the freedom, happiness and health that we each deserve." -- Deborah L. Tolman, Professor, Women and Gender Studies at Hunter College and Critical Social Psychology at The Graduate Center, City University of New York