The Sexualization of Girls and Girlhood
Causes, Consequences, and Resistance
Edited by Eileen L. Zurbriggen and Tomi-Ann Roberts
Author Information
Edited by Eileen L. Zurbriggen, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, and Tomi-Ann Roberts, Professor of Psychology, Colorado College
Eileen L. Zurbriggen is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She served as Chair of the American Psychological Association's Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls. Her research focuses on behavioral and psychological linkages of power and sex and on media representations of gender and sexuality. Tomi-Ann Roberts is Winkler-Herman Professor of Psychology at Colorado College. She served on the American Psychological Association's Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls. Her research focuses on the consequences of the sexual objectification of girls and women, particularly the psychological consequences of girls' and women's own efforts to change their bodies and appearance to meet cultural standards.
Contributors:
Laina Y. Bay-Cheng, MSW, Ph.D.
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Elizabeth A. Daniels, Ph.D.
Oregon State University Cascades
Kyla Day, Ph.D.
University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center
Marina Epstein, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Melissa Farley, Ph.D.
Prostitution Research & Education - San Francisco
Nicole M. Fava, MSW
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Ingrid Johnston-Robledo, Ph.D.
State University of New York at Fredonia
Sharon Lamb, Ed.D.
University of Massachusetts Boston
Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D.
The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
University of Minnesota
Jennifer A. Livingston, Ph.D.
Research Institute on Addictions
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Elisabeth Morgan Thompson, Ph.D.
University of Arizona
Sarah K. Murnen, Ph.D.
Kenyon College
Jennifer L. Petersen, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin Whitewater
Natalie J. Purcell, Ph.D.
University of California at Santa Cruz
Rocio Rivadeneyra, Ph.D.
Illinois State University
Tomi-Ann Roberts, Ph.D.
Colorado College
Janet Shibley Hyde, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin Madison
Linda Smolak, Ph.D.
Kenyon College
Margaret L. Stubbs, Ph.D.
Chatham University
Khia Thomas, Ph.D.
Broward College
Marika Tiggemann, Ph.D.
Flinders University
Deborah L. Tolman, Ed.D.
Hunter College School of Social Work and CUNY Graduate Center
Eileen L. Zurbriggen, Ph.D.
University of California at Santa Cruz
L. Monique Ward, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
