MICHAEL P. JOHNSON
www.personal.psu.edu/mpj

mpj@psu.edu
June 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TEACHING

EDITORIAL & REVIEW WORK

PUBLICATIONS

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

PRESENTATIONS

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

POLICY STUDIES

ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVEMENT

 

Major Areas:

Social psychology of relationships: Domestic violence; Relationship development and stability 

 

Women's studies: Feminist family sociology; Violence against women in the family

 

 

Education:

Ph.D. (1974), Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Thesis title: Power Relations and Processes of Person Perception (Co-chairs,  Dorwin Cartwright and Howard Schuman).

 

 

 

MA (1969), Sociology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Thesis Title: Courtship and Commitment: A Study of Cohabitation on a University Campus (Chair, Howard J. Ehrlich).

 

 

 

B.A. (1965), Sociology, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois.

 

 

Address:

1155 Oneida St., State College, PA 16801

Phone:

Home: (814) 237-8061

 

 

Occupational History: 

The Pennsylvania State University, 1972-present

 

Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Women’s Studies, and African & African American Studies 

 

Associate Head, Department of Sociology, 1997-2001

 

Research Director, Strategic Study Group on the Status of Women, Office of the President, 1985-88

 

University of Michigan, Department of Sociology. Summer, 1974. Visiting Assistant Professor

 

 

 

University of Michigan, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, 1971-72. Research Associate

 

 

TEACHING

TEACHING AWARDS
  Penn State, College of the Liberal Arts, Stephanie J. Pavouček Shields Award, 2005

  Penn State Alumni Teaching Fellow Award, 2000-2001
  Penn State College of the Liberal Arts Outstanding Teacher Award, 1994

MAJOR TEACHING INTERESTS

Graduate Seminars:

Domestic Violence

 

Feminist Family Sociology

 

Feminist Sociology 

 

Processes of Relationship Development

 

Social Psychology of Close Relationships

 

Teaching Sociology

Graduate/Undergraduate:

Current Feminist Issues

 

Processes of Relationship Development

 

Women and the Family

Introductory:

Introduction to Women’s Studies

 

Sociology of Gender

 

Racism and Sexism

 

 

 

 

COURSES TAUGHT

Graduate Seminars:

Feminist Family Sociology

 

Feminist Sociology

 

Domestic Violence

 

Close Relationships

 

Networks and Dyads

 

Socialization and Social Influence

 

Attitude Theory and Research

 

Social Psychology Proseminar Module

 

Alfred Schutz

 

Phenomenological Sociology

 

Subjective Sociology

 

Research Methods

 

Data Collection Practicum

 

Data Analysis

 

Experimental Design

 

Teaching Sociology

Graduate/Undergraduate:

Women and the Family

 

Current Feminist Issues

 

Courtship and Family

 

Social Psychological Theory

 

Sociology of Opinion Formation

 

Methodology of Social Research

 

Advanced General Sociology

Introductory

The Sociology of Gender

 

First Year Seminar: Racism and Sexism

 

Racism and Sexism

 

First Year Seminar: Men's and Women's Lives

 

Introductory Social Psychology

 

Introductory Sociology (Keller Plan)

 

Introduction to Women’s Studies

 

 

RESEARCH AND WRITING

PUBLICATIONS

Johnson, Michael P. (in press). Comment on “Controversies involving gender and intimate partner violence in the United States.” Sex Roles.

 

Johnson, Michael P. (2009). Differentiating among types of domestic violence: Implications for healthy marriages. In H. Elizabeth Peters and Claire Kamp Dush (Eds.), Marriage and Families: Complexities and Perspectives (pp. 281-297). New York: Columbia University Press.

 

Johnson, Michael P. (2009). Where Do “Domestic Violence” Statistics Come From and Why Do They Vary So Much?

 

Johnson, Michael P. (2009). I heard Mike Johnson retired. Relationship Research News 7(2), 13-15.

 

Johnson, M. P. (2009). Review of Violence: A Microsociological Perspective by Randall Collins. Journal of Family Theory and Review 1(1), 65-66.

           

Johnson, Michael P. (2008). Domestic violence and child abuse: What is the connection--do we know? NCFR Report (December), F17-F19.

 

Johnson, Michael P. (2008).  A Typology of Domestic Violence: Intimate Terrorism, Violent Resistance, and Situational Couple Violence.  Boston: Northeastern University Press.

 

Kelly, Joan B. and Michael P. Johnson. (2008). Differentiation among types of intimate partner violence: Research update and implications for interventions. Family Court Review 46(3), 476-499.

 

Leone, Janel M., Michael P. Johnson, and Catherine M. Cohan. (2007). Victim help-seeking: Differences between intimate terrorism and situational couple violence. Family Relations 56(5), 427-439.

 

Johnson, Michael P. (2007). Domestic violence: The intersection of gender and control. In Laura L. O’Toole, Jessica R. Schiffman, & Margie Kiter Edwards (Eds.), Gender Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2nd edition (pp. 257-268). New York: New York University Press Also reprinted in Andrew J. Cherlin (Ed.), Public & Private Families, A Reader 5/e, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006.

 

Menon, Niveditha & Michael P. Johnson. (2007). Patriarchy and paternalism in intimate partner violence: A study of domestic violence in rural India. In Kamal K. Misra and Janet Huber Lowry (Eds.), Recent Studies on Indian Women: Empirical Work of Social Scientists (171-195). Jaipur, India: Rawat Publications.

 

Johnson, Michael P. (2006). Conflict and control: Gender, symmetry, and asymmetry in domestic violence. Violence Against Women 12 (November), 1003-1018.

 

Johnson, Michael P. (2006).  Gendered communication and intimate partner violence.  In Bonnie J. Dow & Julia T. Wood (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Gender and Communication (pp. 71-87). Sage: Thousand Oaks, CA.

 

Johnson, Michael P. (2006). Violence and abuse in personal relationships: Conflict, terror, and resistance in intimate partnerships.  In Anita Vangelisti & Daniel Perlman (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships (pp. 557-576). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

Humble, Áine M., Catherine Richards Solomon, Katherine Allen, Karen Blaisure, & Michael P. Johnson. (2006). Feminism and mentoring of graduate students. Family Relations, 55 (January), 2-15.

 

Johnson, Michael P. (2005). Apples and oranges in child custody disputes: Intimate terrorism vs. situational couple violence. Journal of Child Custody, 2 (4), 43-52. Also: A brief reply to Dutton. Journal of Child Custody, 2 (4), 65-67.

 

Johnson, Michael P. (2005). Domestic violence: It’s not about gender—or is it? Journal of Marriage and Family, 67 (December): 1126–1130.

 

Johnson, Michael P. and Janel M. Leone.  (2005).  The differential effects of intimate terrorism and situational couple violence: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey. Journal of Family Issues, 26(3), 322-349.

 

Johnson, Michael P.  (2004).  Review of Aysan Sev'er, Fleeing the House of Horrors: Women Who Have Left Abusive Partners. Canadian Journal of Sociology Online, (May – June). http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/cjscopy/reviews/fleeing.html

 

Leone, Janel M., Johnson, Michael P., Cohan, Catherine M., & Lloyd, Susan. (2004). Consequences of male partner violence for low-income minority women. Journal of Marriage and Family,66 (May), 471-489.

 

Johnson, Michael P. (2004).  Review of Restorative Justice and Family Violence, edited by Heather Strang and John Braithwaite. Contemporary Sociology, 33 (PART 1), 96-97.

 

Johnson, Michael P. (2004).  Review of Restorative Justice and Family Violence, edited by Heather Strang and John Braithwaite. Contemporary Sociology, 33 (PART 1), 96-97.

 

Johnson, M. P. (2003). Intimate violence and relationship health. In S. M. Jekielek, K. A. Moore, J. Carrano & G. Matthews (Eds.), Conceptualizing and measuring “healthy marriages” for empirical research and evaluation studies: Recommendation memos from experts in the field (pp. 185-193). Washington, DC: Child Trends.

Johnson, Michael P. (2003).  Review of Home Truths about Domestic Violence: Feminist Influences on Policy and Practice, edited by J. Hanmer & C. Itzin.  Journal of Social and Personal Relationships,20(2), 263.

 

Kapinus, Carolyn A. and Michael P. Johnson. (2003). The utility of family life cycle as a theoretical and empirical tool: Commitment and family life-cycle stage. Journal of Family Issues, 24 (2), 155-184.

 

Kapinus, Carolyn A. and Michael P. Johnson. (2002). Personal, moral, and structural commitment to marriage: Gender and the effects of family life cycle stage. Sociological Focus,35 (2), 189-205.

Johnson, Michael P.  (2001).  Conflict and control: Symmetry and asymmetry in domestic violence.  In Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter, & Mari Clements (Eds.), Couples in Conflict (pp. 95-104).  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Johnson, Michael P.  (2001).  Review of The Violences of Men, by Jeff Hearn.  Contemporary Sociology, 30 (#1), 26-27.

Klein, Renate and Michael P. Johnson. (2000).  Conflict in family relationships.  In Robert M. Milardo and Steve Duck (Eds.), Families as Relationships (pp. 79-97).  New York:  Wiley.

Johnson, Michael P. and Kathleen Ferraro.  (2000).  Research on domestic violence in the 1990s: Making distinctions. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62 (November), 948-963.

Johnson, Michael P. (1999). Personal, moral and structural commitment to relationships: Experiences of choice and constraint. In Warren H. Jones and Jeffrey M. Adams (eds.), Handbook of Interpersonal Commitment and Relationship Stability. New York: Plenum.

Johnson, Michael P., John P. Caughlin, and Ted L. Huston. (1999). The tripartite nature of marital commitment: Personal, moral and structural reasons to stay married. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 61 (February), 160-177.

Takei, Yoshimitsu, Michael P. Johnson, and Melvin E. Clark. (1998). Academic achievement and impression management as factors in the grading of white junior high pupils. Sociological Perspectives, 41, 27-48.

Klein, Renate and Michael P. Johnson. (1997). Conflict in family relationships. In Steve Duck (ed.), Handbook of Personal Relationships (pp. 469-486). New York: Wiley.

Johnson, Michael P. 1996. Violence against women in the family: The United States and Vietnam. Pp. 287-296 in Kathleen Barry (ed.), Vietnam's Women in Transition. New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Johnson, Michael P. 1995. Commitment. Pp. 121-125 in David Levinson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family. New York: Macmillan.

Johnson, Michael P. 1995. Patriarchal terrorism and common couple violence: Two forms of violence against women in U.S. families. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57 (May), 283-294.

Johnson, Michael P. 1995. Violence against women in the family in Vietnam and the United States. In Bui Thi Kim Quy (ed.), The Family and the Status of Women. Ho Chi Minh City: Institute for Social Research. (In Vietnamese)

Johnson, Michael P. and Jennifer R. Johnson. 1994. “Migration of undocumented aliens to Pennsylvania.” Globehead!, 1 (December), 30-31. (A satirical regression).

Blair, Sampson L. and Michael P. Johnson. 1992. “Wives' perceptions of the fairness of the division of household labor.” Journal of Marriage and the Family, 54 (August), 570-581.

Johnson, Michael P., Ted L. Huston, Stanley O. Gaines Jr. and George Levinger. 1992. “Patterns of married life among young couples.” Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 9, 343-364.

Johnson, Michael P. 1991. “Commitment to personal relationships.” Pp. 117-143. In Warren H. Jones and Daniel Perlman (eds.), Advances in Personal Relationships, Volume 3. London: Jessica Kingsley.

Johnson, Michael P. 1991. “Reply to Levinger and Rusbult.” Pp. 171-176 in Warren H. Jones and Daniel Perlman (eds.), Advances in Personal Relationships, Volume 3. London: Jessica Kingsley.

Moore, Kathryn and Michael P. Johnson. 1989. “The status of women and minorities in the professoriate: The role of affirmative action and equity.” In Greg Lozier and Michael Dooris (Eds.), Managing Faculty Resources. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass.

Taylor, Marylee C. and Michael P. Johnson. 1986. “Strategies for linking individual psychology and social structure: Interdisciplinary and crossdisciplinary social psychology.” British Journal of Social Psychology 25, 181-192.

Leslie, Leigh A., Ted L. Huston and Michael P. Johnson. 1986. “Parental reactions to dating relationships: do they make a difference?” Journal of Marriage and the Family 48 (February), 57-66.

Johnson, Michael P. 1986. “The dimensionality of perspectives on premarital sex.” Journal of Sex Research 22 (February), 94-107.

Johnson, Michael P. and Robert M. Milardo. 1984. “Network interference in pair relationships: A social psychological recasting of Slater's (1963) theory of social regression.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 46 (November), 893-899.

Milardo, Robert M., Ted L. Huston and Michael P. Johnson. 1983. “Developing close relationships: Changing patterns of interaction between pair members and social networks.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 44(5), 964-976.

Johnson, Michael P. 1982. “Social and cognitive features of the dissolution of commitment to relationships.” Pp. 51-73 in Steve Duck (ed.), Personal Relationships 4: Dissolving Personal Relationships. New York: Academic Press.

Johnson, Michael P. and Leigh A. Leslie. 1982. “Couple involvement and network structure. A test of the dyadic withdrawal hypothesis.” Social Psychology Quarterly 45 (March), 34-43.

Johnson, Michael P. and Edward J. Walsh. 1978. “Grade inflation or better comprehension: Self-scheduled instruction in introductory sociology.” Teaching Sociology 5 (July), 363-378.

Shotland, R. Lance and Michael P. Johnson. 1978. “Bystander behavior and kinesics: The interaction between the helper and victim.” Environmental Psychology and Nonverbal Behavior 2 (Spring), 181-190.

Sell, Ralph R. and Michael P. Johnson. 1977. “Income and occupational differences between men and women in the United States.” Sociology and Social Research 62 (October), 1-20.

Schuman, Howard and Michael P. Johnson. 1976. “Attitudes and behavior.” Pp. 161-207 in Alex Inkeles (Ed.), Annual Review of Sociology, 1976. Palo Alto: Annual Reviews, Inc.

Johnson, Michael P. and Ralph R. Sell. 1976. “The cost of being black: A 1970 update.” American Journal of Sociology 82 (July), 183-90.

Johnson, Michael P. 1973. “Commitment: A conceptual analysis and empirical application.” Sociological Quarterly 14 (Summer),  395-406.

Johnson, Michael P. and William L. Ewens. 1971. “Power relations and affective style as determinants of confidence in impression formation in a game situation.” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 7 (January), 98-110.
 

PRESENTATIONS

 

Invited presentation: “Where Do “Domestic Violence” Statistics Come From and Why Do They Vary So Much?” Presented at Workshop sponsored by the Healthy Marriage Resource Center and the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Towards a Common Understanding: Domestic Violence Typologies and Implications for Healthy Marriage and Domestic Violence Programs. Warrenton, Virginia. May, 2009.

 

“Gender, intimate terrorism, and situational couple violence in survey data.” Poster presented at the National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Little Rock, Arkansas. November 2008. (with Janel M. Leone and Yili Xu).

 

Invited presentation: “Intimate terrorism and other types of domestic violence.” Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Texas Tech University. Lubbock, Texas. October, 2008.

 

Invited presentation: “Types of intimate partner violence: Differential treatment?” Idaho Council on Domestic Violence and Victim Assistance. Boise, Idaho. September, 2008.

 

Invited presentation: “Intimate terrorism and other types of domestic violence.” Presented at 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion. Merida, Mexico. March 2008.

 

Invited presentation: “Intimate terrorism and other types of domestic violence.” Presented at the National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Pittsburgh, PA. November, 2007.

 

Invited presentation: “Reconciling the differences: Types of domestic violence.” Presented at the Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges/American Judges Association Joint International Educational Conference. Vancouver, BC, Canada. September 2007.

 

Invited presentation: "Intimate terrorism and other forms of domestic violence." Council on Contemporary Families, 10th Anniversary Celebration Conference. Chicago. May 2007.

                                                  

Invited participant. Domestic Violence and Family Courts. Sponsored by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and the Wingspread Foundation. Racine, Wisconsin. February 2007.

 

Invited member of plenary panel on critical race feminism. National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 2006.

 

Discussant, session on intersections of violence and parenting. National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 2006.

 

Invited participant. Lunching with the Legends. National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 2006.

 

“A ‘general’ theory of intimate partner violence: A working paper.” Presented at the Theory Construction and Research Methodology Pre-Conference Workshop, National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 2006.

 

“Demographic characteristics of violent couples: The need for distinctions.” Presented at the National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 2006. (with Janel Leone)

 

Invited participant. Building Bridges: Marriage, Fatherhood, and Domestic Violence. Sponsored by the Center for Law and Social Policy, the Association of State Legislatures, and the Wingspread Foundation. Racine, Wisconsin. May 2006.

 

Invited presentation: “Differentiating among types of domestic violence: Implications for Healthy Marriage.” Cornell Conference on Marriage and Family. Ithaca, New York. April 2006.

 

Invited presentation: “Gender, control, and domestic violence.” Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program, UCLA. Los Angeles. February, 2006.

 

Invited presentation: “Different types of violence, different safety issues: Intimate terrorism and situational couple violence.” Presented at the Promoting the Safety of Women and their Children When Women Separate from Violent Partners Pre-Conference Workshop, National Council on Family Relations. Phoenix, Arizona. November 2005

 

Discussion paper: “Agency and violence.” Presented at the Theory Construction and Research Methodology Pre-Conference Workshop, National Council on Family Relations. Phoenix, Arizona. November 2005.

 

 “Effects and non-effects of childhood experiences of family violence on adult partner violence.” Presented at the National Council on Family Relations annual meeting.  Orlando, Florida. November 2004. (with Alison Cares)

 

“Differences in women’s perceived social support: An examination of two types of violent relationships.” Presented at the National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Orlando, Florida. November 2004. (with Janel M. Leone and Catherine L. Cohan)

 

“Domestic violence in rural India: Some theoretical implications.” Paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Orlando, Florida. November, 2004. (with Niveditha Menon)

 

“Exploring differences: Domestic violence in rural India.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference on South Asia. Madison, Wisconsin. October, 2004. (with Niveditha Menon)

 

“Examining results of the feminist study of domestic violence in rural India.” Roundtable presentation at the American Sociological Association annual meeting. San Francisco, California. August, 2004. (with Niveditha Menon)

 

“Gender, control, and domestic violence”  Presented at the International Congress of Psychology.  Beijing. August, 2004.

 

“A feminist study of domestic violence in rural India.” Presented at the Population Association of America annual meeting. Boston. April 2004. (with Niveditha Menon)

 

“The study of domestic violence in India.” Paper presented at the 1st Annual Graduate Student Conference on South Asia. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. March, 2004. (with Niveditha Menon)

 

 “Feminist mentoring and mentoring feminists.” National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia.  November 2003.

 

Discussant: papers on family violence. National Council on Family Relations annual meetings. Vancouver, British Columbia.  November 2003.

 

Discussion paper: session on domestic violence.  Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop, National Council on Family Relations annual meetings. Vancouver, British Columbia. November 2003.

 

“Help-seeking among women in violent relationships: Factors associated with formal and informal help utilization.”  Paper presented at National Council on Family Relations annual meetings.  Vancouver, British Columbia.  November, 2003. (with Janel M. Leone and Catherine L. Cohan)

Discussion paper: Session on social constructionism, chaos theory, and commitment.  Paper presented at the Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop, National Council on Family Relations annual meetings.  Houston, Texas.  November 2002. 

“The effects of different types of domestic violence on women: Intimate terrorism vs. situational couple violence.”  Paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations annual meetings. Houston, Texas.  November 2002. (with Valerie Conklin and Niveditha Menon).

 

Invited paper: “Gender, control, and domestic violence.” Presented to the Department of Human Ecology, University of Texas, Austin. April, 2002.

 

Invited paper: “Gender, control, and domestic violence.”  Presented to the School of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson. February, 2002.

 

Schonberger Lecture: “Gender, control, and domestic violence: The importance of making distinctions among types of partner violence.”  University of Maine, Orono. October, 2001.

 

“Types of male violence against their women partners: Different causes, different effects.”  Was to have been presented at the International Conference on Male Violence.  Haifa, Israel.  October, 2001 (indefinitely postponed).

 

“Consequences of different types of domestic violence for low-income, ethnic women: A control-based typology of male-partner violence.” Presented at the International Network on Personal Relationships.  Prescott, Arizona.  June 2001. (with Janel M. Leone, Catherine M. Cohan, and Susan Lloyd.

Invited keynote address: “Conflict and control: Symmetry and asymmetry in domestic violence.” National Institute of Justice Gender Symmetry Workshop.  Arlington, VA.  November 2000.

Roundtable discussion: “Domestic violence activism outside of the classroom.”  Session on feminist praxis, National Council on Family Relations annual meetings.  Minneapolis, Minnesota.  November 2000.

Discussant: Papers on feminism and caring. National Council on Family Relations annual meetings.  Minneapolis, Minnesota.  November 2000.

Organizer: International Panel on Issues in Domestic Violence.  10th International Conference on Personal Relationships.  Brisbane, Australia.  June, 2000. (with Renate Klein)

“The differential effects of patriarchal terrorism and common couple violence: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey.”  Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Personal Relationships.  Brisbane, Australia.  June, 2000. (with Janel Leone)

“Two types of violence against women in the family: Identifying patriarchal terrorism and common couple violence.”  Paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations annual meetings.  Irvine, California.  November 1999.

Invited paper:  “Conflict and control: Images of symmetry and asymmetry in domestic violence.”  Presented at Couples in Conflict Symposium.  University Park, PA.  November, 1999.

Invited plenary address: “Commitment and entrapment: Wife-beating in America.” Presented at the 9th International Conference on Personal Relationships. Saratoga Springs, New York. June, 1998.

“The utility of family life cycle as a theoretical tool.” Paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations annual meetings. Kansas City. November, 1996. (with Carolyn Kapinus).

“The nature of commitment.” Paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations annual meetings. Kansas City. November, 1996. (with John Caughlin and Ted L. Huston).

Discussion paper: Session on feminism and conceptualization in family theory. Presented at the Theory Construction and Research Methodology workshop, National Council on Family Relations annual meetings. Kansas City, MO. November 1996.

“Personal, moral and structural commitment to marriage: Gender and the effects of children.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association annual meetings. New York. August, 1996. (with Carolyn Kapinus).

“The experience of commitment: Personal, moral and structural commitment.” Presented at the International Conference on Personal Relationships. Banff. August, 1996.

Discussant: papers on domestic violence. International Conference on Personal Relationships. Banff. August, 1996.

Discussant: papers on longitudinal family research. National Council on Family Relations annual meetings. Portland, Oregon. November, 1995.

Discussant: papers on feminist theory. National Council on Family Relations annual meetings. Portland, Oregon. November, 1995.

“Parent-child support systems and parental well-being: Implications for single-mothers' well-being.” Presented at the American Sociological Association annual meetings. Washington, DC. August, 1995. (with Sampson Lee Blair).

“Academic achievement and impression management as factors in the grading of white junior high pupils.” Presented at the American Educational Research Association annual meetings. San Francisco, CA. April, 1995. (with Yoshimitsu Takei and Melvin E. Clark).

Roundtable presentation: “Balancing the maintenance and delegation of authority in feminist classrooms in lecture and discussion formats.”  National Council on Family Relations annual meetings. Minneapolis, Minnesota. November, 1994.

Panel discussion: “Gender, justice and families: A dialogue among women and men.” National Council on Family Relations. Minneapolis, Minnesota. November, 1994.

Invited paper: “Gender dynamics in intimate environments: Feminist insights for families.” National Council on Family Relations annual meetings. Minneapolis, Minnesota. November, 1994 (with Constance L. Shehan).

“Patriarchal terrorism and ordinary couple violence: Two forms of violence against women in U.S. families.” Seventh International Conference on Personal Relationships. Groningen, Netherlands. July, 1994.

Panel discussions: “Pushing the boundaries of research and theory and commitment.” Seventh International Conference on Personal Relationships. Groningen, Netherlands. July, 1994.

“Violence against women in the American family: Are there two forms?” Presented at the Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop, National Council on Family Relations, Baltimore, Maryland. November, 1993.

“Violence against women in the American family: Institutional and interactional perspectives.” Presented at the Institute for Social Research, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. January, 1993.

Discussion paper: Session on domestic violence. Presented at the Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop, National Council on Family Relations annual meetings, Orlando, Florida. November, 1992.

“Wives' perceptions of the fairness of the division of household labor: The intersection of housework and ideology.” Paper presented at American Sociological Association annual meetings. Cincinnati, Ohio. August, 1991 (with Sampson Blair).

“A symbolic interactionist analysis of commitment to lines of action.” Paper presented at Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction annual meetings. San Francisco, California. Spring, 1991 (with Jeffrey Ulmer).

Discussion paper: Session on feminist theory. Paper presented at the Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop. National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. November, 1990.

Discussion paper: Session on feminist theory. Paper presented at the Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop. National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Seattle, Washington. November, 1989.

Moderator: Papers on gender and household work. Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop. National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November, 1988.

Roundtable Facilitation: Relationship dilemmas for the heterosexual feminist male. National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November, 1988 (with Stephen Marks).

Discussion paper: Session on love. Paper presented at the Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop. National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Atlanta, Georgia. November, 1987.

Discussion paper: Session on commitment to parent-child relationships. Paper presented at the Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop. National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Dearborn, Michigan. November, 1986.

"Commitment, cohesion, investment, barriers, alternatives and constraint: Some propositions." Paper presented at the International Conference on Personal Relationships. Tel Aviv, Israel. July, 1986.

"Sexual harassment and other institutional research at Penn State." Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological Society annual meetings. New York. April, 1986.

"Commitment, cohesion, investment, barriers, alternatives, constraint: Why do people stay together when they really don't want to." Paper presented at the Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop, National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Dallas, Texas. November, 1985.

"Understanding parent-child relations in later life: An application of Kelley's personal relationship framework." Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Washington, DC. 1985 (with Susan Shuman).

"The consequences of sexual harassment on the job: Clerical workers in higher education." Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Washington, DC. 1985 (with J. K. Ross and S. B. Shuman).

"Network structure and the development of dating relationships." Presented at the annual meetings of the National Council on Family Relations. San Francisco, California. 1984 (with Leigh A. Leslie).

"Courtship as the development of commitment to a relationship." Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Personal Relationships. Madison, Wisconsin. 1984.

"Networks and dyads: On the measurement error that wasn't, but might have been." Paper presented at the Sunbelt Social Network Conference, 1984. (with R. M. Milardo and F. S. Sim).

"Courtship as the development of commitment to a relationship." National Council on Family Relations, St. Paul, Minnesota. 1983. (with Susan Shuman).

"Understanding parent-child relations in later life: An application of Kelley's personal relationship framework." Preconference Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop. National Council on Family Relations. St. Paul, 1983. (with Susan Shuman).

Discussant: Social Psychology section. Papers on interdependence theory, self-presentation, attitudes and behavior and small groups theory. American Sociological Association meetings. San Francisco, California. 1982.

Discussant: Papers on networks and close relationships. International Conference on Personal Relationships. Madison, Wisconsin, 1982.

Discussion paper: Session on family stress theory. Paper presented at the Theory and Methods workshop. National Council on Family Relations meetings. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1981.

"Network interference in pair relationships: A test of Slater's (1962) theory of social regression." National Council on Family Relations Meetings. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1981 (with Robert M. Milardo).

Discussion paper: Session on jealousy and network-dyad relationships. Paper presented at the Theory and Methods workshop, National Council on Family Relations meetings. Portland, Oregon, 1980.

Organizer and Chair: Session on networks and dyads. National Council on Family Relations meetings. Portland, Oregon, 1980.

Discussant: Social Psychology section. North Central Sociological Society meetings, 1979.

"Personal and structural commitment: Sources of consistency in the development of relationships." Paper read at National Council on Family Relations meetings, 1978.

"Some perspectives on the state of social psychology." Paper read at American Sociological Association meetings, 1978 (with Marylee C. Taylor).

Workshop co-leader: "Teaching undergraduate social psychology." North Central Sociological Society meetings, 1978.

Session Co-chair: "Some perspectives on the state of the social sciences." Pennsylvania Sociological Society meetings, 1977.

"The crisis in social psychology." Paper presented at Pennsylvania Sociological Society meetings, 1977 (with Marylee Taylor).

"Issues in faculty organization at The Pennsylvania State University." Paper presented at Pennsylvania Sociological Society meetings, 1977 (with Larry D. Spence, Francis M. Sim, and Marylee C. Taylor).

Workshop co-leader: "The best course in social psychology for undergraduates that I can imagine." American Sociological Association meetings, 1977.

"The role of commitment in social problems theory." Paper read at Society for the Study of Social Problems meetings, 1976.

"Bystander intervention: Norm conflict as an explanation of bystander reaction to situational characteristics of emergencies." Paper read at American Sociological Association meetings, 1975 (with R. Lance Shotland).

"The cost of being black: 1970." Paper read at American Sociological Association meetings, 1975 (with Ralph R. Sell).

"Some issues in the area of courtship and cohabitation." Position paper prepared as discussion facilitator at Groves Conference on Marriage and the Family, 1973.

"Sharing laboratory tasks." Paper read at West Coast Conference for Small Group Research, 1973 (with Francis S. Sim).

Panel member: "Premarital cohabitation." Midwest Sociological Society meetings, 1972.

"Power, personalism, and affective style as determinants of confidence in impression formation." Paper read at American Psychological Association meetings, 1969 (with William L. Ewens).
 

POLICY STUDIES
”Sexual harassment of students at The Pennsylvania State University.” University Park, Pennsylvania: Department of Sociology, 1983 (with Susan B. Shuman).

“The sexual harassment of clerical workers at University Park.” University Park, Pennsylvania: Department of Sociology, 1986 (with Susan B. Shuman).

“Gender differences in faculty salaries at The Pennsylvania State University: Report to the Strategic Group on the Status of Women.” University Park, Pennsylvania: Strategic Study Group on the Status of Women, 1986.

“Recruiting women faculty at The Pennsylvania State University: Report to the Strategic Study Group on the Status of Women.” University Park, Pennsylvania: Strategic Study Group on the Status of Women, 1986.

“Hershey Medical Center and Elizabethtown Hospital: Family care needs assessment.” University Park, PA: Strategic Study Group on the Status of Women, 1987.

“Report on family care needs at three Penn State locations.” University Park, Pennsylvania: Strategic Study Group on the Status of Women, 1987 (with Sandy J. Englesson).

Strategic Study Group on the Status of Women, Reports to the President and the Commission for Women, The Pennsylvania State University, 1986-88. The following papers were written during my tenure as research director of the Strategic Study Group on the Status of Women (Kathryn M. Moore, Chair). They involve a variety of mixtures of data analysis, literature review and policy analysis. Each paper provides the rationale for a set of policy recommendations for The Pennsylvania State University (a total of 192 specific recommendations). They are the product of two years of work with an excellent staff and a thoughtful committee.

Package 1, November, 1986:

Overview

 

Recommendation A: Job Assessment and Evaluation

 

Recommendation B: Recruitment of Women Faculty

 

Recommendation C: Part-time Benefits and Compensation

 

Recommendation D: Recruitment of Women Administrators

Package 2, April, 1987:

Recommendation E: Family-Responsive and Flexible Employee Benefits

 

Recommendation F: Clerical Advancement and Development

 

Recommendation G: Retention and Advancement of Women Faculty

 

Recommendation H: Sexual Harassment of Students

Package 3, July, 1987:

Recommendation I: "Chilly" Classroom Climate

 

Recommendation J: Dual Career Recruitment and Retention

 

Recommendation K: Employee Relations and Representation

Package 4, December, 1987:

Recommendation L: Women of Color
Recommendation M: Sexual Minorities

 

Recommendation N: Returning Adult Students

 

Recommendation O: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

 

Recommendation P: Sexual Violence Against Women

 

Recommendation Q: Women's Athletics

 

Recommendation R: Health Services for Women Students

Package 5, March, 1988:

Recommendation S: Family Care Policy
Recommendation T: Women's Studies Program

 

Recommendation U: Curriculum Integration

 

Recommendation V: Center for Women Students

 

Recommendation W: Non-Tenure Track Faculty

 

Recommendation X: Staff Exempt and Staff Non-Exempt Employees

 

Recommendation Y: The Leadership Share

 

Recommendation Z: Advocacy for Women

Final Report, March, 1988

 

 

EDITORIAL AND REVIEW WORK

Editorial Board

 

Journal of Family Issues (1996-2007)

 

Journal of Marriage and the Family (1997-2004)

 

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (1989-2006)

 

Personal Relationships (1993-2007)

 

Social Psychology Quarterly (1985-87)

Reviewer

 

American Journal of Sociology

 

American Sociological Review

 

Demography

 

Family Relations

 

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

 

Journal of Family Issues

 

Journal of Marriage and the Family

 

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

 

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

 

Leisure Studies

 

Personal Relationships

 

Rural Sociology

 

Sex Roles

 

Social Forces

 

Social Psychology Quarterly

 

Sociological Inquiry

 

Sociology and Social Research

 

Symbolic Interaction

 

Teaching Sociology

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
(Penn State)

Associate Head: Department of Sociology, 1997-2001
Research Director: Strategic Study Group on the Status of Women, 1985-1988.
Director: Undergraduate Program, Department of Sociology, 3 years.
 

 

UNIVERSITY SERVICE
(Penn State)

Committee Chair:

 

Sociology Graduate Curriculum Committee (during a major curriculum revision)

 

Sociology Social Psychology Committee

 

Sociology Faculty Search Committee

 

Women's Studies Recruitment Committee

 

Women's Studies Curriculum Committee (during a major curriculum revision)

 

Women's Studies Senior Search Committee

 

Committee Member:

 

Sociology Bachelor of Science Committee

 

Sociology Candidacy Examination Committee

 

Sociology Faculty Search Committee

 

Sociology Graduate Committee

 

Sociology Introductory Course Improvement Committee

 

Sociology Methods Curriculum Committee

 

Sociology Planning Committee

 

Sociology Sim Lecture Committee

 

Sociology Tenure and Promotion Committee

 

Sociology Undergraduate Committee

 

 

 

Women’s Studies Advisory Committee

 

Women’s Studies Curriculum Committee

 

Women’s Studies Executive Committee

 

Women’s Studies Faculty Search Committee

 

Women’s Studies Graduate Committee

 

Women’s Studies Undergraduate Committee

 

 

 

Liberal Arts Teaching Awards Committee
Liberal Arts Basic Degree Requirements Committee

 

Liberal Arts Student Affairs Committee

 

Liberal Arts Freshman Seminar Committee

 

 

 

University Health Service Continuous Quality Improvement Committee

 

Student Affairs Service:

 

Founding Faculty Aide: Social Justice House (now Martin Luther King House).  Dormitory Interest House Program.

 

Faculty Advisor: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Student Alliance (various years)

 

Faculty Advisor: Coalition of LGBTA Graduate Students (2002-2004)

ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVEMENT

American Sociological Association
Council on Contemporary Families

International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships (now International Association for Relationship Research)

2008 Program Committee

 

Founding Advisory Board Member

 

Chair: Awards Committee, (1992-96)

 

Board of Directors (1996-2000)

 

Elections Officer (1998-2000)

 

National Council on Family Relations

Elections Council (2006-present)

 

Research and Theory Section:

 

 

  Section Chair (2003-2005)

 

 

  Nominating Committee (1998-99)

 

 

  Section Vice-Chair (1995-96)

 

 

  Reuben Hill Award Committee, Chair (1995-96)

 

 

  Reuben Hill Award Committee member

 

 

Ethnic Minorities Section member

 

 

Feminism and Family Studies Section member

 

 

   Newsletter Editor, 1999-2001

 

 

Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop, Chair (1999)

 

 

National Women’s Studies Association
Sociologists for Women in Society