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VITA

IRENE HANSON FRIEZE

September2008

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2003, 2004, 2005Visiting Professor. Comenius University, Slovakia

2003, 1998, & 1994Visiting Professor. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

1998Visiting Professor. Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

1972 - Present UniversityofPittsburgh

1985 – Present. Professor of Psychology, Business Administration, and Women’s Studies

1993 – Present. Affiliate Faculty Member. Center for Russian and East European Studies

1989. Professor of Psychology. Semester at Sea Program.

1983 – 1985. Associate Professor of Psychology, Business Administration, and Women’s Studies

1978 – 1983. Associate Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies

1973 – 1977. Assistant Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies

1972 – 1973. Instructor in Psychology and Women’s Studies

EDUCATION

1973. Ph.D., Dept. of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles.

Major: Personality Psychology

Minors: Social and Developmental Psychology

1968. M.S., Dept. of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles

Major: Personality Psychology

1967. B.A., University of California at Los Angeles

Major: Psychology/Mathematics. Magna Cum Laude

with Honors in Psychology.

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2008. Received an award for best poster by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues for work co-authored with a student. [“Understanding Adolescent Peer Sexual Abuse: Using the Theory of Planned Behavior” by Man Yu Li, Catherine So Kum Tang & Irene Frieze].
  • 2008. Selected for an oral history of my life as one of the “influential leaders of the women’s movement” in Pittsburgh in the late 1900s.
  • 2008. Recognized by the Dean of Students, University of Pittsburgh, for service to undergraduate students.
  • 2007. Elected to Division 34 (Environmental Psychology) of APA as a Fellow.
  • 2005. Division 52’s Denmark-Reuder Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Psychology of Women and Gender.
  • 2003. Distinguished Service Award. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
  • 2000. Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Women in Psychology.
  • 1999. Legacy Award [for carrying the torch for psychology in the Pittsburgh Community] by the Greater Pittsburgh Psychological Association.
  • 1998. Distinguished Publication Award. Association for Women in Psychology. Awarded for Co-edited special issue of Psychology of Women Quarterly on the measurement of gender-role attitudes.
  • 1998. Elected as a Charter Fellow for Division 52 [International Psychology] of the American Psychological Association.
  • 1998. Faculty Exchange Program. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • 1992. Included in Women's Heritage Exhibit highlighting the contributions of 100 women to psychology. For American Psychological Meeting, 1992.
  • 1989. Carolyn Wood Sherif Memorial Lectureship Award. Awarded by APA's Division 35 for Research, Teaching, and Mentoring.
  • 1986. Master Lecture for the American Psychological Association on "The Female Victim: Rape, Wife Battering, and Incest".
  • 1984. Distinguished career award by the Association for Women in Psychology.
  • 1983. Elected as Fellow to Division 8 (Social and Personality Psychology) of APA.
  • 1983. Publication named bySocial Citation Index as "Citation Classic", awarded for articles that have become "one of the most cited items in its field." [1971 Journal of Personality article].
  • 1980. Elected as a Fellow to Division 9 of the American Psychological Association.
  • Since 1979. Selected for Who's Who of American Women and other Who’s Who listings. In 2005, selected for Who’s Who in America.
  • 1978. Elected by Division 35 (Psychology of Women) of the American Psychological Association as a Fellow.
  • 1968-71. NIMH Predoctoral Fellowship
  • 1967. Elected to Membership in Phi Beta Kappa
  • 1966. NSF Undergraduate Research Program Participant

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Academy of Management

American Psychological Association (Divisions 8, 9, 34, 35, 52)

  • 2008-2009. Co-chair, Publications Committee for SPSSI.
  • 2006-2007. President, SPSSI (Division 9-Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues). President-Elect, 2005-2006; Past-President, 2007-2008). Member of the Executive Committee.
  • 2005-2006. Chair, Committee on Mentoring for Division 52 (International Psychology)
  • 2000-2002; 1994-1995 - Chair, SPSSI's SAGES Program (Research funds for retired social scientists).
  • 1994-2004 - List Manger for PWINET-L (an electronic discussion list for the International Committee of Division 35 and of Women’s Committee of Division 52).
  • 1995-2006 - Member of APA Science Conference Review Committee.
  • 1994-2002 - Division 9 liaison to APA's Science Directorate
  • 1993-1999 - List Manager for SPSSI-L (an electronic discussion list for Division 9)
  • 1995-1996 - Reviewer of APA Dissertation Research Awards proposals.
  • 1993-1994 - Division 35 liaison to APA's Science Directorate
  • 1992-1995 & 1976-1978 - Council Member, Division 9
  • 1982-1987 - Executive Committee, Division 35
  • 1983-1984 - President, Division 35. (Society for the Psychology of Women).
  • 1982-1984 - Member of APA Task Force on Victims of Crime and Violence
  • 1979-1982 - Representative to Committee on Women in Psychology, Division 8.
  • 1978 - Program Chair for Annual Meeting of APA, Division 9

Association for Psychological Science

Association for Women in Psychology

Association for Women in Slavic Studies

International Society for Research in Aggression

Society of Experimental Social Psychology

Sociologists for Women in Society

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • ViolenceandVictimization: Violence in intimate relationships. Battered wives and other female victims. Rape and sexual assault.
  • AttitudesAboutWorkandGenderRolesinCentralandEasternEurope.
  • GenderandCareerMotivation: Cross-cultural comparisons. Career paths and income of MBA's and librarians. Combining work and family.

COURSES TAUGHT

Personality and Social Psychology

Interpersonal Relations; Theories in Social Psychology; Personality; Social Motivation; Human Sexuality; Social Cognition; Seminar in Social Cognition and Motivation; Seminar in Attribution Theory.

Psychology of Gender and Women's Studies

Psychology of Gender; Psychology of Women; Introduction to Women's Studies; Women and Interpersonal Violence; Women and Power; Female Sexuality; Women, Violence, and Victimization; Women, Achievement, and Work; Research on the Psychology of Women; Woman and Family in Central and Eastern Europe.

Research Methods

Tests and Measurement; Research Design (for Doctoral Students in Business Administration). Psychometric Foundations of Assessment.

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

AcademicProgramLeadership

  • 1972-Present. Member. Steering Committee for the Women's Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh. Chair: 1984-1988 and 1993. Oversee speakers, conferences and other programming. Coordinate undergraduate and graduate courses. Report to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Hired in 1972 as one of three founding members of the Steering Committee to develop the Program.
  • 1999-2000. Chairperson. Space Planning Committee. Department of Psychology. Planning for move of the Department to a new building being constructed. Committee member, 1999-2002 & 2004.
  • 1998-1999, 1995-1997, and 1976-1977. ExecutiveCommitteeMember: Department of Psychology. Make recommendations for faculty hiring and promotion. Faculty evaluation. Long term planning.
  • 1998-1999 and 1974-1977. Chairperson: Colloquium Committee: Department of Psychology. Schedule departmental speakers.
  • 1992-1995 and 1989-1991. Member. Semester at Sea Advisory Committee.
  • 1993 and 1984-1989. Director. Women's Studies Program.
  • Chair. College of Arts and Sciences Committee on General Education in the Social Sciences. Member: 1989-1992.
  • 1989-1990 and 1982-1985. Chair. Social/Personality Psychology Program, Department of Psychology. Oversee graduate training program.
  • 1987-1988. Chair. Provost's Committee on Broadening Curricular Perspectives: The Dimension of Gender.
  • 1970-1972. Member of Planning Committee for Women's Studies, University of California at Los Angeles.

MajorUniversityCommittees: UniversityofPittsburgh

  • 2007-2009. Chair. University Senate ad hoc Committee for the Promotion of Gender Equity.
  • 2007-2009. Chair. University Senate Elections Committee.
  • 2006-2009. Faculty Representative. University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees Affirmative Action Committee.
  • 2006-2009. Faculty Representative. University Review Board. This Board is the appellate body for violations of the Student Code of Conduct.
  • 2006-2007. Chair. University Senate ad Committee for Recycling.
  • 2005-2006. President. University Senate. Past President, 2006-2009.
  • 2004-2009. Chair. IRB Advisory Committee for Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences.
  • 2004-2008. Member. Academic Advisory Group for the CounselingCenter, University of Pittsburgh.
  • 2004-2005. Chair. University Senate ad hoc Committee for the Support and Advancement of Women at Pitt.
  • 2004-2008. Member. University Review Board.
  • 2004-2005 and 2003-2004. Vice President. University Senate.
  • 2005 and 1998-2003. Co-Chair. Faculty Senate Committee on Computer Usage. 1984-2003. Member or Ad Hoc Member.
  • 1998-2003. Member. Information Technology Steering Committee.
  • 1998-present and 1985-1988. Member. University Faculty Assembly.
  • 1995- 2006. Member. Provost's Committee on Pitt's Presentation on the Internet.
  • 2004-2008, 1998-2001, and 1987-1988. Member. Provost's Advisory Committee for Women's Concerns.
  • 1998-1999 and 1994-1996. Chair. Software and Networked Information Working Group of the Executive Committee for Academic Computing. Member. 1995-1999.
  • 1995-1999 and 1984-1987. Member or Alternate Member. Executive Committee for Academic Computing.
  • 1997. Chair. Committee for Evaluation of the Doctoral Program. School of Social Work.
  • 1995-1997. Member. Provost's Task Force on Sexual Harassment.
  • 1995. Member. Search Committee for Vice Provost for Women's Concerns.
  • 1995. Member. Search Committee for Director of Women's Studies program.
  • 1992-1998. Member. Faculty Senate Library Committee.
  • 1987-1994. Member. Mainframe Services Working Group of the Executive Committee for Academic Computing.
  • 1992-1993. Member. Faculty of Arts and Sciences Tenure Council's Selection Committee.
  • 1991-1993. Member. Faculty of Arts and Sciences Tenure Council.
  • 1986-1987. Member. Search Committee for Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
  • 1985-1987. Chair. University Research Council. Member: 1984-1987.
  • 1986. Member. Search Committee for Associate Provost for Research.
  • 1982-1983. Co-chair. Chancellor's Affirmative Action Committee, Faculty Section. Member: 1977-1984.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

ConferencePlanningandAdministration

  • 2003-2004. Chair of Planning Committee. University Senate Plenary on “Examining the Roles of Women at Pitt.”
  • 1995-1997. Program Chair. 1997 meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology.
  • 1995-1996. Planning Committee Member. 1996 annual meeting of the Society for Cross- Cultural Research in Pittsburgh.
  • 1993-1996. Co-Coordinator or Planning Committee member. Tri-state area conference on Teaching Women's Studies.
  • 1988. Coordinator. Conference for women graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh.
  • 1988. Coordinator. Tri-state area conference on Teaching Women's Studies.
  • 1987. Co-Coordinator. Conference for women graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh.
  • 1986. Co-Coordinator. Southwestern Pennsylvania conference on the Mental Health Needs of Women.
  • 1985. Coordinator. Tri-state area conference on Teaching Women's Studies
  • 1983. Member. Planning committee for the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology.
  • 1982-1983. Director. Planning for Women in Science workshops.
  • 1979-1980. Chair. Motivation and Education Group annual conference committee.
  • 1977-1978. Steering Committee Member. Planning the annual research conference for the Association for Women in Psychology.

ResearchEvaluation

  • Member of Selection Committee for Phi Beta Kappa, University of Pittsburgh Chapter. 2005-2007.
  • Evaluatorfor Regional Scholars Exchange Program for the American Councils for International Education. 1997-2002.
  • Co-Chair. 2003-2006. Award panel for Distinguished Publication Awards, Association for Women in Psychology. Committee Member. 1988-2002. Acting Chair. 2000-2001.
  • Member. Center for Disease Control. Special Emphasis Panel for Demonstration Projects for the Early Intervention and Prevention of Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence among Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations. 2000.
  • Member. Russian and East European Studies Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Selection Committee. 1997-1999.
  • Member. Special review panel for NIMH proposals on violence against women. 1988-1990.
  • Member. Special review committee for National Institute of Mental Health proposals on battered women. 1988.
  • Chair. Review panel for the Central University Research Development Fund for faculty research in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Member: 1984-1987.
  • Chair. Award panel for Division 35's Carolyn Wood Sherif Memorial Lectureship Prize. 1986.
  • Member. Review panel for the National Institute of Justice solicitation for research grants on reactions of victims. 1985.
  • Chair. Student research prize committee for the Association for Women in Psychology and Division 35 of the American Psychological Association. 1982-1986.
  • Chair and/or Member. Review panel for Women's Studies Student Research Prize. 1997-2001, 1981-1990.
  • Co-Chair. Task Force for the Establishment of Guidelines for Nonsexist research in Psychology. Division 35 of the American Psychological Association. 1979-1982.
  • Coordinator. Feminist Research Committee of the Association for Women in Psychology. Directing award of student research prize. 1975-1977.

CONSULTING AND WORKSHOPS

  • 2008. Workshop. Moving from a socialist society to a free-market economy. Carnegie Mellon University.
  • 2007. Workshop. Violence in dating relationships: What’s really happening. Mosaic Conference. CarnegieMellonUniversity.
  • 2004-2005. Evaluator. Project to decrease violence against women. CaliforniaUniversity of Pennsylvania.
  • 2003. Workshop. Research on Women and Sexuality Attitudes: Different Standards for Women and Men in College students? Mosaic Conference. CarnegieMellonUniversity.
  • 2000 – 2001. Evaluator. Project to decrease violence against women. CaliforniaUniversity of Pennsylvania.
  • 1993 – 2004. Expert witness. Legal cases involving sexual harassment.
  • 1998. Origins of sexual orientation. Presentation for ALLIES, a CarnegieMellonUniversity student group supporting homosexuals.
  • 1997. Ways of loving. Workshop on love styles for Western Pennsylvania Mensa.
  • 1995. Presentation on Women's Issues in Central and Eastern Europe at the University Center for International Studies' outreach conference, "Societies in Transition in Today's World" for pre-collegiate educators in the Pittsburgh region.
  • 1994-1995. University Senate Committee on Computer Usage. Design and analysis of a survey on faculty computer usage with Susan Sereika, Thomas Zullo, and Clement Stone.
  • 1992-1993. University Senate Committee on the Libraries. Design and analysis of a survey on faculty priorities for the libraries.
  • 1989. University Senate Committee on Computer Usage. Design and analysis of a survey on faculty computer usage. With Thomas Zullo and Clement Stone.
  • 1987-1988. National Women's Conference Committee. Design and analysis of a national survey of women's groups.
  • 1987. West Virginia Chapter, International Personnel Management Association. Workshop on "Women in Management."
  • 1981. Carnegie-MellonUniversity. Workshop for administrators. Attributional factors in sex discrimination.
  • 1980-1982. Project Advisory Panel for the National Evaluation of the LEAA Family Violence Program.
  • 1976-1981. Research Associate, Learning Research and DevelopmentCenter. Research on student attributions for success and failure.
  • 1973. Program for in-service training for teachers concerned with applications of attribution theory to the classroom. With Martin Greenberg and Leonard Saxe.
  • 1972. Consultant. Applications of current research on achievement in women for determining goals for the women's college. For ChathamCollege.
  • 1969-1972. Consultant and research assistant. Institute for the Development of Educational Activities (I/D/E/A): Los Angeles, California. Design and development of questionnaires for assessing student attitudes.
  • 1968-1972. Consultant: Big Friends, Inc., Los Angeles, California. (A sales training organization for minorities.) Development and administration of a testing program for job trainees.
  • 1968-1971. Consultant and member. Los Angeles Women’s Center. Developed and taught a course on Psychology of Women. Helped organize and lead conscious raising groups.
  • 1968-1970. Consultant and research assistant. Systems Development Corporation, Santa Monica, California. Statistical data analysis, computer programming.

EXTERNAL RESEARCH and TEACHING FUNDING

2003-2005. Visiting Faculty. Institute of Applied Psychology and Sociology. ComeniusUniversity, Bratislava, Slovakia. Part of a faculty exchange grant awarded to Russian and East European Studies, UCIS, University of Pittsburgh.

1998. Visiting Faculty. AdamMickiewiczUniversity. Poznan, Poland. $700.

1995. IREX (International Research and Exchanges Board). Short Term Travel award for Jolanta Miluska from Poland to visit the University of Pittsburgh for research collaboration. $2520.

1994. Fulbright Research Fellowship. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

1992-1993. United States Army Research Institute. A Life Course Analysis of the Military Service of 1966 Princeton Graduates. With Nancy Grote. $21,000.

1985-1986. Association for Library and Information Science Education. Research Grant Competition. With Ellen Detlefsen and Josephine Olson. $1500.

1982-1985. National Institute of Mental Health. Training grant for Social/Personality Program. $54,000.

1981-1982. National Science Foundation. Women in Science Career Workshop Project. Workshops and other activities to train women for careers in engineering and science with Carol Niznik and Barbara Hanusa. $20,000.

1978-1981. National Institute of Education. Attribution processes in the classroom. Part of an Institutional grant to the Learning Research and DevelopmentCenter. $78,000.

1977-1980. National Institute of Mental Health. Psychological Factors in Battered Women (Rape as an aspect of wife battering). $155,000.

1975-1978. Butler"A"Center sponsored by Butler County Commissioner's Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Subcontract for evaluation and research. $30,000.

PUBLICATIONS

ViolenceandLoveinCloseRelationships

BooksandEditedJournals:

Frieze, I. H., & McHugh, M. C. (Eds.). ( 2005). Female violence against intimate partners. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 29.

McHugh, M. C., & Frieze, I. H. (Eds.) (2005). Understanding gender and intimate partner violence: Theoretical and empirical approaches. Sex Roles, 52.

Frieze, I. H. (2005). Hurting the one you love: Violence in relationships. Pacific Grove, CA: Thompson/Wadsworth.

Davis, K. E., Frieze, I. H., & Maiuro, R. (Eds.) (2002). Stalking: Perspectives on victims and perpetrators. NY: Springer Publishing

Frieze, I. H., Davis, K., & Maiuro, R. (Eds.) (2000). Stalking and obsessive behaviors in everyday life: Assessments of victims and perpetrators. Violence and Victims, 15(1).

Frieze, I. H., Davis, K., & Maiuro, R. (Eds.). (2000). Stalking and obsessive behaviors in everyday life: Assessments of victims and perpetrators-Part 2. Violence and Victims, 15(4).

JournalArticles:

Frieze, I. H. (2008). Social policy, feminism, and research on violence in close relationships. Journal of Social Issues, 64, 665-684.

Frieze, I. H. (2005). Female violence against intimate partners: An introduction. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 29, 229-237.

Williams, S. L., & Frieze, I. H. (2005). Gender and interpersonal violence in dating relationships: Initial interest, stalking-related behaviors, and relationship violence. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 29,248-257.

Sinclair, H. C., & Frieze, I. H. (2005). When courtship persistence becomes intrusive pursuit: Comparing rejecter and pursuer perspectives of unrequited attraction. Sex Roles, 52, 839-852.

Williams, S. L., & Frieze, I. H. (2005). Patterns of violent relationships, psychological distress, and marital satisfaction in a national sample of men and women. Sex Roles, 52, 771-784.

Smith, C. A., & Frieze, I. H. (2003). Examining rape empathy from both the victim and assailant perspectives. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 476-498.

Davis, K. E, & Frieze, I.H. (2000). Research on stalking: What do we know and where do we go? Violence and Victims, 15, 473-487.

Frieze, I. H., & Davis, K. (2000). Introduction to stalking and obsessive behaviors in everyday life: Assessments of victims and perpetrators—Part II. Violence and Victims, 15, 355.

Frieze, I. H. (2000). Violence in close relationships—Development of a research area: Comment on Archer. Psychological Bulletin , 126, 681-684.

Frieze, I. H., & Davis, K. (2000). Introduction to stalking and obsessive behaviors in everyday life: Assessments of victims and perpetrators. Violence and Victims, 15, 3-6.

Sinclair, H. C., & Frieze, I. H. (2000). Initial courtship behavior and stalking: How should we draw the line?. Violence and Victims, 15, 23-40.

Grote, N. K., & Frieze, I. H. (1998). "Remembrance of things past": Perceptions of marital love from its beginnings to the present. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 15, 91-109.

Grote, N. K., Frieze, I. H., & Stone, C. A. (1996). Children, traditionalism in the division of family work, and marital satisfaction: What's love got to do with it? Personal Relationships, 3, 211-228.

Bookwala, J., Frieze, I. H., & Grote, N. (1994). Love, aggression, and satisfaction in dating relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 11, 625-632.

Grote, N. K., & Frieze, I. H. (1994). The measurement of friendship-based love in intimate relationships. Personal Relationships, 1, 275-300.

Bookwala, J., Frieze, I. H., Smith, C., & Ryan, K. (1992). Predictors of dating violence: A multivariate analysis. Violence and Victims, 7, 297-311.

Frieze, I. H., & McHugh, M. C. (1992). Power and influence strategies in violent and nonviolent marriages. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 16, 449-466.

Frieze, I. H. (1983). Investigating the causes and consequences of marital rape. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 8(3), 532-553.