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Education:
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B.S. Psychology, Mathematics,
Virginia Tech, 1990 |
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M.A. Clinical Psychology, Towson University, 1993 |
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Ph.D.,
Developmental Psychology, University of New Hampshire, 2003 |
Research
interests:
I study masculinity. It's something that anyone can do, male or female, but people do it differently based on whether they call themselves boy or girl. It also changes as we got older, and it looks different if you identify yourself as a “jock” or a “nerd.” We learn about masculinity from a lot of different sources, especially the media and our family, but these sources don’t always give us the same messages.
I also study normative sexual development during adolescence and young adulthood. I look at what people age 15-25 do - dating, romantic relationships, and sexual behaviors from kissing through intercourse - and how they learn about it. My focus is on identifying what’s typical and when people do those typical things.
Representative
Publications:
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Smiler, A. P. & Kubotera, N.* (in press). Work or play? Heterosexual men’s expectations of women in two contexts. Men and Masculinities. |
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Smiler, A. P. & Epstein, M.* (in press). Issues in the measurement of gender. In J. Chrisler & D. R. McCreary (eds.). Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology, Springer. |
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Epstein, M.*, Calzo, J.*, Smiler, A. P., & Ward, L. M. (in press). The ambiguity of “Hooking up”: Men’s linguistic distinctions and behavioral enactments. Journal of Sex Research. |
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Smiler, A.P. (2008). Implicit gender lessons in the schools and their impact. In W. Ayers, T. Quinn, & D. Stovall (eds.). The Handbook of Social Justice in Education (pp. 358-370). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. |
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Smiler, A. P., Kay, G., & Harris, B. (2008). Tightening and loosening masculinity’s (k)nots: Masculinity in the Hearst Press during the Interwar period. Journal of Men’s Studies, 16, 265-278. |
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Smiler, A. P. & Gelman, S. A. (2008). Essential thought, gender stereotypes, and gender conformity. Sex Roles, 58, 864-874. |
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Smiler, A. P. (2008). “I wanted to get to know her better”: Adolescent boys’ dating motives, masculinity ideology, and sexual behavior. Journal of Adolescence, 31, 17-32. |
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Smiler, A. P. (2007). Sexuality. In M. Flood, J. K. Gardiner, B. Pease, & K. Pringle (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities (pp. 561-565). London: Routledge. |
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