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Please join the Dept of Psychology for the following talks, presented by Dr. Tomi Ann Roberts. Dr. Roberts, a social psychologist at Colorado College, is co-author of Objectification Theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1998), a psychological theory that explains how objectification of the female body may affect girls' and women's mental health. In a relatively short time, this theory has generated significant interest, including several papers linking self-objectification with increased risk for eating disorders, body shame, and decreased math performance, among other outcomes. Dr. Roberts recently served on the American Psychological Association's recent task force on the increasing sexualization of girls in the media. http://www.apa.org/releases/sexualization.html

Talk #1:
“Some Old and Some New Ideas About Embarrassment”
Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 12:30 - 2:00pm
Machinist Conference Room
65 5th Ave. (Mezzanine)

Talk #2 (and probably of most interest to the Gender Studies working group)
"Wrestling With Nature: The Body and Gender in Self-Conscious Emotions"
Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 4:30 pm
65 Fifth Ave., Room 305

Refreshments will be served.