TARA SMITH Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Degrees:
B.S., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
M.S., University of California- Santa Cruz, 2001
Ph.D., University of California- Santa Cruz, 2005
Research interests:
Dr. Smith's research examines gender development from a perspective informed by developmental and social psychology as well as feminist theories. Much of her work has centered on demonstrating the contextual and multidimensional nature of gender in adolescence and early adulthood. A recent study demonstrated the crucial role of peer acceptance in determining how adolescents' gender conformity influences their self-concept.
Sample citations:
Smith, T.E. & Yost, M. (2007). The medicalization of gender and sexual deviance. Health Studies: A Reader.
Smith, T. E., & Leaper, C. (2006). Self-perceived gender typicality and the peer context during adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 16, 91-103.
Leaper, C., & Smith, T. E. (2004). A meta-analytic review of gender variations in children's talk: Talkativeness, affiliative speech, and assertive speech. Developmental Psychology, 40, 993-1027.
Courses:
Introduction to Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Psychology of Women
Office:
260B Esbenshade
Department of Psychology
Elizabethtown College
One Alpha Drive
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
