• Ph.D. Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford CA, June 1990
• B.A. Psychology, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Smith College, Northampton MA, May 1985

• Winkler-Herman Endowed Professorship of Psychology, 2003-present, The Colorado College
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship, 1995-1997, The Colorado College
• Colorado College Faculty Advisor of the Year Award, 1996, 1998
• Association for Women in Psychology and Division 35 of APA 1990 Student Prize for Psychological Research on Women and Gender
• Stanford University dissertation grant, 1990
• Western Psychological Association Student Scholarship, 1989
• NIMH Traineeship, Stanford University, 1986-87, 1988-89

• American Psychological Association
• Society for Personality and Social Psychology
• Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
• International Society for Experimental Existential Psychology
• Association for Women in Psychology
• Phi Beta Kappa (President, Colorado College Chapter)
• Psi Chi National Honor Society

• 2007-present, Board Member, Women’s Educational Society of Colorado Springs
• 2007-present, Director of Program in Feminist and Gender Studies, Colorado College.
• 2005-present, Member, APA Presidential Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls, see full report at: http://www.apa.org/pi/wpo/sexualization.html
• 2003-2005, Chair, Women’s Studies Steering Committee, Colorado College.
• 2000 - 2002, Chair of the Department of Psychology, Colorado College.
• 2000-2003, Member, Preparing Future Faculty Program consortium of CU Boulder,
• Colorado College, Yale University and Connecticut College. Grant funded by the APA.
• Research and Statistical Consultant, Colorado state-funded District Court project on fact-finding in custody cases with allegations of child sexual abuse.
• Regular Commentator for media on a variety of gender issues.
• Expert Witness on gender issues for criminal and civil cases in Colorado.
• Regular Manuscript Reviewer for Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Personality, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Cognition and Emotion, Sex Roles, Psychology of Women Quarterly.

Social psychology of emotion, gender, and the body; psychological consequences of the sexual objectification of women and girls; gender differences in self-evaluation, emotion, perceptions of bodily states.

Roberts, T-A & Arefi-Afshar, Y. (2007). Not all who stand tall are proud: Gender differences in the proprioceptive effects of upright posture. Cognition and Emotion, 21, 714-727.

Roberts, T-A & Gettman, J.Y. (2004). Mere exposure: Gender differences in the negative effects of priming a state of self-objectification. Sex Roles, 51, 17-27.

Roberts, T-A. (2004). “Female Trouble:” The Menstrual Self-Evaluation Scale and women’s self-objectification. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 28, 22-26.

Roberts, T-A. & Waters, P.L. (2004). Self-objectification and that “Not So Fresh Feeling”: Feminist therapeutic interventions for healthy female embodiment. Women and Therapy, 27, 5-21.

Roberts, T-A., Goldenberg, J.L, Manly, C. & Pyzsczynski, T. (2002). “Feminine Protection”: The effects of menstruation on attitudes toward women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 26, 131-139.

Roberts, T-A (2002). The woman in the body. Feminism and Psychology, 12, 324-329.

Fredrickson, B.L., Roberts, T-A., Noll, S. M., Quinn, D. M., & Twenge, J. M. (1998). That swimsuit becomes you: Sex differences in self-objectification, restrained eating and math performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 269-285.

Fredrickson, B.L. & Roberts, T-A. (1997). Objectification theory: Toward understanding women’s lived experience and mental health risks. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21, 173-206.

Roberts, T-A. & Pennebaker, J.W. (1995). Gender differences in perceiving internal state: Towards a his and hers model of perceptual cue use. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 27, 143-175.

Roberts, T-A. & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1994). Gender comparisons in responsiveness to others’ evaluations in achievement situations. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 18, 221-240.

Hawkins, A.J., Roberts, T-A., Christiansen, S., & Marshall, C.M. (1994). An evaluation of a program to help dual-earner couples share the second shift. Family Relations, 43, 213-220.

Marshall, C.M., Heck, R., Hawkins, A.J., & Roberts, T-A. (1994). Family work and fairness: Listening to husbands in dual-earner families. Journal of Men’s Studies, 3, 1-19.

Pennebaker, J.W. & Roberts, T-A. (1992). Toward a his and hers theory of emotion: Gender differences in visceral perception. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 11, 199-212.

Hawkins, A.J. & Roberts, T-A. (1992). Designing a primary intervention to help dual-earner couples share housework and child care. Family Relations, 41, 169-177.

Roberts, T-A. (1991). Gender and the influence of evaluations on self-assessments in achievement settings. Psychological Bulletin, 109, 297-308.

Roberts, T-A. & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1989). Sex differences in reactions to evaluative feedback. Sex Roles, 21, 725-747.

Edited Book Chapters

Roberts, T-A & Goldenberg, J.G. (2007). Wrestling with nature: An existential
perspective on the body and gender in self-conscious emotions. In J.L. Tracy, R.W. Robins & J.P. Tangney (Eds.), The Self-Conscious Emotions: Theory and Research. New York: Guilford Publications, Inc.

Citrin, L. B., Roberts, T-A., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2004). Objectification Theory and emotions: A feminist psychological perspective on gendered affect. In L.Z. Tiedens & C. W. Leach (Eds.), The Social Life of Emotion. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Goldenberg, J.L. & Roberts, T-A. (2004). The beast within the beauty: An existential perspective on the objectification and condemnation of women. In J. Greenberg, S. L., Koole, and T. Pyszczynski (Eds.), Handbook of Experimental Existential Psychology (pp. 71-85), New York: Guilford.

Roberts, T-A. & Waters, P.L. (2004). Self-Objectification and that “Not So Fresh Feeling”. In J. Chrisler (Ed.), From Menarche to Menopause: The Female Body in Feminist Therapy (pp. 5-21), New York: Haworth Press.

Roberts, T-A. (2004). Lanahan Selected Readings in The Psychology of Women, 2nd Edition. Baltimore, MD: Lanahan.

Teaching Experience

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