The Luckey Family Lecture Series presents L. Monique Ward, Professor of Psychology at University of Michigan. Dr. Ward Explores the impact of media’s sexualized and Euro-centric beauty ideals for girls and young women. Dr. Ward is a developmental psychologist whose research examines parental and media contributions to gender and sexual socialization for U.S. youth, with a special focus on gendered sexual scripts and sexual objectification, while also exploring intersections between gender ideologies, body image, race, and sexuality. Her work on these topics has been published in more than 30 different academic journals.
Rowe 320
3.30 - 5.00pm
For more information, contact: HDFS at janice.berriault@uconn.edu