Lisa Bowleg, PhD

Associate Professor Department of Community Health and Prevention Phone: 215.762.1652 Email: lisa.bowleg@drexel.edu

Lisa Bowleg’s academic accomplishments include a Ph.D. in Applied Social Psychology and a M.A. in Public Policy, with a concentration in Women’s Studies from George Washington University, Washington, DC. Her research and publications focus on: (1) multiple minority stress, resilience, and coming out issues among Black/African-American, lesbian, gay bisexual and transgendered people (LGBT); (2) the influence of social structural factors (e.g., racism, poverty, incarceration) and gender role and sexuality factors on sexual risk in Black/African-American communities.
 
Her honors/awards include: a 2004 Wayne F. Placek Investigator Development Award for her LGBT research; the 2002 Diversity Award for Faculty Excellence in Leadership and Service, University of Rhode Island Multicultural Center; the 2000 Dr. Margaret Stetz Woman of Distinction Award from the Women’s Center, Georgetown University; the 1999 Louise Kidder Early Career Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, American Psychological Association; and a 1999-2001 Visiting Professorship at the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco. She is a member of the American Public Health Association, the American Psychological Association (Divisions 9, 35, 44, and 45), the Association for Women in Psychology, and Chair-Elect of the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Psychology and AIDS.

Research Interests: HIV prevention research in African-American communities; gender and health; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues and health; qualitative research methods.

:: Curriculum Vitae (PDF) 

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