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Professor of Psychology
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Dr. Poppen received his Ph.D. in Personality and Social Psychology
from Cornell University in 1973. Except for sabbatical leaves and
brief stints elsewhere, he has been at GWU continuously since then. His
is currently director of the Applied Social Psychology Program,
and interim chair of the Psychology Department since May,
2005. He served as chair of the Psychology Department from 1988-1991.
His research in the past decade has focused on gender and health, especially
HIV/AIDS. His special methodological interests concern survey research
on sensitive topics, computerized data collection, and software development.
Away from the university, he is an avid tennis player.
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Sexual Behavior and Risk-Taking
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Several of the most recent important papers:. .
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Disclosure, Mental Health, Sexual Risk
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Two recent papers: .
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Unwanted Sexual Behavior
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Presentations (1995-present) About 50 presentations in the last ten years, at regional, national, and international conferences. Presentations have focused on several of my programs of research on sexual behavior, especially sexual risk-taking behavior and perception. Presentations have been with colleagues Reisen and Zea or psychology graduate students from GWU or with undergraduate students. Most of the presenations have been at annual meetings of the American Psychological Association (APA) and American Psychological Society (APS); additional presentations have been at meetings of Eastern Psychological Association (EPA), Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM), Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS). Lastly, some of the presentations have been at the World Congress on AIDS (Barcelona, Bangkok), the International Congress of Psychology (Beijing), the International Congress of Cross Cultural Psychology (XI-AN), and the Conference on HIV/AIDS in Caribben and Latin America (Santiago).. |
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Zea, M.C., Reisen, C.A., Poppen, P J., Bianchi, F. T., & Echeverry, J. J. (June, 2005) Antecedents of disclosure of seropositive HIV status among Latino gay men. Presented at the 2005 National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA. Liss-Levinson, R. & Poppen, P.J. (2005). Perceived Threat of Future Weight Gain Among College Students. Presented at the 76th Annual Meetings of the Eastern Psychological Association, March, 2005, Boston, MA. Penha, M.M., Shedlin, M.G., Zea, M.C., Reisen, C.A., Poppen, P.J., Bianchi, F.T., & Decena, C.U. (November, 2004). Ethical guidelines to support ethnographic fieldwork among men who have sex with men (MSM). Presented at Ethics Forum at the 132nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C Bianchi , F.T., Poppen, P. J., Reisen, C. A., Zea, M. C., & Echeverry, J. J. (August, 2004) Latinos and Disclosure of HIV Status. Presented at the XXVIII International Congress of Psychology. Beijing, China. Poppen, P. J., Bianchi , F.T., Zea, M. C., Reisen, C. A., & Echeverry, J. J. (August, 2004). Mental Health and Disclosure of HIV-Status among Brazilian and Colombian Gay Men. Presented at the XVII International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Xi’An, China. Zea, M.C., Bianchi, F.T., Dove, D.C., Reisen, C.A., Poppen, P.J., & Echeverry, J.J. (July, 2004). Coping and Oppression: Experiences of Latino gay and bisexual men. In G.W. Harper (Chair), Overcoming Oppression among lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Communities of Color. Symposium presented at the 112th APA Annual Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii. Zea, M.C., Reisen, C.A., Poppen, P.J., Bianchi, F.T., & Echeverry, J.J. (July, 2004). HIV Serostatus disclosure among Latino gay men. In H. Yoshikawa (Chair), Contexts of HIV Risk for Gay Men of Color. Symposium presented at the 112th APA Annual Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii. Cuadra, A.M., Marin, B.V.O., Zea, M.C., Echeverry, J.J., & Poppen, P.J. (July, 2004). Acculturation, Attitude, and Intention to test for HIV among Latinos. To be presented at the 112th meetings of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii. Zea, M.C., Poppen, P.J., Reisen, C.A., Bianchi, F.T., & Echeverry,
J.J. (2004). Disclosure of serostatus and unprotected anal
intercourse in HIV+ Latino gay men. [Abstract]. XV International
AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand.
Poppen, P. J., Reisen, C. A., Zea, M.C., Echeverry, J. E., & Bianchi, F. B. (July 2003). Unprotected Sex in HIV+ Latino Men who have Sex with Men. Poster presented at the 2003 National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA. Khera, M. S., Zea, M. C., Reisen, C. A., & Poppen, P. J. (October, 2002). The influence of discrimination and ethnicity of social network on coping style among HIV+ Latino gay and bisexual men. Poster presented at the National Latino Conference, Providence, Rhode Island. Slatcher, R. B., Zea, M. C., Reisen, C. A., Poppen, P. J., Echeverry, J. J., & Bianchi, F. T. (October, 2002). Do I tell my best friend? HIV disclosure among Latino men. Poster presented at the Second Latino Psychology Conference, Providence, RI. Zea, M. C., Reisen, C. A., Poppen, P. J., Echeverry, J. J., & Bianchi, F. (July, 2002). Disclosure of HIV-positive status to social network among Latino gay men. Poster presented at the XIV International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain. [Abstract] International AIDS Conference Abstract Book, Vol. 1, MoPeE3714, p. 195. Jernewall, N., Zea, M. C., Reisen, C. A., & Poppen, P. J. (April, 2002). Complimentary and alternative medicine use and adherence to care among Latino HIV-positive gay and bisexual men. Poster presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine Meeting, Washington, DC. Zea, M.C., Reisen, C.A., & Bianchi. F.T. (2001, August).
Disclosure of HIV status among Latino gay
Poppen, P. J., Reisen, C. A., & Echeverry, J. J. (2001, August).
Data collection methodology in the LMRP: Audio-CASI. Paper presented
at the 2001 National HIV Prevention Conference, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA.
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For over 20 years I have taught graduate and undergraduate courses at GWU in social psychology, sex roles and sex behavior, and research methodology especially survey research methods. My undergraduate courses, taught at various times, include social psychology (Psych 12), theories of personality (Psych 129), psychology of sex differences (Psych 150), psychology of attitudes and public opinion (Psych 156) , and the honors seminar (Psych 197). My graduate
courses include attitudes and atitude change (Psych 255), survey research
methods (Psych 256), and special topics in social psychology <risk-taking
behavior or some other health related topics> (Psych 257).
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Department of Psychology George Washington University 2125 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20052 |
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Fax: (202) 994-1602 e-mail: pjp@gwu.edu |
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