The George Washington University
Department of Psychology

 Applied Social Psychology Program

Paul J. Poppen, Ph.D. 
Professor of Psychology

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Biographical Information



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 the Thelma Hunt Professor, director of the Applied Social Psychology Program, and chair of the Psychology Department  (chair since May, 2005).  He also served as chair of the Psychology Department from 1988-1991.  His research in the past decade has focused on gender, culture, and health, especially HIV/AIDS.  He is the assistant director of the Latino Health Research  Center, and is co-investigator on several NIH grants that focus on Latinos and HIV/AIDS (from NICHD and NIMH).  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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Research Interests / Current Projects

   Culture, Gender & Health

   Sexual Risk-Taking

   Disclosure of personal information:  HIV status, sexual history

   Survey Research Methodology, Computerized Data Collection

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Sexual Behavior and Risk-Taking
           Several papers, authored with colleagues Carol A. Reisen, Ph.D.,  Maria Cecilia Zea, Ph.D., Fernanda Bianchi, Ph.D., or with graduate students.  Papers have appeared in  Women and Health,  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, AIDS:  Education and Prevention, Psychology and Health, Sex Roles, Applied and Preventive Psychology,    Adolescence and other journals.


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Culture, Gender, and Health
           Several papers, authored with colleagues Reisen, Zea, Bianchi of the GW Latino Health Research Center, or with graduate students.   Also, papers with JianPing Wang, Ph.D., M.D., from Beijing Normal University.    


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Disclosure, Mental Health, Sexual Risk
          Papers with colleagues Maria Cecilia Zea, Ph.D. and Carol A. Reisen, Ph.D. in Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology and  Journal of Gender, Culture, and Health.

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Unwanted Sexual Behavior
           Several papers, authored with former graduate students, appearing in Journal of Applied Social Psychology and  Sex Roles.

 


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Presentations   

          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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COURSES TAUGHT

          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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Contact Information

Paul J. Poppen, Ph.D. 
Department of Psychology
George Washington University
2125 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

Phone: (202) 994-6324
Fax: (202) 994-1602
e-mail: pjp@gwu.edu

 

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Last Revised: July 8, 2009
Created:  September 23, 2000.
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