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.
 

Publications
 

	Sexual Behavior and Risk-Taking
	Disclosure, Mental Health, and Sexual Risk
	Unwanted Sexual Behavior

Sexual Behavior and Risk-Taking
           Several papers, authored with colleague Carol A. Reisen, 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, and  Adolescence.

    Carol A. Reisen and Paul J. Poppen (1999).  A New Conceptualization of Perceived Vulnerability to Sexually Transmitted Diseases:  Partner Specific Risk Perception.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 667-684.

    Paul J. Poppen and Carol A. Reisen  (1997).  Perception of Risk and Sexual Self-Protective Behavior:  A Methodological Critique. AIDS:  Education and Prevention, 9, 373-390.

   Paul J. Poppen & Carol A. Reisen (1994).  Heterosexual Behaviors and Risk of Exposure to HIV:  Current Status and Prospects for Change. Applied and Preventive Psychology, 3, 75-90.

   Paul J. Poppen. Adolescent Contraceptive Use and Communication:  Changes over a Decade.  (1994).  Adolescence, 29(115), 503-514.
 

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.

  Maria Cecilia Zea, Carol A. Reisen, & Paul J. Poppen.  (1999).  Psychological Well-Being among Latino Lesbians and Gay Men. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 5, 371-379.

   Carol A. Reisen, Maria Cecilia Zea, and Paul J. Poppen  (1997).  Psychosocial factors in the disclosure of HIV status to sex partners among Latino gay and bisexual men.  Journal of Gender, Culture, and Health, 2, 89-96.
 

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

  Jamie L. Goldenberg, Elizabeth M. Ginexi, Carol K. Sigelman, and Paul J. Poppen.  (1999).  Just Say No:  Japanese and American Styles of Refusing Unwanted Sexual Advances.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 889-902.
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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)..

     Zea, M.C., Reisen, C.A.,  Bianchi, F.T., Poppen, P.J., Shedlin, M.G., & Penha, M.M.  (August, 2005).   Sexual Playground:  Fantasy or Reality?  Immigrant Gay Experiences in New York City.  To be presented at the 113th APA Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. 

     Poppen, P.J., Wang, J.P., & Wu, H.  (August, 2005)  Mental Health of HIV-infected Blood Donors in Henan, China.  To be presented at the 113th APA Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.

     Poppen, P. J., Reisen, C.A., Zea, M.C., Bianchi, F. T., Shedlin, M., & Penha, M M..  (June, 2005) Seroconcordance as a acontextual factor influencing sexual risk.  Presented at the 2005 National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA.  

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.
 
Zea, M.C., Reisen, C. A., Poppen, P. J., & Diaz, R. M.  (July 2003).  Paradoxical findings on experiences of discrimination due to sexual orientation among Latino gay men.  Paper presented at the 2003 National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA.  

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 
and bisexual men.  In P.J. Poppen (Chair).  HIV prevention for Latino gay men.  Symposium
 presented at the 2001 National HIV Prevention Conference, Centers for Disease Control and
 Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA.

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.
 
 
 
 

   David C. Dove,  Maria Cecilia Zea, John J. Echeverry,  Carol A. Reisen, & Paul J. Poppen.  (2001).  Multiple social statuses and health in HIV-positive Latino men.  Posted presented at the 109th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, August 24 - 28.

   Paul J. Poppen.  (2001).  Developing Prevention Interventions for Latino Gay Men.  Special session at the 2001 National HIV Prevention Conference, convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, August 14.  With George Ayala, Rafael M. Diaz, Jesus Ramirez-Valles, Maria Cecilia Zea, Carol A. Reisen, Fernanda T. Bianchi, John J. Echeverry, and Barbara V.O. Marin. 

   Paul J. Poppen, Carol A. Reisen, & John J. Echeverry.  (2001).  Data collection methodology in the LMRP: Audio-CASI.  Paper presented at the 2001 National HIV Prevention Conference, convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, August 14..

   John J. Echeverry,  Maria Cecilia Zea, Paul J. Poppen, Fernanda T. Bianchi, & Carol A. Reisen. (2001, July).  To disclose or not to disclose:  What are the consequences of telling others that one is HIV-positive?  Paper presented at the XXVIII Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Santiago, Chile.

   Maria Cecilia Zea, John J. Echeverry, Paul J. Poppen, Fernanda T. Bianchi,, & Carol A. Reisen.  (2001, July).  Secretos que matan: Barriers to disclosure of HIV status.  Paper presented at the XXVIII Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Santiago, Chile.

    Maria Cecilia Zea, Carol A. Reisen,  Paul J. Poppen, & Rafael M. Díaz,  (2001).  Asking and telling: Communication about HIV status among Latino gay men.  Paper presented at the 13th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Canada, June 14 - 17.

   Fernanda T. Bianchi, John J. Echeverry, Maria Cecilia Zea, Paul J. Poppen, & Carol A. Reisen.  (2000, November).  Brazilian gay men and AIDS:  A forgotten community in the U.S.   Paper presented at the Latino Psychology 2000 Conference: “Bridging our Diversity,”  San Antonio, TX.

   John J. Echeverry, Fernanda T. Bianchi, Maria Cecilia Zea, Paul J. Poppen, & Carol A. Reisen.  (2000, November).  Disclosure of HIV status among Latino gay men:  Some preliminary findings.  Paper presented at the Latino Psychology 2000 Conference: “Bridging our Diversity,” San Antonio, TX

   Paul J. Poppen & Carol A. Reisen.  Patterns of Sexual Behavior, Gender, and Perception of Risk in a College Sample.   Presented at the 42nd Annual Meetings of the Society for Scientific Study of Sexuality, November, 2000, Orlando, Florida.

   Maria Cecilia Zea & Paul J. Poppen.  Methodological Issues in Conducting Research with HIV-Positive Latino Gay men.  Presented at the Conference on Gender and Health in a Diverse Society, a  Conference of the Counseling Health Psychology Section of APA Division 17, August, 2000, Washington, D.C.

  Paul J. Poppen & Carol A. Reisen.  Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Antecedents of Partner-Specific Risk Perception.  Presented at the 12th Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Society, June, 2000, Miami, Florida.

  Christine Karkashian, Natalie Frank, Paul J. Poppen, & Rolf A. Peterson, & David Costanza.  Adherence as a Mediator of Diabetes-Specific Stress and Metabolic Control.  Presented at the 21st Annual Meetings of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, April, 2000, Nashville, Tennessee.

  Cheryl Rinehart & Paul J. Poppen.  Cigars and cigarettes: Use of the Theory of Reasoned Action to Predict Behavioral Intentions.  Presented at the 71st Annual Meetings of the Eastern Psychological Association, March, 2000, Baltimore, Maryland.

  Maria Cecilia Zea, Carol A. Reisen, Paul J. Poppen, John J. Echeverry, & Jose Gutierrez.  Psychosocial Factors in the Disclosure of HIV status to sex partners among  Latino gay and bisexual men.  Presented at the IVth Conference on HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean and Latin America.  January, 2000, Havana, Cuba.
 

          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).