The George Washington University
Department of Psychology

Clinical Psychology Program

 

Maria Cecilia Zea, Ph.D. 
Professor of Psychology


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Dr. Zea received her Ph.D. in Clinical/Community Psychology from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1990.  She joined GWU the same year, became an Associate Professor in 1996, and a full Professor in 2003..  She is Associate Editor of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, and Consulting Editor of the Journal of Clinical &Consulting Psychology.  Dr. Zea serves on the American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Committee and served on the Committee for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns.  She is a Fellow, Divisions 44 and 45 of the American Psychological Association.  Dr. Zea is a member of NIH's Behavioral and Social Consequences of HIV/AIDS Study Section and has served as ad-hoc reviewer in NIMH and NIDA Study Sections.  Her research interests are behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS among Latinos.  Together with Paul J. Poppen and Carol A. Reisen she is the P.I. of an NIMH-funded project on disclosure of HIV status among Latino gay men, and of an NICHD-funded project on contextual factors of sexual risk among Latino men who have sex with men.  
 

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Presentations 2004-2005:
   Zea, M. C. (February 2005).  Disclosure of Seropositive Status and Sexual Risk among Latino Gay and Bisexual Men.   Invited speaker to the Institute on Urban Health Research at Northeastern University.  Boston, MA.  

   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.  Poster presented at the 113th APA Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. 

   Asner-Self, K., Schreiber, J. B., Zea, M. C., Anderton, C.  (August 2005).  Psychometric properties of the AMAS-ZABB with sojourners. Poster presented at the 113th APA Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. 

   Asner-Self, K., Schreiber, J. B., Zea, M. C., Anderton, C.  (August 2005).  Planful coping and depression: a cross cultural latent structural analysis.  Poster presented at the 113th APA Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. 

    Shellmer, D. A. Lyon, M., Zea, M. C., Radcliffe, J., D'Angelo, L., Rutstein, R.  (August 2005).  Pediatric HIV: Effects of Adjustment, Social Support, and Disclosure on Cognitive and Psychosocial functioning.  Poster presented at the 113th APA Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. 

   Khera, G. S., Sookar, N., Khera, M., & Zea, M. C.  (August 2005)  Validation of a Multidimensional Acculturation Scale.  Poster presented at the Asian American Psychological Convention, Washington DC.  

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

  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

  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 the HIV among Latinos.  Poster presented at the 112th APA Annual Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii.

  Jernewall, N. & Zea, M. C.  (July 2004).  Content analysis of empirical articles on LGBs of color.  Poster presented at the 112th APA Annual Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii.

  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.  Symposium presented at the XVII International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Xi’An, China, August 2-6, 2004.

  Bianchi, F. T., Poppen, P. J., Reisen, C. A., Zea, M. C., & Echeverry, J. J.  (August 2004).  Latinos and disclosure of HIV status.  Poster presented at the XXVIII International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China, August 8-13, 2004.

  Zea, M. C., Poppen, P. J., Reisen, C. A., Echeverry, J. J., & Bianchi, F. T.  (May, 2004).  What have we learned about Disclosure of HIV status among Latino gay men?  Invited Presentation, Grand Rounds, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, N Y Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY.

  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, July 11-16, 2004.  
 

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COURSES TAUGHT

            Undergraduate courses include Cross-Cultural Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Dean's Scholars in Globalization.

            Graduate courses include Ethnic and Racial Diversity in Psychology (Psyc 236) and Cross-Cultural Psychology (Psyc 287).
 

 

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Contact Information

Maria Cecilia Zea, Ph.D. 
Department of Psychology
George Washington University
2125 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

Phone: (202) 994-6321
Fax: (202) 994-1602
e-mail: zea@gwu.edu

 

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Last Revised: January 8, 2007
Created:  November 18, 2005