The George Washington University
Department of Psychology

Clinical Psychology Program

Maria Cecilia Zea, Ph.D. 
Professor of Psychology

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Biographical Information

Dr. Zea received her Ph.D. in Clinical/Community Psychology from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1990.  She is a Professor at the Psychology Department.  She is the Director of the Latino Health Research Center (LHRC).  She is Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical &Consulting Psychology and of the Journal of LGBT Health Research.  She was Associate Editor of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology for 8 years.  Dr. Zea has served on the American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Committee, the Committee for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns, and the Board of Professional Affairs.  She is a Fellow of Divisions 44 and 45 of the American Psychological Association.  Dr. Zea has been 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 was the Principal Investigator 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.  She is the P.I. of an NICHD-funded R01 to study HIV prevalence, sexual risk, and attitudes towards circumcision among Colombian MSM (with Paul Poppen, Carol A. Reisen, and Fernanda Bianchi) and a co-investigator in an NICHD-funded project on HIV risk among Latino day laborers:  structural, social, and individual factors (Fernanda Bianchi, P.I.).  Dr. Zea is a member of the GWU HIV/AIDS Institute.      
 

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Publications, Presentations and Research Interests

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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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