I am currently the Winkler-Herman endowed Professor of Psychology at The Colorado College. My research interests center around the social psychology of women, gender, and the body. I am fascinated by existential questions relevant to our "corporeality," and particularly to living in a female body in a culture that sexually objectifies women. To this end, I explore attitudes toward women, as well as women's own self-evaluations and emotions such as anxiety, disgust, shame and pride.

Primary Interests:

Attitudes and Beliefs
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Gender Psychology
Interpersonal Processes
Person Perception
Personality, Individual Differences
Self and Identity
Social Cognition

Attitudes and Beliefs
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Gender Psychology
Interpersonal Processes
Person Perception

Personality, Individual Differences
Self and Identity
Social Cognition

Books:

Roberts, T-A. (2004). Lanahan readings in the psychology of women (2nd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Lanahan.

Journal Articles:

Fredrickson, B. L., & Roberts, T-A. (1997). Objectification theory: Toward understanding women's lived experience and mental health risks. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21, 173-206.
Fredrickson, B. L., Roberts, T-A., Noll, S. M., Quinn, D. M., & Twenge, J. M. (1998). That swimsuit becomes you: Sex differences in self-objectification, restrained eating, and math performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 269-285.
Roberts, T-A. (2004). “Female trouble:” The Menstrual Self-Evaluation Scale and women’s self-objectification. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 28, 22-26.
Roberts, T-A. (2002). The woman in the body. Feminism and Psychology, 12, 324-329.
Roberts, T-A. (1991). Gender and the influence of evaluations on self assessments in achievement settings. Psychological Bulletin, 109, 297-308.
Roberts, T-A., & Arefi-Afshar, Y. (2007). Not all who stand tall are proud: Gender differences in the propioceptive effects of upright posture. Cognition and Emotion, 21, 714-727.
Roberts, T-A., & Gettman, J. Y. (2004). Mere exposure: Gender differences in the negative effects of priming a state of self-objectification. Sex Roles, 51, 17-27.
Roberts, T-A., Goldenberg, J. L, Manly, C., & Pyzsczynski, T. (2002). “Feminine protection”: The effects of menstruation on attitudes toward women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 26, 131-139.
Roberts, T-A., & Pennebaker, J. W. (1995). Gender differences in perceiving internal state: Towards a his and hers model of perceptual cue use. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 27, 143-175.
Roberts, T-A., & Waters, P. L. (2004). Self-objectification and that “Not So Fresh Feeling”: Feminist therapeutic interventions for healthy female embodiment. Women and Therapy, 27, 5-21.

Other Publications:

Citrin, L. B., Roberts, T-A., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2004). Objectification Theory and emotions: A feminist psychological perspective on gendered affect. In L. Z. Tiedens & C. W. Leach (Eds.), The social life of emotion. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Goldenberg, J. L., & Roberts, T-A. (2004). The beast within the beauty: An existential perspective on the objectification and condemnation of women. In J. Greenberg, S. L. Koole & T. Pyszczynski (Eds.), Handbook of experimental existential psychology (pp. 71-85). New York: Guilford.

Courses Taught:

Emotion
Introduction to Psychology
Mind and Body
Personality Theory
Psychology of Gender

Emotion
Introduction to Psychology
Mind and Body

Personality Theory
Psychology of Gender

Tomi-Ann Roberts
Department of Psychology
Colorado College
14 East Cache La Poudre
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
United States

Phone: (719) 389-6838
Fax: (719) 389-6284