Kathryn Frazier
Kathryn Frazier
Associate Professor of Psychology
Kathryn Frazier
508-929-8644 kfrazier@worcester.edu
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Areas of Expertise
Developmental PsychologyPsychology of WomenQualitative Methods

Bio

I am a developmental psychologist who is interested in gender and identity development among girls and women. My most recent work has taken up topics including mothers’ parenting beliefs and wellness, the sexualization of women and girls in U.S. media, and critical approaches to pedagogy.

Education
2009
Scripps College
Gender & Women's Studies and Psychology
B.A.
2012
Clark University
Psychology
M.A.
2015
Clark University
Developmental Psychology
Ph.D.

Achievements

Award

George I. Alden Excellence in Teaching Award 2021

Publications

Transformative Collaborations: How a Motherscholar Research Collective Survived and Thrived During COVID-19
Between ‘up for it’ and ‘asking for it’: Violence against women in the age of postfeminism
Backward compatibility effects in younger and older adults
Empowered victims? Societal discourses of violence and women’s subjectivities
Agency on the move: Revisioning the route to social change
Reclaiming the person: Intersectionality and dynamic social categories through a psychological lens
Pushing boundaries and balance: Finding humanity in pandemic pedagogy. In McArthur, S.M. and Davis, D.M. (Eds). Breakthrough: From Pandemic Panic to Promising Practice
Building a virtual village: Academic mothers’* online social networking during COVID-19. In S. Trocchio, L. Hanasono, R. Dwyer, J.J. Borchert and J.Y. Harvie (Eds). It Takes a Village: Academic Mothers Building Online Communities
Online course motivation and engagement: Understanding semester changes. In H. Scherschel & D. S. Rudmann (Eds.) Teaching tips: A compendium of conference presentations on teaching, 2021-22
Gender socialization of girls. In B. Halpern-Felsher (ed). Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health
Teaching developmental psychology online: A motivational perspective. In J. Cerniak, M. Wong, and L. Rosen (Eds) Teaching Psychology Online Society for the Teaching of Psychology
Beyond stigma: Critical approaches to violations of the motherhood narrative. In K.R. Cabell, G. Marsico, C. Cornejo, & J. Valsiner (Eds). Making Meaning, Making Motherhood. Annals of Cultural Psychology
Sample Courses
General Psychology
Introduction to history of psychology, scientific method; brain/nervous system, development, learning, motivation, sensation/perception, personality, psychopathology, psychotherapy, cognitive processes, social behavior.
3 Credits
Developmental Psychology
Prerequisite: PS-101. Physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and moral development from conception to adolescence is examined within a framework of various theories.
3 Credits
Psychology of Women
Prerequisite: PS-101. Women's psychological development throughout the lifespan will be examined, including female development, achievement, stereotyping, stress, violence and psychological disorders.
3 Credits
Psychology of Adolescence
Prerequisites: PS-101, PS-210. The mental, emotional, social and physical changes of contemporary adolescence are examined with emphasis on family, peer and school influences.
3 Credits
Development of Thinking and Knowing
Prerequisites: PS-101, PS-210. This course examines the development of human thinking and knowing from Piagetian, information processing and sociocultural perspectives, with an emphasis on infancy and childhood.
3 credits