Graduate Student
M.S. 2007, Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S. 2003, Psychology/Women's Studies, University of Washington

Area: Developmental
Advisor: Janet Shibley Hyde

My research interests include the development of gender-related constructs across transitions; social roles and identities, such as parenthood; psychology of women; women's health; and LGBT issues.

My current research is divided into two different areas:

One area is related to LGBT issues. I am conducting a meta-analysis on mental and physical health outcomes of LGB individuals as compared with heterosexual individuals. I am also involved in a collaborative project with colleagues in the Department of Counseling Psychology. This project investigates identity development and emotional experiences of transgender adults as related to their gender transition.

Another line of research examines objectified body consciousness (the tendency to view oneself as an object to be looked at and evaluated by others) in adolescents and their mothers and its association with the mother-adolescent relationship.


Katz-Wise, S. L., Priess, H. A., & Hyde, J. S. (under review). Gender-role attitudes and behavior across the transition to parenthood. Developmental Psychology.

Katz-Wise, S. L., & Hyde, J. S. (in preparation). Objectified body consciousness and the mother-adolescent relationship.