Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology

Joan C. Chrisler is Class of 1943 Professor of Psychology at Connecticut College. She has published extensively on gender roles, attitudes toward menstruation and menopause, women's health and embodiment, and other topics. She has edited seven previous books, most recently Lectures on the Psychology of Women (4th ed., 2008, McGraw-Hill) and Women over 50: Psychological Perspectives (2007, Springer). She has served as Editor of Sex Roles and on the Editorial Boards of Psychology of Women Quarterly, Sex Roles, and Teaching of Psychology. Dr. Chrisler is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association (Divisions 1, 2, 9, 35, 38, 46, 52). Donald R. McCreary is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Brock University and York University.  He has published extensively on gender roles, the psychology of men, and other topics.  He has co-edited one previous book, Applied Social Psychology (1997, Prentice Hall).  He has served as Associate Editor of Psychology of Men and Masculinity and of the International Journal of Men's Health, and is a member of the Editorial Boards of Sex Roles, Journal of Men's Studies, and Body Image. Dr. McCreary is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 51).

• History of Psychology.- Emergence and Development of the Psychology of Women.- Emergence and Development of the Psychology of Men and Masculinity.- Emergence and Development of the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues.- Research Methods.- Quantitative Approaches to the Study of Gender.- Qualitative Inquiry in Gender Studies.- Measuring Gender: Options and Issues.- Cross-Cultural Research Methods and the Study of Gender.- Gender Diverse Recruitment to Research Projects.- Interpreting and Communicating the Results of Gender-Related Research.- Brain and Behavior.- The Physiology of Sex Differences.- Sex and Gender in Sensation and Perception.- On Tending to Our Scientific Knitting: Thinking About Gender in the Context of Evolution.- Learning, Education, and Cognitive Processes.- Gender in the Classroom.- Gender and Academic Abilities and Preferences.- Gender, Spatial Abilities, and Wayfinding.- Gender and Creativity.- Communication.- Words Matter: The Language of Gender.- She Said, He Said: Gender, Language, and Power.- Gender, Power, and Nonverbal Behavior.- Emotion and Motivation.- Gender, Emotion, and Socialization.- Sex and Gender Differences in Eating Behavior.- Gender Differences in Sexuality.- Lifespan Development.- Gender Identity and Stereotyping in Early and Middle Childhood.- Gender in Adolescence: Applying a Person-in-Context Approach to Gender Identity and Roles.- Gender, Adult Development, and Aging.