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Lynn M. Phillips, Ph.D.

Department of Communication phillips@comm.umass.edu

University of Massachusetts phone: 413-545-0518

Amherst, MA 01003 fax: 413-545-6399

CURRENT POSITION

2009- Chief Undergraduate Advisor. Department of Communication. University of

Massachusetts, Amherst.

2005- Lecturer, Department of Communication. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

EDUCATION

1995 University of Pennsylvania. Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development/Social Psychology. Graduate School of Education.

1984 Trinity College. B.S. Psychology and Business Administration, Summa Cum Laude. Burlington, Vermont.

HONORS AND AWARDS

2013 Distinguished Teaching Award. Nominee, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

2013 Flex Grant. Office of Faculty Development, University of Massachusetts,

Amherst. $500.

2013 “Best Professors in the Valley.” One of three UMass professors named “Best in

the Pioneer Valley” by Pioneer Magazine.

2013 Women Who Make a Difference Award. League of Women Voters.

2012 Outstanding College Teaching Award. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences,

University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

2010 Davis Fellow. Davis Integrative Experience Fellowship Program. University of

Massachusetts, Amherst. $2000.

2010 Distinguished Teaching Award. Nominee University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

2010 Outstanding First Year Student Advocate Award. Nominee. National Resource

Center for First Year Experience and Students in Transition.

2010 Flex Grant. Office of Faculty Development, University of Massachusetts,

Amherst. $500.

HONORS AND AWARDS (continued)

2009 Student Choice Award. Residential First Year Experience Program, Residence

Life, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

1995 Award of Distinction. Doctoral Dissertation and Oral Defense. University of

Pennsylvania.

1993 Distinguished University Teaching Award. New School University.

1985 Academic Fellowship. Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania.

1984 Phi Gamma Nu Award. Award for highest GPA in major. Trinity College.

1984 Summa Cum Laude. Trinity College.

BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS

Phillips, L.M. (2003). Speak for yourself: What girls say about what girls need.

Chicago: Girl’s Best Friend Foundation.

Phillips, L.M. (2000). Flirting with danger: Young women’s reflections on sexuality and

domination. New York: New York University Press.

Phillips, L.M. (1998). The girls report: What we know and need to know about growing

up female. New York: The National Council for Research on Women.

Phillips, L.M. (1997). Unequal partners: Exploring power and consent in adult-teen

relationships. Hackensack, NJ: Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey.

FILM PROJECTS

Flirting with danger: Power and choice in heterosexual relationships. (2012). Media Education Foundation.

Hooking up, hanging out, and friends with benefits: How college students construct and negotiate sexuality and relationships. In progress. Media Education Foundation.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

The Language of Rape: how news media frame of agency and blame in reports of rape. Research in progress in collaboration with Journalism colleague Steve Fox.

Perceived Effectiveness of Campus Rape Policies. Interview study in progress in collaboration with undergraduate LeBovidge Award recipient, Kaitlyn Magnus.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Phillips, L.M. (2009). Everyday courage and the “how” of our work. In L. Reynolds

and J. Reynolds (Eds.). Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear,

Risk, and Hope. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Phillips, L.M. (1999). Recasting consent: Agency and victimization in adult-teen

relationships. In S. Lamb (Ed.). New versions of victims: Feminist struggles with the concept. New York: New York University Press.

Phillips, L.M. and Fine, M. (1992). What’s “left” in sexuality education? In J. Sears

(Ed.). Sexuality and the curriculum: The politics and practices of sexuality education. New York: Teachers College Press.

Fine, M. and Phillips, L.M. (1990). Review of Lois Weis’ Working class without work:

High school students in deindustrializing America. Educational Studies, 21(2), 177-182.

KEYNOTES AND INVITED ADDRESSES

Phillips, L.M. (2010). Bridging the academic/student affairs divide: Faculty’s role in

educating the whole student. Invited address presented at the Residential First

Year Experience Awards Ceremony. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

Phillips, L.M. (2004). Girls: Current research and issues. Invited address presented at

The University of Illinois at Chicago series, Women Inspiring Hope and Possibility. Chicago, Illinois, March 17, 2004.

Phillips, L.M. (2003). What girls say about what girls need. Keynote address presented at

the annual meeting of the Illinois Center for Violence Prevention. Chicago,

Illinois, October 24, 2003.

Phillips, L.M. (2003). Flirting with danger. Invited address sponsored by Smith College

and Media Education Foundation. Northampton, Massachusetts, November 17,

2003.

Phillips, L.M. (2003). Preventing and interrupting teen dating violence: The role of

schools. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Illinois Center for

Violence Prevention. Chicago, Illinois, October 24, 2003.

Phillips, L.M. (2001). Listen to her. Keynote address presented at the first annual meeting

of Powerful Voices in Seattle. Seattle, Washington, September 19, 2001.

Phillips, L.M. (2000). Panelist and invited address presented at the AAUW Educational

Foundation’s conference, Beyond the Gender Wars. Washington, DC, September

14-15, 2000.

KEYNOTES AND INVITED ADDRESSES (continued)

Phillips, L.M. (1999). From findings to funding: Using research to inform grantmaking

for adolescent girls. Invited address presented at the Ms. Foundation Conference on Girls. Atlanta, Georgia, January 5, 1999.

Phillips, L. M. (1998). Funding our futures: Research and programs for adolescent girls.

Keynote address presented at the annual meetings of Chicago Women in Philanthropy. Chicago, Illinois, October 27, 1998.

Phillips, L.M. (1998). Girls’ struggles/girls’ strides: Exploring the realities of adolescent

women. Keynote address presented at Pennsylvania State University’s Girl to Woman Conference. State College, Pennsylvania, November 5, 1998.

Phillips, L.M. (1998). What we know and need to know about adolescent girls. Keynote

address presented at The National Council for Research on Women Roundtable on Adolescent Girls. Chicago, Illinois, June 18, 1998.

Phillips, L.M. (1998). Learning from girls about learning for girls: Teen women’s

thoughts on school and community programs. Keynote address presented at the Valentine Foundation’s conference GirlSpace: Exploring the Development and Funding of Programs for Girls. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 5, 1998.

Phillips, L.M. (1997). Adolescent sexualities: Are we teaching our children well?

Keynote address presented at Planned Parenthood of Dallas and Northeast Texas’ Teen Savvy Conference. Dallas, Texas, November 11, 1997.

Phillips, L.M. (1996). Dimensions of desire: Understanding teens as sexual subjects.

Keynote address presented at the Sixth Annual Sexuality Conference of Planned Parenthood of Central Pennsylvania. York, Pennsylvania.

Phillips, L.M. (1989). Women, academics, and social change. Invited address presented

at The Conference Celebrating Twenty Years of Co-Education at Yale. New Haven, Connecticut.

JURIED PRESENTATIONS

Phillips, L.M. (2012). Holistic Advising and Intellectual Community: How

Transforming Advising Programs Can Catalyze the Undergraduate Intellectual

Culture. Paper presented at the National Academic Advising Association

Conference. Connecticut, March 2012.

Phillips, L.M. (2011). Facilitating student transitions into and out of college: A dialectical

peer advising approach. Paper presented at the National Academic Advising

Association conference. Burlington, Vermont, March 10, 2011.

JURIED PRESENTATIONS (continued)

Phillips, L.M., Mignano, A., & Bercovich, N. (2010). Educating the “whole” peer

advisor: Developing peer facilitated programs that empower the peers. Presented

at the First Annual New England Conference on Student Success, University of

Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, October 8, 2010.

Phillips, L.M. (1999). Controlling the damage: Young women’s experiences of sexuality

and danger. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Psychological Association. Boston, Massachusetts, August 20-24.

Phillips, L.M. (1998). Focus on girls: Developing a new research agenda. Paper presented

at the annual meetings of the National Council for Research on Women. Washington, DC, October 2, 1998.

Phillips, L.M. (1997). I’m not a feminist but…Young women’s critiques and

transformations of feminism. Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Ethnography and Education Forum. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 7-9, 1997.

Phillips, L.M. (1996). Developmental impacts of Western images of sexuality and

violence: A study of young women’s experiences of victimization. Paper presented at the XIVth biennial meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development. Quebec City, Quebec. August 12-16.

Phillips, L.M. (1996). Constructing meanings in hetero-relations: Young women’s

experiences of power and desire. Paper presented at the XXVI International Congress of Psychology. Montreal, Quebec, August 16-19, 1996.

Phillips, L.M. (1995). Teacher and student self-reflections in/on a critical social

psychology classroom. Paper presented at the Sixteenth Annual Ethnography and Education Forum. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Phillips, L.M. (1994). Beyond sexual dualisms: Multiple meanings of domination in

women’s hetero-relations. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Psychological Association. Los Angeles, California.

Phillips, L.M. (1994). Privileging the private: Interrupting the public discourse in a

women’s studies classroom. Paper presented at the Fifteenth Annual Ethnography and Education Forum. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Phillips, L.M. (1993). Theorizing silences, voices, and bodies: Interrupting and inventing

meaning. Chair and discussant of panel at the Fourteenth Annual Ethnography and Education Forum. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

JURIED PRESENTATIONS (continued)

Phillips, L.M. (1993). Using/losing her voice: Consent, coercion, and sexual silences.

Paper presented at the Fourteenth Annual Ethnography and Education Forum. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Phillips, L.M. (1993). How much do we want to know? The politics of research with/for

the battered women’s movement. Paper presented at the Fourteenth Annual Ethnography and Education Forum. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Phillips, L.M. (1993). Constructions of desire: Multiple meanings of male aggression in

women’s sexualities. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Women in Psychology. Atlanta, Georgia.

Fine, M. and Phillips, L.M. (1990). Activist feminist research: On mistakes and

possibilities. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Psychological Association. Boston, Massachusetts.

Phillips, L.M. (1989). Resources for battered women: A critical examination of ‘options.’

Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Psychological Association. New Orleans, Louisiana.

Pithers, W.D. and Phillips, L.M. (1984). Are schizophrenic subjects used in information-

processing research typical schizophrenic patients? Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Psychological Association. Toronto, Ontario.

INVITED FILM SCREENINGS AND ADDRESSES

Console-ing Passions Conference. Leicester, UK, June 23, 2013.

International Communication Association. London, UK, June 18, 2013.

University of San Francisco. San Francisco, CA, April, 15, 2013.

Greenfield Community College. Greenfield, MA, April 11, 2013.

University of Massachusetts. Amherst, MA, February 26, 2013; October 22, 2013.

Amherst Regional High School. Amherst, MA, January 17, 2013.

Amherst College, Amherst, MA, November 2, 2012.

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, February 7, 2014

Deerfield Academy. Deerfield, MA, forthcoming, Spring, 2014.

Massachusetts House of Representatives. Boston, MA, forthcoming, Spring, 2014.

RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC CONSULTING

1998-2003 Research Director. Girl’s Best Friend Foundation. Chicago, Illinois.

1996-1998 Research Scholar. National Council for Research on Women. New York, New York

RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC CONSULTING (continued)

1996-1998 Educational Consultant and Program Evaluator. Rutgers University, Department of Health Education. New Brunswick, New Jersey.

1997. Research Director. Unequal Partners Project. Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey, Center for Family Life Education.

1997. Educational Consultant. Brooklyn Friends School. Brooklyn, New York.

1990 Research Consultant and Program Evaluator. The House of Ruth

Battered Women’s Shelter. Baltimore, Maryland.

1994 Facilitator. Philadelphia Public Schools Collaborative. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1988 Research Assistant. Chicago Resource Center Grant. Principal Investigators: Susan Schechter and Michelle Fine.

1987. Research Assistant. Englewood School District. Englewood, New Jersey.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2005- Lecturer. Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts

Amherst, Massachusetts.

-Introduction to Media and Culture

-Media and the Construction of Gender

-Media and Children’s Culture

-Peer Advising and Leadership Seminar (2-semester course)

Supervision of undergraduate student internships, honors theses, and

independent studies; supervision of graduate independent study, masters thesis

1991-2000 Faculty Member. Eugene Lang College, New School University (all college faculty members were unranked).

-Adolescence -Gender, Power, and Subjectivity

-Cultural Psychology -Peer Advising Seminar

-Developmental Psychology -Perspectives in Social Psychology

-Feminist Psychology -Research as Activism: Social

-First Year Workshop Science & Social Change

-Teaching and Learning Seminar

-Supervision of Masters these, independent studies, and senior theses.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (continued)

1996. Adjunct Faculty Member. Montclair State University. Montclair, NJ.

Honors Program

-Social Analysis of Gender

-Ways of Knowing (Epistemology and research methods)

Psychology Department

-Child Psychology

-Educational Psychology

1991 Instructor. Moore College of Art and Design. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

-Gender Roles in American Society

1993. Instructor. University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education.

Graduate Courses:

-Advanced Psychology of Women

-Human Development

-Interaction Processes with Adolescents

-Social Psychology

Undergraduate Courses:

-Human Development

-Educational Psychology: Controversies and Politics in Education

-Psychology and Women

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

2009- Chief Undergraduate Advisor. Department of Communication,

University of Massachusetts.

1995-2000 Director. Eugene Lang College Peer Advisor Program and First Year

Experience.

1997. Director. Eugene Lang College Public Service Leaders Program. Educational Foundation of America Grant. $3000.

1988. Assistant Dean. University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences and Department of Residential Living.

COUNSELING AND HUMAN SERVICE EXPERIENCE

1987. Staff Associate. National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1985. Psychotherapist. Vermont Treatment Program for Sexual Aggressors. Vermont State Department of Corrections. Burlington, Vermont.

1984 Counseling Intern. Vermont State Department of Corrections. Burlington, Vermont. Supervisor: William Pithers, Ph.D.

1983-1984 Counselor. Women’s Rape Crisis Center. Burlington, Vermont.

ACADEMIC AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Ad Hoc Reviewer:

Educational Studies

Gender and Society

Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy

Sex Roles

Sexuality Research and Social Policy

American Psychological Association

International Communication Association:

Feminist Scholarship Division

Children, Adolescents, and Media Division

Ethnography in Education Conference

New York University Press

Temple University Press

Departmental Service:

-Chair, Community, Diversity, and Social Justice Committee (2009-2011)

-Member, Executive Committee (2009-present)

-Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee (2009-present)

-Program and resource development:

– Communication Department Peer Advising Program. Programs include Comm Student Action Forum, Communication Student Showcase, Comm Movie Night (multicultural film series), Study Abroad Workshop, Internship Workshop, SBS Internship Fair, Graduate School Workshop, Professionalism Workshop,

– The Comm Connection: weekly departmental e-newsletter distributed to 1200 recipients

– Undergraduate advising blog

– Faculty advising website

– New student and transfer mentoring program

University and College Service:

-University Council for Leadership & Community Engagement (2013-present)

-UMatter@UMass Committee, Training and Outreach Subcommittee (2013-present)

-Senior Lecturer Promotion Committee, Chair (Spring, 2013)

-First Two Years Committee, Communications Subcommittee, Chair (2012-2013)

-Sophomore Year Initiative Task Force (2011-2013)

-SBS Scholarship Selection Committee (2010-present)

-Davis Fellow, Davis Integrative Experience Fellowship Program (2010-2012)

-University Advising Network (2009-present)

– Facilitator, peer advising models roundtable

– Presenter, Advising and “The ‘Sophomore Slump’”

-Campus workshops and guest lecturers:

– Residential First Year Experience Program. “Faculty Chats” on gender, race, and culture in media each semester (2008-present).

– Office of Family Resources. “Dinner on Us” workshops for families with young children on media, gender development, and children’s culture (2009-2010)

– Center for Teaching and Faculty Development and the Graduate School, Symposium on Teaching Development. Participant on panel of College Outstanding Teaching Award recipients.

– Investigative Journalism (Journ 497TJ). Guest speaker on media representation and language of rape.

– Student Affairs Leaders and Directors. Guest speaker on sexuality and violence.

– New Students Orientation. Summer speaker for three groups (approximately 200 per group) of parents of incoming students.

Related Community Service

Radnor High School, Wayne, PA. Viewpoints on Modern America. Guest Lecturer,

Distinguished Speakers Series, 2013.

Greenfield Center School Board of Directors, Greenfield, MA, 2005-2012.

– Co-treasurer 2008-10

– Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Admissions and Development

Committee

Greenfield Center School, Greenfield, MA. Developed and hosted “Raising Healthy Kids

in a Media Saturated World” media and parenting film and discussion series,

2011-2012.

Amherst Regional High School, Amherst, MA. Women’s Rights Group consultant,

speaker, facilitator on issues of gender, sexuality, and violence, 2010-2011.

INTERVIEWS IN POPULAR MEDIA

Sample appearances and interviews:

Al Jazeera America-America Tonight (2 appearances)

National Public Radio-All Things Considered

New England Public Radio-Morning Edition

National Public Radio regional affiliates call-in programs

ABC News

CBC News

CNN News

Fox News

Washington Post (front page)

Boston Globe

Philadelphia Inquirer

Huffington Post

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Psychological Association

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

Society for the Psychology of Women

International Communication Association:

Children, Adolescents, and the Media

Feminist Studies Scholarship

Instruction and Development

National Academic Advising Association

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