Andrea L. Dottolo, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Office: S-241A
Phone: 508-929-8616
Email: adottolo@worcester.edu
Scholarship in Women’s Studies – Selected journal publications/ book chapters/ books etc.
Dottolo, A.L. (submitted for publication). “Migrations of race:
Italian-American whiteness and ethnic identities.” VIA:
Voices in Italian Americana.
Dottolo, A.L. & Stewart, A.J. (submitted for publication).
“I never think about my race”: Psychological features of
white racial identities. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority
Psychology.
Dottolo, A.L. & Stewart, A.J. (2008). “Don’t ever forget now,
you’re a Black man in America”: Intersections of race, class
and gender in encounters with the police. Sex Roles, 59,
350-364.
Stewart, A.J. & Dottolo, A.L. (2006). Feminist psychology.
Signs: Journal of women in culture and society, 31(2),
493-509.
Stewart, A.J. & Dottolo, A.L. (2005). Socialization to the
academy: Coping with competing social identities. In
Downey, G., Dweck, C., Eccles, J. & Chatman, C. (Eds.),
Navigating the future: Social identity, coping and life tasks,
(pp. 167-187). New York: Russell Sage.
Dottolo, A. & Lutenski, E. (2002). Understanding white
subjectivity: Strategies for building antiracist feminist politics.
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/intersections
Scholarship in Women’s Studies – Selected conference presentations
Association for Women in Psychology Conference, Newport,
RI, March 2009 “Silencing sexuality: Baring homophobia
and heteronormativity,” presenter
The Sopranos: A Wake, Fordham University, New York,
May, 2008 “Wops & WASPS: Using The Sopranos to
Teach about Race and Racism”
Association for Women in Psychology Conference, San
Diego, CA, March 2008 “Feeling like a freak: Working
class narratives from inside academia,” presenter
Association for Women in Psychology Conference,
Philadelphia, PA, February 2004“Feminist Journeys
toward Embodied Theories,” presenter
International Society of Political Psychology Conference,
Boston, MA, July 2003 “Socialization to the Academy:
‘Coping’ with Marginalized Social Identities”
National Women’s Studies Association Conference, New
Orleans, LA, June 2003 “The Sopranos in Black and
White: Performances and Representations of Race
and Racism,” presenter and “Multinational Women’s
‘Movement’: Paramilitaries, Prostitutes and Humanitarian
Assistance,” moderator
National Women’s Studies Association Conference,
Las Vegas, NV, June 2002
“The good, the bad, and the ugly”: How Feminists Contend
with Vying Ideals of Feminism and Normative Beauty
Standards” and “Feminist Community Politics: An
International Approach to the Intersection of Women, Power,
Politics and Change,” moderator
Selected talks on campus, in the consortium, local community, related to Women’s Studies
“Diversity Across the Curriculum,” with Dr. Champika K.
Soysa Worcester State College, October 2008,
Sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning;
Liberal Arts & Sciences Curriculum Committee
Invited lecture, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA,
February 2008 “I never think about my race”: Understanding
white racial identities Sponsored by the Women’s Studies
Program and the Department of Education