Patricia Leavy, PhD (Associate Professor of Sociology at Stonehill College and author)
Low-Fat Love 101: A Show about Relationships and Identity
Thursday Evening: 8 to 8:30 p.m. Eastern
To educate andempower listeners to build the lives they really want: healthy, strong relationships and a positive sense of self.
I have more than twelve years of experience teaching college courses about sexuality, relationships, gender, popular culture and other related sociological topics. I have published a dozen books and serve as editor for two prestigious book series. I have also published many peer-reviewed research articles based on interview research with college-age women and men about their relationships, body image, identities and related topics. My recent novel, Low-Fat Love, addresses the psychology of negative relationships, attraction to those who withhold their support and self-esteem. I also regularly publish op-ed and by-line articles (for example, The Huffington Post) and am routinely called on by the national news media for my expertise on relationships, gender and popular culture (for example, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune and The Los Angeles Times). I have appeared as a guest on television news programs (for example, Lou Dobbs Tonight and Glenn Beck). Please visit http://www.patricialeavy.com for more information.
Patricia is donating any pre-synidacation earnings she receives for this program to the charity Pandora's Project which is a resource for survivors of rape and sexual abuse open to all people regardless of age, gender or sexual orientation.
1/26-Adrienne Trier-Bieniek, Ph..D. Associate Professor of Sociology, Valencia College, Olrando, FL, Low-Fat Love 101: Healing our Wounds Through Music www.popculturefeminism.com
January 19 Cheryl Dellasega, PhD, Low-Fat Love 101: Female Bullying Cheryl Dellasega, PhD is a Professor of Humanities and Women’s Studies at Pennsylvania State University. She is an internationally known expert on family relationships and relational aggression (a form of bullying used by females). She is the acclaimed author of five nonfiction books: Forced to be Family (Wiley, 2007), Mean Girls Grown Up (Wiley, 2005), The Starving Family (Champion Press, 2005), Girl Wars (Fireside, 2003), and Surviving Ophelia (Perseus, 2001; Ballentine, 2002). She is also the author of a series of teen novels, Bloggrls. Dr. Dellasega is the Founder of Club and Camp Ophelia. She regularly appears as an expert on national television and radio shows and in print news. For more information please visit www.cheryldellasega.com
1/26/12 Adrienne Trier-Bieniek has been interested in the healing power of music since she was told to purchase a copy of Tori Amos' “Little Earthquakes” by a friend while skipping gym class in 1997. Since then Trier-Bieniek has earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Western Michigan University (by focusing on gender, emotions and music as well as qualitative research methods) and an M.S. in sociology and graduate certificate in women’s studies from Virginia Tech. Prior to graduate school she worked as the volunteer coordinator for the Grand Valley State University Women’s Center where she participated in activism to raise awareness of violence against women and girls as well as did volunteer work for local women’s organizations. Her research can be found in a forthcoming edition of the journal “Qualitative Research” as well as Shawn Bingham’s edited book “The Art of Social Critique: Painting Mirrors of Social Life.” She is currently a faculty member at Valencia College in Orlando, Florida.
2/2 Allyson Field, PhD Low-Fat Love 101: Friendship Allyson Nadia Field is an assistant professor of Cinema and Media Studies in the School of Theater, Film and Television at UCLA. Her primary research interest is in race and ethnicity in American film, including non-theatrical film production, independent cinema, and Hollywood. Her research interests also include avant-garde and experimental filmmaking, transatlantic modernisms, and global silent era cinemas. She is currently completing a book titled "Filming Uplift and Projecting Possibility," on African American uplift films of the 1910s and the film production of southern agricultural and industrial educational institutions. She is also working on an archival preservation project with the UCLA Film & Television Archive on the "L.A. Rebellion" of Black filmmakers (1970s-1990s) and co-curating a major film exhibition of their work which runs from October-December 2011 at UCLA and then will travel internationally. With Jan-Christopher Horak and Jacqueline Stewart, she is editing a book on the group titled "To Emancipate the Image: The L.A. Rebellion of Black Filmmakers." In fall 2010 she co-curated the film series "Paint it Black: Revisiting Blaxploitation and African American Cinema of the 1970s" for the UCLA Film & Television Archive. In 2007-2008, she was a Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. She received a Masters in Film and Television Studies from the Universiteit van Amsterdam and a PhD in Comparative Literature from Harvard University.
2/9 Patricia Arend, PhD Low-Fat Love 101: Exploring Wedding Fantasies for Valentine’s Day
Patricia Arend, PhD is Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at Wesleyan University. She recently received her PhD in Sociology from Boston College and has an MA and Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies from Northeastern University. Patricia's research focuses on the relationship between consumer culture and gender inequality. Her dissertation, Dream Weddings: Fantasy, Femininity and Consumer Desire, examines women's fantasies about weddings to explain the popularity of the traditional, white wedding in an era of growing gender and marital equality. She has published in Race and Society and Journal of Consumer Culture. Her co-edited book Culture, Power, and History: Studies in Critical Sociology was published by Brill in 2006.
2/16 Cheryl Dellesaga, PhD. Low-Fat Love 101: Eating Disorders as a Family Issue A return visit from Cheryl Dellasega, PhD . Cheryl is Professor of Humanities and Women’s Studies at Pennsylvania State University. She is an internationally known expert on family relationships and relational aggression (a form of bullying used by females) as well as the impact of eating disorders on families. She is the acclaimed author of five nonfiction books: Forced to be Family (Wiley, 2007), Mean Girls Grown Up (Wiley, 2005), The Starving Family (Champion Press, 2005), Girl Wars (Fireside, 2003), and Surviving Ophelia (Perseus, 2001; Ballentine, 2002). She is also the author of a series of teen novels, Bloggrls. Dr. Dellasega is the Founder of Club and Camp Ophelia. She regularly appears as an expert on national television and radio shows and in print news. For more information please visit www.cheryldellasega.com
3/1/2012 Caird Urquhart, Low-Fat Love 101: How to Survive and Thrive After a Break-Up Author Caird Urquhart will discuss her new book: 30 Ways to Better Days: How to Rally After You’ve Been Dumped which is available at www.newroadcoaching.com Caird has 18 years of experience in the film and television industry as a producer, casting director and actor. After graduating from The Coaches Training Institute and being accredited by the International Coaches Federation, she founded New Road Coaching Inc. in October of 2005.
3/8/2012 Liza Talusan, Low-Fat Love 101: Spring Break Safety Special Liza A. Talusan is the Director of Intercultural Affairs at Stonehill College and has diverse experience in both teaching and educational administration. Liza earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Child Development from Connecticut College, her Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs from New York University, and her Human Resources Certificate from Stonehill College. She has worked closely with the Moore Center for Gender Equity at Stonehill to provide programming related to gender equity issues. In addition to her experience in residence life, student activities, multicultural advising, and student affairs, Liza has taught at the K-12 level, coordinated teaching and learning programs, and ran outreach programs for students in academic need. She also volunteers in the non-profit sector through her work as the former Co-Chair for the Board of Directors for ASPIRE (Asian Sisters Participating in Reaching Excellence), as an active family speaker for Camp Sunshine, and as the founder of Retinoblastoma New England (RbNE). Liza is currently a doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and is particularly interested in studying the political and leadership engagement of Asian American women on college campuses. She is also a wife, mother of three, and an active writer and blogger on topics ranging from parenting to race to cancer. She recently underwent a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy to reduce her genetically high risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
Special Programming around Relevant Holidays or Current Events: I will use upcoming holidays and current events as platforms to discuss relationship and identity issues. Here are some examples:
New Year’s Eve: A Guide for Singles New Year’s Eve: Smart Resolutions Valentine’s Day: Real Romance Valentine’s Day: A Guide for Singles Valentine’s Day: Don’t Settle for Low-Fat Love Spring Break: A Smart Student’s Survival Guide Celebrity Scandals (such as a cheating story, divorce or high-profile marriage) can all be used as platforms to discuss low-fat love, healthy/unhealthy relationships, identity and the toxicity of popular culture
