IRENE LÓPEZ PH.D.
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RESEARCH

How do we understand the experience of others - especially if they differ from ourselves? I do cross cultural research as a way to know more about the world and expand my understanding of behavior. Broadly speaking, my research centers on the interplay of psychology and anthropology. Additionally, as a feminist and clinically trained psychologist, my work examines issues that are of particular concern to women of color. By extension, these interests have also lead me to examine the lives of their children, as well as issues concerning the over representation of both groups among the poor.      

PUBLICATIONS
Diemer, M.A., Mistry, R., Wadsworth, M.E., López, I. & Reimers, F. (2012). Best practices in conceptualizing and measuring social class in psychological research.  Analyses of Social Issues & Public Policy. doi: 10.1111/asap.12001

López, I., Ramirez, R., Guarnaccia, P., Canino, G., & Bird, H. (2011). Ataques de nervios and somatic complaints among  Island  and Mainland  Puerto Rican children. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, 17, (3), 158-166.  doi:  10.1111/j.1755-5949.2010.00137.x

Rivera, F., López, I., Ramirez, R., Guarnaccia, P., Canino, G., & Bird, H. (2011). Perceived discrimination and antisocial behaviors in Puerto Rican children. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 13, (3), 453-461. doi: 10.1007/s10903-010-9421-x

López, I., Rivera, F., Ramirez, R. Guarnaccia, P., Canino, G. & Bird, H. (2009). Ataques de nervios and their psychiatric correlates in Puerto Rican children from two different contexts. Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, iii-x, 12,923-929. doi:10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181c2997d

López, I. R. (2008). Puerto Rican phenotype: Understanding its historical underpinnings and psychological associations. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 30, (2), 161-180. DOI:  10.1177/0739986307313116.  

López, I. R. (2008). “But you don’t look Puerto Rican”: The buffering effects of ethnic identity on the relation between skin color and self-esteem among Puerto Rican women. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 14, (2), 102-108.  

López, I. R., & Contreras, J. C. (2005). The best of both worlds. Biculturality, acculturation, and psychological adjustment among mainland Puerto Rican adolescent mothers. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36, (2), 192-208.

Contreras, J. M., López, I. R., Rivera-Mosquera, E. T., Raymond-Smith, L., & Rothstein, K. (1999). Social support and adjustment among Puerto Rican adolescent mothers: The moderating effect of acculturation. Journal of Family Psychology, 13, (2), 228-243.

Nagayama Hall, G. C., Bansal, A., & López, I. R. (1999). Ethnicity and psychopathology: A meta‑analytic review of 31 years of comparative MMPI/MMPI‑2 research. Psychological Assessment, 11, (2), 186-197.

Findling, R. J., Grcevich S. J., López, I., Schulz, S.C. (1996). Antipsychotic medications in children and adolescents. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 57, 19-23.
 
BOOK CHAPTERS & ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
*indicates Kenyon student

Lewis-Fernández, R., & López, I. (2016). Ataques de Nervios. In B. A. Sharpless (Ed.). Unusual and Rare Psychological Disorders: A Handout for Clinical Practice and Research. Oxford University Press.

López, I. & Legan, O.* (2016). Controlling for class - or the persistence of classism in psychology. In A. L. Hurst & S. K. Nenga (Eds.), Working in Class: Recognizing How Social Class Shapes Our Academic Work. (pp. 23-34). Rowman & Littlefield.

López, I., *Walker H. M., L., & *Yildiz Spinel, M.  (2015). Understanding the association between phenotype and ethnic identity. In C. E. Santos & A. Umaña-Taylor (Eds.). Studying Ethnic Identity: Methodological and Conceptual Approaches Across Disciplines. (pp. 119-148). Washington, D. C: American Psychical Association.

López, I & *Ho., A. (2013). Culture-bound or culturally salient? Unbinding the culture-bound syndromes. In K. Keith (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Cross Cultural Psychology.  Wiley Blackwell Publishers. (Accepted).

López I, *Gonzalez, A.N., & *Ho, A. (2012). Skin Color. In T. F. Cash (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance, Vol 2. (pp. 730–737). San Diego: Academic Press.

López, I., Dent, T., Ecosto, E, & *Prado-Steiman, M. (2011). Theories of acculturation and cultural identity. In A. Zagelbaum & J. Carlson (Eds.). Working with Immigrant Families: A Practical Guide for Counselors. (pp. 21-37). New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group

Teichman, J., Lugo, A.,López, I. R., Iklaus, M., Rahman, R. (2002). The challenges and rewards of conducting ethnic minority research. In J. Contreras & J. M., Kerns, A. Neal-Barnett (Eds.), Latino children and families in the United States: Current research and future directions. (pp. 253-264). Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc: Westport, CT.

Hall, G. C. N.,Lopez, I. R., & Bansal, A. (2001). Academic acculturation: Race, gender, and class issues. In H. L. K. Coleman & D. Pope-Davis (Eds.), The Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender: Implications for Multicultural Counseling(pp. 171-188). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

OTHER PUBLISHED WORK

Diversity Abroad Task Force on Race & Ethnicity. (Feb. 2016). Introduction to Race Matters in Education Abroad Blog Series: Color Blindness is Not the Answer [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.diversitynetwork.org/news/298878/Colorblindness-Is-Not-the-Answer.htm

Diversity Abroad Task Force on Race & Ethnicity (June. 2016). Discrimination Abroad [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.diversitynetwork.org/Diversity-Network-Blog/discrimination-abroad

International Medical Corps & UNICEF (2014). Mental health / psychosocial and child protection for Syrian adolescent refugees in Jordan. Amman, Jordan. Retrieved from http://www.alnap.org/resource/19465

López, I., *Ho, A., & *Gonzalez, A. (2011) The worldwide epidemic of skin bleaching: Its prevalence, predictors and associated problems. The Ohio Psychologist.  28-30.

López, I., & *Prado-Steiman, M. (2010). Clinical issues among immigrant women: Risk and Resiliency. The Ohio Psychologist, 57, 18-20.


López, I. R. (2006, Summer). Parenting my biracial babies as a feminist psychologist. The Feminist Psychologist, 32 (3). 


Contact Information:

Irene López, PhD.
Kenyon College
Department of Psychology
203 North College Road
Samuel Mather 302
Gambier, Ohio 43022
United States


OFFICE: (740) 427-5373
FAX:     (740) 427-5237 
EMAIL: lopezi@kenyon.edu
Twitter: @ProfIreneLopez


  • About Me
  • Teaching
    • Teaching Philosophy >
      • Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
      • Samples of Innovative Teaching
    • My Teaching Blog
    • International Teaching >
      • Kenyon Copenhagen (2021)
      • Franklin University Switzerland
      • Ecuador - USFQ (2020)
      • Fulbright in Hungary! (Spring 2020)
      • Saudi Arabia - Effat University (2016)
      • Kenyon in Rome (2012) >
        • Snapshots of Rome
        • Rome >
          • Visit to Insane Asylum (Santa Maria della Pieta)
        • Travel throughout Italy >
          • Abruzzo
          • Pompeii
          • Venice
          • Florence
          • Siena
          • Fumone
      • Semester At Sea (2010) >
        • Japan
        • China
        • Viet Nam
        • India
        • Mauritius
        • South Africa
        • Ghana
        • Brazil
    • Teaching Awards >
      • Henry David International Mentoring Award (2015)
      • Trustee Teaching Award
    • Students >
      • Need a Recommendation?
  • Research
    • Areas of Interest >
      • Acculturation
      • Ataques de Nervios
      • Class
      • Skin Color
    • CV
    • Citations >
      • Academia.Edu
      • Research Gate
  • Service
    • Focus Groups with Syrian Refugees (2014)
    • APA Delegation to Cuba (2012)
  • Photovoice
    • Photovoice in Puerto Rico
    • Photovoice in Haiti
    • Photovoice in the Dominican Republic
    • Photography Project with Rania Matar
  • Photography
  • Review Materials
  • Blogs