Dr. Tina Zawacki Associate Professor
Quick Facts

Contact:	Office:  MH 4.05.09 Phone:  458-6580 E-Mail: Tina.Zawacki@utsa.edu Lab Page: www.utsa.edu/DYADlab
Degrees:	Ph.D., Social Psychology Wayne State University, Detroit, MI  M.A., Social Psychology  Wayne State University, Detroit, MI  B.S., Psychology  Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Specialization:	Social behavior and health
Research Interests:	Health related social behaviors including alcohol use, sexual transmission of HIV and sexual violence
Courses:	Psychology and Health Social Psychology Psychology Perspectives on Gender Experimental Psychology Honors Seminar in Understanding Ethnic Health Disparities Research Seminar in Psychology & Health
Honors and Awards:	Funding:   2011-2015 Alcohol, Relationships, and Risk: Women and HIV National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH (SC1 DA031962) Role: Principal Investigator 2010 – 2012 Alcohol & Women's Health Risk Reduction: An Innovative Experimental Approach National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH (R21 AA018403) Role: Principal Investigator 2009 – 2014 Alcohol Effects on Cognitive & Affective Mediation of Women's Decision Making National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH (R01 AA014512-06-10) Role: Co-Principal Investigator 2003 – 2009 Alcohol & Women's Cognitive Mediation of HIV Risk Taking National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH (R01 AA014512-01-05) Role: Co-Principal Investigator 2004 – 2008 Alcohol’s Effects on HIV-related Behavioral Skills in the Laboratory San Antonio Life Sciences Institute Role: Principal Investigator 2003 – 2007 Women, Alcohol, and HIV Risk:  Examining Dyad Interactions NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R03 AA0114497) Role: Principal Investigator  2004 – 2006 Alcohol's Effects on HIV-Related Cognitions and Behaviors in Heterosexual Dyads Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation: Role: Principal Investigator 2001 Alcohol’s Role in Decisions to Drive after Drinking NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (F31 AA05576) Individual National Research Award - Predoctoral Role: Principal Investigator Selected Honors and Awards: 2010 UTSA Honors Alliance Award for Excellence in Promoting Student Learning 2010 Nominated by students for UTSA Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award 2006 Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality:  Ira & Harriet Reiss Theory Award 2006 NIH/NCI: Selected to participate in the Advanced Training Institute on Health Behavior Research 2005 NIH/NIAAA: Invited participant in the Working Group on Alcohol-Related HIV/AIDS Research 2003 University of Washington Center for AIDS Research Small Grant Award
Academic and  Professional Activities:	Affiliations: American Psychological Association Society for Personality and Social Psychology Texas Research Society on Alcoholism Consulting Editor:      Psychology of Women Quarterly Ad Hoc Reviewer: Addiction Addictive Behaviors Aggressive Behavior Assessment Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology Drug and Alcohol Dependence Journal of Applied Social Psychology Journal of Behavioral Medicine Journal of Interpersonal Violence The Lancet Persepctive on Sexual and Reproductive Health Journal of Studies on Drugs and Alcohol Psychology of Addictive Behaviors Sex Roles Substance Use & Misuse The Sociological Review Violence and Victims
Grant Reviewing:	2010 Pre-submission grant reviewer for SUNY Buffalo (R21DA030567, PI: K. Miller) 2009 NIH CSR Review Groups: ZRG1 RPHB A-58, ZRG1 RPHB E-58 Reviewed NIH American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Research Challenge Grants 2005 Invited External Grant Reviewer, Early Researcher Grant Award from the  Ministry of Research and Innovation, Government of Ontario
Current Research:	Alcohol's effects on risk appraisals of and behavioral reactions to potential dating partners during face-to-face social interactions. Ethnic and gender health disparities in sexual risk taking and violence victimization. Further development and testing of a theoretical model of cognitive mediation of risky sexual decision making.
Selected Publications:	Selected Publications (from total of 30):             Zawacki, T. (2011). Effects of intoxication on women’s risky sexual decision making during social interactions in the laboratory. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 35, 107-118.             Zawacki, T., Norris, J., Hessler, D., George, W., Morrison, D., Davis, K., Stoner, S.A., & Abdallah, D. (2009).  Effects of relationship motivation, partner familiarity, and alcohol on women’s risky sexual decision making. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 723-736.             Norris, J., Stoner, S., Hessler, D., Zawacki, T., George, W., Morrison, D., &  Davis, K. (2009).  Cognitive mediation of alcohol’s effects on women’s in-the-moment sexual decision making.  Health Psychology, 28(1), 20-28.              Zawacki, T. (2008).  Sexual assault.  In Lester R. Kurtz (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict (2nd ed). Oxford, UK: Elsevier, pp. 1914-1920.             Jacques, A., Abbey, A., Parkhill, M, & Zawacki, T. (2007). Why do some men misperceive women's sexual intentions more frequently than others? An application of the confluence model.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33(11), 1467-1480.             Zawacki, T., Norris, J., George, W.H., Abbey, A., Stoner, S.A., Davis, K.C. et al. (2005).  Alcohol and acquaintance sexual assault:  Complementary approaches and convergent findings.  Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29(2), 263-269.               Zawacki, T., Stoner, S.A., & George, W.H. (2005).  Relapse prevention for sexually risky behaviors.  In G. A. Marlatt  & D.M Donovan (Eds.), Relapse Prevention: Maintenance Strategies in the Treatment of Addictive Behaviors (2nd ed.).  New York, NY:  Guilford Press, pp. 363-386.             Norris, J., Masters, N.T., and Zawacki, T. (2004). The cognitive mediation of women's sexual decision making: A theoretical framework.  Annual Review of Sex Research, 15, 258-296.             Abbey, A., Zawacki, T., Buck. P., Clinton, A.M., & McAuslan, P. (2004).  Sexual assault and alcohol consumption:  What do we know about their relationship and what types of research are still needed?  Aggression and Violent Behavior, 9, 271-303.             Zawacki, T., Abbey, A., Buck, P., McAuslan, P., & Clinton-Sherrod, A.M. (2003).  Perpetrators of alcohol-involved sexual assaults:  How do they differ from other sexual assault perpetrators and nonperpetrators?  Aggressive Behavior, 29, 366-380.

 Last updated: Sept 2, 2011