Dr. Tina Zawacki Assistant Professor
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Contact:	Office:  HSS 4.05.09 Phone:  458-6581 E-Mail: Tina.Zawacki@utsa.edu Lab Page: www.utsa.edu/DYADlab
Degrees:	Ph.D., Social Psychology Wayne State University, Detroit, MI  M.S., Social Psychology  Wayne State University, Detroit, MI  B.S., Psychology and French Literature  Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Specialization:	Social behavior and health
Research Interests:	The role of social drinking in health-related behaviors including sexual transmission of HIV and sexual violence.
Courses:	Health Psychology Social Psychology Psychology of Gender Experimental Psychology Understanding Ethnic Health Disparities
Honors and Awards:	Funding: 2003 – 2009 Alcohol & Women's Cognitive Mediation of HIV Risk Taking National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH (R01 AA014512-01) 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 AA0114497-01) 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 AA05576-01A1) Individual National Research Award Role: Principal Investigator Selected Honors and Awards: 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 Research Society on Alcoholism Consulting Editor:      Psychology of Women Quarterly Ad Hoc Reviewer: Addiction Aggressive Behavior Assesment Drug and Alcohol Dependence Journal of Applied Social Psychology Journal of Behavioral Medicine Journal of Interpersonal Violence The Lancet Journal of Studies on Drugs and Alcohol Psychology of Addictive Behaviors Sex Roles The Sociological Review Violence and Victims
Current Research:	·        Investigating alcohol's effects on risk appraisals of and behavioral reactions to potential dating partners during face-to-face interactions. ·         Explicating ethnic disparities in alcohol-involved sexual risk taking and violence victimization. ·        " Further development and testing of a theoretical model of cognitive mediation of women s sexual decision making
Selected Publications:	Zawacki, T. (in press).  Sexual assault.  In Lester R. Kurtz (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict (2nd ed). Oxford, UK: Elsevier. Norris, J., Stoner, S., Hessler, D., Zawacki, T., George, W., Morrison, D., & Davis, K. (in press).  Cognitive mediation of alcohol’s effects on women’s in-the-moment sexual decision making.  Health Psychology.  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 sexual risk behaviors.  In G. A. Marlatt  & D.M Donovan (Eds.), Relapse Prevention, Volume 2:  Treatment (2nd ed.).  New York, NY:  Guilford Press, pp. 363-386. Abbey, A., Zawacki, T., & Buck, P.O. (2005). The effects of past sexual assault perpetration and alcohol consumption on men's reactions to women's mixed signals. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24,129-155.  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: September 8, 2008