Department of Educational Psychology

My research interests include attitude development and expression in the following areas: prejudice and discrimination, ethnic and racial identity (with a focus on Arabs and African Americans), acculturation, immigration, and attitudes toward affirmative action beneficiaries. In addition, I also study the psychological antecedents of minority standardized test performance as well as issues related to culturally relevant research methodology. More recently, I have also been working on a project assessing the relationship between racial identity and body image for African American women.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Ph.D., Psychology (2005)

Southern Illinois University Carbondale, M.A., Psychology (2002)

John Carroll University, B.S., Psychology (1999)

Awad, G. H., Martinez M. & Amer, M. M. (in press). Considerations for Psychotherapy with Immigrant Women of Middle Eastern/Arab Descent. Women and Therapy.

Amer, M. M., Awad, G. H. & Hovey, J. (in press). An investigation of the CES-D Factor Structure with a Sample of Second Generation Arab-Americans. International Journal of Culture and Mental Health.

Patall, E. A., Awad, G. H., & Cestone, C. M. (in press). Academic Potential Beliefs and Emotions: Conceptual Development and Consequences for Academic Outcomes. Self & Identity.

Mintz, L., Awad, G. H., Hix, R., Bledman, R.,Coker, A. D., Kashubeck-West, S. & Connelly, K.  (in press). Weighing and Body Monitoring Among College Women: The Scale Number as an Emotional Barometer.  Journal of College Student Psychotherapy.

Awad, G. H. (in press).  Does Policy Name Matter? The Effect of Framing on the Evaluations of African American Applicants. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Brown, L. M., Awad, G. H., Allen, V., Kenney, J., Cerulla, S., Lusk, B. L. (in press). Investigating Prejudice towards Men Perceived to be Muslim: Cues of Foreignness versus Phenotype. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Awad, G. H. (2010).  The Impact of Acculturation and Religious Identification on Perceived Discrimination for Arab/Middle Eastern Americans. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16, 59-67.

Awad, G. H. & Hall, B. (2009). Impact of Religiosity and Right Wing Authoritarianism on Prejudice towards Middle Easterners.  Beliefs and Values:Understanding the Global Implications of Human Nature, 1(2), 183-192.

Awad, G. H. & Cokley, K. O. (2009).  Designing & Interpreting Quantitative Research in Multicultural Counseling. In Ponterotto, Casas, Suzuki, & Alexander Eds. Handbook of Multicultural Counseling, 3^rd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Awad, G. H. (2007).  The Role of Racial Identity, Academic Self-concept, and Self-esteem in the prediction of academic outcomes for African American students.    Journal of Black Psychology,33,188-207.

Awad, G. H., Cokley, K. O., & Ravitch, J. (2005). Attitudes toward Affirmative action: A comparison of color-blind versus modern racist attitudes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35(7),1384-1399.

Awad, G. H., Sagrestano, L. M., Kittleson, M., & Sarvela, P. D. (2004).  Developmentof a measure of barriers to HIV testing among individuals at high risk.  AIDS Education and Prevention, 16, 115-125.

• Summer Research Assignment (SRA) Award, University of Texas at Austin  
• CWGS Gilbert Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Texas at Austin
• WCAAAS and AADS Summer Research Fellowship
• Center for Women and Gender Studies (CWGS) Faculty Development Program Fellowship

Hogg Foundation Mental Health Research Grant (P.I.). $17,500.  Awarded for period: 6/1/2011-6/1/2012. Project: The role of acculturation, religious identification and perceived discrimination on the mental health of Arab/Middle Eastern Americans

• Membership chair, APA, Division 45 (Division on Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology)
• Early Career Psychologists Committee (SPSSI)
• American Psychological Association, member
• Division 35 (Psychology of Women)
• Division 45 (Division for Ethnic Minority Psychology)
• Division 17 (Counseling Psychology)
• Division 9 (SPSSI)
• Division 8 (SPSP)