Professor
Department of Psychology

Office:1062C BSB
Phone: (312)-413-2300
Email: sriger@uic.edu
Mailing Address:
1007 W. Harrison St. (MC 285)
Chicago, IL 60607-7137

Education:
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Ph.D., University of Michigan
M.A., University of Michigan
B.A., University of Michigan

Employment:
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1990-Present, Professor of Psychology and Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago

1973-1990, Professor of Psychology, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL.

Awards and Honors:
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University Scholar, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2000-2003

Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research and Theory in Community Psychology, Society for Community Research and Action, American Psychological Association Division 27 (August, 2000).

Distinguished Publication Award, Association for Women in Psychology, 1993, for the article "Epistemological debates, feminist voices: Science, social values, and the study of women." American Psychologist, 1992, 47, 730-740.

Choice Outstanding Academic Book 1989: Gordon, M. T. & Riger, S. (1989). The female fear. New York: Free Press.

Distinguished Publication Award, Association for Women in Psychology, 1981, for the article "Women in Management: An Exploration of Competing Paradigms", American Psychologist, 1980, 335, 902-910.

William A. Dunn Award for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarly Promise, Lake Forest College, 1977.

Selected Grants and Fellowships:
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Principal Investigator, Illinois Department of Human Services, Evaluating domestic violence and sexual assault services in Illinois (1998-2003, $1,136,000).

Principal Investigator, National Institute of Justice, The impact of domestic violence on women’s employment (2001-2003, $299,833).

Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health, Social Reactions, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Drinking in Sex Assault Victims (PI Sarah Ullman, Grant number 1 R01 AA13455-01) ( 3/1/02 - 2/28/06; $600,000).

Co-Investigator, Centers for Disease Control (in collaboration with Northwestern University). Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment. (PI Jane Holl, MD.) (10/01/02-9/30/05; subcontract to UIC for $29,655; pending).

Principal Investigator, Illinois Board of Higher Education (Higher Education Cooperation Act), Higher education and independence from welfare: Assessing the link. (2000-2001, $250,000).

Great Cities Faculty Scholar, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1997-1999.

Principal Investigator, One-year follow-up of the impact of welfare reform on battered women, 1997-1998, UIC Office of Social Science Research ($2,250).

Principal Investigator, Great Cities Faculty Seed Fund, University of Illinois at Chicago, "The impact of welfare reform on survivors of domestic violence” ($8,000), 1996-1997.

Great Cities Public Health Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago, for the "Conference on Collaboration between Activists and Researchers on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault", UIC, March 28, 1997. ($8,460)

Summer Fellowship, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, University of Illinois at Chicago, for the development of the "Gender, race, and classroom dynamics" initiative. ($7,500)

Co-Principal Investigator, Chilly Working Climate Research Project, 1993-1994. Center for Research on Women and Gender, University of Illinois at Chicago ($2,000).

Co-Principal Investigator, Chilly Working Climate Research Project, 1993-1994. Campus Research Board, University of Illinois at Chicago ($8,000).

Principal Investigator, Justice and Gender Research Project, 1991-1992. Office of Social Science Research, University of Illinois at Chicago ($1,500)

Selected Professional Activities:
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Member, Editorial Board:

American Journal of Community Psychology
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Journal of Community Psychology
Violence Against Women

Ad hoc reviewer:

Administrative Science Quarterly
American Psychologist
Contemporary Psychology
Feminism & Psychology
Gender & Society
Human Relations
Law and Policy Quarterly
Law and Social Inquiry
Psychology of Women Quarterly
SIGNS: Journal of Women, Culture, and Society
Urban Affairs Quarterly
Violence Against Women
Victimology
Western Journal of Medicine

Reviewer of grant applications for the Division of Social Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health; the National Science Foundation; the American Bar Foundation and the Sophia Fund of the Chicago Foundation for Women.

Consultant, Mayor’s Office on Domestic Violence, City of Chicago, Evaluation of city-wide hotline services (2004…)

Member, Research Advisory Board, Center for Impact Research, Chicago, IL (an independent non-profit policy research center that was established to improve the social and economic conditions of the poor and working poor through the formulation of public policy) (2003…)

Member, Nominating Council, Heinz Family Foundation Awards (2002-2003)

Co-Facilitator, Nag’s Heart Himal. (Workshop organized by University of California, Santa Cruz) March 2001.

Director, Women’s Studies Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1990-2000.

Member, Research and Evaluation Committee, Safe Illinois Collaboration Project (a public-private partnership committed to preventing intimate partner violence) (1998-2000).

Member, American Psychological Association Division of the Psychology of Women’s Task Force on Women and Poverty, which authored “Making welfare-to-work really work,” (1997-1998).

Books:
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Riger, S., Bennett, L., Wasco, S. M., Schewe, P., Frohmann, L., Camacho, J., & Campbell, R. (2002). Evaluating services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Riger, S. (2000). Transforming psychology: Gender in theory and practice. New York: Oxford University Press.

Orum, A., Johnstone, J. & Riger, S. (1999). Changing societies: Essential sociology for our times. Boulder, CO: Rowman & Littlefield.

Lewis, D. A., Lurigio, A., Riger, S., Rosenberg, H., Pavkov, T., & Reed, S. (1994). The state mental patient and urban life. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, Inc.

Lewis, D.A., Riger, S., Rosenberg, H., Wagenaar, H., Lurigio, A., & Reed, S. (1990). Worlds of the mentally ill: How deinstitutionalization works in the city. Carbondale, IL.: Southern Illinois University Press.

Gordon, M. T. & Riger, S. (1989). The female fear. New York: Free Press. Reprinted (1991) in paperback as The female fear: The social cost of rape. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.

Heller, K., Price, R., Reinharz, S., Riger, S., & Wandersman, A. (1984). Psychology and community change, 2nd. Ed. Homewood, Il.: Dorsey.

Articles and Book Chapters:
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Staggs, S. L., Long, S. M., Mason, G. E., Krishnan, S., & Riger, S. (in press). Intimate partner violence, social support, and employment in the post-welfare reform era. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Staggs, S. L. & Riger, S. (2005). Effects of intimate partner violence on low-income women’s health and employment. American Journal of Community Psychology, 36,133-145.

Riger, S., Staggs, S. & Schewe, P.A. (2004). Intimate partner violence as an obstacle to employment among mothers affected by welfare reform. Journal of Social Issues, 60 (4), 801-818.

Kasturirangan, A., Krishnan, S., & Riger, S. (2004). The impact of culture and minority status on women’s experience of domestic violence. Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 4, 318-332.

Riger, S. & Staggs, S. L. (2004). Welfare reform, domestic violence, and employment: What do we know and what do we need to know? Violence Against Women, 10. 961-990.

Wasco, S.M., Campbell, R., Howard, A., Mason, G., Schewe, P., Staggs, S., & Riger, S., (2004). A statewide evaluation of services provided to rape survivors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19, 252-263.

Bennett, L., Riger, S., Schewe, P., Howard, A., Wasco, S.M. (2004). Effectiveness of hotline, advocacy, counseling, and shelter services for victims of domestic violence: A statewide evaluation. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19, 815-829.

Reprinted in:

Nelken, D., & Mars, Gl, The International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Penology (forthcoming). Ashgate Publishing Ltd., Hampsire, United Kingdom.

Mason, G.E., Riger, S., & Foley, L.A. (2004). The impact of past sexual experiences onattributions of responsibility for rape. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19, 1157-1171.

Riger, S., Reyes, O., Watts, R., Kely, J., Shinn, B., Cherniss, C., Jason, L., & Trickett, E., (2003). Deconstructing participatory research. In L.A. Jason, C.B. Keys, Y. Suarez-Balcazar, R.R. Tayor, M. Davis, J. Durlak, & D. Isenberg (Eds.) Participatory community research: Theories and methods in action. American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Howard, A., Riger, S., Campbell, R., & Wasco, S. (in press). Counseling services for battered women: A comparison of outcomes for physical and sexual assault survivors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Riger, S., Raja, S, & Camacho, J. (2002). The radiating impact of intimate partner violence on women’s lives. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17, 184-205.

Riger, S. (2001). Transforming community psychology. American Journal of Community Psychology, 29, 69-81.

Riger, S. & Krieglstein, M. (2000). The impact of welfare reform on men’s violence against women. American Journal of Community Psychology, 28, 631-647.

Riger, S., Ahrens, C. & Blickenstaff, M. (2000). Measuring interference in employment and education reported by women with abusive partners: Preliminary findings. Violence & Victims, 15, 161-172.

Reprinted in:

O’Leary, D. K. & Maiuro, R. D. (forthcoming). Psychological abuse in domestically violent relations. Springer Publishing Co.
Also available at: http://www.ssw.umich.edu/trapped/pubs.html

Rice, H. & Riger, S. (2001). Helen Lois Koch. In R. L. Schultz & A. Hast (Eds.), Women Building Chicago 1770-1990: A Bibliographical Dictionary. Indiana University Press.

Riger, S. (1999). Challenges in collaborative research on violence against women. Violence Against Women, 5, 1099-1117.

Reprinted in:

Sullivan, M. & Kelly, J. (forthcoming,). Collaborative research: University and community partnerships. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.

Riger, S. (1999). Measuring subjectivities: Commentary on concept mapping as a feminist research method. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 23. 91-94. (also repinted in a forthcoming book from Cambridge University Press)

Riger, S. (1997). From snapshots to videotape: New directions in research on gender differences. Journal of Social Issues, 53, 395-408. [Abstract]

Reprinted in:

Rosen, R. (forthcoming). Women’s Studies in the Academy. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Osney Mead, United Kingdom.

Riger, S. Stokes, J. S., Raja, S., & Sullivan, M. (1997). Measuring perceptions of the work environment for female faculty. Review of Higher Education, 21, 63-78.

Riger, S. (1995). Rethinking the distinction between sex and gender. In L. Bender & D. Braveman (eds.), Power, privilege and law: A civil rights reader (pp. 232-240). St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co.

Stokes, J. S., Riger, S., Sullivan, S. (1995). Measuring perceptions of the working environment for women in corporate settings. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 19, 533-549.

Riger, S., Brecke, C., & Wiederhold, E. (1995). Dynamics of the pluralistic classroom: A selected bibliography. Journal of the National Women's Studies Association, 7, 58-75.

Riger, S., Foster-Fishman, P., Nelson, J. & Curran, B. (1995). Gender bias in courtroom dynamics. Law and Human Behavior, 19, 465-480. [Abstract]

Nelson, J. & Riger, S. (1995). Women's agency in context. In J. K. Gardiner, (Ed.), Provoking Agents: Gender and Agency in Theory and Practice. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.

Riger, S. (1994). Challenges of success: Stages of growth in feminist organizations. Feminist Studies, 20, 275-300.

Riger, S. (1993). What's wrong with empowerment. American Journal of Community Psychology, 21, 279-292. [Abstract]

Reprinted in:

Revenson, T., D’Augelli, A., French, S. E., Hughes, D., Livert, D., Seidman, E., Shinn, M. & Yoshikawa, H. (Eds.) (in press, 2002). Community Psychology: A quarter century of theory, research and action in social and historical context. NY: Plenum.
Leon, M. (ed.) (1997). Poder y empoderimiento de muheres. Bogata: Columbia:Tercer Numdo Editores,.

Riger, S. (1992). Epistemological debates, feminist voices: Science, social values, and the study of women. American Psychologist, 47, 730-740. (Winner, 1993 Distinguished Publication Award, Association for Women in Psychology) [Abstract]

Reprinted in:

Reprinted in: Pickren, W. E., & Dewsbury, D. A.(Eds.) (2001). Evolving Perspectives on the History of Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Anselmi, D. & Law, A (Eds.) (1998). Psychology & Gender: An annotated reader. Everett, MA: McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Clincy, B. & Norem, J. K. (Eds.) (1997) Gender and psychology reader. NY: New York University Press.
Goldberger, N. & Veroff, J. (Eds.) (1995). Essential papers in cultural psychology. NY: New York University Press.
Dewsbury, D. & Pickren, W. (forthcoming). Clio and Psyche: Historical scholarship in psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Riger, S. (1991). Gender dilemmas in sexual harassment policies and procedures. American Psychologist, 46, 497-505.

Reprinted in:

Miller, R.K. (1995). The informed argument. NY: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
Ramage, J. (1995). Writing arguments. NY: Macmillan; (1997-2000) (4-5th ed.) NY: Allyn & Bacon.
Macionis, J. J. & Benikraitis, N. K. (Eds.) (1994). Seeing ourselves: Classic, contemporary, and cross-cultural readings in sociology. N: Prentice-Hall.
Fellows, M.L. & Balos, B. (Eds.) (1994). Law and violence against women: Cases and materials on systems of oppression. Carolina Academic Press.
Matteo, S. (Ed.) (1993). Critical issues facing women in the 1990s. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press.
Walls, E. (Ed.) (1992). Sexual harassment: Confrontations and decisions. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books.
Center for Evaluation, Development and Research (forthcoming), Hot Topics: Sexual Harassment in the Educational Environment. Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa.

Riger, S. (1990). Ways of knowing and community-organizational research. In P. Tolan, C. Keys, F. Chertok, & L. Jason (Eds.), Researching Community Psychology: Integrating Theories and Methodologies. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Holmes, P. & Riger, S. (1990) Hospitalization and the composition of mental patients' social networks. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 16, 157-164.