June
2007
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Psychology,
1996-1998
Doctorate in Psychology, 1996
Dissertation: "Psychological implications of social
structure: Meanings of social class
background in college-educated women's lives" (Abigail J. Stewart,
advisor)
Certificate in Women's Studies, 1994
Masters in Psychology, 1991
Masters’
thesis: "Exploring the margin: Atypicality and personality" (Abigail J.
Stewart, advisor)
Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, with Honors in
Psychology, June 1987
Honors’ thesis: "On the stigma of seeking psychotherapy"
Academic employment
Associate
Professor, Psychology Department
Spring 2005 – present
Chair,
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department Macalester
College
Fall 2006 – present
Assistant
Professor, Psychology Department
Fall 1999 – Spring 2005
Research
Associate, MacArthur Network on Socioeconomic Status
and Health
Fall 1998 – Summer
1999
Research Assistant,
(Drs. Howard Gardner, Penny Prather, and
Hiram Brownell, supervisors)
July
1987 – July 1989
Part-time Visiting
Assistant Professor, Psychology Department
Spring
1998
Research
Assistant/Project Manager, Women’s Life Paths Studies
(Dr. Abigail Stewart, P.I.)
May 1990 – July 1996
Graduate Student
Instructor
Psychology Department and Women’s
Studies Program
1990-1995
Published scholarly work
Ostrove, J. M., &
Long, S. M. ‘01 (2007). Social class and
belonging: Implications for college
adjustment. The Review of Higher Education, 30, 363-389.
Zucker,
A. N., & Ostrove, J. M. (in press). Meanings
of sex and gender for a new generation of feminist psychologists. Feminism
& Psychology.
Ostrove,
J. M., & Crawford, D. ’01 (2006).
“One lady was so busy staring at me she walked into a wall:”
Interability relations from the perspective of women with disabilities. Disability
Studies Quarterly, 26 (3).
Ostrove,
J. M., & Cole., E. R. (2003). Privileging class: Toward a critical psychology of social class
in the context of education. Journal
of Social Issues, 59, 677-692.
Ostrove,
J. M. (2003). Belonging and wanting: Meanings of social class background for
women’s constructions of their college experiences. Journal of Social Issues, 59, 771-784.
Crawford,
D. ‘01, & Ostrove, J. M.
(2003). Representations of
disability and the interpersonal relationships of women with disabilities. Women & Therapy, 26, 179-194.
Zucker,
A. N., Ostrove, J. M., & Stewart, A. J. (2002). College-educated women’s personality
development in adulthood: Perceptions
and age differences. Psychology &
Aging, 17, 236-244.
Ostrove,
J.M., & Long, S. M. ’01 (2002).
White women’s social class identity and the college experience. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of
the American Psychological Association,
Stewart,
A. J., Ostrove, J. M., & Helson, R. (2001). Middle aging in women: Patterns of personality change from the 30s
to the 50s. Journal of Adult
Development, 8, 23-37.
Ostrove,
J. M., Adler, N. E., Kuppermann, M., & Washington, E. (2000). Objective and subjective assessments of
socioeconomic status and their relationship to self-rated health in an
ethnically diverse sample of pregnant women.
Health Psychology, 19, 613-618.
Ostrove,
J. M., Feldman, P., & Adler, N. E. (1999).
Relations among socioeconomic status indicators and health for African
Americans and Whites. Journal of
Health Psychology, 4, 451-463.
Ostrove,
J. M., & Adler, N. E. (1998). The
relationship of socioeconomic status, labor force participation, and health among
men and women. Journal of Health
Psychology, 3, 451-463.
Ostrove,
J. M., & Stewart, A. J. (1998). Representing Radcliffe: Perceptions and consequences of social class.
Journal of Adult Development, 5, 183-193.
Ostrove,
J. M., & Adler, N. E. (1998).
Socioeconomic status and health. Current
Opinion in Psychiatry, 11, 649-653.
Stewart,
A. J., & Ostrove, J. M. (1998). Women’s personality in middle age: Gender, history, and mid-course corrections. American Psychologist, 53, 1185-1194.
Cole,
E. R., Zucker, A. N., & Ostrove, J. M. (1998). Political participation and
feminist consciousness among women activists of the 1960s. Political Psychology, 19, 349-371.
Vandewater,
E. A., Ostrove, J. M., & Stewart, A. J. (1997). Predicting women's well-being in
midlife: The importance of personality
development and social role involvements.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 1147-1160.
Helson,
R., Stewart, A. J., & Ostrove, J. M. (1995). Identity in three cohorts of midlife
women. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 69, 544-557.
Stewart,
A. J. & Ostrove, J. M. (1993).
Social class, social change, and gender:
Working class women at Radcliffe and after. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 17,
475-497.
Ostrove,
J. M., Simpson, T., & Gardner, H. (1990). Beyond scripts: A note on the capacity of right
hemisphere-damaged patients to process social and emotional content. Brain and Cognition, 12, 144-154.
Ostrove,
J. M. (1999) A continuing commitment to social change: Portraits of women activists over
adulthood. In M. Romero & A. J.
Stewart (Eds.). Women’s untold stories: Breaking silence, talking back,
voicing complexity (pp. 212-226).
NY: Routledge.
Ostrove,
J. M. & Stewart, A. J. (1994).
Meanings and uses of marginal identities: Social class at Radcliffe in the 1960s. In C. E. Franz & A. J. Stewart (Eds.) Women
creating lives: Identities, resilience, resistance.
Ostrove,
J. M., Kaplan, J. A., Brownell, H. H., & Gardner, H. (1994). The components of linguistic discourse: Lessons from neuropsychology. In P. Grzybek (Ed.) Studies in
neurosemiotics.
Ostrove,
J. M. (in press). [Review of the books Psychology and economic injustice: Personal, professional, and political
intersections and Intersections of
gender, race, and class:
Ostrove,
J. M. (2005). [Review of the book Social psychological foundations of health
and illness]. Journal of Health Psychology,
10, 876-878.
Adler,
N. E., & Ostrove, J. M. (1999).
Socioeconomic status and health:
What we know and what we don’t. Annals
of the
Edited Volumes
Ostrove,
J. M., & Cole, E. R. (2003) Co-editors of Volume 59, Number 4 of the Journal
of Social Issues on “Psychological Meanings of Social Class in the Context
of Education”
manuscripts under
review/REVISION/PREPARATION
Ostrove,
J. M., Oliva, G., & Katowitz, A. ’07 (in preparation). Deaf and hard-of-hearing students’
relationships with peers and teachers.
Brown, K.T. &
Ostrove, J.M. (in preparation). Alliances and psychological well-being for
people of color.
Ostrove, J. M.,
Lewis, J. D., & Harris, E ’06 (in preparation) Alliances across differences: Conceptual frameworks for building
cross-identity relationships and effecting social change.
research
reports
Adler,
N. E., & Ostrove, J. M. (1998).
Socioeconomic status, work, and health. Report prepared for the California Endowment.
Presentations
Presentations
at National/International Conferences
Ostrove,
J. M., Oliva, G. A., & Katowitz, A. ’07 (June, 2007). Toward effective interaction: Deaf and hard-of-hearing students experiences
with hearing teachers and peers. Poster
presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for
Ostrove,
J. M. (July, 2006). Social class,
classism, and stress among college students.
Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the International Society of
Political Psychology,
Ostrove,
J. M., Long, S. M. ’01, & Welle, K. ’05 (June, 2006). Belonging at college: The importance of social class. Paper presented at the Biennial Convention of
the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues,
Ostrove,
J. M., Lewis, J. D., Harris, E. ’06, & Katowitz, A. ’07 (June, 2006). Alliances across difference: Relationship building in multicultural
communities. Poster presented at the Biennial
Convention of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues,
Ostrove,
J.M., & Crawford, D. ’01 (January, 2005).
Interability relations from the perspective of women with
disabilities. Poster presented at the
National Multicultural Summit and Conference,
Ostrove,
J. M., & Adler, N. E. (July, 2004).
Subjective social status, social comparisons, and health. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of
the American Psychological Association,
Brown,
K., & Ostrove, J. M. (July, 2004). Perception
of allies and psychological well-being among people of color. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of
the American Psychological Association,
Ostrove,
J.M., & Crawford, D. ’01 (June, 2002).
Representing allies: The domain
of disability. Poster presented at the
Conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues,
Ostrove,
J. M. (June, 2002). Discussant for
symposium “Breath, Life, and Death:
Social Inequalities in Health” at the Conference of the Society for the
Psychological Study of Social Issues,
Ostrove,
J.M., & Long, S.M. ’01 (August, 2001).
White women’s social class identity and the college experience. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of
the American Psychological Association,
Crawford,
D. ’01, & Ostrove, J.M. (January, 2001).
Representations of disability:
Implications for relationships.
Poster presented at the National Multicultural Conference and
Ostrove,
J. M. (October, 1999). Adult women’s
constructions of college and work: The
importance of social class background.
Paper presented at Making Social Class Visible: A Conference in the Humanities and Social
Sciences,
Ostrove,
J. M., Adler, N. E., & Kuppermann, M. (July, 1999). Standing on a ladder: A new measure of subjective social
class. Paper presented at the
International Society for Political Psychology.
Ostrove,
J. M., & Feldman, P. (May, 1999).
Education, income, wealth and health among Whites and African
Americans. Poster presented at the New
York Academy of Sciences Conference on Socioeconomic Status and Health in
Industrial Nations: Social,
Psychological, and Biological Pathways.
Zucker,
A. N., & Ostrove, J. M. (April, 1999).
Personality change in three cohorts of adult women. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of
the Society for Research in Child Development.
Feldman,
P., & Ostrove, J. M. (June, 1998).
Social class indicators, ethnicity, and health. Poster presented at the Conference of the
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues,
Ostrove,
J. M. (1996). Feminist identity and
well-being among midlife women. Paper
presented at the Feminist Generations Conference,
Ostrove,
J. M. & Crittle, M. C. (1995).
Women's well-being at midlife:
Roles, role quality, and personality.
Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Association,
Ostrove,
J. M. (1995). Contextualizing
identity: Social class and geographical
region at
Ostrove,
J. M. & John, O. (1994). Personality
types: Relations to traits, identity
status, and life outcomes. Paper
presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association,
Adams,
S., Cartwright, L., Ostrove, J., Wink, P., & Stewart, A. (1994). Health and personality among college-educated
women: A three sample comparison. Paper presented at the American Psychological
Association Women and Health Conference,
Ostrove,
J. M. (1993). Women's relationship
patterns: Consequences for work and
personality. Paper presented at the
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association,
Ostrove,
J. M., Welsh, W., & Stewart, A. J. (1992).
Exploring the margin: Atypicality
and personality. Paper presented at the
Annual Conference of the Association for Women in Psychology,
Ostrove,
J. M. & Heatherington, L. (1988).
The stigma of seeking counseling:
Two empirical investigations.
Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Association,
Ostrove, J. M., & Crawford, D. ‘01 (April, 2005). Representing allies: The domain of disability. Invited colloquium to the Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research (CCDOR) at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center.
Ostrove, J. M., & Crawford, D. ‘01
(April 15, 2003). Representing
allies: The domain of disability. “Brown bag” presentation to the Social
Science Colloquium at
Ostrove, J. M., & Crawford, D. ‘01
(November 18, 2002). Representing
allies: The domain of disability. Invited “brown bag” presentation to the
Personality/Social Area of the
Ostrove, J. M. (May 19, 2001). Women’s lives across time and in
context: Lessons from the Radcliffe
Class of 1964. Invited presentation to
the Twin Cities Radcliffe Alumnae Association Meeting,
Ostrove, J. M. (November 17,
2000). Class in context: Social class background and women’s
representations of college. Invited “brown bag” presentation to the
Personality/Social Area of the
Ostrove, J. M. (1996). Social class background and constructions of
the college experience. Paper presented
at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference,
Courses Taught
Introduction
to Psychology
Personality
Psychology
History and
Systems of Psychology
Psychology of
Gender
Health
Psychology
Lives in
Context: Psychology and Social Structure
Directed
Research in Psychology
Race, Class,
and Gender in U.S. Feminisms (Introduction to Women’s Studies)
awards, recognition, and grants
Society
for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Grants-in-Aid Award ($1915),
awarded December 2006
Bush
Faculty Development Grant – Perspectives Grant ($7000),
Co-mentoring
Project Grant from the Mellon Faculty Life Cycle Grant, awarded Dec 2001 for
use during Fall 2002 (with Professor Karin Aguilar-San Juan)
Bush Faculty
Development Grant on Race and Diversity – Course Development Grant,
Keck
Student-Faculty Summer Research Grant (with Danette Crawford ’01),
Rackham Predoctoral
Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1995-1996
Differences Among
Women Fellowship,
Research
Partnership Program Fellowship (with Dr. Abigail Stewart), University of
Michigan, 1992-1993
Robin I. Thevenet
Memorial Award in Women's Studies, Honorable Mention, University of Michigan,
1992
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi
service
Membership
in Professional Societies
American
Psychological Association Society
for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Division
35 (Psychology of Women) Society
for the Teaching of Psychology
Division
26 (History of Psychology) Society
for Disability Studies
Professional
Service
Ad-hoc peer
reviewer
ASAP
(Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy)
BioMed
Central
Feminism
& Psychology
Journal
of Health Psychology
Journal of Health and Social
Behavior
Journal of Personality
Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin
Qualitative Sociology
Sex Roles
Social Problems
Social Science and Medicine
Women’s Studies International Forum
Chair,
Undergraduate college teaching award committee, Society for the
Ad-hoc reviewer of
book proposal for
2005 American
Psychological Association Convention Program Co-Chair, Division 35 (Society for
the Psychology of Women)
Ad-hoc reviewer of a research proposal for
TESS (Time-sharing Experiments for Social Sciences; July, 2005)
Grant proposal
reviewer, United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (Spring, 2004)
Grants-in-Aid
reviewer, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (January and
May, 2002)
Peer review of
Herganhan & Olson’s An Introduction to Theories of Personality for
Prentice-Hall Publishers, May 2001.
Women’s, Gender,
and Sexuality Studies library representative (September 2006 – present)
Women’s
Bush Faculty
Development Program Grant Co-Director (June 2005 – present)
Educational Policy
and Governance Committee (Fall 2004 – Spring 2007)
Chaplain’s Building
and Campus Environment Committee (Fall 2004 – Fall 2005)
Co-organizer
(with Kate Patton ’07 and Cassie Hartblay ’06 and Visiting Professor Cindy Wu)
of Disability Awareness Month events (Oct 2004; Oct 2005; Oct 2006)
Allies
Project facilitator (with Karla Benson Rutten; Fall 2004 – Spring 2006)
“Visioning the
Chaplaincy” Team (Spring 2004; Summer 2005)
Associate Dean of
Students Search Committee (Spring 2004)
Harassment Policy
Advisory Committee (Fall 2003 – Spring 2004)
Allies Project
Trainer on disability issues (Fall 2003)
Faculty Forum
sponsored by the Council for Religious Understanding (participant; Dec 2, 2003)
Psychology
Department Search Committee (Fall 2003)
Women’s and Gender
Studies Conference Planning Committee (Spring – Fall 2003)
Women’s and Gender
Studies Steering Committee (September 2000 – Spring 2004)
Hewlett Pluralism
and Unity Program (June 2001 – June 2003)
Bush Faculty
Development Grant on Race and Diversity Steering Committee (September 2001 –
May 2002)
Assistant Jewish
Chaplain Search Committee (Fall 2002)
Assistant Dean of
Students Search Advisory Committee (Spring 2002)
Director of
Lealtad/Suzuki Multiculturalism Center Search Advisory Committee (Spring 2002)
Psychology
department library representative (September 1999 – September 2002)
Psychology Club
Stress Symposium Planning Committee (September 2001 – May 2002)
Information
Services Advisory Committee (September 1999 – May 2001)
Microcomputer Fund Subcommittee, 2000,
2001
WHAM (Wellness and
Health at Macalester) (September 1999 – May 2001)
Fulbright Grant
on-campus interviewer (October 2000)