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Jaine Strauss

Professor
Clinical, Community, and Health Psychology

Olin-Rice Science Center, 357
651-696-6114

Jaine Strauss entered the college’s phased retirement program in Fall 2025. She will continue to advise students through 2029, and she welcomes conversations with past, present, and future students about careers in psychology, social services, or the health professions.
 
Prior to entering the phased retirement program, Dr. Strauss –  a clinical psychologist – conducted research focused on strategies and interventions that promote emotional wellbeing.  Her projects included investigations of anxiety mindsets, mindfulness, and attitudes about uncertainty as well as explorations of “body talk” conversations, self-control styles in eating disorders, developmental trends in body objectification, and the impact of diet commercials on snack food consumption. 
Education

BA: Swarthmore College
MA: University of Rochester
PhD: University of Rochester

Selected publications (asterisks indicate student co-authors)

Strauss, J., Sullivan, J.*, Sullivan, C.*, Sullivan, S.J., & Wittenberg, C.E.* (2015). Contextualizing the “student body”: Is exposure to older students associated with body dissatisfaction in female early adolescents? Psychology of Women Quarterly, 39 (2), 171-181.

Fulkerson, J.A., Strauss, J., Neumark-Sztainer, D., Story, M., & Boutelle, K. N. (2007). Correlates of psychosocial well-being among overweight adolescents: The role of the family. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 181-186.

Ambwani, S.*, & Strauss, J. (2007). Love thyself before loving others? A qualitative and quantitative analysis of gender differences in body image and romantic love. Sex Roles, 56, 13-21.

Warren, C.S.*, Strauss, J., Taska, J.L.*, & Sullivan, S.J. (2005). Inspiring or dispiriting? The effect of diet commercials on snack food consumption in high school and college aged women. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 37 (3), 266-270.