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Research Overview
Michelle Kaufman is primarily interested in STI/HIV prevention for underserved populations, particularly women of color and women in the developing world. Her research involves developing and testing STI/HIV and substance use prevention interventions that take into account gender issues, sexual relationship power, gender-based violence, and cultural context. In South Africa, she is currently directing a project testing an intervention for couples who frequent drinking establishments and are at high risk for HIV. In Nepal, she recently pilot-tested a sexual health education program for women living in Kathmandu as part of a Fulbright Fellowship. She hopes to return to Nepal in the near future to conduct a randomized controlled trial of her program. In the U.S., Michelle is working with African American teenage girls who have dropped out of school and are at high risk for STIs/HIV. She is also working with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America to develop a sexual health communication training for Big Brothers and Sisters.
Education
Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2008 (social psychology)
M.A., University of Connecticut, 2006 (social psychology)
B.A., Millersville University of Pennsylvania, 2003 (psychology)
Featured Publications
Kaufman, M. R., Fuhrel, A. F., Kalichman, S. C., Eaton, L., Cain, D., Cherry, C., & Pope, H. (in press). On holiday: Risky behavior and gay resort attendance. Journal of Homosexuality.
Eaton, L., Kaufman, M. R., Fuhrel, A., Cain, D., Cherry, C., Pope, H., & Kalichman, S. C. (in press). Power dynamics and interpersonal violence in lesbian relationships. Journal of Family Violence.
Kaufman, M. R. (in press). “It’s just a fantasy for a couple of hours”: Ethnography of a nude male show bar. Deviant Behavior.
Crawford, M., & Kaufman, M. R. (2008). Sex trafficking in Nepal: Survivor characteristics and long-term outcomes. Violence Against Women, 14, 905–916.
Eaton, L., Kalichman, S. C., Cain, D., Cherry, C., Pope, H., Fuhrel, A., & Kaufman, M. (2008). Perceived prevalence and risks for human pappillomavirus (HPV) infection among women who have sex with women. Journal of Women’s Health, 17, 75–83.
Kaufman, M. R., Shefer, T., Crawford, M., Simbayi, L. C., & Kalichman, S. C. (2008). Gender attitudes, sexual power, HIV risk: A model for understanding HIV risk behavior of South African men. AIDS Care, 20, 434–441.
Shefer, T., Crawford, M., Strebel, A., Simbayi, L. C., Henda, N., Cloete, A., Kaufman, M. R., & Kalichman, S. C. (2008). Gender, power and resistance to change among two communities in the Western Cape, South Africa. Feminism & Psychology, 18, 157–182.
Kalichman, S. C., Eaton, L., Cain, D., Cherry, C., Fuhrel, A., Kaufman, M., & Pope, H. (2007). Changes in HIV treatment beliefs and sexual risk behaviors among gay and bisexual men, 1997 to 2005. Health Psychology, 26, 650–656.
Kalichman, S. C., Simbayi, L. C., Kaufman, M. R., Cain, D., & Jooste, S. (2007). Alcohol and HIV/AIDS risk behaviors in Southern Africa: Systematic review of empirical findings. Prevention Science, 8, 141–151.
Crawford, M., Kaufman, M. R., & Gurung, A. (2007). Women and children last: The effects of the Maoist insurgency on gender-based violence. In M. Lawoti (Ed.), Contentious politics and democratization in Nepal (pp. 95-119). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Crawford, M., & Kaufman, M. R. (2006). Sex differences or social processes? In K. Dindia & D. Canary (Eds.), Sex differences and similarities in communication (2nd ed.) (pp. 179-194). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Strebel, A., Crawford, M., Shefer, T., Cloete, A., Henda, N., Kaufman, M., Simbayi, L., Magome, K., & Kalichman, S. (2006). Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa. Sahara: Journal of the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance, 3, 516–528.
Kalichman, S. C., Simbayi, L. C., Kaufman, M. R., Cain, D., Cherry, C., Jooste, S., & Mathiti, V. (2005). Gender attitudes, sexual violence, and HIV/AIDS risks among men and women in Cape Town, South Africa. Journal of Sex Research, 42, 299–305.
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