Lisa Bowleg PhD

Lisa Bowleg, Ph.D. is Professor of Applied Social Psychology in the Department of Psychology at The George Washington University (GWU). She holds a M.A. in Public Policy with a concentration in Women's Studies and a Ph.D. in Applied Social Psychology from GWU. Her research interests include: (1) the multilevel effects of sociodemographic and social-structural factors (e.g., incarceration, unemployment racial discrimination), masculinity ideologies, sexual scripts, and resilience on Black men's HIV sexual risk and protective behaviors; (2) intersectionality; and (3) stress and resilience in Black lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. She is the joint-PI with Dr. Anita Raj, UCSD of a 2012 NIH/NIMH funded RO1 to evaluate MEN Count, a housing and employment case management HIV prevention intervention for Black heterosexual men. Dr. Bowleg is also the PI of another 2012 NIH/NIMH-funded R01 to test a conceptual model of individual and neighborhood-level social-structural stressors and resilience on Black men's sexual HIV risk and protective behaviors. Dr. Bowleg is a member of the DC Developmental Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and the Behavioral and Social Consequences of HIV/AIDS Study Section at NIH. Her awards include the 2008 Red Ribbon Award for Research from the Community Advisory Board of the University of Pennsylvania CFAR.