Assistant Professor
Area: Personality & Social Contexts, Joint Program in Women Studies and Psychology
Contact Information
Email: saramcc@umich.edu
Psychology Office: 2114 Lane Hall
Psychology Phone: (734) 763-4618
Research and Teaching Interests
Research and Teaching Interests
Sara McClelland is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology from The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her work focuses on adolescent sexual development, sexual health, and research design. In her work over the last few years, she’s examined public policies concerning sex education in schools, reproductive rights for minors, and issues concerning the development of sexual identities, behaviors, expectations in young adults. In two on-going studies, Dr. McClelland is examining how adolescent women early in life develop expectations for their sexual lives, and in a second study, how women with metastatic breast cancer imagine and experience their sexual health at the end of life. More information about ongoing research can be found on her lab’s website: ProgressLab.info.
Assistant Professor of Psychology & Women’s Studies
Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Area: Personality & Social Contexts, Joint Program in Women Studies and Psychology
Selected Publications
McClelland, S.I. and Frost, D.M. (in press). Sexuality and social policy. Handbook on Sexuality and Psychology, D.L. Tolman & L. Diamond (Eds.). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
McClelland, S.I. (2012). Measuring sexual quality of life: Ten recommendations for health psychologists. In A. Baum, T.A. Revenson, & J. Singer (Eds.), Handbook of Health Psychology. New York: Taylor & Francis, pp. 247-269. [View PDF] [Google Books]
McClelland, S.I. (2011). Who is the “self” in self-reports of sexual satisfaction? Research and policy implications. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 8(4): 304-320. [View PDF]
Tolman, D.L. and McClelland, S.I. (2011). Normative sexuality development in adolescence: A decade in review 2000-2009. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21(1): 242-55. [View PDF]
McClelland, S.I. (2010). Intimate justice: A critical analysis of sexual satisfaction. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 4(9), 663-680. [View PDF]
Fine, M. and McClelland, S.I. (2007). The politics of teen women’s sexuality: Public policy and the adolescent female body. Emory Law Journal, 56(4): 993-1038. [View PDF]
Fine, M. and McClelland, S.I. (2006). Sexuality education and desire: Still missing after all these years. Harvard Educational Review, 76(3): 297-338. [View PDF] [View Abstract]
Related Links
ProgressLab.info
