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Patricia M. Bell (e-mail: pbell@kent.edu)

Research and Teaching Interests: Social Psychology, Inequalities, and Mental Health

Dissertation Title: “Perceptions and Misperceptions of Weight: Understanding the Relationship between Subjective Judgments and Psychological Distress”

Dissertation Committee: Richard Serpe (chair), Alison Bianchi, Andre Christie-Mizell, Will Kalkhoff

Christine Heifner Graor (e-mail: cheifner@kent.edu)

Research and Teaching Interests: Medical Sociology, Mental Health, Social Psychology, Weight Loss Maintenance

Dissertation Title: “Weight Loss, Subculture Membership, and the Development of Unique Meanings”

Dissertation Committee: Amy Kroska (chair), Rebecca Erickson, Kristen Marcussen, John Updegraff

Pamela M. Hunt (e-mail: pmhunt@kent.edu)

Research and Teaching Interests: Social Psychology, Deviance, Social Inequalities, Social Problems, Research Methods, Theory

Dissertation Title: “A Quantitative Approach to Studying Subculture”

Dissertation Committee: Amy Kroska (chair), Will Kalkhoff, Matthew Lee, John Updegraff

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