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Diplomas / Degrees

Ph.D., Columbia University (1979)

Recent Courses

Continuing Doctoral Thesis Supervision I
Continuing Doctoral Thesis Supervision III
Continuing Doctoral Thesis Supervision IV
Doctoral Thesis Supervision II
Independent Study Wealth And Attachment
Ongoing Dissertation Supervision
Ongoing Doctoral Thesis Supervision
Ongoing Doctoral Thesis Supervision
Psychological Research 1
Psychological Research II
Psychological Research III
Psychological Research IV
Psychology Of Women
S/T: Power And Prejudice
Social Psychology

Conference Presentations and Papers

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Steil, J. & Paszkiewicz, W (21 January 2009). I don't have time: Leadership in the context of dual-earner family. National Council of Schools of Professional Psychology. 2009 Mid-Winter Conference. Leadership: Preparation and Transformation , Puerta Vallarta, Mexico

Steil, J. & Newman, A. (14 August 2008). Entitlement and Work Sharing: A Study of University Faculty and Staff. The 12th Biannual Conference of the International Society of Justice and Research, Adelaide, Australia

Steil, J. Chair (14 August 2008). Symposium on Justice in Close Relationships. The 12th Biannual Conference of the International Society for Justice and Research, Adelaide, Australia

Rothman, A. & Steil, J. (17 August 2007). Entitlement, attachment and subjective well-being. American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA

Cina,J. & Steil,J. (01 August 2007). Knowing when to control and when to let go: Longitudinal study of coping with lack of control and uncertainty during an in vitro fertilization treatment cycle. American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA

Selected Dissertations Chaired

Jennifer Cina (2006). Knowing When to Control and When to Let Go: Longitudinal Study of Coping with Lack of Control and Uncertainty During an In Vitro Fertilization Treatment Cycle.Derner Institute, Adelphi University
Allison Newman (2006). Entitlement and Work sharing in Contemporary Relationships: A Social Comparison Perspective.Derner Institute, Adelphi University
Ashley Novak (2006). Expectations of Intimacy: A Longitudinal Study of the Association Between Expected, Achieved and Ideal Relationships, Intimacy, Marital Satisfaction and Well-being Among Engaged Couples.Derner Institute, Adelphi University

Other Scholarly / Artistic Work

BOOKS

Steil, J. (1997). Marital equality: Its relationship to the well-being of husbands and wives. Newbury Park: Sage.


BOOK CHAPTERS

Steil, J.,M., Rothman, A. M., Harris, L.E., Kim, G.S., & Steil, J.P.
(2009). Interracial marriage: Current perspectives and unanswered questions. In Jean Lau Chin (Ed.) Diversity in Mind and in Action, Volume 1: Multiple Faces of Identity. Praeger Press.
Philadelphia. PA. pp. 47-60.

Steil, J. (2009) Dual-earner couples. In Reis, H. & Sprecher, S. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Sage Press. Thousand Oaks, CA

Steil, J. & Hoffman, L. (2006) Gender, conflict and the family. Invited contribution to M. Deutsch, P.Coleman, & E. Marcus, (Eds.) Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice, 2nd edition. (pp. 223-241). Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA.

Steil, J. M. (2006). Intimacy. Encyclopedia of Human Development, Vol. 2. Salkind, Neil, Editor. Sage Press. Pp 753-4.

McGann, V., & Steil, J. (2005). The sense of entitlement: Implications for gender equality and psychological well-being. In J. Worell & C. Goodenheart (Eds.), Handbook of Girls’ and Women’s Psychological Health: Gender and Well-Being Across the Life Span. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Pp 175-182.
http://books.google.com/books?id=dhQcNntRnTAC&pg=PA...

Steil, J. (2001). Contemporary marriage: Still “his” and "hers"? Invited contribution to J. Worell (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Gender (pp. 677-686). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Steil, J., McGann, V., & Kahn, A. (2001). Entitlement. Invited contribution to J. Worell (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Gender (pp. 403-410). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Steil, J. (2000). Contemporary marriage: Still an unequal partnership. In C. Hendrick, & S. Hendrick (Eds.), Close Relationships: A Sourcebook (pp. 124-136). Newbury Park: Sage.
http://books.google.com/books?id=sVv-wkEEtpkC&pg=PA...

Steil, J. (1995). Supermoms and second shifts: Marital inequality in the 90's. In J. Freeman (Ed.), Women: A Feminist Perspective 5th ed (pp. 149-161). Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Co.

Steil, J. (1994). Equality and entitlement in marriage: Benefits and barriers. In M. Lerner, & G. Mikula (Eds.), Entitlement and the affectional bond (pp. 229-258). New York, NY: Plenum Press.

Sanders, A., Steil, J., & Weinglass, J. (1989). Taking the traditional route: Some covert costs of traditional decisions for the married career woman. In R. Unger (Ed.), Representations: Social constructions of gender (pp. 212-221). Amityville, NY: Baywood Press. (Reprinted from Imagination, cognition, and personality, 3(4), pp. 327-336, 1983-84)

Steil, J. (1989). Marital relationships and mental health. The psychic costs of inequality. In J. Freeman (Ed.), Women: A Feminist Perspective 4th edition (pp. 138-148). Palo Alto: Mayfair Publishing. (Reprinted from the third edition, pp. 113-123), by J. Freeman, Ed., 1984, Mayfield).

Steil, J., & Turetsky, B. (1987). The relationship between marital equality and psychological symptomatology: Is equal better? In S. Oskamp (Ed.), Family process and problems: Social psychological aspects. Applied Social Psychology Annual Vol. 7 (pp. 73-97). Beverly Hills, LA: Sage Publications.

Steil, J., & Turetsky, B. (1987). Marital influence levels and symptomatology among wives. In F. Crosby (Ed.), Spouse, parent, worker: On gender and multiple roles (pp. 74-90). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Steil, J., & Slochower, J. (1985). The experience of injustice: Social psychological and clinical perspectives. In G. Stricker and R. Keisner (Eds.), From research to clinical practice (pp. 217-241). New York, NY: Plenum Press.

Steil, J. (1983). Marriage: An unequal partnership. In B. Wolman, & G. Stricker (Eds.), Handbook of Family and Marital Therapy (pp. 49-59). New York, NY: Plenum Press.


ARTICLES
Nadkarni, L., Steil, J. Malone, J. & Sagrestano, L. (under revision)
Development of a self-report scale to measure personal entitlement.

Rothman, A.M. & Steil, J. M. (under review). Affluent adolescents:
Attachment, entitlement, and the complexities of wealth.

Steil, J. M., Sharf J. & Shefet, 0. M. (under review). Who talks about
power? A comparison of three psychology journals.

Steil, J. (2001). Family forms and member well-being: A research agenda for the decade of behavior. Invited contribution to the special issue of Psychology of Women Quarterly entitled “Women’s lives, feminist research and the decade of behavior” 25, 344-365.

Rosenbluth, S., Steil, J., & Whitcomb, J. (1998). Marital equality: What does it mean? Journal of Family Issues, 19 (3), 227-244.
http://0-xs7yc2pz2u.search.serialssolutions.com.alicat....

Steil, J., & Hay, J. (1997). Social comparisons at work: A study of 60 dual career couples. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 427-438.

Rosenbluth, S., & Steil, J. (1995). Predictors of intimacy for women in heterosexual and homosexual couples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 12, (2), 163-175. Reprinted in The Gay and Lesbian Quarterly.
http://spr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/12/2/163

Steil, J., & Hillman, J. (1993). Perceived value of direct and indirect influence strategies: A cross cultural perspective. Special issue on Cross Cultural Perspectives, R. Unger (Ed.). Psychology of Women Quarterly 17(4), 457-462.

Steil, J., & Weltman, K. (1992). Influence strategies at home and at work: A study of 60 dual career couples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 9, 65-88.

Steil, J., & Weltman, K. (1991). Marital inequality: The importance of resources, personal attributes, and social norms on career valuing and domestic influence. Sex Roles, 24 (3/4), 161-179.

Sholomskas, D., & Steil, J. (1990). The spinal-cord injured revisited: The relationship between self-blame, other-blame and coping. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20, (7), 548-574.

Steil, J. (1989). Guest editor for special issue entitled “Justice and the family”. Social Justice Research, 3(2).

Steil, J. (1989). Justice and deserving in the family: An introduction. In J. Steil (Ed.), Justice and the Family. An invited special issue for Social Justice Research, 3, (2).

Steil, J., & Makowski, D. (1989). Equity, equality and need: A study of the patterns and outcomes associated with their use in intimate relationships. Social Justice Research, 3(2), 121-137.

Deutsch, M., & Steil, J. (1988). Awakening the sense of injustice. Social Justice Research, 2, (1), 3-23.

Steil, J. (1983). The response to injustice: Effects of varying levels of social support and position of advantage or disadvantage. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 19, 239-253.

Steil, J., Tuchman. B., & Deutsch, M. (1978). A study of the meanings of frustration and injustice. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 6(3), 393-398.

Blackman, J., Hornstein, H., Devine, C., O'Neill, M., Steil, J., & Tucker, B. (1977). Newscasts and the social actuary. The Public Opinion Quarterly, 41 (Fall), 295-313.


BOOK REVIEWS
Steil, J. M. (2008). Eliminate sex discrimination: Shine a spotlight
on the aggregate data. [Review of the book Sex Discrimination in the
Workplace, Edited by Crosby, F., Stockdale, S. and Ropp] A. Sex Roles.
58,296-298.http://www.tjsl.edu/files/news/Steil_Book_review.pdf

Steil, J. M. (2007). Dual career families: The challenges and
complimentary benefits of home and work. [Review of the book, Being
together, Working apart: Dual career Families and the work-life
balance.] Psychology of Women Quarterly, 31, 326-327.

Steil, J. M. & Steil, J. P. (2006) Review of the book The Meanings of
Marital Equality. Journal of Marriage and Family. 58 (5) 1385.

Steil, J. (2000). The problem that won't go away. [Review of the book Halving it all: How equally shared parenting works]. The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 570, 207-209.

Steil J. (1998). [Review of the book Gender and Close Relationships]. Association of Women in Psychology Newsletter.

Steil, J. (1997). Intimacy and well-being: A cross-disciplinary review. [Review of the book The Psychology of Intimacy]. Contemporary Psychology, 43, 302.

Steil, J. (1994). Dual-career couples: Struggling with the legacy of traditional gender roles. [Review of the books Two careers, one family; Dual-career marriage: A system in transition; Dual-career couples: New perspectives in counseling]. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 18(2), 309-312.

Steil, J. (1993). Cultural sources of inequality: Cross-cultural perspectives. [Review of the book Dual-earner families: International perspectives]. Contemporary Psychology, 38, (6), 607- 608.

Steil, J. (1993). Women and work: A social challenge. [Lead review of the books: Juggling: The unexpected advantage of balancing career and home for women and their families; Work and family: policies for a changing workforce; The organizational woman: Power and paradox; The third sex: The new professional woman]. Contemporary Psychology, 38, (11), 1159-1162.



MEDIA

Mundell, E. (2003, July 1). She thinks, ‘We’re so close,’ but he may disagree. Yahoo! News. Retrieved from http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571... 01/hl_nm/relationships_gender_dcaddress doesn’t work

Steil, J. (2003, July 2). Relationship closeness and gender. Moosic, PA: WNEP-TV Channel 16.

Holcomb, B. (2001, June/July). Should you quit work? Parenting, 15(5)

Seliger, Susan (1998, December/January). The New Achiever. Working Mother, 22-27.

Steil, J. (March, 1998) KYW Radio, Philadelphia, Mentioned in: 10 part series on women and work.

Lawlor, S. (1997, June). The New Breadwinner. Working Mother, 12-17.

Lawlor, S. (1997, October 12). Goodbye to the job - Hello to the shock. New York Times, Section 3, p. 11.

Honors and Accomplishments

American Psychological Association Fellow

Janice M. Steil Fellowship (one of three fellowships created to enable women to attend a Nag’s Heart Conference). Created “in recognition of her dedication to the feminist enterprise of gender equity and critical role in the development of the Nag’s Heart Conferences”.

President’s Award. “Expectations of Intimacy Attitudes and Well-being Among Engaged and Married Couples”.

Adelphi Faculty Merit Award for Outstanding Scholarship

Scholar in Residence, Catalyst

Professional Activities

Associate Editor 1994-1999 Psychology of Women Quarterly

Consulting Editor 1991-1994 Psychology of Women Quarterly

Chair, Editor search. 1997-1998 Psychology of Women Quarterly

Ad-hoc Editor for American Psychologist, European Journal of Social Psychology, Human Relations, Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Clinical & Social Psychology, Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, Journal of Social & Interpersonal Relations, Personal Relationships, Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, Sex Roles, Social Justice Research.

APA Site Visit Accreditation Pool.

Steering Committee, Feminist Conference Series 1993-1994

Program Reviewer, Division 35, Annual meeting of the American Psychological Association

Planning committee, Interrupting Oppression Sustaining Justice,) a multidisciplinary conference bringing together academics, activists and policy makers (www.interupptingoppression.com. Co-sponsored by Columbia University’s Conflict Resolution Network and the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution. Winner of the Teachers College President’s Grant for Diversity and Community Initiatives; February 2004.