CV 09 deb - Dr. Deborah L. Tolman

Curriculum Vita
Deborah L. Tolman
Hunter College School of Social Work
The Graduate Center CUNY
129 East 79 th Street 365 Fifth Avenue
Room 901
Sixth Floor Psychology
New York, NY 10078 New York, NY 10016
212 650-3152 212-817-8736
212 650-3655 (fax)
Current Position
Professor of Social Welfare and Psychology, Hunter College School of Social Work and The
Graduate Center, City University of New York, January, 2009-present
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA
Ed.D., Human Development and Psychology, June, 1992.
Dissertation: Voicing the body: A psychological study of adolescent girls' sexual desire
Advisor: Carol Gilligan
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, PA
M.S., Human Sexuality Education, August 1986.
Masters' research project: Functions of intimate relationships in different women's lives
Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
A.B., cum laude, History and Literature, June 1983.
Senior honors’ thesis: Women’s sexual awakening in George Eliot’s Middlemarch and
Adam Bede
AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL HONORS
Founder’s Award, Champions of Sexual Literacy, National Sexuality Resource Center, San
Francisco, CA, October, 2007.
Task Force on Sexualization of Girls, American Psychological Association, appointed member,
2006-2007 (co-author of Task Force Report).
Distinguished Book Award, Association for Women in Psychology (for Dilemmas of
Desire: Teenage Girls Talk about Sexuality), 2003.
Committee on Women in Psychology Leadership Award, American Psychological Association
(APA), 2002.

Fellow, American Psychological Association; APA, Division 9 (Society for the Psychological
Study of Social Issues); APA, Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women)
Award of Appreciation, Teen Voices Magazine/Women Express, Inc., for commitment and
contributions to sustainability of nonprofit for girls, 2003.
Elected Member, International Academy of Sex Research
Louise Kidder Early Career Award, 1997 (APA, Division 9).
FIRST Award, National Institute of Child Health and Development, 1995.
Henry A. Murray Dissertation Award, Radcliffe College, 1991.
Larsen Doctoral Research Fellowship, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1987-1990.
Harvard College Scholar, 1981-1983.
GRANTS UNDER REVIEW
Principle Investigator (Co-PI, Dr. Lisa Diamond; Co-I, Dr. Emily Impett), “Adolescent
Relationship Development,” National Institute of Child Health and Development, June,
2009-May, 2012, ($3,500,000). (scored, to be revised and resubmitted)
Co-Principle Investigator (PI, Dr. Carol Roye, Co-I, Lynn Roberts), “Understanding and
Reducing Heterosexual HIV Transmission in Young Women of Color,” December,
2009-November, 2014), ($1,871,000)
GRANTS
Principle Investigator, “Female Adolescent Risk Behavior” (a phenomenological study of
adolescent girls and oral sex),” Office of Population Affairs, Department of Health and
Human Services, April 1, 2005-March 31, 2009, ($721,000).
Principle Investigator, “Television Consumption and Adolescent Sexual Activity,” National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development, October, 2000-August, 2007.
($2,457,322), Minority Supplement, July, 2005-June, 2006 (Dr. Rita Melendez),
($81,000).
Principle Investigator, “Beyond Pregnancy and AIDS: Final Development of a New
Conception of Adolescent Sexual Health” The Ford Foundation, February, 2003-
August, 2006. ($750,000)
Principle Investigator, “Beyond Pregnancy and AIDS: Further Development of a New
Conception of Female Adolescent Sexual Health,” The Ford Foundation, October, 1999-
January, 2003. ($250,000)
Principle Investigator, Adolescent Boys’ Sexuality and Gender Ideology, The Ford Foundation.
March, 2001-January, 2003. ($85,000)

Principle Investigator, "Gender Equity and Adolescent Outcomes in a Middle School," The
Spencer Foundation Small Grants Program, October 1998- December 1999. ($35,000)
Principle Investigator, "Beyond Pregnancy and AIDS: Sexual Health for Adolescent Girls," The
Ford Foundation, October 1996-September 1999. ($190,000)
Principle Investigator, "Masculinity Ideology, Femininity Ideology and Adolescent Boys'
Intimate Relationships," The Ford Foundation, Spring 1997-September 1999
($50,000).
Principle Investigator, "Femininity Ideology and Risk of Unintended Pregnancy," National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development (FIRST Award), February 1995-
September 2001. ($360,880).
Principle Investigator, "Femininity Ideology and Risk of Unintended Pregnancy," National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Minority Supplement (Judy Chu),
February 1998-April 2001. ($96,306).
Principle Investigator, "Dimensions of Desire--Phase 2," The Spencer Foundation Small Grants
Program, May 1995-August 1996 ($12,000).
Principle Investigator, "Dimensions of Desire," The Spencer Foundation Small Grants Program,
December, 1993-July, 1994. ($12,000)
Principle Investigator, "Mary Calderone Oral History Project," The Clapp Fund, Schlessinger
Library, Radcliffe College, 1988. ($5,000)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
City University of New York
Professor of Social Welfare and Psychology, Hunter College School of Social Work and The
Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY, February, 2008-
Visiting Professor, Department of Urban Public Health, Hunter College, New York, NY,
February, 2008-January, 2008
Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, Subprogram in Social-Personality, The Graduate
Center, New York, NY, September, 2008-January, 2009

San Francisco State University
Positions
Professor, Department of Sexuality Studies, August, 2003-July, 2008
Founding Director, Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality January, 2004-December, 2007
Director, Adolescent Sexuality Project, Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality,
September, 2003-February, 2009
Service
Member (Appointed by Provost), Search Committee for Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies,
November, 2005-June, 2006.
Member (Appointed by President), University-Wide National Search Committee for Vice
President of Research and Sponsored Programs, November, 2003-April, 2004.
Member, Search Committee for Sexuality and Public Policy Tenure-Track Faculty, September,
2005-April, 2006.
Chair, Retention, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Human Sexuality Studies Program
(HMSX), September, 2003-present. (Melendez, early tenure granted)
Member, Graduate Studies Committee (HMSX), September, 2003-present.
Member, Retention, Tenure and Promotion Committee for Dr. Jessica Fields (Sociology),
September, 2004-June, 2007. Tenure granted.
Wellesley College
Positions
Associate Director, Center for Research on Women, January, 2001-May, 2003.
Senior Research Scientist and Director, Gender and Sexuality Project, Center for Research on
Women, February 1995-May, 2003.
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Wellesley College, “Sexuality and
Public Policy,” Spring, 2001.
Research Associate, Center for Research on Women, June, 1994-January, 1995.
Visiting Research Scholar, Center for Research on Women, July, 1993-June,1994.
Service
Review Committee, Stone Center and Center for Research on Women Working Papers Series,
September 2001-May, 2003.
Endowment Campaign, Center for Research on Women, November, 2005-April, 2006.

Harvard University
Graduate School of Education
Research Associate, Project on Women's Psychology and Girls' Development, July, 1992-July,
1993.
Assistant Study Director, Project on Women's Psychology and Girls' Development, September
1987-October, 1991.
Instructor, Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, "Adolescent
Sexuality," Spring, 1994, 1995, 1996.
Seminar Leader and Thesis Advisor, Committee on Women's Studies, Harvard College,
Cambridge, MA, 1989-1993.
Additional Experience
Research Associate, Pickman Consulting Group (public policy consulting), New York, NY
1986-1987.
Oral Historian, "Mary Calderone Oral History Project," New York, NY and Cambridge, MA,
1986.
Editorial Assistant, SIECUS Report, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the US,
New York, NY 1985-1986.
Research Assistant, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, 1983-1985.
PUBLICATIONS
Books and volumes:
Tolman, D. & Diamond, L. (Eds.). Handbook of Sexuality. American Psychological
Association, Washington, D.C. (under contract).
Tolman, D. (Ed). (2006). Sexuality Research and Social Policy, Guest Editor. “Through a Lens
of Embodiment: New Research from the Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality.”
3(4).
Tolman, D. (Ed.). (2005). Feminism and Psychology, Special Section “Theory, research and
practice for female adolescent sexuality: Emergent discourses of desire.” 15(1).
Tolman, D. (2002). Dilemmas of desire: Teenage girls talk about sexuality. Cambridge, MA:
Harvard University Press. (Paperback published in 2005).

Excerpted in D. Newman & J. O’Brien. (2006). Sociology: Exploring the architecture
of everyday life, sixth edition. Pine Forge Press (imprint of Sage Publications).
Thousand Oaks, CA.
Tolman, D. & Brydon-Miller, M. (Eds.). (2000). From subjects to subjectivities: A handbook of
interpretive and participatory action research methods. New York, NY: New York University
Press.
Brydon-Miller, M. & Tolman, D. (Eds.). (1998) Journal of Social Issues, Special Issue
"Transforming Psychology: Interpretive and Participatory Methods." 53(4).
Gilligan, C., Rogers, A., & Tolman, D. (Eds.). (1991). Women, girls and psychotherapy:
Reframing resistance. New York: Haworth Press. (Second edition published in 1996).
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Impett, E., Sorsoli, L., Schooler, D. & Tolman, D. (2008). Relationship authenticity and girls’
self esteem across adolescence: A latent growth curve analysis. Developmental Psychology, 44
722-733.
Schooler, D., Sorsoli, L., Kim, J. & Tolman, D. (2007). Beyond exposure: A person-oriented
approach to adolescent media diets. Journal of Research on Adolescence.
Kim, J., Sorsoli, L., Collins, K., Zylbergold, B., Schooler, D. & Tolman, D. (2007). From sex to
sexuality: Exposing the heterosexual script on primetime network television. Journal of Sex
Research. 44(2), 158-147.
Tolman, D., Kim, J., Schooler, D. & Sorsoli, L. (2007). Rethinking the association between
television viewing and adolescent sexual health: Bringing gender into focus. Journal of
Adolescent Health. 40(1), 9-16.
Tolman, D. (2006). Sexuality research at the Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality:
Through a lens of embodiment. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 3(3).
Fields, J. & Tolman, D. (2006). Risky business: Sexuality education and research in U.S.
schools. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 3(3), 63-76.
Impett, E. & Tolman, D. (2006). Late adolescent girls’ sexual experience and sexual satisfaction.
Journal of Adolescent Research. 21(6), 628-646.

Tolman, D. (2006). In a different position: Conceptualizing female adolescent sexuality
development within compulsory heterosexuality. New Directions in Child and Adolescent
Development. (L. Diamond, Ed.). Summer (112), 71-89.
Impett, E., Schooler, D. & Tolman, D. (2006). To be seen and not heard: Femininity ideology
and adolescent girls’ sexual health. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 35(2), 131-144.
Tolman, D., Impett, E., Tracy, A. & Michael, A. (2006). Looking good, sounding good:
Femininity is bad for girls’ mental health. Psychology of Women Quarterly. 30(1), 85-95
Tolman, D., Hirschman, C. & Impett, E. (2005). There’s more to the story: The place of
qualitative research on female adolescent sexuality in policy making. Sexuality Research and
Policy Studies (Special issue on Adolescent Sexuality). 2(4), 4-20.
Tolman, D. (2005). Found(ing) discourses of desire: Unfettering female adolescent sexuality.
Feminism and Psychology, 15(1), 5-9.
Tolman, D., Madanagu, B., & Osakue, G. (2005). Supporting subjectivity: Girls’ Power
Initiative as Gender Practice. Feminism and Psychology, 15(1), 50-53.
Chu, J., Porche, M & Tolman, D. (2005). The Adolescent Masculinity Ideology Scale:
Development and validation of a new measure. Men and Masculinities. 8(1), 93-115.
Tolman, D., Spencer, R., Porche, M. & Rosen-Reynoso, M. (2003). Sowing the seeds of
violence in heterosexual relationships: Early adolescents narrate compulsory heterosexuality.
Journal of Social Issues, 59(1), 159-178.
Tolman, D., Striepe, M. & Harmon, T. (2003). Gender matters: Constructing (a) model(s) of
adolescent sexual health. Journal of Sex Research, 40(1), 4-12.
Spencer, R., Porche, M & Tolman, D. (2003). We’ve come a long way...maybe: New challenges
for gender equity. Teachers’ College Record 105(9), 1771-1807.
Striepe, M. & Tolman, D. (2002). Mom, Dad, I’m straight: The “coming out” of gender
ideologies in adolescent sexual identity development. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent
Psychology.
Stein, N., Tolman, D., Porche, M. & Spencer, R. (2002). Gender safety: A new concept for
schools. Journal of School Violence, 1(2), 35-50.
Tolman, D. & Diamond, L. (2002). Desegregating sexuality research: Synthesizing cultural and
biological perspectives on gender and desire. Annual Review of Sexuality Research.

Tolman, D. (2001). Female adolescent sexuality: An argument for a developmental perspective
on the New View on Women’s Sexual Problems. Women and Therapy.
Tolman, D. (2000). Object lessons: Romance, violence and female adolescent sexual desire.
Journal of Sex Education and Therapy. 25(1), 70-79.
Reprinted in T.A. Roberts, Ed., (2004). The Lanahan Readings in the Psychology of
Women. Baltimore, MD: Lanahan Publishers.
Tolman, D. & Porche, M. (2000). The Adolescent Femininity Ideology Scale: Development and
validation of a new measure for girls. Psychology of Women Quarterly. 24(4), 365-376.
Tolman, D. (1999). Femininity as a barrier to positive sexual health for girls. Journal of the
American Medical Women’s Association. 54(3), 133-138.
Reprinted in J. Ussher, Ed., (2000). International Reader on Women’s Health. London:
British Psychological Society.
Reprinted in A. Hunter & C. Forden, Eds., (2002). Readings in the Psychology of
Gender: Exploring our Differences and Commonalities. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Tolman, D. & Szalacha, L. (1999). Dimensions of desire: Bridging qualitative and quantitative
methods in a study of female adolescent sexuality. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 23(1), 9-41.
Reprinted in M. Crawford & E. Kimmel, (Eds.). (2000). Innovations in Feminist
Psychological Resesarch. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Reprinted in S. Hesse-Biber & P. Leavy, (Eds). (2002/2003). Approaches to Qualitative
Research: A Reader on Theory and Practice. New York: Oxford University Press.
Tolman, D. & Brydon-Miller, M. (1997). Transforming psychology: Interpretive and
participatory methods. Journal of Social Issues, 53(4), 597-604.
Brydon-Miller, M. & Tolman, D. (1997). Engaging the process of transformation. Journal of
Social Issues, 53(4), 803-810.
Tolman, D. (1994). Doing desire: Adolescent girls' struggles for/with sexuality. Gender and
Society, 8(3), 324-342.
Reprinted in M. Kimmel & R. Plante, Eds., (2004). Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors
and Society. New York: Oxford University Press.

Reprinted in L. Richardson, V. Taylor & N. Whittier, Eds., (2004). Feminist Frontiers
VI. New York: McGraw Hill
Reprinted in L. Richardson, V. Taylor & N. Whittier, Eds., (2001). Feminist Frontiers V.
New York: McGraw Hill.
Reprinted in M. Baca Zinn, P. Hendagneu-Sotelo & M. Messner, Eds., (2000). Gender
through the Prism of Difference. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Tolman, D. (1994). Listening for crises of connection: Some implications of research with
adolescent girls for feminist psychotherapy. Women and Therapy, 15(2), 85-100.
Tolman, D. (1991). Adolescent girls, women and sexuality: Discerning dilemmas of desire.
Women and Therapy, 11 (3-4), 55-69.
Reprinted in E. Aries, Ed. (2001). Adolescent Behavior: Readings and Interpretations.
New York: McGraw Hill.
Orr, M.T., Forrest, J.D., Johnson, J., & Tolman, D. (1985). The provision of sterilization services
by private physicians. Family Planning Perspectives, 17 (5), 216-229.
Manuscripts under review
Tolman, D. & Descaries, M. Not only abstinence: The not-so-hidden gender curriculum in a
sample of abstinence-only programs.
Book chapters
Tolman, D. & Costa, S. (in press). Adolescent girls’ sexual rights and sexual health: Rough
maps for the US from developing countries. In R. Parker & P. Aggelton, (Eds). Handbook of
Sexuality, Health & Rights.
Sorsoli, L. & Tolman, D. L. (2008). Hearing voices: Listening for multiplicity and movement in
interview data. Invited contribution for S. Hesse-Biber and P. Leavy (Eds.), The Handbook of
Emergent Methods in Psychological Research. New York: Guilford Press.
Sorsoli, L., Ward, L. M., & Tolman, D. L. (2008). De(coding) television's representation of
sexuality: A feminist approach to content analysis. In D. Kunkel, A. Jordan, J. Manganello, and
M. Fishbein (Eds.), Media messages and public health: A decisions approach
to content analysis. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Sorsoli, L., Porche, M. & Tolman, D. (2006). He left her for the alien: Girls, sexuality and the
media. E. Cole & J. Henderson Daniel, Eds., Women and the Media. Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association.

Melendez, R. M. & Tolman, D. (2006). Gender, Vulnerability, and Young People. In P. Mane, P.
Aggleton, & A. L. Ball, (Eds.). Sex, drugs and young people. London: Taylor and Francis.
O’Sullivan, L., McCrudden, M. & Tolman, D. (2005). Sexuality. In J. Worell and C. Goodheart,
(Eds.). Handbook on Girls’ and Women’s Psychological Health. New York: Oxford University
Press.
Tolman, D., Spencer, R., Rosen-Reynoso, M., Harmon, T. & Striepe, M. (2004). Getting close,
staying cool: Early adolescent boys’ experiences with romantic relationships. In N. Way & J.
Chu, (Eds.). Adolescent boys in context. New York: New York University Press (235-255).
Tolman, D., Striepe, M. & O’Sullivan, L. (2003). Female sexual health: Breaking down the
barriers. In J. Henderson Daniel (Ed.). Women’s Health. Boston: Beacon Press.
Tolman, D. (2003). Commentary: Early childhood sexuality studies from the Kinsey Institute.
In J. Bancroft, (Ed.). Childhood Sexual Development. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University
Press.
Tolman, D. & Diamond, L. (2001). Female sexuality and sexual desire. In Worell, J. (Ed.).
Encyclopedia of Gender. New York: Academic Press. (peer-reviewed)
Tolman, D. & Brown, L.M. (2001). Adolescent voices, resonating resistance. In R. Unger,
(Ed.). Handbook of the Psychology of Women and Gender. New York: Wiley & Sons.
Tolman, D. (2000). Echoes of sexual objectification: Listening for one girl’s erotic voice. In D.
Tolman & M. Brydon-Miller, (Eds.). From subjects to subjectivities: A handbook of
interpretive and participatory action research methods. New York, NY: New York University
Press.
Tolman, D. (1999). Female adolescent sexuality in relational contexts: Beyond sexual decision
making. In N. Johnson, M. Roberts and J. Worell, (Eds.). Beyond appearance: A new look at
adolescent girls. Washington, DC: APA Publications. (peer-reviewed)
Higgins, T. & Tolman, D. (1997). Law, cultural media[tion] and sexuality in the lives of
adolescent girls. In M. Fineman and M. McCluskey, (Eds.). Feminism, media and the law. New
York: Oxford University Press.
Debold, E., Tolman, D. & Brown, L. (1996). Embodying knowledge, knowing desire: Authority
and split subjectivities in girls' epistemelogical development. In N. Goldberger et al., (Eds.).
Knowledge, difference and Power: Essays in inspired by Women's Ways of Knowing. New
York: Basic Books.

Tolman, D. & Higgins, T. (1996). How being a good girl can be bad for girls. In N. Bauer
Maglin and D. Perry, (Eds.). Good girls/bad girls: Women, sex, violence and power in the 1990s.
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Reprinted in Schrieber, Mary, (Ed). (2001). Women, economic empowerment and
success. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co.
Reprinted in Worcester, Nancy and Whatley, Mariamne. (2004). Women’s Health:
Readings on social, economic and political issues. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt
Publishing Co.
Tolman, D. (1996). Adolescent girls' sexuality: Debunking the myth of The Urban Girl. In B.
Leadbetter and N. Way, (Eds.). Urban girls: Resisting stereotypes, creating identities. New York:
New York University Press 255-271.
Tolman, D. (1994). Daring to desire: Culture in the bodies of adolescent girls. In J. Irvine (Ed.).
Sexual cultures and the construction of adolescent identities. Philadelphia, PA: Temple
University Press, 250-284.
Reprinted in Weitz, Rose. (2002). The politics of women’s bodies: Sexuality,
appearance and behavior (second edition). New York: Oxford University Press.
Reprinted in R. Satow (Ed.). (2000). Gender and social life. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Tolman, D. & Debold, E. (1993). Conflicts of body and image: Female adolescents, desire and
the no-body body. In M. Katzman, P. Fallon and S. Wooley, (Eds.). Feminist treatment and
therapy of eating disorders. New York: Guilford Press, 301-317.
Commentaries
Tolman, D. (2006). “Hooking up: A new way to date?” American Sexuality Magazine online,
http://nsrc.sfsu.edu/MagArticle.
Tolman, D. (2004). “Choose or Lose,” Win or Lose? National Sexuality Resource Center,
http://nsrc.sfsu.edu/HTMLArticle.
Tolman, D. (2003). Improving women’s sexual assertiveness: Letter to the Editor. Perspectives
on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 35(1), 48.
Tolman, D. (2002). Supporting healthy adolescent sexuality: Why just saying no is not enough.
Research and Action Report, Wellesley Centers for Women, Fall/Winter, 26-27.

Tolman, D. (1999). Asking some unasked questions: A response to “The Lost Children of
Rockdale County,” www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline.
Technical Reports and Monographs
Tolman, D. (2007). Television consumption and adolescent sexuality. Final report submitted to
National Institute on Child Health and Development.
Tolman, D. (2006). Beyond pregnancy and AIDS: Final model of sexual health for adolescent
girls and boys. Final report submitted to the Ford Foundation.
Tolman, D., Porche, M., Spencer, R. & Rosen-Reynoso, M. (2000). Beyond pregnancy and
AIDS: Sexual health for adolescents girls and Femininity ideology, masculinity ideology and
adolescent boys’ intimate relationships. Final report submitted to the Ford Foundation.
Gilligan, C., Taylor, J., Tolman, D., Sullivan, A. & Pleasants, P. (1992). The relational worlds of
a group of urban adolescent girls considered at-risk. Final report submitted to the Boston
Foundation.
Tolman, D. (1990). Discourses on adolescent girls' sexual desire in developmental psychology
and feminist scholarship. Cambridge: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Project on the
Psychology of Women and the Development of Girls.
CONFERENCES AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Convened Conferences
Young Women’s Sexual Subjectivity: Researchers Writing Roadmaps. CUNY Graduate Center
and Weston, Vermont. October, 2006 (with Michelle Fine and Sara McClelland).
Cutting the Edge of Research in Adolescent Sexuality: Considering Normative Development.
San Francisco State University, Tiburon, CA, May, 2004. Funded by the Ford Foundation.
Invitations
Tolman, D. Participant. Summit on Sex Education. Miami University, Oxford, OH, May, 2009.
Tolman, D., Burns, A. & Futch, V. Purpose, power and predicaments: Feminist qualitative
analysis of girls’ narratives on “blow jobs.” Qualitative Methods and Social Critique, CUNY,
May, 2009.
Tolman, D. Pleasure and late adolescent women’s sexuality: A mixed methods study. Invited
colloquium, Teacher’s College, New York, NY, May, 2008.

Tolman, D. Hooking up: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Consortium on
Contemporary Families Convention, Chicago, IL, April, 2008.
Tolman, D. “You just have to um hit the spot:” Pleasure and late adolescent women’s sexuality.
Sociology Department Graduate Colloquium, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL,
April, 2008.
Tolman, D. Sexual pleasure among late adolescent women: Using mixed methods. Social/
Personality Psychology Colloquium, CUNY Graduate Center, April, 2008.
Tolman, D. Keynote Presenter. Report on APA Task Force on Sexualization of Girls. Girls’
Initiative, Women’s Foundation of California, San Francisco, CA, November, 2007.
Tolman, D. Discussant. Fundamental issues in assessing media effects on health-related
outcomes. International Communications Association, San Francisco, CA, May, 2007.
Tolman, D. Keynote speaker and Consultant. William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Annual
Conference. Snowbird, Utah, June, 2007.
Tolman, D. Plenary speaker. Solidly edgy: Innovating sexuality research questions and
methods. The Future of Sexuality Research: Methodological to Social Policy Innovations
(University Consortium of Sexuality Research Training Inaugural Conference). The Kinsey
Institute, Bloomington, IN April, 2007
Tolman, D. Sexualization, compulsory heterosexuality and gendered violence. Youth, Gender
and Violence Exploring the Connections Symposium, Ms. Foundation for Women, New York,
NY, May, 2007.
Tolman, D. Abstinence-only and Gender: Exposing the Connection (panel). National Council
for Support of Sexuality Education (NCSSE), Washington, DC, May, 2007.
Tolman, D. Gender complementarity: A new perspective for sexuality research. Grand Rounds,
HIV Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, April, 2007.
Tolman, D. Not Only Abstinence: Not-so-hidden gender curricula in several widely-used A-O
programs." Human Rights, Cultural and Scientific Aspects of Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage
Policies and Programs: The View from the Academy. Mailman School of Public Health,
Columbia University, New York, NY, January, 2007.
Tolman, D. Female adolescents’ sexual subjectivity: Encouraging sexual well being. Grand
Rounds, Cleveland Hospital, Cleveland, OH, December, 2006.
Tolman, D. Discussant. Young women’s sexuality and public health. American Public Health
Association, Boston, MA November, 2006.

Tolman, D. Participant. Only Abstinence: Implications of abstinence only sex education for
adolescent girls. Human Rights Project, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, September,
2006.
Tolman, D. Discussant. Health disparities: Youth at risk. Roots of the Future: The Human
Rights of Children, Third Annual Human Rights Summit, San Francisco State University, May,
2006.
Tolman, D. Discussant. A multi-dimensional examination of adolescent sexual experiences and
sexual behaviors. Society for Research on Adolescence, March, 2006.
Tolman, D. Including female adolescent sexual pleasure in a public health perspective. Grand
Rounds, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, February, 2006.
Tolman, D. Pleasure as a dynamic in female adolescent sexual experience. Listening Circles,
Population Council, February, 2006.
Tolman, D. Boys want sex, girls want relationships: NOT. Eastern Region SSSS, Atlanta, GA,
November, 2005.
Tolman, D. Compulsory heterosexuality (remix): A new theoretical framework for psychosocial
research. University of Michigan Department of Psychology Luncheon Seminar, Ann Arbor, MI,
September, 2005.
Tolman, D. Whose Dilemmas of Desire?: Talking with Adolescent Girls about Sexuality.
Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy, Cambridge, MA, May, 2005.
Tolman, D. The “A” Word: Notes from the Underground of Adolescent Sexuality, Western
Region Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS), San Francisco, CA, May, 2005.
Tolman, D. Keynote, Planned Parenthood Shasta/Diablo, Concord, CA, May, 2005.
Tolman, D. Whose desire is it anyway? Adolescent girls, boys and sexuality. Association for
Women in Psychology, March, 2004.
Tolman, D. Panelist. Compulsory heterosexuality and adolescent sexuality. Planned Parenthood
Federation of America, New York, NY, February, 2004.
Tolman, D. Participant. What constitutes evidence in sexuality research? Ford Foundation
Roundtable, New York, NY, February, 2004.
Tolman, D. Report on research on female adolescent sexuality. Board of Trustees, Ford
Foundation, New York, NY, September, 2003.

Tolman, D. Discussant. Of dollars and sense: Getting funded for research on women. American
Psychological Association, Chicago, August, 2002.
Tolman, D. Discussant, Adolescent sexualities. The New Female Sexual Dysfunction:
Promises, Prescriptions and Profits. San Francisco, CA, March, 2002.
Tolman, D. Compulsory heterosexuality, gender and adolescent sexuality: Preliminary empirical
findings. Bay Area Sexuality Research Seminar, San Francisco, CA, March, 2002.
Tolman, D. Female adolescent sexuality: Empirical findings from a feminist perspective.
Human Sexuality Studies, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, March, 2002.
Tolman, D. Thoughts on a developmental approach to women’s sexuality: A feminist
perspective. Grand Rounds, New York Psychiatric Institute, Center for HIV Prevention,
Columbia University, New York, NY, February, 2002.
Tolman, D. Getting beyond “it just happened:” A developmental perspective on female
sexuality. American Psychological Association Division 35 Mid-Winter Conference, Austin, TX,
January, 2002.
Tolman, D. Interruptions in the ongoing conversation: A story about research on adolescent
sexuality. Human Sexuality Studies, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA,
December, 2001.
Tolman, D. Discussant, Empowering children for life initiative, Jean Baker Miller Training
Institute Research Network, Stone Center, Wellesley, MA, June, 2001.
Tolman, D. Discussant, Workshop on childhood sexual development. Kinsey Institute on Sex
Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN., May, 2001.
Tolman, D. Presenter, Workshop for research on media influences on adolescent sexuality.
National Institute for Child Health and Development, Bethesda, MD, December, 2000.
Tolman, D. Dilemma of desire: Listening to adolescent girls’ narratives. HIV Center for
Clinical and Behavioral Studies. New York Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, October, 2000.
Tolman, D. Participant, The future of sexuality research: A roundtable discussion. Social Science
Research Council, New York, NY, June, 2000.
Tolman, D. & Brydon-Miller, M. Interpretive and Participatory Action Research: Real life
experiences. CUNY Conference on Qualitative Methods, New York, NY, March, 2000.

Tolman, D. Sexuality in women's lives: Through the lens of adolescence. Harvard Medical
School, Annual Conference on Women, Boston, MA, May, 1999.
Tolman, D. Adolescent girls' sexual health. Planned Parenthood of New York City Conference
on Adolescent Sexual Health: New Data and Implications for Services and Programs. New York,
NY, October, 1998.
Tolman, D. Beyond pregnancy and AIDS: Sexual health for adolescent girls and boys.
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Adolescent Health and Sexuality: A National Conference,
Tuscon, AZ, October, 1998.
Tolman, D. & Porche, M. The Femininity Ideology Scale: A new instrument for gender research.
Luncheon Colloquium Series, Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College, Wellesley,
MA, March, 1997.
Tolman, D. Discussant, Cultural contexts of adolescent girls' lives. International Society for the
Study of Social Behavior, Quebec, Canada, August, 1996.
Tolman, D. Debunking "The Urban Girl: " Alternative constructions of adolescent girls'
sexuality. Luncheon Colloquium Series, Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College,
Wellesley, MA, November, 1994.
Tolman, D. Keynote address. Shifting authorities: A story about developmental psychology,
adolescent girls and female sexuality. The Fielding Institute, Banff, Canada, October, 1994.
Tolman, D. Unraveling adolescent girls' experiences of sexual desire: Qualitative and
quantitative approaches. Symposia in Social and Personality Psychology, CUNY Graduate
Center, October, 1994.
Tolman, D. Discussant, Danger, denial and desire: Women as sexual subjects and objects, The
American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA, August, 1994.
Tolman, D. Doing desire: Adolescent girls' experiences of sexual desire. Luncheon Colloquium
Series, Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, November, 1993.
Tolman, D. Discerning dilemmas of desire: Discovering a new question through
qualitative analysis. Guest lecture, "Research Methods in Community Health, " Tufts University,
Medford, MA, April, 1993.
Ward, J. & Tolman, D. It ain't necessarily so: Alternative conceptions of female adolescent
sexuality and childbearing. Paper presented at National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development, Center for Population Research Workshop, "Negotiating the Paths to Parenthood,”
Bethesda, MD, February, 1993.

Tolman, D. Hearing silence and making interruption: Developmental psychology, desire and the
voices of adolescent girls. Guest lecture, Psychology of Adolescence, Harvard Graduate School
of Education, Cambridge, MA, October, 1992.
Tolman, D. Listening for/to an erotic voice in adolescent girls' narratives of sexual desire.
Presentation to the Henry A. Murray Research Center, Cambridge, MA, September, 1992
Taylor, J. & Tolman, D. Relational contours of race and racism: Voices in research relationships
between white women and adolescent girls of color. Paper presented at The Jean Piaget Society,
Montreal, Canada, May, 1992 (in absentia).
Tolman, D. & Debold, E. Living as an image: A problem of body in female adolescence. Paper
presented at New Perspectives on Adolescent Development Conference, Harvard Graduate
School of Education, December, 1991.
Tolman, D. Research on adolescent girls' sexual desire: Psychological inquiry as political
process. Developmental Luncheon Series, Harvard Graduate School of Education, November,
1991.
Chairperson, Panel on Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting, Society for Research on Child
Development, Seattle, WA, April, 1991.
Juried Conference Papers
Tolman, D. “The teenage oral sex craze” and adolecent girls’ sexual subjectivity. American
Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August, 2009.
Tolman, D. What do boys want? Gender ideologies and sexual relationships. Society for
Research on Child Development, Chicago, IL, March, 2009.
Tolman, D. No wave for me: An analysis of third-wave feminist writing about second-wave
feminism. Association for Women in Psychology, San Diego, CA, March, 2008.
Tolman, D. APA Task Force Report on the Sexualization of Girls: Recommendations.
American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, August, 2007.
Tolman, D. Gender(ed scripts) made them do it—Safely. Society for Research on Child
Development, Boston, MA, March, 2007.
Tolman, D. Sexual objectivity: Adolescent girls’ narrations of sexual subjectivity. Association
for Women in Psychology, San Francisco, CA, February, 2007.

Young, D. & Tolman, D. Chastity Pledgers? Poster presented at Association for Women in
Psychology, San Francisco, CA, February, 2007.
Tolman, D. Framing women’s sexual agency: Whose fantasies? Society for the Scientific Study
of Sexuality, November, Las Vegas, NV, 2006.
Tolman, D., Sorsoli, L. & Schooler, D. Kiss the girls and make them die: Adolescent viewing of
sexualized violence. Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA, March, 2006.
Franges, A. & Tolman, D. Boys just want sex, but I’m the exception. Society for Research on
Adolescence, San Francisco, CA, March, 2006.
Tolman, D. & Hirschman, C. Other evidence: Qualitative research in HIV prevention policy
making. American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, December, 2005.
Tolman, D. Boys want sex, girls want relationships—NOT. Society for Scientific Study of
Sexuality, Western Region, San Francisco, CA, May, 2005.
Tolman, D. & Michael, A. Masculinity ideology in adolescent girls’ and boys’ beliefs about
heterosexuality. American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI, August, 2004.
Tolman, D. Adolescent Sexuality. Gender Development Research Conference, San Francisco,
CA, April, 2004.
Tolman, D. & Ward, M. Media representations of gender. Gender Development Research
Conference, San Francisco, CA, April, 2004.
Sorsoli, L., Tolman, D. & Everson, M. Love is in/on the air: Adolescence, sex and the media.
Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD, March, 2004.
Sorsoli, L. & Tolman, D. Cable guys and Gilmore girls: Adolescents’ sexuality and television
viewing. Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD, March, 2004.
Tolman, D. Don’t be a prude but don’t be a slut: What’s a girl to do/feel/think in the 21 st
century? Kinsey Institute Conference on Women’s Sexuality, Bloomington, IN, November,
2003.
Tolman, D. (panel organizer and presenter). Female sexual desire. International Academy of
Sex Research, Bloomington, IN, July, 2003.
Tolman, D. Beyond the prevalence paradigm: Contextualizing female adolescent heterosexual
behavior. American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August, 2003.

Tolman, D. & Michael, A. Compulsory heterosexuality and gender ideologies in adolescent
sexuality. Society for Research on Child Development, Tampa, FL, April, 2003.
Sorsoli, L., Porche, M. & Tolman, D. The one about sexual content and relational context.
Society for Research on Child Development, Tampa, FL, April, 2003.
Tolman, D. & Striepe, M. Mom, Dad, I’m straight: Impact of concerns about sexual-minority
youth on heterosexual adolescents. American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, August,
2002.
Tolman, D., Porche, M., Sorsoli, L. & Striepe, M. He left her for the alien: Girls, television and
sex. American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, August, 2002.
Tolman, D., Harmon, T. & Michael, A. Beyond the Prevalence Paradigm: Contextualizing
Female Adolescent Heterosexual Behavior. Presented at the Conference on Human
Development, Charlotte, NC, April, 2002.
Stein, N., Tolman, D., Porche, M., & Spencer, R. Gender safety: A new construct for schools.
National Coalition for Sex Equity in Education Conference, Providence, RI, September, 2001.
Tolman, D. & Spencer, R. Femininity Ideology and Adolescent Girls= Experiences with
Romantic Relationships: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches. Presented at the American
Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, CA, April, 2001.
Tolman, D., Spencer, R. & Porche, M. He’s the man!: Gender ideologies and early adolescents=
experiences with sexual harassment in school. Presented at the American Educational Research
Association, Los Angeles, CA, April, 2001.
Tolman, D., Porche, M. & Spencer, R. Boys, girls and compulsory heterosexuality: Quantitative
and qualitative perspectives. Presented at the Society for Research on Child Development,
Minneapolis, MN, April, 2001.
Tolman, D., Spencer, R.& Rosen-Reynoso, M. Narrating intimacy: Early adolescents
negotiating the cultural script of heterosexuality. Presented at the American Psychological
Association, Washington, DC, August, 2000.
Tolman, D. Heterosexual enactments: Early adolescent urban girls= experiences of romantic
relationships. Presented at the Urban Girls’ Conference, Buffalo, NY, April, 2000.
Spencer, R. & Tolman, D. That’s just the way it is: Middle school girls’ and boys’
experiences of gender equity in the classroom. Presented at the American Educational Research
Association, New Orleans, LA, April, 2000.

Porche, M. & Tolman, D. Adolescents perceptions of gender equity practices related to self
esteem. Presented at the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April,
2000.
Tolman, D. Juliet in the making?: Early adolescent girls negotiate the cultural script of
heterosexuality. Presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL, March,
2000.
Tolman, D. Understanding diminished psychological vitality in early adolescent girls: The
differential role of self censorship and self compromise. Presented at the American
Psychological Association, Boston, MA, August, 1999.
Tolman, D. Getting beyond "it just happened": Adolescent girls' discourses of desire. Presented
at the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA, August, 1999.
Tolman, D., Spencer, R. & Rosen, M. Narrating intimacy: Early adolescent girls' and boys
experiences with "hooking up." Presented at the American Educational Research Association,
Montreal, April, 1999.
Porche, M., Costello, D., & Tolman, D. It sooner than you think: A survival analysis of time to
first romantic relationship for early adolescents. Presented at the Society for Research in Child
Development Biennial Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 1999
Tolman, D. Femininity can be dangerous for your (mental) health. Presented at the American
Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, August, 1998.
Tolman, D. & Brydon-Miller, M. Transforming psychology: Interpretive and participatory
methods. Presented at the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, August,
1998.
Tolman, D. & Porche, M. Femininity ideology and adolescent girls' sexual health. Presented at
the 24th International Congress of Applied Psychology, San Francisco, CA, August, 1998.
Tolman, D. & Porche, M. Because pregnancy is not the whole story: Girls' femininity ideology
as a factor in their sexual health. Presented at the Society for Research in Adolescence, San
Diego, March, 1998.
Tolman, D. & Porche, M. Femininity Ideology as a factor in sexual health outcomes of early
adolescent girls. Presented at the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, April,
1998.

Tolman, D. & Porche, M. Reframing femininity: The development of the Femininity Ideology
Scale. Presented at the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, April, 1996.
Tolman, D. Class differences in adolescent girls' experiences of sexual desire. Presented at the
Society for Research on Adolescence, Boston, MA, March, 1996.
Tolman, D. Methods marriage: A modest proposal for a new metaphor in psychology. Accepted
for presentation at the American Psychological Association, New York, NY, August, 1995.
(Declined).
Tolman, D. Desire do's and don'ts: Adolescent girls' strategies of resistance for sexuality.
Presented at the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA, August, 1994.
Higgins, T. & Tolman, D. Disruptions by desire: Interjecting women's sexual agency into rape
law. Presented at Law and Society, Phoenix, AZ, May, 1994.
Tolman, D. Sexual desire as a strategy of empowerment for adolescent girls. Presented at the
Association for Women in Psychology, Oakland, CA, March, 1994.
Tolman, D. Defining sexual desire as a matter of women's health: A developmental perspective.
Accepted for presentation at American Psychological Association National Conference on
Women's Health, Washington, DC, 1994. (Declined).
Tolman, D. Desire dialectics. Presented as part of symposium,"Taboo topics in the education of
adolescent girls, " American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April, 1994.
Tolman, D. & Packer, M. Phenomenological and feminist research in psychology: A
methodological pas de deux (with ensemble) or Taking a whirl with methods. Presented at the
American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April, 1994.
Tolman, D. & Higgins, T. Feminism, cultural mediation and the missing discourse of desire.
Presented at the Columbia University Feminist Legal Theory Workshop, December, 1993.
Tolman, D. Speaking of desire, in the symposium. American Psychological Association, Toronto,
Canada, August, 1993.
Tolman, D. Adolescent girls' experiences of sexual desire: The cacophony of bodv and culture.
Eastern Region of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, University Park, PA, June, 1993.
Tolman, D. Adolescent girls' enperiences of sexual desire: A question of response in three case
studies. Presented at the Association for Women in Psychology, Atlanta, GA, March, 1993.

Rogers, A. & Tolman, D. Listening to voices of desire and resistance: A feminist qualitative
research method. Presented at the Association for Women in Psychology, Atlanta, GA, March,
1993.
Tolman, D. "When my body says yes": Adolescent girls' experiences of sexual desire.
Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, New Orleans, LA, March, 1993.
Tolman, D. & Debold, E. Living as an image: A problem of body in female adolescence. Paper
presented at the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, August, 1991.
Tolman, D. Listening for crises of connection: Ideas and questions about psychotherapy with
adolescent. Paper presented at the Association for Women in Psychology, Hartford, CT, March,
1991.
Debold, E. & Tolman, D. Made in whose image? Paper presented at the MS Foundation Fourth
Annual Women Managing Wealth Conference, New York, January, 1991.
Tolman, D. Just say no to what? Preliminary findings on sexual subjectivity in sexual decision
making narratives of culturally diverse female adolescents. Paper presented at the American
Orthopsychiatric Association, Miami, FL, April, 1990.
Tolman, D. Oral history with Mary Steichen Calderone: A relational process. Paper presented at
the American Educational Research Association, Boston, MA, April, 1990.
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP, TRAINING AND ACTIVITIES
Recent media coverage
Newspapers: New York Times, Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, San Jose Mercury News,
Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle,
Magazines: Time, New York Times Sunday Magazine, Self, Details, Glamour, Esquire, Redbook,
Seventeen, San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine
Television, Radio and Internet: Nightline, National Public Radio, numerous local radio stations
throughout the US, salon.com
Mentorships
Thesis advisor (Masters of Arts, Human Sexuality Studies, SFSU) 2004-present
Maryline Descaries—Discourses in Abstinence-Only Educational Curricula
Quynh Anh Nguyen—Sexual Relationships of Female Migrant Workers in Ho Chi Minh City
Lan Nguyen—Premarital Sexuality among Young Women in Ho Chi Minh City

Bonnie Zylbergold—Heteroflexibility in Television and Movies
Rebekah Skoor—Non-biological Lesbian Mothers Experience of Motherhood
Christopher Fisher—Gay Men’s Experiences of Abstinence-Only Sex Education
Ashley Franges—Adolescent Boys’ Sexual-Self Formation and Negotiation of Hegemonic
Masculinity
Ebony Smith—African-American Female Adolescent Sexual Decision-Making
Scott Herzberg—Sexuality Education for Adolescents on the Internet
Danielle Young—Pledge Breakers: Experiences of Young Women Who Took Chastity Pledges
Liz Shafer—Heterosexual Southern Women’s Perspectives on Using Sexual Items in Partnered
Sex
D. Lacy Asbill—Fat Burlesque: Analysis of the Perspectives of the Performers (second reader)
Postdoctoral Fellows
Emily Impett, PhD (UCLA, Peplau)
Deborah Schooler, PhD (UMichigan, Ward)
Janna Kim, PhD (UMichigan, Ward)
Professional trainings and public service lectures
Tolman, D. Media(ting) bodies: Deconstructing body scripts on television. Academy of the
Performing Arts High School, San Francisco, CA, April, 2007.
Tolman, D. Heterosexual scripts on primetime television: The (am I fat?) elephant in the room.
Kaiser Family Foundation Roundtable, Academy of Television and Radio, November, 2005.
Tolman, D. Supporting girls’ sexuality development in school and at home. Common Ground
Collaborative of Peninsula Schools, Palo Alto, CA, October, 2005.
Hirschman, C., Cheng, V. & Tolman, D. Community Partners and Researchers Working in
Collaboration: A Working Session. Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality, October,
2005.
Tolman, D. Just Say Plus: Sexuality Education and Election 2004. Lecture Series on Election
2004, San Francisco State University, October, 2004.
Tolman, D. Adolescent Girls’ Sexuality. Big Sister of Greater Boston, Boston, MA, May, 2003.
Tolman, D. Girls’ Sexuality and Sex Education. Girls’ Coalition of Greater Boston, Boston,
MA, January, 2003.
Tolman, D. Dilemmas of Desire. Annual Meeting of Massachusetts Council of Girl Scouts.
Danvers, MA, March, 2003

Tolman, D., Spencer, R. & Meyer, H. Workshop Presentation. The missing discourse of gender
in school safety. Seventh Annual Conference on Gender Equity for Girls and Boys: Training for
K-12 Teachers and Administrators, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, January, 2001.
Tolman, D., Chu, J. & Pleck, J. Workshop Presentation. Recent research on boys and men.
Fifth Annual Conference on Gender Equity for Girls and Boys: Training for K-12 Teachers and
Administrators, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, January, 1999.
Tolman, D. Research Roundtable. Early adolescent sexuality: Research in a school context.
Fourth Annual Conference on Gender Equity for Girls and Boys: Training for K-12 Teachers and
Administrators, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, January, 1998.
Tolman, D. & Ward, J. Workshop Presentation. Living in the bodies of adolescent girls: A
reconsideration of cultural identity and sexuality. Third Annual Conference on Gender Equity
for Girls and Boys: Training for K-12 Teachers and Administrators, Wellesley College,
Wellesley, MA, January, 1997.
Tolman, D. Keynote address. Dealing with desire: Educating adolescent girls. "Starting Early.
Massachusetts Department of Education/Centers for Disease Control AIDS Education Training
Program for School Personnel, August and September, 1996.
Tolman, D. Can I love, honor and respect my body til death do us part? Harvard Divinity
School, Cambridge, MA, April, 1996.
Tolman, D. Moderator, Sexuality and power in the classroom. Women, sexuality and violence:
Re-visioning public policy. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA., April, 1995.
Tolman, D. Host. Sex and gender. Discovering Psychology/American Psychological
Association Traveling Exhibit. Museum of Science, Boston, MA, April, 1995.
Tolman, D. Grand Rounds and Research Rounds in Adolescent Medicine, Judge Baker
Children's Center, Boston, MA, February, 1995.
Tolman, D. Dimensions of desire: Dynamics of adolescent girls' experiences of sexual desire,
Female Adolescent Development: A Summer Conference, Newton Country Day School of the
Sacred Heart, Newton, MA, July, 1994.
Tolman, D. & Stein, N . Pleasure and danger: Sexual empowerment/sexual harassment, Mothers
and Daughters Colloquium, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, May, 1994.
Tolman, D. Discussant, Sexual violence and sexual harassment, Coping with Violence in the
Schools, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, July, 1993.

Participant, NOW Legal Defense Fund Roundtable on Gender and Education, New York, NY,
June, 1991.
Community Service
Board Member, Contemporary Council on Families, 2008-present.
Board Member, National Centers for Sexuality, San Francisco State University, San Francisco,
CA, 2007-present
Invited Member, Boys’ Study Committee of the Board of Directors, Cathedral School for Boys,
San Francisco, CA, 2005-present.
Board of Overseers, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, 2001-2003.
Board Member, Teen Voices, Boston, MA, 1999-2002.
Chair, Fundraising Committee, Teen Voices, Boston, MA, 1999-2000.
Member, Education Committee, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, 1994-1997.
Behavioral Scientist, American Psychological Association AIDS Resource Network, 1995-
present.
Editorial and Review Appointments
Editorial Appointments
Associate Editor, Psychology of Men and Masculinities, 2008-present
Editorial Board (founding), International Journal of Sexual Health, 2006-present.
Editorial Board (founding), Journal of Mixed Methodologies, 2005-present.
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Social Issues, 2004-2007.
Editorial Board, Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 2003-present.
Associate Editor, Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2001-2004.
Editorial Board, Qualitative Research in Psychology, 2003-present
Editorial Board, Journal of Adolescent Research, 2004-present
Consulting Editor, Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1998-2005
Journal and University Press Reviewer Journal of Research on Adolescence, Developmental
Psychology, Gender & Society, Sex Roles, Feminism & Psychology, International Journal of
Critical Psychology, Women & Health, Sexual Health, Meridians: Feminism, Race,
Transnationalism, Men and Masculinities, Journal of Sex Research, Archives of Pediatrics and
Adolescent Medicine, Journal of Adolescent Health, New York University Press, Taylor &
Francis, Harvard University Press
Juried Conference and External Grant Funding Reviewer: American Psychological Association
(SWP), Society for Research in Child Development (Gender and Ethnicity Panel), Society for
Research in Adolescence (Sexuality and Romantic Relationships Panel; Alternate Chair
(2007-2887)). Special Section, National Institute of Child Health and Development: December,
2003; November, 2005. City University of New York Foundation, Health, Behavior and Context

Subcommittee (ZHD1 DSR-M (HB)) National Institute of Child Health and Development, 2006-
present.
Membership in Professional Associations
American Psychological Association
Division 35, American Psychological Association (Society of the Psychology of Women)
Division 9, American Psychological Association (Society for the Psychological Study of Social
Issues)
Society for Research on Adolescence
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
International Academy of Sex Research
American Public Health Association
Professional Board and Task Force Memberships
APA Task Force on the Sexualization and Objectification of Girls, appointed member,
2005-2007.
Institutional Review Board member, ETR Associates, Scott Valley, CA, 2003-2008.
Co-chair, Society for the Psychology of Women Task Force on Funding Opportunities for
Research on Women, 2000-2003.
Advisory Board Member, University Consortium on Sexuality Research and Training (UCSRT),
2006-present.
National Advisory Board Member, New Moon Magazine (by and for girls), 2007-present.
National Advisory Board Member, Hearty Girls, Healthy Women (nonprofit organization
producing and implementing programming to support girls and women’s mental and physical
health).
Board Member, Teen Voices/Women’s Express, Boston, MA, 2001-2003.
Advisory Board Member, Girls’ Initiative, The Women’s Foundation, San Francisco, CA,
2007-2009.