Dr Laurie James-Hawkins
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Email
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Location
5.407, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Academic Support Hours held on Zoom by appointment. Generally an appointment can be made within 24 to 48 hours.
Profile
Biography
Deputy Director, Centre for Intimate and Sexual Citizenship Final Year Project Coodinator Blended Learning Coodinator Health and Gender Sociologist with an interest in social psychology, social norms, and reproductive health. Laurie joined the sociology department at the University Essex in Fall of 2017. She completed her PhD in Sociology with a concentration in Health and Society at the University of Colorado Boulder, and was a post-doctoral fellow in Gender, Family, and Global Health in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.
Qualifications
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BA Psychology, Mills College (1995)
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MA Social Psychology (Psychology), (2004)
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PhD Sociology: Health and Society (2015)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Social Psychology
Medical Sociology
Reproductive Health
Women's Health
Marriage and Family
Social Norms
Men and Masculinity
Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods
Current research
Laurie studies gender and contraceptive use among emerging adults, as well as gender and health in Islamic countries.
More broadly, Laurie is interested in the social psychology of women's health and reproductive health, human sexuality, gender dynamics, men and masculinity, and both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Laurie is open to supervising PhD students in areas related to her listed research interests.
Conferences and presentations
James-Hawkins, Laurie, Yara Qutteina, and Kathryn Yount. The Patriarchal Bargain in a Context of Rapid Changes to Normative Gender Roles: Young Arab Womens Role Conflict in Qatar. Population Association of America, Chicago, April 2017.
Chicago, United States, 2017
James-Hawkins, Laurie, and Stefanie Mollborn. Timing or Intention? Understanding the Relationship Between Early Unintended Birth and Subsequent Symptoms of Depression. Population Association of America, Chicago, April 2017.
Chicago, United States, 2017
James-Hawkins, Laurie, Yara Qutteina, and Kathryn Yount. The Patriarchal Bargain in a Context of Rapid Changes to Normative Gender Roles: Young Arab Womens Role Conflict in Qatar. Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University, February, 2017.
Doha, Qatar, 2017
James-Hawkins, Laurie. Sexuality and Contraceptive Use in the Transition to Adulthood: Norms, Behaviors, and Strategies. Sociology Department, Emory University, March, 2016.
Atlanta, United States, 2016
Qutteina, Yara, Laurie James-Hawkins, Buttheina Al-Khelaifi, and Kathryn M. Yount. Meanings of Womens Agency: Improving Measurement in Context. The Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference 2016 (ARC 16), Session: Social sciences, arts and humanities, Doha, Qatar, March 2016.
Doha, Qatar, 2016
James-Hawkins, Laurie. Adolescent Norms and College Experiences: The Longitudinal Effect of Social Norms. Population Association of America, Washington DC, March 2016
Washington D.C., United States, 2016
James-Hawkins, Laurie, Courtney Peters, Monique Hennink, and Kathryn Yount. A Cultural Narrative of Intimate Partner Violence: Masculinity and Violence in Vietnam. Washington DC, Population Association of America, March 2016
Washington D.C., United States, 2016
Kathryn Nowotny, Alice Cepeda, Laurie James-Hawkins, and Jason Boardman. Aging Behind Bars. Population Association of America, San Diego, CA, April-May 2015.
San Diego, United States, 2015
James-Hawkins, Laurie. Sexuality and Contraceptive Use in the Transition to Adulthood: Norms, Behaviors, and Strategies. Psychosocial Workshop, San Diego, CA, April 2015
San Diego, United States, 2015
James-Hawkins, Laurie. Becoming Adults, Becoming Women: Gender Role and Contraceptive Risk-Taking in the Hookup Culture. Psychosocial Workshop, San Diego, CA, April 2015
San Diego, United States, 2015
James-Hawkins, Laurie. Sexuality and Contraceptive Use in the Transition to Adulthood: Norms, Behaviors, and Strategies. Southwestern Social Science Association, Denver, CO, April 2015.
Denver, United States, 2015
James-Hawkins, Laurie. Medical Interaction and Poverty Stereotypes: Do stereotypes of poor women present a barrier to successful reproductive health services? American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 2014.
San Francisco, United States, 2014
James-Hawkins, Laurie. Roundtable Presider. American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 2014.
San Francisco, United States, 2014
James-Hawkins, Laurie, Danielle Denardo, Casey Blalock, and Stefanie Mollborn. Do depressive symptoms in male and female adolescents predict unintended birth in emerging adulthood? A longitudinal analysis. Add Health Users Conference, Washington, DC, June 2014.
Washington D.C., United States, 2014
Mollborn, Stefanie, Elizabeth Lawrence, Laurie James-Hawkins, and Paula Fomby. When do Socioeconomic Resources Matter Most in Early Childhood? Population Association of America, Boston, MA, May 2014.
Boston, United States, 2014
James-Hawkins, Laurie. 2014. Cultural Health Capital and the Contraceptive Medical Encounter. Population Association of America, Boston, MA, May 2014.
Boston, United States, 2014
James-Hawkins, Laurie, Danielle Denardo, Stefanie Mollborn, and Casey Blalock. Do depressive symptoms in male and female adolescents predict unintended birth in emerging adulthood? A longitudinal analysis. Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA, April 2013.
New Orleans, United States, 2013
Mollborn, Stefanie, Laurie James-Hawkins, Elizabeth Lawrence, and Paula Fomby. The Formation and Consequences of Childrens Health Lifestyles. Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA, April 2013.
New Orleans, United States, 2013
Mollborn, Stefanie, Elizabeth Lawrence, Laurie James-Hawkins, and Paula Fomby. How Resource Dynamics Explain Accumulating Developmental Disparities for Teen Parents Children. Population Association of America, New Orleans, April 2013.
New Orleans, United States, 2013
James-Hawkins, Laurie, and Christie Sennott. 2012. Doing it Right: Childbearing Norms among Low-Income Women over the Life Course. Society for the Study of Social Problems, New Orleans, LA, August 2013.
New Orleans, United States, 2012
James-Hawkins, Laurie, and Christie Sennott. Doing it Right: Childbearing Norms among Low-Income Women over the Life Course. American Sociological Association, Denver, CO, August 2012.
Denver, United States, 2012
James-Hawkins, Laurie. Roundtable Presider. Society for the Study of Social Problems, Denver, CO, August 2012.
Denver, United States, 2012
James-Hawkins, Laurie, and Christie Sennott. 2012. Doing it Right: Childbearing Norms among Low-Income Women over the Life Course. Population Association of America, San Francisco, CA, May 2012.
San Francisco, United States, 2012
James-Hawkins, Laurie, Charles Judd, Vincent Yzerbyt, and Yoshi Kashima. Fundamental Dimensions of Social Judgment: Understanding the relations between judgments of competence and warmth. Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, Texas, 2004.
Austin, United States, 2004
Teaching and supervision
Current supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 13/5/2022
Publications
Journal articles (35)
James-Hawkins, L. and Jozkowski, K., (2023). “I just wasn’t thinking”: Strategic Ambiguity and women’s accounts of unprotected sex. Journal of Sex Research, 1-14
Dorrance Hall, E., Sharabi, LL., James-Hawkins, L., Croft, A., Alexopoulos, C., Roache, DJ., Lamarche, V., Uhlich, M. and Timmermans, E., (2023). Needing Space During Lockdown: A Longitudinal Test of Relational Turbulence Theory in the Context of Conversations About Physical and Emotional Space During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Communication Research. 50 (8), 943-964
Laughlin, E., Pettitt, M., Lamarche, VM. and James-Hawkins, L., (2023). Just one shot? The contextual effects of matched and unmatched intoxication on perceptions of consent in ambiguous alcohol-fueled sexual encounters. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 38 (21-22), 11445-11474
Lamarche, V. and James-Hawkins, L., (2022). It Happened to a Friend of Mine: The Influence of Perspective-Taking on the Acknowledgement of Sexual Assault Following Ambiguous Sexual Encounters. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 37 (9-10), NP7343-NP7368
Sennott, C. and James-Hawkins, L., (2022). Norms, Trust, and Backup Plans: U.S. College Women's Use of Withdrawal with Casual and Committed Romantic Partners.. Journal of Sex Research. 59 (9), 1140-1152
James-Hawkins, L., Hennink, M., Bangcaya, M. and Yount, K., (2021). Vietnamese Men’s Definitions of Intimate Partner Violence and Perceptions of Women’s Recourse-Seeking. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 36 (13-14), 5969-5990
James-Hawkins, L., Al-Attar, G. and Yount, K., (2021). Young Adult Women’s Aspirations for Education and Career in Qatar: Active Resistance to Gendered Power. Sex Roles: a journal of research. 85 (5-6), 271-286
Alexopoulos, C., Timmermans, E., Sharabi, LL., Roaché, DJ., Croft, A., Dorrance Hall, E., James-Hawkins, L., Lamarche, V. and Uhlich, M., (2021). Settling down without settling: Perceived changes in partner preferences in response to COVID-19 concern. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 38 (6), 1901-1919
Hannan, A., Heckert, J., James-Hawkins, L. and Yount, KM., (2020). Cognitive interviewing to improve women's empowerment questions in surveys: Application to the health and nutrition and intrahousehold relationships modules for the project-level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 16 (1), e12871-
Yount, KM., James-Hawkins, L. and Abdul Rahim, HF., (2020). The Reproductive Agency Scale (RAS-17): development and validation in a cross-sectional study of pregnant Qatari and non-Qatari Arab Women.. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 20 (1), 503-
James-Hawkins, L., Naved, RT., Cheong, YF. and Yount, KM., (2019). Multilevel Influences on Depressive Symptoms among Men in Bangladesh. Psychology of Men and Masculinity. 20 (1), 104-114
James-Hawkins, L., Salazar, K., Hennink, MM., Ha, VS. and Yount, KM., (2019). Norms of Masculinity and the Cultural Narrative of Intimate Partner Violence Among Men in Vietnam. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 34 (21-22), 4421-4442
James-Hawkins, L., Shaltout, E., Nur, A., Nasrallah, C., Qutteina, Y., Abdul Rahim, H., Hennink, M. and Yount, K., (2019). Human and Economic Resources for Empowerment and Prenatal Mental Health in the Arab Middle East: A systematic review. Archives of Women's Mental Health. 22 (1), 1-14
James-Hawkins, L., Dalessandro, C. and Sennott, C., (2019). Conflicting Contraceptive Norms for Men: Equal Responsibility versus Women’s Bodily Autonomy. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 21 (3), 263-277
James-Hawkins, L., (2019). Adolescent Sexual Norms and College Sexual Experiences: Do High School Norms Influence College Behavior?. Advances in Life Course Research. 39, 61-76
Dalessandro, C., James-Hawkins, L. and Sennott, C., (2019). Strategic Silence: College Men and Hegemonic Masculinity in Contraceptive Decision Making. Gender and Society. 33 (5), 772-794
Semenza, DC., Roof, KA., James‐Hawkins, L., Cheong, YF., Naved, RT. and Yount, KM., (2019). Gender‐Equitable Parental Decision Making and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration in Bangladesh. Journal of Marriage and Family. 81 (4), 920-935
Qutteina, Y., James-Hawkins, L., Al-Khelaifi, B. and Yount, KM., (2019). Meanings of Women’s Agency: A Case Study from Qatar on Improving Measurement in Context. Journal of Arabian Studies. 9 (1), 33-51
Roof, K., James-Hawkins, L., Rahim, HFA. and Yount, KM., (2019). Validation of Three Mental Health Scales among Pregnant Women in Qatar. Reproductive Health. 16 (1), 149-
James-Hawkins, L., Cheong, YF., Naved, RT. and Yount, KM., (2018). Gender Norms, Violence in Childhood, and Men’s Coercive Control in Marriage: A Multilevel Analysis of Young Men in Bangladesh. Psychology of Violence. 8 (5), 580-595
Qutteina, Y., Nasrallah, C., James-Hawkins, L., Nur, AA., Yount, KM., Hennink, M. and Abdul Rahim, HF., (2018). Social resources and Arab women’s perinatal mental health: A systematic review. Women and Birth. 31 (5), 386-397
James-Hawkins, L., Peters, C., VanderEnde, K., Bardin, L. and Yount, KM., (2018). Women’s agency and its relationship to current contraceptive use in lower- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of the literature. Global Public Health. 13 (7), 843-858
Yount, KM., James-Hawkins, L., Cheong, YF. and Naved, RT., (2018). Men’s Perpetration of Partner Violence in Bangladesh: Community Gender Norms and Violence in Childhood.. Psychology of Men and Masculinity. 19 (1), 117-130
James-Hawkins, L., Qutteina, Y. and Yount, KM., (2017). The Patriarchal Bargain in a Context of Rapid Changes to Normative Gender Roles: Young Arab Women’s Role Conflict in Qatar. Sex Roles. 77 (3-4), 155-168
Nowotny, KM., Cepeda, A., James-Hawkins, L. and Boardman, JD., (2016). Growing Old behind Bars: Health Profiles of the Older Male Inmate Population in the United States. Journal of Aging and Health. 28 (6), 935-956
DuBow, WM. and James-Hawkins, L., (2016). What Influences Female Interest and Persistence in Computing?: Preliminary Findings from a Multiyear Study. Computing in Science and Engineering. 18 (2), 58-67
James-Hawkins, L. and Broaddus, M., (2016). The association of attitudes about contraceptives with contraceptive use in a random sample of Colorado women. The Social Science Journal. 53 (2), 167-173
Fomby, P., James-Hawkins, L. and Mollborn, S., (2015). Family Resources in Two Generations and School Readiness Among Children of Teen Parents. Population Research and Policy Review. 34 (5), 733-759
James-Hawkins, L. and Sennott, C., (2015). Low-Income Women’s Navigation of Childbearing Norms Throughout the Reproductive Life Course. Qualitative Health Research. 25 (1), 62-75
James-Hawkins, L., (2015). Why Female College Students Risk Pregnancy: I Just Wasn't Thinking. Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health. 60 (2), 169-174
James-Hawkins, L., Denardo, D., Blalock, C. and Mollborn, S., (2014). Do Depressive Symptoms in Male and Female Adolescents Predict Unintended Births in Emerging Adulthood?. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 18 (9), 2115-2123
Mollborn, S., James-Hawkins, L., Lawrence, E. and Fomby, P., (2014). Health Lifestyles in Early Childhood. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 55 (4), 386-402
Mollborn, S., Lawrence, E., James-Hawkins, L. and Fomby, P., (2014). How Resource Dynamics Explain Accumulating Developmental and Health Disparities for Teen Parents’ Children. Demography. 51 (4), 1199-1224
Mollborn, S., Lawrence, E., James-Hawkins, L. and Fomby, P., (2014). When do socioeconomic resources matter most in early childhood?. Advances in Life Course Research. 20, 56-69
Judd, CM., James-Hawkins, L., Yzerbyt, V. and Kashima, Y., (2005). Fundamental dimensions of social judgment: Understanding the relations between judgments of competence and warmth.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 89 (6), 899-913
Books (3)
Ryan-Flood, R., Crowhurst, I. and James-Hawkins, L., (2023). Difficult Conversations A Feminist Dialogue. Routledge. 0367542609. 9781003088417
James-Hawkins, L. and Ryan-Flood, R., (2023). Consent. Routledge. 1003805108. 9781032415758
James-Hawkins, L. and Ryan-Flood, R., (2023). Introduction. Routledge. 9781032415758
Book chapters (3)
Ryan-Flood, R., Crowhurst, I. and James-Hawkins, L., Difficult Conversations: Introduction. In: Difficult Conversations: Feminist Dialogues. Editors: Ryan-Flood, R., Crowhurst, I. and James-Hawkins, L., . Routledge
James-Hawkins, L., Researching Sex: Consent, Assault, Taboos, and Revealing the Intimate. In: Difficult Conversations: A feminist dialogue. Editors: Ryan-Flood, R., Crowhurst, I. and James-Hawkins, L.,
James-Hawkins, L. and Lamarche, VM., (2023). Two Wrongs Make It Right. In: Consent. Routledge. 105- 117. 9781032415758
Conferences (1)
DuBow, WM. and James-Hawkins, L., (2015). What influences female interest and persistence in computing? Preliminary findings from a multi-year study
Reports and Papers (1)
Booker, C., James-Hawkins, L., Kennedy, E. and Kelly, Y., Mental Health, Wellbeing and Technology Use Amongst UK Adolescents: An Exploration of Understanding Society: The UK Household Longitudinal Study
Grants and funding
2022
ECC Women's Safety Evaluation: Firebreak programme
Essex County Council
2018
Commercial Economic and social Impact Assessment and Analysis - Analysis of national LGBT Survey
Government Equalities Office
Contact
Academic support hours:
Academic Support Hours held on Zoom by appointment. Generally an appointment can be made within 24 to 48 hours.
