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Charlotte J. Patterson

Charlotte J. Patterson (B.A. Pomona College; Ph.D. Stanford University) is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and in the Center for Children, Families, and the Law, and is Director of the interdisciplinary program Studies in Women and Gender (SWAG) at the University of Virginia. She is also a faculty member and research scientist at the Fenway Institute's Center for Population Research in LGBT Health in Boston. Her research focuses on the psychology of sexual orientation, with an emphasis on sexual orientation, human development, and family lives. In the context of her research, Patterson has worked with children, adolescents, couples, and families; she is best known for her studies of child development in the context of lesbian- and gay-parented families. The author or editor of four books and many articles, she has won a number of awards, including the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy. She recently served as a member of the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Issues and Research Gaps convened by the U.S. Institute of Medicine; their report, entitled The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding, was released in March, 2011. She is currently editing a Handbook of Psychology and Sexual Orientation that is slated for publication by Oxford University Press in 2012.

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Address:
Studies in Women and Gender
227A, P.O. Box 400172
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
cjp@virginia.edu
(434) 982-2962

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