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THE PEOPLE

.	Dr. Emilio Ulloa. Ph.D. Faculty Lab Mentor and Coordinator Research Interests: Dating violence prevention, curriculum assessment, and undergraduate success. Projects: Research aimed at curriculum assessment, tracking student success, identifying barriers to success, and program evaluation. Research aimed at identifying predictors of college student dating violence toward the implementation and evaluation of a prevention program.
	Brandon Roberts Year: Junior Research Interests: I/O psychology Projects: Class Analysis of Dating Violence Perpetrators. Long term goals: I/O psychology
	Jennifer Filson - Research Supervisor Year: 2nd year Graduate Student Research Interests: Aggression and violence, attitude formation and change, inter-group dynamics, and quantitative psychology. Projects: The role of powerlessness in violent relationships. How parental style impacts aggressive behavior and drug/alcohol abuse. Long term goals: Obtain my PhD and become either a faculty member or a policy maker.
	Gretchen Kelmer - Research Supervisor Year: 2nd year Graduate Student Research Interests: Family Relationships, Romantic/Marital Relationships, Intimate Partner Abuse, Family and Couples Therapy Process and Outcomes. Projects: Using Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) techniques to predict mental health outcomes of women in romantic relationships; Examining peer norms regarding intimate partner violence among young people; Determining the influence of gender attitudes on dating behavior; Psychometric evaluation of the Brief COPE measure. Long term goals: Obtain my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and pursue a career in psychological research.
	Cristin Runfola Year: Senior Research Interests: Women's Issues. Dating violence among women and the assessment the effectiveness of therapuetic approaches used to treat eating disordered patients. Projects: Exploring the thoughts women have in psychologically abusive relationships. In the future to explore the possible relationship between dating violence, eating disorders and body dissatisfaction. Long term goals: To obatin my Ph.D in Clinical Psychology and work in the field of eating disorders as a researcher and clinician.
a	Christina Buelna Year: Senior Research Interests: Interpersonal relationships, gender issues, and prevention of negative health outcomes. Projects: How sexual relationship power may mediate the relationship between dating violence and sexually transmitted diseases. Long term goals: I want to receive a Ph.D. in Social Psychology or in Public Health. I want to work in an academic setting as a professor and researcher.
	Ryan Cabuto Year: Senior Research Interests: I/O Psy. and School Psy. Psychological abuse and causal factors. Long term goals: Masters program in school psy. or I/O
	Maria Ugalde Year: Undergraduate Research Interests: Women's studies Projects: Exploring the thoughts women have in psychologically abusive relationships. Long term goals: I want to get my master's then go into a PhD program. I want to stay involved in research.
	Yaise Martinez Year: Senior Projects: Exploring the thoughts women have in psychologically abusive relationships. Research Interests: Dating violence in adolescent relationships. Women as perpetrators of psychological abuse.
.	Windy Fraser Year: Junior/Senior Research Interests: Attachment style and dating violence. Projects: Exploring the thoughts women have in psychologically abusive relationships. Long term goals: Earn an MA in Industrial Organizational Psychology.
	David Bloch Year: Junior Research Interests: Fraternities, Ethnicity, and Gender attitudes, the MMPI-2, and Attitude. formation Projects: Applying the MMPI-2 to Latino Psychiatric patients. Long term goals: My long term goal is to get a PhD. In Clinical or Counseling.
.	Jorge Urbina Year: Senior Research Interests: Substance abuse and violence. Projects: Class Analysis of Dating Violence Perpetrators. Long term goals: My long-term goals are to become a clinical psychologist working in the academia as a researcher and professor, and providing clinical services in the community.
	Michael Porrazzo Year: Junior Research Interests: Participation in greek life and its affect on dating violence Long term goals: Earn a Ph. D in I/O and consult for major corporations in San Diego.
	a Kori Kallison Year: Undergraduate Team Member

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Dating Bill of Rights

I have a right to:

1. Ask for a date
2. Refuse a date
3. Suggest activities
4. Refuse any activities, even if my date is excited about them
5. Have my own feelings and be able to express them
6. Say, "I think my friend is wrong and his actions are inappropriate"
7. Tell someone not to interrupt me
8. Have my limits and values respected
9. Tell my partner when I need affection
10. Refuse affection
11. Be heard
12. Refuse to lend money
13. Refuse sex any time, for any reason
14. Have friends and space aside from my partner

I have the responsibility to:

1. Determine my limits and values
2. Respect the limits of others
3. Communicate clearly and honestly
4. Not violate the limits of others
5. Ask for help when I need it
6. Be considerate
7. Check my actions and decisions to determine whether they are good or bad for me
8. Set high goals for myself

From the Domestic Violence Advocacy Program of Family Resources, Inc.

Created by the Dating Violence Prevention Lab Team
at San Diego State University