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Rita M.
Melendez, Ph.D.
Research Projects:
Rita Melendez
is currently working
on several research projects: an examination of Latino
adolescents and safer sex, gay and bisexual Latino men and their gender expression, and an examination of
transgender HIV safety issues.
Dr.
Melendez is beginning to work on a new project examining African
American churches and women's HIV safety.
Publications:
Pinto, R.M., Melendez, R.M., Spector, A. (In Press).
Male-to-female transgender individuals building social support
and capital from within a gender-focused network. The Journal
of Gay and Lesbian Social Services: Policy and practice, 20.
Melendez, R.M. and Pinto, R.M. (2007). ‘It’s really a hard
life:’ Safety, gender and HIV risk among male-to-female
transgender persons. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 9,
3:233-245.
Sandfort, T.M., Melendez, R.M.,
Díaz, R. (2007). Gender noncomformity, Homophobia, and Mental
Health in Latino Gay Men. Journal of Sex Research, 44,
2:181-189.
Melendez,
R.M. (2007). No place to call home: Transgender persons,
discrimination and HIV. In Howe, C. and Herdt, G. (eds.) 21st
Century Sexualities: Contemporary Issues in Health, Education
and Rights. New York: Routeledge Press.
Whittier, D.K. and Melendez,
R.M. (2007). Sexual Scripting and self-process:
Intersubjectivity among gay men. In Kimmel, M. (ed.) The
sexual self: The construction of sexual scripts. Nashville,
TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 191 -210.
Melendez, R.M., Bonem, L.A.
and Sembler, R. (2006). On Research and Bodies: Issues in
transgender HIV research. Sexual Research and Social
Policy, 3, 4: 21-38.
Melendez, R.M., Exner, T.E.,
Ehrhardt, A.A., Dodge, B., Remien, R.H., Rotheram-Borus, M.J.,
Lightfoot, M., Hong, D. and the NIMH Healthy Living Project
Team. (2006). Health and Health Care Among Male-to-Female
Transgender Persons Who Are HIV Positive, American Journal of
Public Health, 96, 6:1034-7.
Melendez,
R.M. and Tolman D.L. (2006). Gender, Vulnerability and Young
People. In Mane, P. and Aggleton, P. (eds.) Sex, Drugs and
Young People. London: Taylor and Francis, 29-47.
Dworkin,
S.L, Exner,T.E., Melendez, R., Hoffman, S. & Ehrhardt, A.A.
(2006). Revisiting "Success": Post-Trial Qualitative Results
From a Gender-Specific HIV Intervention for Women. AIDS &
Behavior,
26:1-11.
Heintz, A.J. and Melendez,
R.M. (2006). Intimate Partner Violence and HIV/STD Risk among
LGBT. Journal of Interpersonal Violence,
21, 2:193-208.
Whittier,
D.K. and Melendez, R.M. (2004). Intersubjectivity in the
Intrapsychic Sexual Scripting of Gay Men. Culture, Health and
Sexuality,
6, 2:131-143.
Melendez,
R.M., Hoffman,S., Exner, T., Leu,C.-S. and Ehrhardt, A.A..
(2003). Intimate Partner Violence and Safer Sex Negotiation:
Effects of a Gender-Specific Intervention. Archives of Sexual
Behavior, 32: 499-511.
Hirky, A.E.,
Kirshenbaum, S.B., Melendez, R.M., Rollet, C., Perkins, S.L.,
and Smith, R.A. (2003). The Female Condom: Attitudes and
Experiences of HIV-Positive Women. Women and Health, 37:
71-89.
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