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Home | Faculty | Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz Elizabeth Behm-MorawitzElizabeth (Lissa) Behm-Morawitz earned her B.A. and Ph.D. in Communication at the University of Arizona and her M.A. in Communication from the University of Southern California. Dr. Behm-Morawitz's research focuses on media communication in relation to gender, race, and sexuality. Her current work examines the effects of gender and racial/ethnic representations in video games, avatar identity and communication in virtual worlds, and virtual stereotyping. She is also interested in the potential for virtual communities to produce prosocial outcomes, such as increasing tolerance and positive attitudes toward minority groups and women, and improving individuals' feelings about the self and social groups to which they belong. Her research has been published in top journals such as Human Communication Research , Media Psychology , and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly . She is also a co-editor and author of Bitten by Twilight: Media, Youth Culture, & the Vampire Franchise , published by Peter Lang in 2010. Dr. Behm-Morawitz was recently recognized by the University of Missouri for her excellence in teaching with technologies, and, as a doctoral student, she was honored with a dissertation award from the University of Arizona College of Social & Behavioral Sciences as well as given the top graduate student award from the Department of Communication. Recently, her research has been funded by the University of Missouri Research Council and Research Board, and she has submitted her research for consideration for funding at the National Institutes of Health. She has served as a reviewer for leading journals such as Sex Roles , New Media & Society , Human Communication Research , Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media , and Mass Communication & Society , and serves on the Editorial Board of Communication Studies . Frequently Taught Courses Research Interests Selected Publications Behm-Morawitz, E., & Pennell, H. (in press). The effects of superhero sagas on our gendered selves. In R. Rosenberg (Ed.), Our Superheroes, Ourselves. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Behm-Morawitz, E., & Ta, D. (in press). Racial and ethnic stereotyping. In G. Brewer (Ed.), Media Psychology. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. Aubrey, J. S. , Behm-Morawitz, E ., & Click, M. A. (2010). The romanticization of abstinence: Fan response to sexual restraint in the Twilight series. Transformative Works and Cultures, 5 . doi:10.3983/twc.2010.0216. http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/216/184 Behm-Morawitz, E. Click, M., & Aubrey, J. S. (2010). Relating to Twilight: Fans' responses to love and romance in the vampire franchise. In M. Click, J. S. Aubrey, & Behm-Morawitz, E. (Eds.), Bitten by Twilight: Youth Culture, Media, and the Vampire Franchise. New York, NY: Peter Lang. Click, M., Aubrey, J. S., & Behm-Morawitz, E. (2010). Bitten by Twilight: Youth culture, media, and the vampire franchise. New York, NY: Peter Lang. Behm-Morawitz, E. , & Mastro, D. (2009). The Effects of the Sexualization of Female Video Game Characters on Gender Stereotyping and Female Self-Concept. Sex Roles, 61, 808-823. doi:10.1007/s11199-009-9683-8 Mastro, D., Lapinski, M., Kopacz, M. A., & Behm-Morawitz, E. (2009). The Influence of Exposure to Depictions of Race and Crime in TV News on Viewer's Social Judgments. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media , 53 , 615-635. doi:10.1080/08838150903310534 Behm-Morawitz, E ., & Mastro, D. (2008). Mean girls?: The influence of gender portrayals in teen movies on emerging adults' gender-based attitudes and beliefs. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 85, 31-46. Mastro, D. E., Behm-Morawitz , E., & Kopacz, M. A. (2008). Exposure to television portrayals of Latinos: The implications of aversive racism and social identity theory. Human Communication Research, 34 , 1-27. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.2007.00311.x |
 Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz Assistant Professor education: PhD, University of Arizona (2007) |
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