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  • Lisa Rubin

    Associate Professor of Psychology (Clinical)

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    rubinl@newschool.edu

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    A - 66 West 12th Street

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    Lisa Rubin

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    Lisa Rubin is an Associate Professor of Psychology at The New School for Social Research and Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs.


    Degrees Held

    PhD 2005, Arizona State University


    Recent Publications

    Recent and Selected Publications: 

    *student authors

    *Pavlenko, T., *Nathan, L., *Yom, E., *Stachnik, A., Yarrow, A., & Rubin, L. (2024). Unmet expectations, unmet needs, and uncertainty–A qualitative survey study of women who described giving birth as traumatic. International Perspectives in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000102

    *Kocas, H. D., Rubin, L. R., & Lobel, M. (2023). Stigma and mental health in endometriosis. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 19, 100228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurox.2023.100228

    *Hooberman, L., *Howell, F. M., *Keegan, R., & Rubin, L. R. (2023). “Not that it makes you less of a mother, but…”: Navigating discourses of responsible motherhood in the context of VBAC. Feminism & Psychology, 33(4), 569-588. https://doi.org/10.1177/09593535231181243

    *Winslow, A., *Hooberman, L., & Rubin, L.R. (2023) . Werewolves & Two-headed Monsters:  An Exploration of PMDD Sufferers’ Coping, Sharing, & Processing of Premenstrual Distress on an Anonymous Internet Message Board. Women’s Reproductive Health, 10, 420-435.

    *Hacker, K. S., *Garzon, M. G., Shuman, S., Shenko, C., & Rubin, L. R. (2022). “I’m Getting Violated… for My Health”: Experiences of Pelvic Exams among Women with Low Incomes. Women's Reproductive Health, 9 (3), 161-182. 

    Farvid, P., Vance, T. A., *Klein, S. L., Nikiforova, Y., Rubin, L. R., & *Lopez, F. G. (2021). The health and wellbeing of transgender and gender non‐conforming people of colour in the United States: A systematic literature search and review. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 31(6), 703-731. 

    Pastore, L. M., Cordeiro Mitchell, C. N., Rubin, L. R., Nicoloro-Santa Barbara, J., *Genoff Garzon, M. C., & Lobel, M. (2019). Patients’ preimplantation genetic testing decision-making experience: an opinion on related psychological frameworks. Human reproduction Open, 2019(4) 

    Panjwani, A. A., Marín-Chollom, A. M., Pervil, I. Z., Erblich, J., Rubin, L. R., Schuster, M. W., & Revenson, T. A. (2018). Illness Uncertainties Tied to Developmental Tasks Among Young Adult Survivors of Hematologic Cancers. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 

    de Melo-Martín, I., Rubin, L. R., & Cholst, I. N. (2018). “I want us to be a normal family”: Toward an understanding of the functions of anonymity among US oocyte donors and recipients. American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB): Empirical Bioethics, 9, 235-351. 

    Rubin, L.R., de Melo-Martin, I., Rosenwaks, Z., Cholst, I.N. (2015). Once you're choosing, nobody's perfect: is more information necessarily better in oocyte donor selection? Reproductive Biomedicine Online 30, 3, 311-318

    Rubin, L.R., Chavez, J., Alderman, A., Pusic, A.L. (2013). "Use what God has given me": Difference and disparity in breast reconstruction. Psychology & Health 28, 10, 1099-1120.

    Rubin, L.R., & *Phillips, A. (2012). Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Matters of Reproductive Justice. In J. Chrisler (Ed.). Reproductive Justice: A Global Concern. Santa Barbara: Praeger

    Hoyt, M.A., Rubin, L.R., Nemeroff, C., Lee, J., Huebner, D., Proescholdbell, R. (2011). HIV/AIDS-Related Institutional Mistrust among Multi-Ethnic Men Who Have Sex with Men: Effects on HIV Testing and Risk Behaviors. Health Psychology. doi: 10.1037/a0025953

    Rubin, L.R. & Steinberg, J.R. (2011). Self-Objectification and Pregnancy: Are Body Functionality Dimensions Protective? Sex Roles, 65, 606-618. DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-9955-y

    Rubin, L. & Tanenbaum, M.* (2011). “Does That Make Me A Woman?”: Breast Cancer, Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Decisions Among Sexual Minority Women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 35,401-414. DOI: 10.1177/0361684310395606

    Reading, R.*, Rubin, L.R. (2011). Healing, Advocacy, and Empowerment: Group Therapy for LGBT Asylum-seekers. Traumatology, 17, 86-98. DOI: 10.1177/1534765610395622

    *Fuller, C., Chang, D., & Rubin, L. (2009). Sliding Under the Radar: Passing and Power amongst Sexual Minorities. Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, 3(2), 128-151.

    Rubin, L.R., Nemeroff, C.J., Russo, N.F. (2004). Exploring feminist women’s body consciousness. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 28, 27-37.

    Rubin, L.R., Fitts, M.L., & Becker, A.E. (2003). ‘Whatever feels good in my soul’: Body Ethics and Aesthetics among African American and Latina Women. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 27, 49-75.


    Research Interests

    Gender and Health; Body Image; Psycho-Oncology; Psychological Aspects of Cosmetic/Reconstructive Surgery; Hereditary Cancer Risk/ Risk Management; Assisted Reproductive Technologies; Abortion and Mental Health Reproductive Issues; Feminist Identity; Qualitative Research Methods


    Awards And Honors

    Florence Denmark Distinguished Mentoring Award, Association for Women in Psychology 


    Current Courses

    Independent Study
    GPSY 6990, Fall 2025

    Independent Study
    LPSY 3950, Fall 2025

    Senior Work Project
    LPSY 4001, Fall 2025

    Future Courses

    Independent Study
    GPSY 6990, Spring 2026

    Senior Work Project
    LPSY 4001, Spring 2026

    Past Courses

    Independent Study
    GPSY 6990, Spring 2025

    Senior Work Project
    LPSY 4001, Spring 2025

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