
Lisa M. Dinella, Ph.D.
Professor
Principal Investigator of the Gender Development Laboratory
Director of Program in Gender and Intersectionality Studies (PGIS)
- Department
- Psychology
- Office
- Howard Hall 126
- Phone
- 732-263-5295
- ldinella@monmouth.edu View Personal Site
Lisa M. Dinella, Ph.D.
Education
Ph.D., Arizona State University
M.S., Arizona State University
B.A., The College of New Jersey
Publications or Other Scholarly Work
Books
Dinella, L. M. (Ed.). (2009). Conducting science-based psychology research in schools. Washington D.C.: APA Books.
Weisgram, E. & Dinella, L.M. (Eds.) (Feb. 2018). Gender-typing of Children’s Toys: How Early Play Experiences Impact Development. Washington, D.C.: APA Books.
Publications
Dinella, L. & Weisgram, E. (2018). Special issue: Gender-typing of children’s toys: Causes, consequences, and correlates. Sex Roles: A Research Journal.
Dinella, L. M., *Pierce-Claps, J., & Lewandowski, G. (2017). Princesses, princes, and superheroes: Children’s gender cognitions and fictional characters. Journal of Genetic Psychology. doi: 10.1080/00221325.2017.1351417
Dinella, L.M. (2017). Cognitive theories of gender development. In Nadal, K. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender (Vol. 1, pp. 344-348). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Dinella, L.M. (2017). Halloween costume choices: Reflections of gender development in early childhood. Journal of Genetic Psychology. doi: 10.1080/00221325.2017.1295223
Dinella, L.M., Weisgram, E., & Fulcher, M. (2016). Children’s gender-typed toy interests: Does propulsion matter? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46, 1295-1305. doi: 10.1007/s10508-016-0901-5
Ciarocco, N. J., Dinella, L. M., Hatchard, C. Y., & Valosin, J. (2016). Integrating professional development across the curriculum: An effectiveness study. Teaching of Psychology, 43, 91-98. doi: 10.1177/0098628316636217
Fulcher, M., Dinella, L. M., & Weisgram, E. (2015). Constructing a feminist reorganization of the heterosexual breadwinner/caregiver family model: College students’ plans for their own future families. Sex Roles, 73(3-4), 174-196. doi:10.1007/s11199-015-0487-8
Weisgram, E., Fulcher, M., & Dinella L. M. (2014). Pink gives girls permission: Exploring the roles of explicit gender labels and gender-typed colors on preschool children’s toy preferences. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 35(5), 401-409. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2014.06.004
Dinella, L. M., Fulcher, M., & Weisgram, E. (2014). Sex-typed personality traits and gender identity as predictors of young adults’ career interests. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43, 493-504. doi: 10.1007/s10508-013-0234-6
Courses
Frequently Taught Classes
Professor Lisa Dinella’s Research Featured in Time Magazine
Sep 25, 2019

Inaugural Class of Educational Leadership Doctoral Students Graduate at Monmouth University Summer Commencement
Aug 28, 2019

Professor Lisa Dinella on NPR Podcast ‘The Problem with Toy Guns and Princesses’
Mar 18, 2019

Monmouth’s Lisa Dinella on Gender-Specific Toys, Child Development
Dec 19, 2017

All Toys Teach Lessons to Children, says Monmouth’s Lisa Dinella
Dec 14, 2017
