Christina B Gee
Title — Associate Professor of Clinical/Community Psychology
Address — 2125 G Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20052
Office — 2125 G Street Room 207
Phone — (202) 994-7683 (office)
(202) 994-1602 (fax)
E-mail — cgee@gwu.edu
Current Research
I earned my Ph.D. in Clinical/Community Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and have been a faculty member at GWU since 2001. In my research, I examine romantic and family relationships within a cultural context and the ways in which couples cope with stressful life transitions. My interests lie in the determinants of relationship quality and stability with a particular focus on the influence of social networks as a risk and protective factor. I am currently conducting an NIMH-funded study of African American and Latina adolescent mothers' relationships with their children's biological fathers during the transition to parenthood. The goals of the this study are to further our understanding of the development of the co-parenting process, the predictors of father involvement, and the impact of father involvement on young parents' mental health functioning.
Education
Ph.D. 2000, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Background
Publications
Varga, C., & Gee, C. B. (in press). Racial Identity, Father Involvement, and Co-parenting in Adolescent African American Mothers and Fathers. New School Psychology Bulletin.
Leaman, S. C., & Gee, C. B. (2008). Intimate partner violence among adolescent and young adult mothers. Journal of Family Violence, 23, 519-528.
Reiter, M. J., & Gee, C. B. (2008). Open communication and partner support in intercultural and interfaith romantic relationships: A relational maintenance approach. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 25, 539-559.
Gee, C. B., & Rhodes, J. E. (2008). A social support and social strain measure for minority adolescent mothers: A confirmatory factor analytic study. Child: Care, Health, and Development, 34, 87–97.
Gee, C. B., McNerney, C. M., Reiter, M. J., & Leaman, S. C. (2007). Adolescent and young adult mothers' relationship quality during the transition to parenthood: Associations with father involvement in fragile families. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36, 213-224.
Gee, C. B., & Rhodes, J. E. (2003). Adolescent mothers’ relationship with their children’s biological fathers: Social support, social strain, and relationship continuity. Journal of Family Psychology, 17, 370–383.