Kathryn G. Low

Professor of Psychology

Associations

Psychology

Pettengill Hall, Room 370

207-786-6186klow@bates.edu

About

Dr. Graff Low is currently on leave and is not teaching.  Her current projects include institutional research and ongoing work on women’s health and sexuality.

Summary of Interests

  • Women’s health
  • Sexual health, including sexual function and sexually transmitted infections
  • College student health and mental health
  • Cardiovascular disease, including psychological risk factors and metabolic syndrome
  • Public Health and health disparities
  • Psychoneuroimmunology

Education

  • B.A., Bowdoin College (1978)
  • Ed.M., Harvard University (1981)
  • Ph.D., Stanford University (1991)

Courses Taught

  • FYS 305 Corporal Culture: Body and Health in America
  • Psychology 235 Abnormal Psychology
  • Psychology 261 Research Methods
  • Psychology 322 Child Psychopathology
  • Psychology 333 Topics in Advanced Abnormal Psychology
  • Psychology 303 Health Psychology
  • Psychology/Gender and Sexuality Studies 343 Women, Culture and Health
  • Psychology 211 Personality
  • S30 Contemporary Psychotherapies
  • S15 Health, Culture and Community

Selected Publications

Bakow, B. & Low, K. (2018). A South African experience:  Cultural determinants of Ukuthwasa.  Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 49, 436-452.

Budwig, N. & Low, K.G. (2018).  Institutional readiness for signature work.  Peer Review, 20, 20-23.

Coville, A., Miklowitz, D.J., Taylor, D.T., & Low, K.G. (2008).  Correlates of high expressed emotion attitudes among parents of bipolar adolescents.  Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64,438-449.

Cremers, G. & Low, K.  (2014). Attitudes toward placentophagy:  A brief report. Health Care for Women International, 35, 113-119.

Doherty, K. A., & Low, K.G. (2009).  The effects of a web-based intervention on college students’ knowledge of HPV and attitudes toward vaccination.  International Journal of Sexual Health, 20, 223-232.

Greene, M. & Low, K.G. (2014).  Public integrity, private hypocrisy and the moral licensing effect.  Social Behavior and Personality:  An International Journal, 42, 391-401.

Low, K.G. (2011).  Flourishing, substance use, and engagement in students entering college:  A preliminary study.  Journal of American College Health, 59, 555-562

Low, K.G., Charanasomboon, S., Lesser, J., Reinhalter, K., Martin, R., Jones, H., Winzelberg, A., Abascal, L., & Taylor, C.B.. (2006).  Effectiveness of a computer-based eating disorders prevention program at long term follow up.  Eating Disorders:  The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 14, 17-30.

Low, K.G. & Gendaszek, A. (2002).  Stimulant abuse in college undergraduates.  Psychology, Health and Medicine, 7, 283-287.

Low, K.G., Giasson, H., Connors, S., Weiss, R. & Freeman, D. (2012).  Testing the effectiveness of motivational interviewing as a weight reduction strategy for obese cardiac patients:  A pilot study.  International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, DOI:  10.1007/s1259-011-9219-0.

Low, K.G., Kelen, S.A., Kopko, K., McClellan, F., & Bata, M. (2018).  Assessing signature work.  Peer Review, 20, 24-28

Low, K.G., Massa, L., & Lehman, D. (2005).  Insulin pump use in young adolescents with type 1 diabetes:  A descriptive study.  Pediatric Diabetes, 6, 22-31.

Robbins, N., Low, K.G., & Query, A. (2016).  A qualitative exploration of the “Coming Out’ process for asexual individuals.  Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45:751-760.

Rosania, A., Low, K.G., Rosania, D. & McCormick, C. (2009).  Stress, depression, cortisol and periodontal disease.  Journal of Periodontology, 80, 260-266.

Weiss, H. & Low (2017).  Dissociation and attention in relation to sleep and mood.  Psychology of Consciousness:  Theory, Research and Practice, 4, 381-395.