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Two experts provide insight on the attachment theory and its effects.
MARTA MEANA, PH.D
Marta Meana is interested in sexuality. She is particularly interested in women's sexual function, how it works, how it breaks down, and how it compares to male sexuality. Her work focuses on conceptualizations and mechanisms of sexual desire and on the sexual pain disorders. Also of interest is the study of factors that influence the cognitive processing of sexual information in both men and women. Her approach is informed by both essentialist and social construction perspectives and she subscribes to a biopsychosocial and systems approach to the study and theorizing of sexuality and to the treatment of sexual difficulties.
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Dr. Meana obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from McGill University in Montreal in 1996 and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Women's Health at the University of Toronto. She was President of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, Associate Editor of the Archives of Sexual Behavior, served of on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Sex Research and Journal of Sexual Medicine, and she was an advisor to the DSM-5 Task Force on Sexual Disorders.
LISA MEnegatos, PH.D
After working as a television news journalist for a number of years, Lisa Mengeatos decided to go back to school to find a new career. She majored into communication as it seemed like a natural fit coming from a journalism background. While earning her master's, she was given the opportunity to teach interpersonal communication and public speaking courses, discovering her new passion for teaching.
Lisa Menegatos comes to UNLV from IPFW as an assistant dean in the Honors College and Department of Communication Studies. Her research focuses on personal relationships and alcohol abuse or dependence. Menegatos teaches public speaking, interpersonal communication, and research methods.
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