Psychology

Jennifer Siciliani, Ph.D.

 

Siciliani
Teaching Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Missouri-St. Louis
323 Stadler Hall
One University Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63121-4499
Phone: (314)-516-5469
Fax: (314) 516-5392
Email: sicilianij@msx.umsl.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Siciliani received her doctorate in Experimental Psychology in the area of Psychoneuroendocrinology from The University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where she conducted research investigating the immune consequences of exercise stress, exercise competition, anger, betrayal, and human sexual intercourse. She received a Masters degree in Human Neuropsychology from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley Colorado, where she developed an assessment tool to identify sexual dysfunction and studied event-related potentials and retroactive interference. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Southern Maine, in Gorham, Maine. Dr. Siciliani is presently conducting research on changes in secretory IgA and salivary cortisol as a function of sexual intercourse in married individuals. She is also currently conducting and presenting research on male and female body image distortions and the "tend and befriend" hypothesis. She has presented her research at two international meetings of The Society for Behavioral Medicine, and at three national meetings of the American Psychological Society. Her research has been featured in the APS Observer, the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Health Magazine, and Fitness Magazine. She has experience teaching many different psychology courses at her two alma maters mentioned above, as well as at The University of Illinois at Chicago, and DePaul University in Chicago. Her hobbies include snowboarding, SCUBA diving, culinary arts, weight training, travel, reading, hiking, rock climbing, soap making, and swimming with her two dogs - Tyson and Mr. P. She is also a professional vocalist.