Faculty

Lisa Rubin is a Professor of Psychology at The New School for Social Research 

More information about her lab and current research is available at: https://genderandhealthlab.squarespace.com/

PhD 2005, Arizona State University

Recent and Selected Publications: 

*student authors

Koçaş, H. D., Polanco-Roman, L., Lobel, M., Seçkin, T., & Rubin, L. R. (2026). Assessing Stigma in Individuals Living with Endometriosis: Development and Initial Testing of the Stigma Scale for Endometriosis. Journal of Endometriosis and Uterine Disorders, 100164.

*Shames-Dawson, A., Ozoguz, S., & Rubin, L. R. (2025). “What can we learn from listening to men?”: The utility of the listening guide for the psychology of men and masculinities studies. Psychology of Men & Masculinities. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000536

*Pavlenko, T., *Nathan, L., *Yom, E., *Stachnik, A., Yarrow, A., & Rubin, L. (2024). Unmet expectations, unmet needs, and uncertainty–A qualitative survey study of women who described giving birth as traumatic. International Perspectives in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.1027/2157-3891/a000102

*Kocas, H. D., Rubin, L. R., & Lobel, M. (2023). Stigma and mental health in endometriosis. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 19, 100228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurox.2023.100228

*Hooberman, L., *Howell, F. M., *Keegan, R., & Rubin, L. R. (2023). “Not that it makes you less of a mother, but…”: Navigating discourses of responsible motherhood in the context of VBAC. Feminism & Psychology, 33(4), 569-588. https://doi.org/10.1177/09593535231181243

*Winslow, A., *Hooberman, L., & Rubin, L.R. (2023) . Werewolves & Two-headed Monsters:  An Exploration of PMDD Sufferers’ Coping, Sharing, & Processing of Premenstrual Distress on an Anonymous Internet Message Board. Women’s Reproductive Health, 10, 420-435.

*Hacker, K. S., *Garzon, M. G., Shuman, S., Shenko, C., & Rubin, L. R. (2022). “I’m Getting Violated… for My Health”: Experiences of Pelvic Exams among Women with Low Incomes. Women's Reproductive Health, 9 (3), 161-182. 

Farvid, P., Vance, T. A., *Klein, S. L., Nikiforova, Y., Rubin, L. R., & *Lopez, F. G. (2021). The health and wellbeing of transgender and gender non‐conforming people of colour in the United States: A systematic literature search and review. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 31(6), 703-731. 

Pastore, L. M., Cordeiro Mitchell, C. N., Rubin, L. R., Nicoloro-Santa Barbara, J., *Genoff Garzon, M. C., & Lobel, M. (2019). Patients’ preimplantation genetic testing decision-making experience: an opinion on related psychological frameworks. Human Reproduction Open, 2019(4) 

Panjwani, A. A., Marín-Chollom, A. M., Pervil, I. Z., Erblich, J., Rubin, L. R., Schuster, M. W., & Revenson, T. A. (2018). Illness Uncertainties Tied to Developmental Tasks Among Young Adult Survivors of Hematologic Cancers. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 

de Melo-Martín, I., Rubin, L. R., & Cholst, I. N. (2018). “I want us to be a normal family”: Toward an understanding of the functions of anonymity among US oocyte donors and recipients. American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB): Empirical Bioethics, 9, 235-351. 

Rubin, L.R., de Melo-Martin, I., Rosenwaks, Z., Cholst, I.N. (2015). Once you're choosing, nobody's perfect: is more information necessarily better in oocyte donor selection? Reproductive Biomedicine Online 30, 3, 311-318

Rubin, L.R., Chavez, J., Alderman, A., Pusic, A.L. (2013). "Use what God has given me": Difference and disparity in breast reconstruction. Psychology & Health 28, 10, 1099-1120.

Rubin, L.R., & *Phillips, A. (2012). Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Matters of Reproductive Justice. In J. Chrisler (Ed.). Reproductive Justice: A Global Concern. Santa Barbara: Praeger

Hoyt, M.A., Rubin, L.R., Nemeroff, C., Lee, J., Huebner, D., Proescholdbell, R. (2011). HIV/AIDS-Related Institutional Mistrust among Multi-Ethnic Men Who Have Sex with Men: Effects on HIV Testing and Risk Behaviors. Health Psychology. doi: 10.1037/a0025953

Rubin, L.R. & Steinberg, J.R. (2011). Self-Objectification and Pregnancy: Are Body Functionality Dimensions Protective? Sex Roles, 65, 606-618. DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-9955-y

Rubin, L. & Tanenbaum, M.* (2011). “Does That Make Me A Woman?”: Breast Cancer, Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Decisions Among Sexual Minority Women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 35,401-414. DOI: 10.1177/0361684310395606

Reading, R.*, Rubin, L.R. (2011). Healing, Advocacy, and Empowerment: Group Therapy for LGBT Asylum-seekers. Traumatology, 17, 86-98. DOI: 10.1177/1534765610395622

*Fuller, C., Chang, D., & Rubin, L. (2009). Sliding Under the Radar: Passing and Power amongst Sexual Minorities. Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, 3(2), 128-151.

Rubin, L.R., Nemeroff, C.J., Russo, N.F. (2004). Exploring feminist women’s body consciousness. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 28, 27-37.

Rubin, L.R., Fitts, M.L., & Becker, A.E. (2003). ‘Whatever feels good in my soul’: Body Ethics and Aesthetics among African American and Latina Women. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 27, 49-75.