Directed by Dr. Asia Eaton

The PWR Lab (for “power, women, and relationships”) was founded in 2010 by Dr. Asia Eaton. We conduct feminist, social psychological research on how gender intersects with race, sexual orientation, class, and other social identities to affect people’s access to and experience with power in intimate relationships and in the workplace. We also made a music video and wrote a book together on Navigating Your PhD.

Some of the questions we are currently working on include:

  • What are the causes and consequences of technology-facilitated sexual abuse?
  • How do culturally-specific gender roles influence power dynamics in intimate relationships?
  • How do gender roles and heteronormativity relate to intimate partner and dating violence?
  • How do stereotypes about gender, race, and sexuality affect people’s access to power in organizations?
  • How do people decide to disclose stigmatized identities in the workplace, and what are the consequences of disclosure for diverse women and men?

Recent student publications:

*Dours, N., & Eaton, A. A. (2026). Gender, Power, and Parenthood: Predictors of Relationship Satisfaction Among Women Partnered With Women vs. Men. Psychology of Women Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/036168432513939
*Spooner, M., Eaton, A. A., Weems, A., & **Munro, T. (2025). A qualitative study of college student-athletes using the job demands-resources model: A case for understanding student-athletes as employees. Journal of Athlete Development and Experience. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/jade/vol7/iss3/4/
*Dours, N., & Eaton, A. A. (2025). Using Routine Activity Theory to Predict Technology-Facilitated Violence Among U.S. Adults During COVID-19. Violence Against Women. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241313482
*Thomas, Z., & Eaton, A. A. (2025). Perspectives on the Strong Black Woman Schema Based on SES Among Established Adult Black Women: A Qualitative Study using the Agentic-Communal Model. Psychology of Women Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843251361908
*denotes graduate student author, **denotes undergraduate student author, † denotes postdoc

For all of Dr. Eaton’s publications, see: Dr. Eaton’s Website

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