Silvia Sara Canetto

Professor
Applied Social Psychology
Counseling Psychology

Phone: (970) 491-5415
Office Location: C12 Clark
Email: Silvia.Canetto@colostate.edu

PhD: Doctor of Psychology, Experimental Psychology, University of Padua, Italy; Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL.
Area of Specialization: Gender, culture and science. Diversity (i.e., gender, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical health/ability, culture, nationality) issues in suicidal behaviors and hastened death. Diversity issues in aging and end-of-life.
Teaching Courses: Psychology of Gender, Psychology of Women, Women and and Mental Health, and Lifespan Developmental Psychology
Office Hours:
Monday- 12:00 - 1:00 | Tuesday- | Wednesday- | Thursday- | Friday- | By Appointment-

Vita: canetto.pdf

Recent Publications

Tatum, P. T., Canetto, S. S., & Slater, M. D. (2009) Suicide coverage in U.S. newspapers following the publication of the media guidelines. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.

Wright, S. L., & Canetto, S. S. (2009) Stereotypes of older lesbians and gay men. Educational Gerontology, 35, 424-452.

Stice B.D., & Canetto, S. S. (2008) Older adult suicide: Perceived precipitants and protective factors. Clinical Gerontologist: The Journal of Aging and Mental Health, 31 (4), 1-25.

Canetto, S. S. (2008) Women and suicidal behavior: A cultural analysis. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 78, 259-266.

Timpson, W. M., Canetto, S. S., Borrayo, E., & Yang, R. (Eds.), (2003) Teaching diversity: Challenges, complexities, identity and integrity. Madison, WI: Atwood.

Recent Presentations

Canetto, S. S., Conrad, S., MacPhee, D., & Farro S. (2009, August) What attracts socioeconomically disadvantaged students to physical sciences and engineering? Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Canetto, S. S., De Leo, D., Scocco, P., Bille-Brahe, U., Lonnqvist, J., Michel, K., Salander-Renberg, E., & Wasserman, D. (2009, April) Gender, physical illness and suicidal behavior: One-year follow-up findings from the WHO EURO Multicenter Study. Paper presented at annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidology, San Francisco, CA.

Winterrowd, E., Canetto, S. S. Biasiolli, A., Hosoi, S., Mohajeri Nelson, N., & Raymond, K. (2009, April) Gender and ethnicity in elementary science materials. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

Farro, S., MacPhee, D., Conrad, S., & Canetto, S. S. (2008, August) Academic self-perceptions and performance of gifted science/engineering undergraduates. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Hosoi, S. A., & Canetto, S. S. (2008, August) Is graduate school attrition a factor in women’s under-representation in engineering? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.