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Cheryl Dellasega

Cheryl Dellasega is author of Surviving Ophelia, Girl Wars, and Mean Girls Grown Up. Photo by Emily Rowlands

In Conversation

Friends or foes? Redefining female bonds

Cheryl Dellasega, professor of humanities and women's studies, discusses female competition from adolescence to adulthood in this multimedia feature. Scroll down for QuickTime movies.

Relational Aggression: A new name for an old problem
(3 min. 1 sec.)

The power of media messages
(1 min. 36 sec.)

Race and class: Do they matter?
(1 min. 49 sec.)

Queen bees and afraid-to-bees: Inside the hierarchy of girls
(2 min. 11 sec.)

Mean girls grown up
(4 min. 1 sec.)

The power of positive mentors
(34 sec.)

—Melissa Beattie-Moss
Multimedia by Emily Rowlands

Cheryl Dellasega, Ph.D., is professor of humanities and women's studies in Penn State's College of Medicine. She can be reached at cdellasega@psu.edu.

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