Maureen Crowley 
Department of Psychology, UW-ManitowocMaureen Crowley
mcrowley@uwc.edu

I'm an associate professor of psychology at the UW Manitowoc campus, a beautiful setting on the lakeshore.  I teach Introductory, Social, Developmental, Abnormal Psychology, and Statistics in addition to the Psychology of Gender.  My research interests are focused on aggression against women, particularly domestic violence.  As a result of this interest, I spent about 14 years on the Board of Directors of our local Domestic Violence Center, serving in various roles, including vice-president and president.  My current question is about self-esteem and male violence--it has been argued that male abusers have low self-esteem, but recent evidence suggests they may in fact have inflated self-esteem and react with aggression when they perceive a threat to their egos.