Tess Schleitwiler

Tess Schleitwiler received her B.A. in Democracy and Justice Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with minors in Political Science and Global Studies in 2014. She went on to complete her MSW at the University of Montana in 2016. Since completing her MSW, Tess has served in a number of policy, advocacy, and research roles with the Wisconsin State Legislature, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin, and Protect Our Care (Washington, D.C). Her research interests include: electoral and political gender divisions, impacts of affective polarization on mixed partisan marriages, and the interpersonal implications of mis- and disinformation. Tess’ faculty mentor is Dr. Jeff Shook.  

Publications

Anderson, K.A., Hand, M.D., & Schleitwiler, T.E. (under review). Contemporary community models for places to grow old. In M. Cutchin and G.D. Rowles (Eds.), Handbook of ageing and place. Edward Elgar Publishing. 

Schleitwiler, T.E., & Anderson, K.A. (2020). Book review: The Japanese Comfort Women and sexual slavery during the China and Pacific wars. [Review of the book The Japanese Comfort Women and sexual slavery during the China and Pacific wars by C. Norma]. Feminist Review, 125(1), 130-131. 

Rye, N., Schleitwiler, T.E., & Anderson, K.A. (2018). Book review: Complimentary and integrative therapies for mental health and aging. [Review of the book Complimentary and integrative therapies for mental health and aging by H. Lavretsky, M. Sajatovic, & C. Reynolds III]. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 37(1), 121-124. 

Schleitwiler, T.E., & Anderson, K.A. (2017).  Book review: The right to age: Examining social policy through a human rights lens. [Review of the book Social policy for an aging society: A human rights perspective, by C.B. Cox]. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 36(3), 373-375. 

Park, J.H., Lee, K., Hand, M.D., Anderson, K.A., & Schleitwiler, T.E. (2016). Korean Survivors of the Japanese “Comfort Women” system: Understanding the lifelong consequences of early life trauma. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 59(4), 332-348.