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Emily Brown
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Emily Brown Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Psychology
Psychology | School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Education

  • Certificate in Effective College Instruction, Association of College and University Educators, 2023
  • Ph.D. in Human Development, Virginia Tech, 2016
  • Master of Online Teaching Certificate, Virginia Tech, 2013
  • M.S. in Human Development, Virginia Tech, 2011
  • B.S. in Psychology, Virginia Tech, 2008
  • B.S. in Sociology, Virginia Tech, 2008

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Stevenson University (2023-present)
  • Assistant Professor of Instruction, University of Texas at Austin (2019-2023)
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Edward’s University (2018-2019)
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Indiana University Bloomington (2016-2018)
  • Part-time Instructor, Indiana University Bloomington (2015-2016)
  • Part-time Instructor, Ivy Tech Community College (2014-2016)
  • Full-time Instructor (in an Assistant Professor line), Cameron University (2013-2014)
  • Part-time Instructor, Virginia Tech (Summers 2011, 2012)

Research

Since undergrad I have been interested in reducing prevalence of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. My master’s thesis focused on family characteristics in adolescence that shape individuals’ number of sexual partners in adulthood. My dissertation focused on characteristics of heterosexual couples and their risk for unintended pregnancy. My research interests now are shifting toward better understanding sociodemographic reproductive health disparities. I typically use publicly available nationally representative longitudinal data sets and multi-level modeling, but I am interested in exploring event sampling and experimental designs. If you are interested in researching reproductive health and reproductive decision-making, please email me!

Publications

  • Cheshire, E., Kaestle, C., & Miyazaki, Y. (2019). The influence of parent and parent-adolescent relationship characteristics on sexual trajectories into adulthood. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 893–910. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1380-7
  • Minich, A.L., Mendoza, A. T. O., & Brown, E. C. (2018). Effect of incivility on attitudes and information seeking. North American Journal of Psychology, 20(1), 193–208.
  • Cheshire, E., Kaestle, C., & Miyazaki, Y. (2014, November). The influence of parent- adolescent sexual communication on sexual behavior. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Baltimore, MD.
  • Cheshire, E., Miyazaki, Y., & Kaestle, C. (2012, March). Influences of parent and parent- adolescent relationship traits on sexual trajectories from adolescence through young adulthood. Poster session presentation at the biennial meeting of Society for Research on Adolescence, Vancouver, BC.
  • Holloway, R., Watson, K., Ridgwell, D., Cheshire, E., Putnam, C., & Gallimore, R. (2011, February). Partnering with pilot students in course development and revision. Panel presentation at the 3rd annual meeting of the Conference of Higher Education and Pedagogy, Blacksburg, VA.
  • Cheshire, E., Faas, C., & Kaestle, C. (2010, March). First-generation students’ marriage priority: Implications for degree completion. Poster session presentation at the biennial meeting of Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.

Teaching

Current Teaching

  • Human Growth and Development
  • Writing for Psychology

Previous Courses

  • Human Sexuality
  • Adolescent Development
  • Intimate Relationships
  • Health Psychology
  • Research Methods
  • Research Capstone
  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Strategic Learning for the 21st Century
  • Cognition, Human Learning and Motivation
  • First-Year Experience Introduction to Undergraduate Research

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