Dr. Jennifer Howell
This semester, the Ohio University Psychology Department welcomes social psychologist Dr. Jennifer Howell as an Assistant Professor.
Before completing a Ph.D. at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Howell served as a visiting pre-Doctoral Fellow at the University of California-Riverside and as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.
Howell has published widely in journals in both psychology (e.g., Psychological Science, European Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Research in Personality) and health (e.g., Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Health Psychology). Her research focuses on psychological threat management and health decision making and behavior.
“Research that focuses on the intersection between health decision making and psychological threat avoidance provides insight into how health professionals can provide health feedback and encourage positive health behaviors in their patients,” she said. Currently, her projects center on understanding how individuals perceive and react to psychological threats, avoid negative health information, and respond to feedback regarding personality and implicit attitudes.
This semester, OHIO students may see her lecturing in their Introductory Psychology class or her advanced graduate seminar, the Social Psychology of the Self. Undergraduate students interested in her research are encouraged to apply for research assistant hours (PSYCH 3490) for the upcoming spring, 2016 semester. Additionally, she will be accepting graduate students for the 2016-2017 academic year.
- Contact Jennifer Howell about research opportunities.
Extending her reach beyond the lab and classroom, Howell, along with other department faculty, has organized a screening for graduate psychology students to view The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) at the Athena Cinema. “Dr. Philip Zimbardo’s 1971 study both contributed to the field’s understanding of the importance of research ethics and highlighted the power of the situation on behavior,” she said. “Many of these students have seen the original tapes from the Stanford Experiment; this screening provides an opportunity for faculty and students to rediscover the classic experiment and to discuss its implications.”
Her personal website has more information about her research.
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