Research
Research Interests
Human Sexuality and Sexuality Education; Gender; Mass and Social Media; Social Psychology; Health; Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods
Human Sexuality and Sexuality Education; Gender; Mass and Social Media; Social Psychology; Health; Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods
Summary
My research examines how media serves as a source of sexuality education and socialization for young adults, as well as how traditional relationship structures and beliefs are evolving in the modern age. My Master's paper used a survey-experiment to examine how positive vs. negative condom ads affected perceptions of condoms and perceived condom use in a vignette. My dissertation uses digital ethnography and the application walkthrough method to examine how dating applications are shaping sexual fields. I have also worked on social psychology and mental health, conducting survey-experiment research which explores how stigma around racial/ethnic and gender groups interacts with stigma around mental illnesses. I am currently working with the FSM Center for Women at Case Western Reserve University, managing internal research and evaluation projects for the programming the center provides to students, faculty, and staff. I use both qualitative and quantitative methods in my research. I have conducted interviews as well as ethnography, and done several content analysis-based projects. I also do statistical analysis of survey/survey-experiment data. |