Postdocs
Chelsie M. Young
Background:
B.A., Psychology, Eastern Illinois University, 2010
M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Houston-Clear Lake (2004)
M.A., Experimental Psychology, College of William and Mary, 2013
Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of Houston, 2016
Research Interests:
- Developing empirically-supported strategies incorporating personalized normative feedback, motivational interviewing, and expressive writing to facilitate behavior change
- Examining mechanisms of action for behavior change such as the self-conscious emotions of guilt and shame, cognitive processing, and perceptions and norms to gain insight into how such behavior change strategies work and which components are most effective
- Exploring individual difference factors such as shyness, culture, drinking motives, and defensiveness as moderators of behavior change to better understand for whom such strategies are best suited
E-mail: cyoung2@uh.edu
Mai-Ly Steers
Background:
B.A., Biology and B.A., Broadcast Journalism, University of California
M.A., Communication Studies, California State University
M.A. and Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of Houston
Research Interests:
- Examining psychosocial factors, social norms, in relation to drinking
- Exploring the influences of social media on health and well-bring
- Better understand how alcohol-related posts potentially shape and redefine college students’ drinking norms
- Utilize this knowledge in order to develop and implement a social media-specific personalized normative feedback intervention targeting the reduction of drinking among heavy drinking students
E-mail: mnsteers@uh.edu