Expertise

Research and Creative Interests:

  • Sex in the Media
  • Social and Psychological Effects of Pornography
  • Evolutionary Psychology
  • Emprically Testing the Assumptions Underlying First Amendment Law and Policy
  • Sexual Socialization.

My research and teaching interests include the the nature and effects of sexual messages in the media, Media and sexual socialization, evolutionary psychological explanations for media effects and First Amendment law and policy.  Much of my recent research has focused on the nature and effects of online sexually explicit material.

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, The Media School, Indiana University Bloomington

Assistant Professor, Media School, Indiana University Bloomington

Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara

Communities
Media Studies, Multimedia Communication, Journalism, Film Studies
Degrees
PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, Communication, 2003
MA, University of Miami, Communication Studies, 1998
BS, New York University, Culture and Communication, 1996
Keywords
behavioral or social studies violent behavior communications mass media telecommunications
Languages
American Sign Language, English
Honors

George D. McCune Dissertation Fellow, Department of Communication: University of California, Santa Barbara, 2002

Top Four Paper Award (Law and Policy Division), International Communication Association, 2002

Top Student Paper Award, U.S. Department of Justice’s Annual Crime Mapping, 2001

Top Four Paper Award (Law and Policy Interest Group), International Communication, 2000

James J. Bradac Award for Excellence in Research, University of California, Santa, 1999

Outstanding Graduate Scholarship Award, University of Miami’s Graduate Division, 1998

Founders Day Award for Outstanding Scholarship, New York University, 1996

Associations
American Psychological Association
Association for Psychological Science
International Communication Association
National Communication Association
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality