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  • 1954 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Heather L. McCauley is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the social sciences and psychology, with a focus on gender studies, sociology and political science, health, clinical psychology, and social psychology.

Their scholarly work centers on several key topics, including:

  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Sex work and related issues
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media

Heather L. McCauley has contributed to numerous publications, frequently appearing in journals such as:

  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Prevention Science
  • The Journal of Sex Research
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy

Selected recent papers include:

  • Prevention of sexual violence among college students: Current challenges and future directions (2020), published in Journal of American College Health
  • Bystander Program Effectiveness to Reduce Violence and Violence Acceptance Within Sexual Minority Male and Female High School Students Using a Cluster RCT (2020), published in Prevention Science
  • Reproductive coercion, intimate partner violence, and pregnancy risk among adolescent women with a history of foster care involvement (2020), published in Children and Youth Services Review
  • Campus sexual assault climate: Toward an expanded definition and improved assessment. (2021), published in Psychology of Violence
  • Slutpage Use Among U.S. College Students: The Secret and Social Platforms of Image-Based Sexual Abuse (2021), published in Archives of Sexual Behavior

Frequent collaborators in Heather L. McCauley's research include:

  • Morgan E. PettyJohn
  • Elizabeth Miller
  • Taylor A. Reid
  • Megan K. Maas
  • Antonia Abbey

Their contributions have been recognized in the form of awards such as the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1954.

Best Publications

  • Pregnancy coercion, intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy ☆

    Elizabeth Miller;Michele R. Decker;Heather L. McCauley;Daniel J. Tancredi

  • “Coaching Boys into Men”: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of a Dating Violence Prevention Program

    Elizabeth Miller;Daniel J. Tancredi;Heather L. McCauley;Michele R. Decker

  • Prevalence of Past-Year Sexual Assault Victimization Among Undergraduate Students: Exploring Differences by and Intersections of Gender Identity, Sexual Identity, and Race/Ethnicity

    Robert W. S. Coulter;Christina Mair;Elizabeth Miller;John R. Blosnich;John R. Blosnich

  • A family planning clinic partner violence intervention to reduce risk associated with reproductive coercion

    Elizabeth Miller;Michele R. Decker;Heather L. McCauley;Daniel J. Tancredi

  • Recent reproductive coercion and unintended pregnancy among female family planning clients

    Elizabeth Miller;Heather L. McCauley;Daniel J. Tancredi;Michele R. Decker

  • One-year follow-up of a coach-delivered dating violence prevention program: A cluster randomized controlled trial

    Elizabeth Miller;Daniel J. Tancredi;Heather L. McCauley;Michele R. Decker

  • Sex trafficking, sexual risk, sexually transmitted infection and reproductive health among female sex workers in Thailand

    Michele R Decker;Heather L McCauley;Dusita Phuengsamran;Surang Janyam

  • Cyber Dating Abuse Among Teens Using School-Based Health Centers

    Rebecca N. Dick;Heather L. McCauley;Kelley A. Jones;Daniel J. Tancredi

  • Violence victimisation, sexual risk and sexually transmitted infection symptoms among female sex workers in Thailand

    Michele R Decker;Heather L McCauley;Dusita Phuengsamran;Surang Janyam

  • #HowIWillChange: Engaging men and boys in the #MeToo movement.

    Morgan E. PettyJohn;Finneran K. Muzzey;Megan K. Maas;Heather L. McCauley

  • Coercive Forms of Sexual Risk and Associated Violence Perpetrated by Male Partners of Female Adolescents

    Jay G. Silverman;Heather L. Mccauley;Michele R. Decker;Elizabeth Miller

  • A family planning clinic-based intervention to address reproductive coercion: a cluster randomized controlled trial.

    Elizabeth Miller;Daniel J. Tancredi;Michele R. Decker;Heather L. McCauley

  • #MyDepressionLooksLike: Examining Public Discourse About Depression on Twitter

    E Megan Lachmar;Andrea K Wittenborn;Katherine W Bogen;Heather L McCauley

  • Recent partner violence and sexual and drug-related STI/HIV risk among adolescent and young adult women attending family planning clinics

    Michele R Decker;Elizabeth Miller;Heather L McCauley;Daniel J Tancredi

  • Gender-Equitable Attitudes, Bystander Behavior, and Recent Abuse Perpetration Against Heterosexual Dating Partners of Male High School Athletes

    Heather L. McCauley;Daniel J. Tancredi;Jay G. Silverman;Michele R. Decker

  • Prevention of sexual violence among college students: Current challenges and future directions

    Erin E Bonar;Sarah DeGue;Antonia Abbey;Ann L Coker

  • A School Health Center Intervention for Abusive Adolescent Relationships: A Cluster RCT

    Elizabeth Miller;Sandi Goldstein;Heather L. McCauley;Kelley A. Jones

  • Use of Reproductive and Sexual Health Services Among Female Family Planning Clinic Clients Exposed to Partner Violence and Reproductive Coercion

    Traci Kazmerski;Heather L. McCauley;Kelley Jones;Sonya Borrero;Sonya Borrero

  • Evaluation of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Program for Student Athletes in Mumbai, India

    Elizabeth Miller;Madhumita Das;Daniel J. Tancredi;Heather L. McCauley

  • Race and reproductive coercion: a qualitative assessment.

    Cara Nikolajski;Elizabeth Miller;Heather L. McCauley;Aletha Akers

  • Original research article Pregnancy coercion, intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy ☆

    Elizabeth Miller;Michele R. Decker;Heather L. McCauley;Daniel J. Tancredi

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele R. Decker
Michele R. Decker Johns Hopkins University
Jay G. Silverman
Jay G. Silverman University of California, San Diego
Michael P. Marshal
Michael P. Marshal University of Pittsburgh
Anita Raj
Anita Raj University of California, San Diego
S. Bryn Austin
S. Bryn Austin Harvard University
Jhumka Gupta
Jhumka Gupta George Mason University
Joshua Breslau
Joshua Breslau RAND Corporation
Bradley D. Stein
Bradley D. Stein RAND Corporation
Alison E. Hipwell
Alison E. Hipwell University of Pittsburgh
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California, San Diego

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