Faculty Research Profiles: Dorothy Espelage

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Child Development Division
Educational Psychology
240 Education Building
1310 S. 6th St. MC 708

Department Associate Chairperson

Educational Psychology
217 333-9139
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Research Biography

The foci of my scholarship at UIUC have included investigations of several health-related behaviors, including bullying and youth aggression, disordered eating in adolescents and young adults, and psychosocial adjustment of families of children managing chronic illness. The majority of my energy is spent on my first two programs bullying during early adolescence and eating disorders. Within the last few years, both of these programs have evolved into the study of these health behaviors during early adolescence and both have included examination of the influences of the peer group on their maintenance. I also work with graduate students with research interests in childhood sexual abuse and dating violence.

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Indiana University, 1997
  • M.A., Clinical Psychology, Radford University, 1993
  • B.S., Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1991

Key Professional Appointments

  • Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007--
  • Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, Counseling Psychology Division, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997--
  • Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004-2007

Activities & Honors

  • Fellow Status, American Psychological Association Division 17 (Society of, Society of Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2005- present
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2005- present
  • University Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005-2008
  • Secretary, Division E, American Educational Research Association, 2005-2007
  • Division 17 (Counseling Psychology) Fritz Linn & Kuder Early Scientist/Practitioner Career Award, American Psychological Association, 2004- present
  • University of Illinois Campus Award for Excellence in Off-Campus Teaching, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004-2005
  • Teacher of the Year, Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society, College of Education, 2001
  • Distinguished Teaching Award, Delta Sigma Omicron, College of Education, 2000
  • R. Stewart Jones Award for Outstanding Teacher in Educational Psychology, College of Education, 1998-1999
  • Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997-2001
  • Paul Munger Award - Outstanding Graduate Student, Indiana University, 1996

Grants

  • Principal Investigator, Middle School Bullying & Sexual Violence: Measurement Issues & Etiological Models, Centers for Disease Control, 2007
  • Principal Investigator, Bullying as a Peer Group Process During Early Adolescence, Campus Research Board, 1999
  • Fellow, Faculty Fellow, Bureau of Educational Research, 1999
  • Principal Investigator, Arnold O. Beckman Award, Campus Research Board, 1998

Selected Publications

  • Espelage, D. L., Wasserman, S., & Fleisher, M. (2007). Social networks and violent behavior. In D. J. Flannery, A. T. Vazsonyi, & I. Waldman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of violent behavior. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Espelage, D. L., Holt, M., & Isaia, A. (2007). Dating violence among high school students--Understanding the roles of attachment, self-esteem, dominance, and need for interpersonal control.  In K. Kendall-Tackett, & S. Giaccamoni (Eds.), Intimate partner violence (pp. 14-15). Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute.
  • Poteat, P., Espelage, D. L., & Green, H. (2007). The socialization of dominance: Peer group contextual effects on heterosexist and dominance attitudes.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92(6), 1040-1050.
  • Espelage, D. L., Aragon, S. R., & Birkett, M. (in press). Psychological adjustment and sexual orientation during adolescents: Do parents and teachers help? In D. L. Espelage, & S. M. Swearer (Eds.), Sexual orientation, homophobia, bullying, and psychological adjustment during adolescence [Special issue]. School Psychology Review.
  • Espelage, D.L., & Horne, A.M. (in press).  School violence and bullying prevention:  From research-based explanations to empirically-based solutions.  Handbook of Counseling Psychology.