Kelly Rulison | Penn State College of Health and Human Development

Kelly Rulison

Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies

Summary Statement

Dr. Rulison's work focuses on how peer networks shape substance use and related health-risk behaviors and how program developers can build more potent interventions and promote the diffusion of intervention effects.

Department

Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
Graduate Program
Research
Adolescent Development
Intervention and Prevention
Methodology
Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center - PRC

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Education

Ph.D., 2010 Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
M.A.S., 2009 Applied Statistics, Pennsylvania State University
M.S., 2005 Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
B.A., 2001 Psychology, University of Rochester

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Currently Accepting Graduate Students

Phone

814-867-2812

klr250@psu.edu

Office Address

204 Health and Human Development Building

Affiliations

Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse

Interests

peer relationships
substance use
social network analysis
adolescence and emerging adulthood

Professional Experience

Academic and Research Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Institutional Pre-doctoral Research Fellow, Prevention and Methodology Training Program, Funded by National Institute on Drug Abuse, T32-DA-017629
Research Specialist, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, Language Development Lab, The University of Pennsylvania

Administrative Experience

Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Quantitative Methodologist, School of Health and Human Sciences, University of North Carolina at Greensboro