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5239 ISR
426 Thompson Street
Phone: 734-615-0380
 My major research interest is the impact of stories on attitudes, beliefs,
self-concept, and behaviors. My work examines the processes of story-based
belief change, the role of identification with characters, the impact that
stories have on behavior, and how these effects might occur outside viewers'
conscious awareness. I am primarily interested in health-related outcomes;
current research includes studies on how watching smoking and drinking in
movies might influence viewers' own smoking and drinking behavior.
My work has appeared at national and international conferences, and has been
published in journals including Addiction, the American Journal of Preventive
Medicine, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Health Psychology,
Psychological Science, and Tobacco Control.
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