Education
DrPH, Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health 1994
M.P.H., International/Cross- Cultural Health, University of Hawaii School of Public Health 1980
B.S., Community Nutrition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1978
Courses Taught
HLTH 130: Introduction to Public and Community Health
HLTH 665: Health Behavior I
Research Focus
- Healthy and Harmful Teen Dating Relationships
- Adolescent Risk and Protective Behaviors
Selected Publications (within last 10 years)
Murray, K., Haynie, D., Howard, D., & Cheng, T. (2010). Perceptions of parenting practices as predictors of aggression in a low-income, urban predominately African American middle school sample. Journal of School Violence 9, 2, 174-193.
Griffin, M., Howard, D.E., & Boekeloo, B. (2010 online; Jan 2011 paper). Drinking Motivation, Sexual Risk Behavior and Sexual Dating Violence among Undergraduate Students. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Howard, D.E., Raj, C.V., & Desmond, S. (2010). Borrowing from the East to Strengthen the West: Merging Public Health Case Studies of Community-Based Service Learning Practices from India and the U.S. Journal of Community Practice, Special Edition 18 , 2, 336-360.
Carpenter, C., & Howard, D. (2009). Development and initial psychometric testing of a survey instrument to measure adolescents’ drug use resistance self efficacy. American Journal of Health Behavior 33, 147-157.
Yan, F., Howard, D.E., & Beck, K. (2009). Psychosocial Correlates of Physical Dating Violence Victimization among Latino Early Adolescents. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 1-24.
Howard, D.E., Griffin, M., & Boekeloo, B. (2008). Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Alcohol- Related Unwanted Sexual Advances/Assault among University Freshman Adolescence 43, 733-750.
Galbraith, J., Stanton, B., Boekeloo, B., King, W., Desmond, S., Howard, D., & Black, M. (2008). Exploring Implementation and Fidelity of Evidenced-Based Behavioral Interventions for HIV Prevention: Lessons Learned from the “Focus on Kids” Diffusion Case Study. Health Education and Behavior April, 1-18.
Howard, D.E., Wang, M.Q., & Yan, F. (2008). Psychosocial factors associated with reports of physical dating violence among U.S. adolescent males. Adolescence 43, 449-460.
Howard, D.E., Wang, M.Q., & Yan, F. (2008). Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of forced sexual intercourse among U.S. high school adolescents. Adolescence, 42, 629-643.
Yan, F., Beck, K., Howard, D., & Shattuck, T. (2008). A Structural Model of Alcohol Use Pathways among Latino Youth. American Journal Health Behavior, 32, 209-219.
Howard, D.E., Wang, M.Q., & Yan, F. (2007). Psychosocial factors associated with reports of physical dating violence among U.S. adolescent females. Adolescence, 42, 311-324.
Howard, D.E., Boekeloo, B., Griffin, M., Lake, K., & Bellows, D. (2007). Staying Safe While Consuming Alcohol: A Qualitative Study of the Protective Strategies and Informational Needs of College Freshman. Journal of American College Health, 56, 247-254.
Sawyer, R.G., Howard, D.E., Brewster, J., Gavin, M., & Sherman, M. (2007). “We Didn't Have Sex .... Did We?" College Students' Perceptions of Abstinence. American Journal of Health Studies, 22, 46-55.
Wang, M.Q., Katz, R., Howard, D.E., Harris, M., & Yan F. (2007). Bioethical issues in biostatistical consulting: Development of a survey instrument. Psychological Reports, 100, 191-194.
Rosenberg, J., Howard, D.E., & Wang MQ. (2005) For teenage women, having had multiple recent partners is linked to a cluster of negative behaviors. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36, 136.
Howard, D.E., Beck, K., Hallmark-Kerr, M., & Shattuck, T. (2005). Psychosocial Correlates of Dating Violence Victimization among Latino Youth. Adolescence, 40, 319-331.
Howard, D.E., & Wang, M.Q. (2005). The Relationship Between Substance Use and STD/HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behaviors among US Adolescents. Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education for Adolescents & Children, 6, 65-82.
Howard, D.E., & Wang, M.Q. (2005). Psychosocial Correlates of U.S. Adolescents Who Report a History of Forced Sexual Intercourse. Journal of Adolescent Health, 36, 372-379.
Howard, D.E., Lothen-Kline, C., & Boekeloo, B. (2004). Using the Case-Study Methodology to teach ethics to Public Health Students. Health Promotion Practice, 5, 151-159.
Howard, D.E, & Wang, M.Q. (2004). Multiple Sexual Partner Behavior Among Sexually Active U.S. Adolescent Girls. American Journal of Health Behavior, 28, 3-12.
Howard, D.E., Kaljee, L., Rachuba, L.T., & Cross, S.I. (2003). Coping with youth violence. Research Activities, Agency for Health care Research and Quality. December.
Howard, D.E., & Wang, M.Q. (2003). Psychosocial Factors Associated with Adolescent Boys' Reports of Dating Violence. Adolescence, 38, 519-534.
Lothen-Kline, C., Howard, D.E., & Boekeloo, B.O. (2003). Truth and Consequences Ethics, Confidentiality, and Disclosure in Adolescent Longitudinal Prevention Research. Journal of Adolescent Health, 33, 385-394.
Greenberg, J.S., Howard, D.E., & Desmond, S. (2003). A community-campus partnership for health: The Seat Pleasant/University of Maryland Health Partnership. Health Promotion Practice, 4, 393-401.
Howard, D.E., Qiu, Y., & Boekeloo, B. (2003). Personal and Social Contextual Correlates of Adolescent Dating Violence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 33, 9-17.
Howard, D.E., & Wang, M.Q. (2003). Risk Profiles of US Adolescent Girls Who Were Victims of Dating Violence. Adolescence, 38, 1-14.
Howard, D.E., Kaljee, L. Cross, S., & Rachuba, L. (2003). Coping with youth violence: Assessments by minority parents in public housing. American Journal of Health Behavior, 27, 483-492.
Howard, D.E., Greenberg, J.S., Murray, C., Sawyer, R. (2002). Viewpoint The Role of Student Health Services in University-Community Collaborations. The Journal of American College Health, 51, 133-137.
Howard, D.E., Feigelman, S., Li, X., Cross, S., & Rachuba, L. (2002). The relationship among violence victimization, witnessing violence and youth distress. Journal of Adolescent Health, 31, 455-462.
Boekeloo, B.O., Howard, D., & O'Connor, K. (2002). Oral sexual experience as a risk factor for sexually transmitted infections among young adolescents. American Journal of Health Behavior, 26, 306-314.
Howard, D.E., Kaljee. L., & Jackson, L. (2002). Urban African American adolescents- perceptions of community violence. American Journal of Health Behavior, 26, 56-67.
Doyle, C., Sawyer, R., & Howard, D. (2001). The dietary attitudes and practices of low-income African Americans with AIDS. Journal of the American Dietary Association, 101, 1206-1208.
Recent Grants (within last 7 years)
The University of Maryland Prevention Research Center Seed Grant, The Boys Healthy Dating Relationship, Principal Investigator
National Institute of Health Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research, The Girls Healthy Dating Relationship Study, Research Mentor “Child” Grant
National Institute of Child Health and Development, The Girls Healthy Dating Relationship Study, Principal Investigator
University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Health Seed Grant, The Girls Healthy Dating Relationship Study, Principal Investigator
National Institutes of Health, Peers as Family: Preventing Problem Drinking, Co-Investigator
University of Maryland, Graduate Research Board, Assessing Sexual Risk Behavior among Undergraduate College Students: Back to Basics, Principal Investigator
Office of Research Integrity, Department of Health and Human Services, Development of a Web-based Statistical Evaluation Tool, Co-Investigator
Tuskegee University, National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care/National Institutes of Health, Assessing Bioethical Issues in Data Analysis, Co-Investigator
Career Highlights
- Phillip Merrill Presidential Scholars Program Mentor Award, UMCP (2011, 2006)
- Jerry P. Wren Outstanding Service Award, UMCP SPH (2011)
- Faculty Recognition Global Public Health Program, UMCP College Park Scholars (2011)
- Recipient, University-Wide Celebration of Scholarship and Research, UMCP (2011, 2008)
- Expert Advisor, National Institute of Justice’s Teen Dating Violence project (2010-)
- Regional Reviewer, India Fulbright Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars (2010-)
- Center for Teaching Excellence Fellowships- Teaching with New Technologies (2009); Lilly (2002-3)
- 13th Annual President's Cup Student Mentor Invitee (2009-10)
- Fulbright-Pai Fellowship to India Manipal University, Manipal, India (2008-9)
- School of Public Health Doris Sands Teacher of the Year Award, UMCP (2007-8)
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