Iowa State University

Brenda Lohman joined Iowa State University in the fall of 2003 as an Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and a Faculty Associate in the Institute for Social and Behavioral Research.  Lohman graduated in 2000 with a Ph. D. in Human Development and Family Studies from The Ohio State University. She also holds a M.S. in Developmental Psychology from Illinois State University and a B.A. in Psychology from Augustana College.  From 2000 until 2003, Lohman worked at Northwestern University as a Research Scientist at the Institute for Policy Research and as Adjunct Faculty in the School of Education and Social Policy.  Utilizing a multidisciplinary framework, her research interests focus on the successful academic and psychosocial adjustment of adolescents especially those from economically disadvantaged minority communities.  Lohman's research program intersects human development and family studies research with public policies that may promote or constrain individual well-being during the teen years. Brenda Lohman joined Iowa State University in the fall of 2003 as an Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and a Faculty Associate in the Institute for Social and Behavioral Research.  Lohman graduated in 2000 with a Ph. D. in Human Development and Family Studies from The Ohio State University. She also holds a M.S. in Developmental Psychology from Illinois State University and a B.A. in Psychology from Augustana College.  From 2000 until 2003, Lohman worked at Northwestern University as a Research Scientist at the Institute for Policy Research and as Adjunct Faculty in the School of Education and Social Policy.  Utilizing a multidisciplinary framework, her research interests focus on the successful  academic, physical, sexual, and psychosocial adjustment of adolescents especially those from economically disadvantaged minority communities.  Lohman's research program intersects human development and family studies research with public policies that may promote or constrain individual well-being during the teen years.

At ISBR, Brenda Lohman is the Principal Investigator of the Three-City Teacher Survey, (TCTS) which is largest random sample survey of teachers of predominately low-income minority children in the country.

She is also Co-Principal Investigator of a project that addresses food insecurity, stress, and obesity in low-income children.United States Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, Human Nutrition and Obesity (2007-35215-17871), Principal Investigators: Craig Gundersen, Joe Eisenmann, Steven Garasky, Brenda J. Lohman, and Susan Stewart, Iowa State University. Title: Food insecurity, stress, and childhood obesity.

Gundersen, C., & Lohman, B. J., Eisenmann, J., Garasky, S., & Stewart, S. D. (2008). Lack of association between child-specific food insecurity and overweight in a sample of 10-15 year old low-income youth. Journal of Nutrition, 138.

^SSchnurr, M. P., & Lohman, B. J. (2008). How Much Does School Matter? An Examination of Adolescent Dating Violence Perpetration. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Special Issue on Aggression in Romantic Relationships.

^SKaura, S. A., & Lohman, B. J. (2007). Dating violence victimization, relationship satisfaction, mental health problems, and acceptability of violence: A comparison of men and women. Journal of Family Violence, 22, 367-381.

Lohman, B. J.,^SKaura, S. A., & Newman, B. (2007). Matched or mismatched environments? The relationship of family and school differentiation to adolescents' psychosocial adjustment. Youth & Society, 39,3 - 32.

Newman, B.M., Lohman, B.J., & Newman, P. R. (2007). Peer group membership and a sense of belonging: Their relationship to adolescent behavior problems. Adolescence, 42, 241 - 263.

Coley, R. L., Lohman, B. J., Votruba-Drzal, E., Pittman L. D., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2007). Maternal functioning, time, and money: The world of work and welfare. Children and Youth Services Review, Special Issue on Child and Family Well-Being following Welfare Reform: The Results from Five Non-Experimental Panel Studies of Low-Income Populations, 29, 721 - 741.

Coley, R. L., Bachman, H. J., Votruba-Drzal, E., Lohman, B. J., & Li-Grining, C. P. (2007). Maternal welfare and employment experiences and adolescent well-being: Do mothers' human capital characteristics matter?. Children and Youth Services Review, 29, 193 - 215.

Bell, H., Lohman, B. J., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2006). Through a quantitative and qualitative lens: Looking at the differential effects of domestic violence on women's welfare receipt and work participation. In J. Henrici (Ed.) Going it Alone: U. S. Women in the Age of Welfare Reform. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press.

Lohman, B. J., Pittman, L. D., Coley, R. L., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2004). Welfare history, sanctions, and developmental outcomes among low-income children and youth. Social Service Review, 78,41 - 73.

Chase-Lansdale, P. L., Moffitt, R. A., Lohman, B. J., Cherlin, A. J., Coley, R. L., Pittman, L. D., Roff, J., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2003). Welfare reform and child well-being: Response. Science, 301, 1325 - 1326.

Chase-Lansdale, P. L., Moffitt, R., Lohman, B. J., Cherlin, A., Coley, R. L., Pittman, L. D., Roff, J., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2003). Mothers' transitions from welfare to work and the well-being of preschoolers and adolescents. Science, 299, 1548 - 1552.

Gavazzi, S. M., McKenry, P. C., Jacobson, J. A., Julian, T. W., & Lohman, B. J. (2003). Confirmatory factor analysis of the family emotional involvement and criticism scale: Evidence of the dimensionality of expressed emotion. Psychological Reports, 92, 119 - 127. IF=.34.

Lohman, B. J., & Jarvis, P. A. (2000). Adolescent stressors, coping strategies, and psychological health studied in the family context. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 29(1), 15 - 44.

Newman, B. M., Lohman, B. J., Newman, P. R., Myers, M. C., & Smith, V. L. (2000). Experiences of urban youth navigating the transition to ninth grade. Youth & Society, 31(4), 387 - 416. IF=.42, Cites=11.

Gavazzi, S. M., McKenry, P. C., Jacobson, J. A., Julian, T. W., & Lohman, B. J. (2000). Modeling the effects of expressed emotion, psychiatric symptomology, and marital satisfaction levels on verbal aggression. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62, 669 - 682.

Newman, B. M., Myers, M. C., Newman, P. R., Lohman, B. J., & Smith, V. L. (2000). The transition to high school for academically promising urban low-income African-American youth. Adolescence, 35(137), 45 - 66.

RESEARCH FUNDING

United States Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, Human Nutrition and Obesity (2007-35215-17871), $500,000. Principal Investigator: Craig Gundersen, Iowa State University. Co-Principal Investigators: Joe Eisenmann, Steven Garasky, Brenda J. Lohman, and Susan Stewart, Iowa State University. Title: Food insecurity, stress, and childhood obesity.

Centers for Disease Control (Center for the Study of Violence, PI-Craig. A. Anderson, CE000492-01). $9,450. The Iowa State "Study of Aggression & Violence" Small Grant Competition, Fall 2005, awarded to Principal Investigator, Brenda J. Lohman and Co-Principal Investigator, Shelby A. Kaura. Title: Exploring the antecedents and consequences of late adolescent dating violence.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, $6,324,019 (RO1 HD36093) awarded to Principal Investigator: Andrew Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University, April 2004. Co-Principal Investigators include: Ronald Angel, University of Texas; Linda Burton, Pennsylvania State University; P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Northwestern University; Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University; and William Julius Wilson, Harvard University. Associate Investigators include: Rebekah Levine Coley, Boston College; Brenda J. Lohman, Iowa State University; David C. Ribar, George Washington University; and James Quane, Harvard University. Subcontract through Northwestern University to Iowa State University Principal Investigator Brenda J. Lohman, Subcontract: $160,678. Title: Welfare reform and the well-being of children.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation awarded to Principal Investigator Andrew Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University, January 2004. Subcontract through Northwestern University to Iowa State University Principal Investigator Brenda J. Lohman, Subcontract: $150,690. Title: Welfare reform and the well-being of children.

Searle Fund for Policy Research, awarded to Principal Investigator P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Northwestern University, April 2004. Subcontracted through Northwestern University to Iowa State University Principal Investigator Brenda J. Lohman, Subcontract: $30,000. Title: Why is there an achievement gap between African American and white students and what can be done about it?

The Ohio Department of Mental Health Small Grants Program For Graduate Research in Applied Mental Health, $4,937, awarded to Co-Principal Investigators Brenda J. Lohman & Barbara Newman, October 1999. Title: School and family contexts: relationship to adolescents' adjustment during the individuation process.

American Psychological Foundation Graduate Research Scholarship in Psychology,$1,000, awarded to Principal Investigator, Brenda J. Lohman, September 1996. Title: Psychological health, stressors, family environment, and coping strategies in early, middle, and late adolescence.

AWARDS

Brenda J. Lohman nominated for the Iowa State University 2008 Early Achievement in Research Award.

Brenda J. Lohman nominated for The Margaret Ellen White Graduate Faculty Award, November 2007.

Illinois State University 150^th Sesquicentennial 2007 Department of Psychology Alumni of the Year Award awarded to Brenda J. Lohman, October 2007.

Brenda J. Lohman nominated for the Iowa State University 2007 Early Achievement in Research Award. College of Human Sciences Nominee (1 in 7 nominees for Iowa State).

Inaugural 2006 College of Human Sciences Early Achievement in Research Award awarded to Brenda J. Lohman.D ecember, 2006.

Research Grant Development Awards for New Faculty, $10,000 awarded to Brenda J. Lohman for the grant development of "Exploring the Antecedents and Consequences of Adolescent Dating Violence," May, 2006.

Institute for Social and Behavioral Research Summer Mentored Grant Writing Program awarded to Brenda J. Lohman for the grant development of "Exploring the Antecedents and Consequences of Adolescent Dating Violence," Summer, 2006.

Iowa State University VIESHEA Outstanding Faculty Award, awarded to Brenda J. Lohman, May 2004.

Society for Research on Adolescence Social Policy Award for Best Journal Article awarded March, 2004 for Chase-Lansdale, P. L., Moffitt, R., Lohman, B. J., Cherlin, A., Coley, R. L., Pittman, L. D., Roff, J., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2003). Mothers' transitions from welfare to work and the well-being of preschoolers and adolescents. Science, 1548 - 1552.

Iowa State University 2004 Grant Writers Workshop Nominee, awarded to Brenda J. Lohman, March 2004.