Brenda Lohman Brenda J. Lohman
Associate Professor

Education:

  • Ph.D., The Ohio State University, Human Development & Family Studies, 2000
  • M.S., Illinois State University, Developmental Psychology, 1996
  • B.A., Augustana College, Psychology, 1994

Office: 2356 Palmer
Phone: (515) 294-6230
Email: blohman@iastate.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests:

  • Adolescent Academic Competencies
  • Adolescent Coping, Conflict Resolution, and Violence Exposure
  • Adolescent Obesity
  • Adolescent Romantic Relationships & Sexual Experiences
  • Applied or Policy-Relevant Research
  • Experiences of Low-Income Minority Youth
  • Family, School, Neighborhood and Peer Influences on Adolescent Well-Being
    Welfare Reform & Poverty

Teaching Responsibilities:

  • Introduction to Individual and Family Life Development, HDFS 102 and HDFS 102XW
  • Family Interaction Dynamics, HDFS 479
  • Graduate Core Course, Theories of Human Development, HDFS 510
  • Graduate Seminar in Adolescent Development, HDFS 634 and HDFS 634XW
  • Graduate Seminar in Family Interaction Dynamics, HDFS 579
Professional Organizations:

  • American Psychological Association
  • Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management
  • National Council on Family Relations
  • Society for Research in Child Development
  • Society for Research on Adolescence
  • Society for the Study of Human Development

External Grants:

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, University of Illinois. Co-Principal Investigators: Steven Garasky, Brenda J. Lohman, Susan Stewart, Iowa State University, and Joey Eisenmann, Michigan State University. Title: Food insecurity, stress, and childhood obesity. (2007 – 2010).

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (RO1 HD36093), $6,324,019 awarded to Principal Investigator: Andrew Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University, April 2004. Co-Principal Investigators: 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: Rebekah Levine Coley, Boston College; Brenda J. Lohman, Iowa State University; David C. Ribar, George Washington University; and James Quane, Harvard University. Subcontract allocated to Iowa State University Principal Investigator Brenda J. Lohman, Subcontract: $160,678. Title: Welfare reform and the well-being of children. (2004 – 2008).

The Annie E. Casey Foundation, awarded to Principal Investigator: Andrew Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University, January 2004. Subcontract allocated to Iowa State University Principal Investigator Brenda J. Lohman, Subcontract: $150,690. Title: Welfare reform and the well-being of children. (2004 – 2007).

Searle Fund for Policy Research, awarded to Principal Investigator: P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Northwestern University, April 2004. Subcontract allocated 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? (2004 – 2007).

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. (2005 -2006).

 

Publications:

Invited Peer-Reviewed Chapters

  1. Lohman, B. J., Matjasko, J. L., Mahatmya, D., & Feldman Farb, A. (Expected 2011). Student engagement across developmental periods. In S. Christenson, A. Reschly, & C. Wylie (Eds.). The Handbook of Research on Student Engagement. New York, NY: Springer Science. 

  2. Lohman, B. J., & Matjasko, J. L. (2009). Creating partnerships in adolescence: Challenges and opportunities. In S. Christenson & A. Reschly (Eds.). The Handbook on School-Family Partnerships for Promoting Student Competence. New York, NY: Routledge.

  3. 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.), Doing Without: Women and Work after Welfare Reform. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press. 131 – 152.

 

Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

  1. Eisenmann, J., Gundersen, C., Lohman, B. J., Garasky, S., & Stewart, S. (2011, forthcoming). Is food insecurity related to overweight and obesity in children and adolescents? A summary of studies, 1995-2009. Obesity Reviews.

  2. Gundersen, C., Mahatmya, D., Garasky, S., & Lohman, B. J. (2011, forthcoming). Linking psychosocial stressors and childhood obesity. Obesity Reviews.

  3. Garasky, S., Stewart, S. D., Gundersen, C., & Lohman, B. J. (2010). Toward a fuller understanding of nonresident father involvement: An examination of child support, in-kind support, and visitation. Population Research and Policy Review, 29, 363 – 393.

  4. Schnurr, M.P., Lohman, B. J., & Kaura, S. A. (2010).Variation in reports of dating violence perpetration: A dyadic analysis. Violence and Victims, 25, 84 – 100.

  5. Jordahl, T. R., & Lohman, B. J. (2009). A bioecolgocial analysis of risk and protective factors associated with early sexual intercourse of young minority adolescents. Children & Youth Services Review, 31, 1272 – 1282.

  6. Kaura, S. A., & Lohman, B. J., (2009). Does acceptability of violence impact the relationship between satisfaction, victimization, and commitment levels in emerging adult dating relationships? Journal of Family Violence, 24, 349 – 359.

  7. Garasky, S., Stewart, S. D., Gundersen, C., Lohman, B. J. & Eisenmann, J. C. (2009). Family stressors and childhood obesity. Social Science Research, 38, 755 – 766.

  8. Gundersen, C., Garasky, S., & Lohman, B. J. (2009). Food insecurity is not associated with childhood obesity as assessed using multiple measures of obesity. Journal of Nutrition, 139, 1173 -1178.

  9. Lohman, B. J., Stewart, S., Gundersen, C., Garasky, S., & Eisenmann, J. (2009). Adolescent overweight and obesity: Links to food insecurity and individual, maternal, and family stressors. Journal of Adolescent Health, 45, 230 – 257.

  10. Gundersen, C., Lohman, B. J., Garasky, S., Stewart, S., & Eisenmann, J. (2008). Food security, maternal stressors, and overweight among low-income US children: Results from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2002). Pediatrics, 122, 529 – 540.

  11. Lohman, B. J., & Billings, A. (2008). Protective and risk factors associated with early adolescent
    boys’ sexual debut and risky sexual behaviors. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37, 723 – 735.

  12. Gundersen, C., Lohman, B. J., Eisenmann, J., Garasky, S., & Stewart, S. D. (2008). Child-specific food insecurity and overweight are not associated in a sample of 10-15 year old low-income youth. Journal of Nutrition, 138, 371 – 378.                                                            
  13. Schnurr, 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, 37, 266 – 283.

  14. Kaura, 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.

  15. Lohman, B. J., Kaura, 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. Slack, K.S., Magnuson, K., Berger, L., & Yoo, J., Coley, R. L., Dunifon, R., Dworsky, A., Kalil, A.,
    Knab, J., Lohman, B. J., & Osborne, C., (2007, fifth and remaining authors alphabetized). Family economic well-being following the 1996 welfare reform: Trend data from five non-experimental panel studies. 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, 698 – 720.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

  22. 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.

  23. 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, 15 – 44.   

  24. 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, 387 – 416.

  25. 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.

  26. 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, 45 – 66.