Davina M. Brown, Professor of Psychology

Ph.D. Developmental Psychology, University of Toledo 1993
M.A. Social Psychology, University of Toledo 1978
B.A. Psychology, University of Toledo 1975

Research Interests
Cognitive Processes
Family Violence
Psychology & The Law

Teaching Interests
Child Maltreatment
The Family
Statistics & Research Methods
Domestic Violence
Social Psychology

Publications
Intergenerational Programs, Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography (1998)
An undergraduate course on child abuse and neglect. In J.J. Haugaard (Ed.), Including Information on child abuse and neglect in the undergraduate curriculum. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association (1996)
I’m glad I’m a boy! I’m glad I’m a girl!: A class room demonstration of racial and gender stereotyping. In S. Goss & D. Bernstein (Eds.) Instructor’s Resource Manual for Psychology.Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company (1991)
Coping with loss: Emotional acculturation in first semester freshmen. Journal of the Freshman Year Experience (1990)
A cognitive developmental analysis of the freshman experience. Journal of the Freshman Year Experience (1989)
First-grade boy’s responses to a new task following noncontingent feedback. Journal of the Experimental Child Psychology (1985)

Service
Professional:
Member of the American Psychological Association
Society for Research in Child Development
The Society for the Teaching of Psychology
National Council on Family Relation
Reviewer for National Science Foundation Grant Awards
2003 Carnegie Outstanding Professor State of New Hampshire
1990 Sears Foundation Teaching Excellence & Campus Leadership Award
1989 The Defiance College Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award
Official Sponsor of Alpha Chi National Honorary Society for Franklin Pierce University
Chair: Franklin Pierce University Internal Review Board
Called on for Professional Opinion as an expert witness
Most recent: Rollins vs. Wayne County Children’s Services Board

Personal Interests
All cats (but especially Siamese)
Gardening, Travel
My first novel, Strange Angels, is almost complete
I’m also editing a book of poems written by abused children

Contact Info:
Brownd@franklinpierce.edu