Caitlin C. Abar

Caitlin C. Abar, Ph.D

(She/Her/Hers)

Associate Professor
(585) 395-5774
cabar@brockport.edu
Office: Holmes Hall 129

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University
    • Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
  • Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
    • Human Development and Family Studies
    • NIDA Prevention and Methodology Fellow
    • NIAAA F31 Research Fellow
  • M.S., Pennsylvania State University
    • Human Development and Family Studies
  • B.A., SUNY Geneseo
    • Psychology/Sociology

Courses Taught

  • PSH 202 – Introductory Statistics
  • PSH 203 – Statistics Lab
  • PSH 384 – Child Psychology
  • PSH 385 – Lives Across Cultures
  • PSH 468 – Teaching Practicum in Psychology
  • PSH 484 – Adolescence
  • PSH 584 – Graduate Adolescence
  • PSH 684 – Advanced Developmental Psychology

Research Interests

  • Social influences on youth health risk behaviors 
    • Alcohol, Marijuana, Prescription drug use and disposal, Eating behaviors, etc.
  • Parenting in adolescence and emerging adulthood
  • Developmentally appropriate measurement