Elizabeth M. Morgan

                                                                                                                   

Department of Psychology

Boise State University                                                                                                        

1910 University Drive

Boise, ID 83725-1715

emorgan@boisestate.edu

 

Office:  Education Building Room 622

 

Departmental Website: http://sspa.boisestate.edu/psychology/

 

COURSES

 

Psyc 101: General Psychology – Honors

Psyc 261: Human Sexuality

Psyc 310: Adolescent and Adult Development

Psyc 438: Community Psychology

Psyc 512: Lifespan Development

Psyc 488: Directed Research in Psychology

If you are interested in being a research assistant for Dr. Morgan, you can download the application here and email it to her at the address above. Please note that to be an RA you need a 3.0 GPA or higher and priority is given to Psychology Majors. Decisions regarding RAs are typically made in October for Spring semester and March for Fall semester.

All positions through Fall 2011 have been filled.

 

Education

 

Ph.D., Developmental Psychology (2008)

University of California, Santa Cruz

 

M.S., Social Psychology (2005)

University of California, Santa Cruz

 

M.S.W. (2002)

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Emphasis: Interpersonal Practice and Mental Health

 

B.A., Psychology (2001)

Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

 

   

Research Interests

 

Dr. Morgan’s research focuses on adolescent and young adult sexual and romantic relationship development in the context of parent-child relationships, peers and the media. Much of her work emphasizes sexual orientation and sexual identity development, especially among women. Concurrently she is interested in the development of narrative identities and makes frequent use of qualitative methods in her work.

 

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

 

Morgan, E. M., & Zurbriggen, E. L. (In press). Sexual values and their sources: Tracking changes over the first year of college. Journal of Adolescent Research.

 

Morgan, E. M., & Korobov, N. (In press). Interpersonal identity formation in conversations with close friends about dating relationships. Journal of Adolescent Research.

 

Morgan, E. M., & Landrum. R. E. (2012). You’ve earned your doctorate in psychology, now what? Securing a job as an academic or professional psychologist. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

 

Morgan, E. M. (2012). Not always a straight path: College students’ narratives of heterosexual identity development. Sex Roles, 66, 79-93

 

Morgan, E. M. (2011). Associations between young adults’ use of sexually explicit materials and their sexual preferences, behaviors, and satisfaction. Journal of Sex Research, 48, 520-530.

 

Morgan, E. M., & Thompson, E. M. (2011). Processes of sexual orientation questioning among heterosexual women. Journal of Sex Research, 48, 16-28.

 

Morgan, E. M., Snelson, C., & Elison-Bowers, P. (2010). Image and video disclosure of substance use on social media websites. Computers in Human Behavior, 26, 1405-1411.

 

Morgan, E. M., Richards, T. C., & VanNess, E. M. (2010). Comparing narratives of personal and preferred partner characteristics in online dating advertisements. Computers in Human Behavior, 26, 883-888.

 

Morgan, E. M., Steiner, M. G., & Thompson, E. M. (2010). Processes of sexual orientation questioning among heterosexual men: Cognitive and behavioral exploration. Men & Masculinities, 12, 425-443.

 

Morgan, E. M., Thorne, A., & Zurbriggen, E. L. (2010). A longitudinal study of young adults’ conversations with parents about sex and dating during college. Developmental Psychology, 46, 139-150.

 

Friedman, C. K., & Morgan, E. M. (2009). Comparing sexual minority and heterosexual young women’s friend and parents as sources of support for sexual issues. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38, 920-936.

 

Thompson, E. M., & Morgan, E. M.  (2008). “Mostly straight” young women: Variations in sexual behavior and identity development. Developmental Psychology, 44, 15-21.

 

Morgan, E. M., & Zurbriggen, E. L. (2007). Wanting sex and wanting to wait: Young adults narrate gendered sexual scripts in messages from first significant dating partners. Feminism & Psychology, 17, 516-541.

 

Thorne, A., Korobov, N., & Morgan, E. M. (2007). Channeling identity: A study of story-telling in conversations between introverted and extraverted friends. Journal of Research on Personality, 41, 1008-1031.

 

Morgan, E. M., & Thompson, E. M. (2006). Young women’s sexual experiences within same-sex friendships: Discovering and defining bisexual and bi-curious identity. Journal of Bisexuality, 6 (3), 7-34.

 

Morgan, E. M., & Quint, E. H. (2006). Sexual functioning, mental health, and life goals in women with vaginal agenesis. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 35, 322-343.

 

Zurbriggen, E. L., & Morgan, E. M. (2006). Who wants to marry a millionaire? Reality dating television programs, sexual attitudes, and sexual behaviors. Sex Roles, 54, 1-17.