Elizabeth M. Morgan
Department
of Psychology
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)
M.S.,
Social Psychology (2005)
M.S.W.
(2002)
Emphasis:
Interpersonal Practice and Mental Health
B.A.,
Psychology (2001)
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.