Marion Underwood

Marion K. Underwood is an American psychologist and dean of Purdue University's College of Health and Human Sciences, a position she assumed on August 1, 2018.[1][2][3] She is a leading researcher in social aggression[4] and is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.[1]

Career

Underwood graduated from Wellesley College in 1986 and received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Duke University in 1991.[1] She joined the faculty at Reed College in 1991, where she received tenure.[5] From 1998 to 2018, she had various roles at the University of Texas at Dallas.[5] In 2008, she was named to an Endowed Chair, as Ashbel Smith Professor.[5][6] From 2015 to 2018, she served as dean of graduate studies and associate provost.[1]

Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1995.[7] She studies social aggression (also known as relational aggression) in children and teens as well as adolescents' use of social media, text messaging, and other digital forms of communication. Her work has been seen on CNN, The New York Times, and The Atlantic, among others.[4][8][9][10]

BlackBerry project

As part of a longitudinal study, Underwood provided free BlackBerrys to ninth-graders in exchange for permission to study the teens' text messages.[11] On average, each student sent 1,321 text messages per month (about 43 per day).[12] Underwood and her colleagues found that less than 2% of text messages had antisocial content (such as rule-breaking, drug use, physical aggression, or property crimes.)[11] Many of the text messages included teens "building each other up" and providing support.[12]

Selected works

Articles
  • Underwood, Marion K.; Ehrenreich, Samuel E.; More, David; Solis, Jerome S.; Brinkley, Dawn Y. (2015). "The BlackBerry Project: The Hidden World of Adolescents' Text Messaging and Relations With Internalizing Symptoms". Journal of Research on Adolescence. 25 (1): 101–117. doi:10.1111/jora.12101. PMC 4348020. PMID 25750494.
  • Underwood, Marion K.; Ehrenreich, Samuel E. (2017). "The Power and the Pain of Adolescents' Digital Communication: Cyber Victimization and the Perils of Lurking". American Psychologist. 72 (2): 144–158. doi:10.1037/a0040429. PMC 5325156. PMID 28221066.
  • Brinkley, Dawn Y.; Ackerman, Robert A.; Ehrenreich, Samuel; Underwood, Marion K. (2017). "Sending and Receiving Text Messages with Sexual Content: Relations with Early Sexual Activity and Borderline Personality Features in Late Adolescence". Computers in Human Behavior. 70: 119–130. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.082. PMC 5560614. PMID 28824224.

Books
  • Underwood, Marion K. (April 10, 2003). Social Aggression among Girls (The Guilford Series on Social and Emotional Development). The Guilford Press. ISBN 978-1572308657.
  • Underwood, Marion K.; Rosen, Lisa H., eds. (September 19, 2013). Social Development: Relationships in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence. The Guilford Press. ISBN 978-1572308657.

References
  1. Huckaby, M. (April 20, 2018). "UT Dallas dean to take helm of Purdue's Health and Human Sciences". Purdue University press release, retrieved November 20, 2018.
  2. Staff writer (April 23, 2018). "Purdue names health and human sciences dean". Inside INdiana Business. Retrieved on November 20, 2018.
  3. Piper, J. (May 31, 2018). "Transitions: Missouri State campus selects its first female chancellor, U. of Southern California resigns". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved on November 20, 2018.
  4. CNN Press Room (September 10, 2015). "CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° breaks news about teens and social media in provocative two-year long investigation". Retrieved on November 20, 2018.
  5. Marion K. Underwood CV (November 2017), retrieved on November 20, 2018.
  6. "Endowed Chairs & Professorships", UT Dallas. Retrieved on November 20, 2018.
  7. Society for Research in Child Development (2019). "Lunch with the Leaders Biographies". 2019 Biennial Meeting Program. Retrieved on December 13, 2018.
  8. Dell'Atonia, K. (October 5, 2015). "Seven ways parents can help 13-year-olds start their social media lives right". The New York Times. Retrieved on December 13, 2018.
  9. Senior, J. (August 4, 2018). "The high school we can't log off from". The New York Times, Opinion. Retrieved on December 13, 2018.
  10. Roberts, K. (February 26, 2014). "The psychology of begging to be followed on Twitter". The Atlantic. Retrieved on December 13, 2018.
  11. ScienceDaily (September 9, 2013). "Antisocial texting by teens linked to bad behavior". Retrieved on December 13, 2018.
  12. Bristol, T. (August 2, 2011). "Texting changes the way kids communicate". Journal Review. Retrieved on December 13, 2018.
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