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Anneliese Bolland is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama's College of Communication and Information Sciences. Her research focuses on risk and protective factors affecting adolescents in impoverished communities, particularly Black adolescents. She leads the Mobile Youth and Poverty Study (MYPS) and has evaluated projects funded by the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Education.
Her work spans topics such as mental health disparities, criminal justice system impacts, STEM education equity, and health interventions. She teaches research methods and oral performance courses. Bolland holds a Ph.D. with a dissertation titled Representativeness Two Ways: An Assessment of Representativeness and Missing Data Mechanisms in a Study of an at-risk Population (2012).
Recent research trends emphasize marginalized communities, including studies on telehealth access during the pandemic, bioactive interventions for cardiovascular health, and the intersection of racial discrimination and mental health. She has secured grants for longitudinal studies on adolescent development and STEM program efficacy. Bolland collaborates with the Institute for Communication and Information Research and has contributed to policy-oriented analyses of youth delinquency and trauma exposure.
Her work addresses systemic inequities through an interdisciplinary lens, blending communication studies, sociology, and public health methodologies. Ongoing projects explore how family and peer environments mediate substance use and academic outcomes among disadvantaged youth.
