Aubrey Etopio

Aubrey Etopio is an **Assistant Teaching Professor** in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). They hold a Ph.D. from the University of Nevada, Reno (2020). Their research focuses on emotions, particularly the fear of crime and its demographic and psychological predictors, including how crime perception impacts mental health and safety perceptions.

Dr. Etopio teaches courses such as Social Psychology, Psychology of Emotions, and Research Design. Their work bridges theoretical frameworks in emotion theory with applied methodologies, including survey experiments and multi-method analyses. Notable contributions include developing validated scales for fear of crime measurement and exploring how question wording influences crime perception metrics.

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