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Jennifer Livingston, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, where she conducts influential research on adolescent victimization, substance use, and sexual health. Her work bridges nursing, psychology, and public health, with a strong focus on prevention science and health equity.
- PhD in Educational Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo
- MA in Educational Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo
- BA in Psychology, SUNY Buffalo State
Her research centers on understanding how early adverse experiences—particularly peer victimization, bullying, and sexual harassment—lead to substance use, mental health problems, and sexual risk behaviors in adolescents and emerging adults. She is especially interested in the mechanisms linking victimization to outcomes among sexual minority youth and college women. Her work emphasizes protective factors, social norms, and peer-based interventions. She employs longitudinal, daily diary, and mixed-methods designs to capture both immediate and long-term effects.
Recent publications highlight trends in sexual assault prevention using friend-based dyadic interventions, the role of sleep quality in mental health among LGBTQ+ youth, and the impact of social norms on bullying and harassment. Her research consistently uses innovative approaches, including motivational interviewing, normative feedback, and grounded theory, to develop and evaluate interventions.
- Mecca S. Cranley Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2021
- Ellen Volpe Memorial Award, 2020
- Murray Straus Interpersonal Violence Original Research Award, 2015
Dr. Livingston has secured major grants as Principal or Co-PI from NIAAA, Department of Defense, and Institute of Education Sciences. She leads projects on risky alcohol use in LGBTQ+ youth, military peer interventions for sexual violence, and school-based bullying prevention. She mentors students and collaborates widely across disciplines. She serves as Senior Consulting Editor for Psychology of Violence and is active in professional organizations including the Society for Prevention Research and Eastern Nursing Research Society. She is also a Faculty Affiliate of the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention.
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