Sherryl A Broverman, Associate Professor of the Practice  

Sherryl A Broverman

Education:
Ph.D, Indiana University, 1990

Office Location: BioSci: 307B
Office Phone: (919) 668-0228
Email Address: sbrover@duke.edu

Additional Web Page: www.wisergirls.org

Specialties:
Genetics
Evolution

Research Categories: science literacy for non-majors; science education reform; the interaction of gender, education and global health

Current projects: Creating linked curricula on HIV/AIDS with Egerton University in Kenya., Developing international research service learning in the sciences., Community-level HIV interventions in rural Kenya, Geospatial mapping of community activity spaces

Research Description: How inclusion of civic issues, international connections, and social engagement alters the cognitive and affective responses of non- major science students to science education. How course design impacts the demographics (gender, race, etc) of student enrollment in elective science courses. Developing international science courses. The factors that impact educational outcomes for girls in rural Kenya. Community level HIV risk intervention and geospatial analysis of community interactions and access to public services.

Areas of Interest:
global health
HIV/AIDS
gender, education, and international development
science literacy

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

  1. Puffer, E. S., Watt, M., Sikkema, K. J., Ogwang-Odhiambo, R. A., & Broverman, S. A., The Protective Role of Religious Coping in Adolescents' Responses to Poverty and Sexual Decision-Making in Rural Kenya: a brief report, Journal of Research on Adolescence (October 14, 2011), Wiley-Blackwell (DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2011.00760.x.) [doi]  [abs].
  2. Puffer, E. S., Meade, C., Drabkin, A., Broverman, S.A., Ogwang-Odhiambo, R. A., and Sikkema, K., Psychosocial correlates of HIV risk behavior among youth in rural Kenya., AIDS and Behavior, vol. 15 no. 6 (2011), pp. 1264-1274, SpringerLink [doi]  [abs].
  3. Matthews, E. J., Puffer, E. S., Meade, C. S, and Broverman, S. A, . Implementation of a of a school-based HIV prevention program in rural Kenya after national dissemination, East African Medical Journal (Submitted, 2011)  [abs].
  4. Puffer, E. J., Drabkin, A., Stashko, A., Broverman, S. A., Ogwang-Odhiambo, R, and Sikkema, K.J., Associations between orphan status, HIV risk behavior and mental health outcomes among adolescents in rural Kenya., Journal of Pediatric Psychology. (Submitted, 2011)  [abs].
  5. Puffer, E. S., Watt, M., Ogwang-Odhiambo, R. A., and Broverman, S. A, The role of religion in adolescents’ coping with HIV risk and poverty in rural Kenya., Journal of Research on Adolescents (Submitted, 2010) .

Curriculum Vitae

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