Edna Brown, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Human Development & Family Studies
University of Connecticut
348 Mansfield Road, Unit 2058
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-2058

Phone: (860) 486-2781
Fax: (860) 486-3452
E-Mail: edna.brown@uconn.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Educational Background:

Joint Ph.D. Degree in Social Work and Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan, 2002
M.S.W., University of Michigan, 1997
B.A., Mount Holyoke College, Frances Perkins Scholar 1994 

Postdoctoral Fellow, Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan2002-2004
Research Fellow, Life Course Development Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan 2004-2005

Research Interests:

• Race, gender, social and personal resources effects on coping, health and well being during transitions in adulthood and older age.
• Marital dissolution and coping with divorce in the context of race and gender.
• Intergenerational and social relationships, the influence of culture.
• Social relations and spirituality in easing health transitions during adulthood.

Professional Accomplishments:

• Co-Principal Investigator, Employment Services Needs and Resource Assessment for Homeless Individuals;
  Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County Mayor’s Commission on Homelessness.
• Principal Investigator, Faculty Research Development Award; Easing the Pain: The Role of Spirituality and Social Support in Coping with Advanced Cancer.

Selected Publications:

• Brown, E. (2007).  Care recipients’ psychological well being: The role of sense of control and caregiver type.  Aging and Mental Health, 11 (4), 405-414.
• Jackson, J.S., Antonucci, T.C., Brown, E.E., Daatland, S.O., Sellers, B. (in press) Race and ethnic influences on normative beliefs and attitudes: Toward Provision of Family Care. In (Eds.) A. Booth, A.C. Coulter, S. Bianchi, & J.A. Seltzer. Intergenerational Caregiving. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute Press
• Brown, E., Jackson, J.S, & Faison, N. (2006). The work and retirement experiences of Aging Black Americans. In J. B. James & P. Wink (Eds.), Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: The Crown of Life: Dynamics of the Early Post-retirement Period Vol. 26, (pp. 39- 60). New York: Springer.
• Orbuch, T., & Brown, E. (2006). Divorce in the context of being African American. In M. Fine and J. Harvey (Eds.),  In Handbook of Divorce and Dissolution of Romantic Relationships (pp. 481-498) New Jersey: Erlbaum.
• Fiori, K. L., Brown, E. E., Cortina, K. S., & Antonucci, T. C.  (2006). Locus of control as a mediator of the relationship between religiosity and life satisfaction: Age, race, and gender differences.  Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 9, 239-263.
• Fiori, K. L., McIlvane, J., Brown, E. E., & Antonucci, T. C.  (2006). Social relations and depressive symptomatology: Self-efficacy as a mediator.  Aging and Mental Health, 10, 1-13.

Selected Presesntations at Professional Meetings:

• Brown, E., Orbuch, T, & Bauermeister, J. (2007). Religiosity and Marital Stability among Black American and White American Couples.  Paper presented at the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA.
• Davis, C. & Brown, E. (2007) Individuals and families coping with advanced cancer: the role of spirituality.  Poster presentation at the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA
• Sellars, B., Brown, E., Antonucci, T. C., & Jackson, J. S. (2007).  Immigrant/Ancestry Status and Ethnic Differences in Family Relations and Filial Obligations within the Black Community.  Poster presented at the American Psychological Society 19th Annual Convention in Washington, D. C.
• Brown, E., Orbuch, T., & Talaska, C., Brown, N. (2006).  The risk of divorce in Black couples and White couples: The role of religiosity.  Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research in San Antonio, TX.
• Brown, E., Orbuch, T., & Talaska, C.  (2005). Striving and surviving: Black couples and White couples coping with divorce.  Paper presented at the Gerontological Society of America in Orlando, Fl.
• Sellars, B., Brown, E., and Jackson, J. (2005).  Ethnic differences in family relations and obligations within the Black community.  Paper presented at the American Psychological Association in Washington, D.C.