Amanda Brouwer
Dr. Brouwer’s areas of interest are the social psychological factors that influence health and health behaviors, particularly for people living with or at risk for chronic disease.
Specifically, she is interested in how factors such as social identity, the self, social support, and self-efficacy affect goals and motivation to perform health behaviors.
She is currently exploring the role of the self-as-doer identity in health behaviors such as eating and physical activity.
Dr. Brower teaches the following courses:
- PSY 210 Intro to Psychological Science
- PSY 231 Statistics
- PSY 327 Health Psychology
- PSY 325 Social Psychology
- PSY 331 Advanced Research Methods and Analysis in Psychology
- PSY 408 Advanced Experimental Psychology
- PSY 400 Independent Study/Research
Dr. Brouwer was awarded the 2020-2021 Professor of Year Award by the WSU Student Senate.
View Dr. Brouwer’s curriculum vitae (PDF) for a complete list of her interests and publications.
Education
- PhD: Health and Social Psychology | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- MS: Psychology | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Graduate Certificate: Public Health | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- BA: Psychology | Northwestern College | Orange City, IA
Supervised Student Research
There will be opportunities to assist with Dr. Brouwer’s research examining the effects of different educational and motivational interventions on health behaviors like healthy eating and physical activity.
The purpose of these studies is to develop basic research to be used to help develop ways to improve health behaviors. There will also be other opportunities for students to assist with Dr. Brouwer’s research in one or more of the above areas.
Students with an idea for independent research are also welcome to propose a new project.
Publications
Brouwer, A. M., Johanson, J., & *Carlson, T. (2022). College athletes’ views on academics: A qualitative assessment of perceptions of academic success. Journal of Athlete Development and Experience, 4, 122-138. doi: https://doi.org/10.25035/jade.04.02.01
Brouwer, A. M. (2020). The Self-as-Doer identity and physical activity: The mediating effect of self-efficacy for managing physical activity barriers. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 20, 22-36. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2019.1697272
Brouwer, A. M., & Menard, L. (2020). Social determinates of health and health outcomes: The mediating role of coping strategies (PDF). Wisconsin Medical Journal, 119, 56-61.
Silver, K. E., Anderson, R. E., Brouwer, A. M. (2020). Emotional responses to sexual assault threat: A qualitative analysis among women with histories of sexual victimization. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37, 9-32. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520908019