Divisions & Faculty

Bacground

• B.S., Psychology,
  Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 1995
• M.S., General/Experimental Psychology,
  Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 1998
  
• Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Clinical Health Psychology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 2002
  
• Pre-doctoral Internship, Clinical Psychology,
  Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Psychological Services, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 2001-2002
  
• Post-doctoral Degree Residency, Clinical Psychology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 2003 - 2006
• Licensure
  Clinical Psychologist (#0810003746, Virginia 2006)

Research Interests

• Injury control, health behavior theory, risk communication
• Design and evaluation of health-promotion programs in large-scale systems
• Use of fear-appeals in motor vehicle safety, alcohol-related risk and DUI prevention, child restraint use, poison prevention, behavior management, and the use of fear-appeals in health promotion campaigns
• School- and community-based applied research

Clinical Interests

• Childhood behavioral and emotional problems
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy, family therapy
• Parent training
• Assessment

Honors and Awards

• Recognition Award for Innovative Prevention Project (for Poison Prevention Pals, Grant #714Q52074), Awarded by the Virginia Department of Health, Division of Injury and Violence Prevention and the Virginia Injury Community Planning Group, 2008
• Pediatric Loan Repayment Program Recipient, National Institutes of Health, 2007 – 2009
• Pediatric Loan Repayment Program Recipient, National Institutes of Health, 2005 – 2007
• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2005 – 2006
• John T. Hanna Award for Excellence in Traffic Safety Education and Prevention, Drive Safe Coalition of Hampton Roads, VA,  2005
• Acceptance – National Cancer Institute’s Advanced Training Institute in Health Behavior Theory,  2005

• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers , 2004 – 2005
• Fellowship, Unintentional Injury Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  A Society for Public Health Education, 2000 – 2001.

Professional Affiliations

• American Public Health Association, 2007 – Present
• Virginia Psychological Association, 2007 – Present
• Tidewater Academy of Clinical Psychologists, 2007 – Present
• American Psychological Association, 1996 – Present
• International Assoc. of Applied Psychology Div. 13: Traffic & Transport Psychology, 2004 – Present
• APA Division 27: Society for Community Research and Action,  2003 – Present
• APA Division 38: Health Psychology, 2003 – Present

Publications
Will, K. E., Lorek, E., Sabo, C. S., & Kidd, D., (in press)  Measuring injury risk perceptions: Feasibility of a risk estimation scale.  American Journal of Health Behavior,

Will, K. E., & Sabo, C. S., (2008). Targeting Underage Drinking and Driving in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts: The Reinforcing Alcohol Prevention (RAP) Program. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 59 (2), 39-49.

Will, K. E., (2007). Scared straight or running scared? Proper use of fear tactics in public health interventions. Home Safety Council’s The Bottom Line Column. Available: http://www.homesafetycouncil.org/expert_network/en_blmay07_w001.aspx

Will, K. E., & Shier, C. L. (2006). Large-scale prevention of alcohol-impaired driving: A review. In A. Columbus’ (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research, Volume 40 (pp. 217-241).Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
      
Will, K. E. (2005). Child passenger safety and the Immunity Fallacy: Why what we are doing is not working. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 37, 947-955.

Will, K. E., Porter, B. E., Geller, E. S., & DePasquale, J. P. (2005).  What is television teaching its viewers? A cross-sectional analysis of risky behaviors on primetime television. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35 (1), 198-222.

Will, K. E., & Geller, E. S. (2004). Increasing the safety of children’s vehicle travel: From effective risk communication to behavior change. Journal of Safety Research, 35, 263-274.

Will, K. E. (2004). Global disparities in child passenger safety practices and associated perceptions of risk. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology. Available:http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/IAAPdiv13/ICTTP2004papers2/Children%20&%20Adolescents/Will.pdf

England, K. J. (2001). Can traditional clinical training make room for community psychology? The Community Psychologist, 34 (2), 8.

England, K. J., Olson, T., & Geller, E. S. (2000). Behavioral observations find unsafe use of child safety seats. Behavior Analyst Digest, 12, 11-12.

Porter, B. E., & England, K. J. (2000).  Predicting red-light running behavior:  A traffic safety study in three urban settings. Journal of Safety Research, 31, 1-8.

England, K. (1999). An everyday use of information processing theory: Sign and label design. In H. K. Chandler and J. W. Finney (Eds.), Exploring Introductory Psychology: A reader and workbook (pp. 405, 415-416). New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc.

Janda, L. H., England, K. J., Lovejoy, D., & Drury, K. (1998).  Attitudes toward psychology relative to other disciplines.  Professional Psychology:  Research and Practice, 29(2), 140-143. 

Manuscripts Under Review
Will, K. E., Sabo, C. S., & Porter, B. E.,  Evaluation of The Boost ‘em in the Back Seat Program: Using fear and efficacy to bring new strength to an old message. Submitted to the Accident Analysis and Prevention.

Will, K. E., & Sabo, C. S.,  Reinforcing Alcohol Prevention (RAP) Program: A school-based curriculum to combat underage drinking and driving. Submitted to Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education.

 

Manuscripts in Preparation
Porter, B. E., Martinez, K. L., Will, K. E., & Berry, T. D. (accepted pending completion). Science and policy to reduce red light running: A traffic psychology success story. In Ian Glendon’s (ed.) Successful Interventions in Traffic Psychology. Australian Academic Press. Not refereed: Invited.

Will, K. E., & Geller, E. S.,  Development of a Critical Behavior Checklist for Child Safety Seat Misuse. To be submitted to Accident Analysis and Prevention.

Will, K. E., & Geller, E. S.,  Training sales associates to intervene on behalf of child passenger safety: Successes and lessons learned. To be submitted to Behavior and Social Issues.

Selected Conference Presentations

Will, K. E., & Sabo, C. S. (2008). Challenges and opportunities for promoting booster seat use: Incorporating social marketing and high-threat messaging. 4th International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology, Washington, DC.

Sabo, C. S., Will, K. E., Lorek, E. J., & Kokorelis, D. A. (2008). Targeting “tweens”: Increasing safety belt use among a forgotten age group. 4th International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology, Washington, DC.

Porter, B. E., Martinez, K. L. H., Will, K. E., & Berry, T. D. (2008). Science and policy to reduce red light running: A traffic psychology success story to highlight the importance of affecting debates for public safety. 4th International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology, Washington, DC.

Waring, E. R., Sabo, C.S., Will, K.E., & Youmans, E. M. (2008). Evaluation of “Spike’s” Poison Prevention Curriculum as Implemented in the Child Care Center Environment. Annual meeting of the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology, Toronto, Canada.

Will, K. E. (2007). Booster Seats—Be Afraid: Using a threat-based message to increase booster-seat use. 39th Annual Military/Civilian Transportation Safety Workshop. Fort Eustis, VA.

Will, K. E., Sabo, C. S, & Porter, B. E. (2007). Using Fear and Efficacy to Increase Booster Seat Use: A Field Test of a High-Threat Message. 135th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Washington, DC.

Sabo, C. S, & Will, K. E. (2007). Development of a court-based program to combat underage drinking and driving. 135th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Washington, DC.

Will, K. E. (2007). Child Passenger Safety and the Immunity Fallacy. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Conference on Identifying Potential Strategies to Improve Effectiveness of Booster Seat Laws, Keck Center of the National Academies, Washington, DC.

Will, K. E. (2007). Scared straight or running scared? Proper use of fear tactics in community education. Home Safety Council’s All-Ways Fire Safe at Home Conference, Washington, DC.