M. MEGHAN DAVIDSON, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
34 Teachers College Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0345
(402) 472-1482

Biography

Dr. Davidson is currently an Assistant Professor in Counseling Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She attended the University of Maryland at College Park and earned a BS in Biology and a BS in Psychology. Dr. Davidson earned her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2005 and is a licensed psychologist. Her current research interests and projects include interpersonal relationship violence and prevention, gender and multicultural issues, career development, and smoking cessation.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Smith, B. L., Davidson, M. M., Beck, M., Beck, N., & Petoski, G. (in press). Investigating the justice system response to domestic violence in Missouri. Missouri Bar Journal.

Davidson, M. M. (2005). Unfortunately, girls are tough too. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 29, 452-453.

Franko, D. L., Mintz, L. B., Villapiano, M., Green, T. G., Mainelli, D., Folensbee, L., Butler, S. F., Davidson, M. M., et al. (2005). Food, mood, and attitude: Reducing risk for eating disorders in college women. Health Psychology, 24, 567-578.

Sanford, T. C., Davidson, M. M., Yakushko, O. F., Martens, M. P., Hinton, P. S., & Beck, N. C. (2005). Clinical and subclinical eating disorders: An examination of collegiate athletes. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 17, 79-86.

Burgoyne, S., Welch, S., Cockrell, K., Neville, H., Placier, P., Davidson, M. M., Share, T., & Fisher, B. (Winter 2005). Researching theatre of the oppressed: A scholarship of teaching and learning project. Mountain Rise, 2.

Davidson, M. M., Yakushko, O. F., & Sanford, T. C. (2004). Racial and ethnic minority clients' utilization of a university counseling center: An archival study. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 32, 259-271.

Hinton, P. S., Sanford, T. C., Davidson, M. M., Yakushko, O. F., & Beck, N. C. (2004). Nutrient intakes and dietary behaviors of male and female collegiate athletes. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism,14, 389-405.

Wang, Y-W., Davidson, M. M., Yakushko, O. F., Savoy, H. B., Tan, J. A., & Bleier, J. K. (2003). The scale of ethnocultural empathy: Development, validation, and reliability . Journal of Counseling Psychology, 50, 221-234.

Heppner, M. J., & Davidson, M. M. (2002). Be careful what we wish for: The integration of career psychology. The Counseling Psychologist, 30, 878-884.

O'Byrne, K. K., Brammer, S. K., Davidson, M. M., & Poston, W. S. C. (2002). Primary prevention in counseling psychology: Back to the future. The Counseling Psychologist, 30, 330-344.

Davidson, M. M., & Huenefeld, N. (2002). Struggling with two identities: The case of Eileen. Career Development Quarterly, 50, 306-310.

Book Chapters

Davidson, M. M., Waldo, M., & Adams, E. M. (2006). Promoting social justice through preventive interventions in schools. In R. L. Toporek, N. A. Fouad, T. Israel, L. H. Gerstein, & G. Roysircar-Sodowsky (Eds.), Handbook of social justice in counseling psychology.

Davidson, M. M. , Heppner, M. J., & Heppner, P. P. (2003). Exclusion is easier, inclusion is better: Diversifying samples. In P. P. Heppner & M. J. Heppner (Eds.), A guide to writing successful theses, dissertations, and publishing research. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Heppner, M. J., Davidson, M. M., & Scott, A. B. (2003). The ecology of women's career barriers: Creating social justice through system-wide intervention. In M. Kopala & M. Keitel (Eds.), Handbook of counseling women. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.