Melanie Evans Keyes

Biography

Dr. Melanie Evans Keyes teaches in the areas of developmental, family, and cultural psychology, as well as research methods. She was awarded Eastern’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2015. Before coming to Eastern, she earned her B.A. from Vassar College and both her M.S. and Ph.D. from Syracuse University. She is also a Nationally Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE).

Research Interests

• Adolescent development
• Contextual and cultural impacts on development
• Parent-child relationships

Teaching Interests

• Developmental Psychology
• Family and Cultural Psychology
• Research Methods

Publications

Gullotta, T.P., Plant, R.W., & Evans, M. (Eds.) (2015). Handbook of adolescent behavioral problems: Evidence-based approaches to prevention and treatment (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.

Evans, M., & Brown, T.L. (2014). The healthy development of African American youth. In T.P. Gullotta & M. Bloom (Eds.), Encyclopedia of primary prevention and health promotion (2nd ed., Vol 3, pp. 1194-1202). New York, NY: Springer

Fouts, H.N., Roopnarine, J.L., Lamb, M.E., & Evans, M. (2012). Infant social interactions with multiple caregivers: The importance of ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 43 (2), 328-348.

Roopnarine, J.L., Evans, M., & Pant, P. (2011). Parent-child relationships in African and Indian Caribbean families: A social psychological assessment. In D. Chadee & A. Kostic (Eds.), Social Psychological Dynamics (pp. 147-171). Mona, Jamaica: University of West Indies Press.

Bachiochi, P., Everton, W., Evans, M., Escoto, C., Fugere, M., Letterman, M., & Leszczynski, J. (2011). Using empirical article analysis to assess research methods courses. Teaching of Psychology, 38(1), 5-9.