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Jen Doty

Family and Human Services Program Director
Associate Professor
Counseling Psychology, Family and Human Services, Prevention Science
jendoty@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7545
Office: HEDCO 351
Research Interests: Parent-based prevention, cultural adaptation of digital interventions, adolescent digital media use, cyberbullying

Biography

Dr. Doty will be accepting new PhD students in both Counseling Psychology and Prevention Science for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Dr. Jen Doty is an Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services. Prior to coming to the University of Oregon, Dr. Jennifer Doty was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences at the University of Florida. She was an NIMH CHIPS fellow and completed an interdisciplinary fellowship in adolescent health at the University of Minnesota through a T32 training grant in Interdisciplinary Research Training in Child and Adolescent Primary Care.  

Dr. Doty’s research is built around the idea that parent-child relationships and technology are key leverage points for improving adolescent health and well-being. She focuses on evidence-based parenting interventions, prevention of bullying and cyberbullying, and the promotion of mental health. She has over forty peer reviewed articles on these topics as well as two books and several book chapters. She has been a primary advisor for five PhD students. 

As a first generation, second generation Latinx immigrant, Jen is committed to supporting first gen students from diverse backgrounds. She works with her students to identify and apply for scholarships and research opportunities. Students in her lab work on community-engaged, equity-focused projects, and she promotes opportunities for students to be involved in writing. Dr. Doty fosters an environment where she and students learn from each other. She has been a primary advisor for three PhD students and three master’s students and has served on several other graduate student committees. In addition, she has mentored several undergraduate students in McNair projects, undergraduate research scholarships, and honors theses.

Dr. Doty teaches classes in Family and Human Services and Prevention Science, and she works as an affiliate faculty with the Prevention Science Institute.

Education

PhD Family Social Science, University of Minnesota

MS Applied Family and Child Studies, School of Family, Consumer, and Nutrition Sciences, Northern Illinois University

Honors and Awards

2024    NIH R34 Adaptation of Family Check-Up Online in the Latinx Community to Reduce Youth Substance Use.

2022     NIMH CHIPS (Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services) Fellow

2020     Society for Prevention Research Early Career Prevention Science Training Program, selected for competitive training cohort

2018     NIH Training Award, Optimization of Behavioral and Biobehavioral Interventions

Publications

  1. Doty, J. L., Corlett, N., Fenton, M., Pierre, B.*, Johns, T. (2024). An examination of ecological factors predicting depressed mood among adolescents. Youth & Society. Advanced online publication. https://doi-org.uoregon.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0044118X241260749
  2. Doty, J. L., Barlett, C. P., Gabrielli, J., Su, Y., Yourell, J.*, Waasdorp, T. E. (2024). A theory-derived model of proximal processes of cyberbullying. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075241227394
  3. Liby, C.*, Doty, J. L., Mehari, K. R., Abbas, I.*, & Su, Y. W. (2023). Adolescent experiences with online racial discrimination: Implications for prevention and coping. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 33(4), 1281-1294. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12875
  4. Doty., J. L., Girón, K.*, Yourell, J.*, Gabrielli, J., Abraczinskas, M., D. Rijo*, Bailee Rousso* (2022). Parent-based prevention of bullying and cyberbullying during COVID-19 social distancing: A Pilot Study using the MOST framework.
  5. Yourell, J.*, Koskela-Staples, N.*, Doty, J. L., Fedele, D. (2022). Risk and protective factors for physical activity engagement among adolescents with comorbid asthma and obesity.
  6. Corcoran, E.*, Doty, J., Wisniewski, P., & Gabrielli, J. (2022). Four-factor media parenting measurement model and associations with youth sexting. Advanced online publication. Computers in Human Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107263.
  7. Corcoran, E.*, Gabrielli, J., Wisniewski, P., Little, T., & Doty, J. (2022). A measurement model of media parenting in a U.S. sample of parents and youth. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10862-022-09962-y
  8. LaMontagne, L. G.*, Diehl, D. C., Doty, J. L., Smith, S. (2022). Feeling in-between: The mediating role of adolescent emotion regulation among family context and youth depressive symptoms. Youth & Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X211067266
  9. Doty, J. L., Girón, K.*, Mehari, R. K., Sharma, D., Smith, S. J.*, Su, Y., Ma, X.*, Rijo, D.*, & Rousso, B.* (2021). The dosage, context, and modality of interventions to prevent cyberbullying perpetration and victimization: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Prevention Science.  Advance online publication. 10.1007/s11121-021-01314-8
  10. Su, Y., Doty, J. L., Polley, B.*, Sickels, A.* (2021). Working together to reduce cyberbullying: Interviews with school counselors. Professional School Counseling. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X211053825
  11. Yourell J.* & Doty, J. L. (2021). Associations between weight-based bullying, developmental internal assets, and perceived social support among youth: Moderation by weight status. Journal of School Health, 92(1), 42-51. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.13101.
  12. Helfrich, E.*, Doty, J. L., Su, Y., Yourell, J., & Gabrielli, J. (2020). Parental views on preventing and minimizing negative effects of cyberbullying. Children & Youth Services Review, 118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105377
  13. Doty, J. L., Lynne, S. D., Metzler, A., & Yourell, J.*, Espelage, D. (2020). Bullying perpetration and perceived parental monitoring: A random intercepts cross-lagged panel model. Youth & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X20938416
  14. Doty, J. L., Brady, B., Garcia-Huidobro, D., Rietveld, L.*, Monardez, J., Svetaz, M. V., Doty, M. J.,Linares, R., & Allen, M. (2020). Designing a mobile app to enhance parenting skills of Latinx parents: A community-based participatory approach. The Journal of Medical Internet Research: Formative Research, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.2196/12618
  15. Doty, J. L., Gower, A. L., Rudi, J. H., McMorris, B. J., & Borowsky, I. (2017). Patterns of bullying and sexual harassment involvement: Connections with parents and teachers as direct protective factors. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46(11), 2289-2304. https://doi.org/doi: 10.1007/s10964-017-0698-0

Research

Dr. Doty’s current research is on promoting healthy technology use and using technology to reach parents. Dr. Doty works to prevent youth aggression and cyberbullying and improve parenting practices both in person and online. In this line of research, she employs multiple methods to identify to inform the development of programs to promote healthy technology use among adolescents. Additionally, leverages the online environment for the dissemination of parent-based prevention programming for diverse families. She currently is working on culturally adapting the Family Check-up Online for Latine families.