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Anna V. Song

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Title: Associate Professor
Phone: (209) 228-4591
Education:
  • Ph.D., 2006 — University of California, Davis
  • M.A., 2002 — University of California, Davis
  • B.A., 1998 — University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Research Interests:

Dr. Song's primary research interest is adolescent and young adult decision-making as it pertains to risk behaviors. Her current research involves work on:

  • Tobacco use initiation, continuation, and cessation
  • Risk factors for sex initiation
  • Relationship between perceptions, attitudes, and risk behaviors
  • Predictors of health-related perceptions and attitudes
  • Risk communication efficacy
  • Ethnic differences in risk behaviors
  • Longitudinal methodology