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Natalie Dove, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
361E Science Complex
734.487.3782
ndove@emich.edu
734.487.6553 fax
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Biography
Before coming to EMU, Dr. Dove was an assistant professor in psychology at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Prior to that appointment, she completed her postdoctoral training at the Center for Health / HIV Intervention
and Prevention (CHiP) at the University of Connecticut.
Her research focuses on two primary areas. The first area examines factors influencing sexual and other
health-related risk reduction. Questions of interest include: What intervention program characteristics most
effectively impact health risk reduction for at risk populations? How can we evaluate those intervention programs
so as to strengthen and improve them in the future? How can health-related media campaigns best change risky
health-related behaviors? Her current research focuses on sexual risk reduction via condom use, reduced numbers of
sexual partners, and fewer sexual occasions.
Her second area of research inquiry focuses on gender-related stereotypes and images in the media. To this end,
she has evaluated the effectiveness of media literacy programs, such as Dove’s Campaign For Real Beauty,
which are designed to increase self-esteem among men and women.
Dr. Dove is skilled in meta-analysis, and has completed several meta-analyses that evaluated the efficacy of
HIV-reduction programs at reducing sexual frequency outcomes in general, and also for African Americans and those
in African nations. She has published several articles, book chapters, and has presented often at both regional and national conferences.
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