Alumni Education Education: Graduate Certificate in Quantitative Methods, University of Georgia, 2019 M.A., Sociology, University of Georgia, 2017 B.A., Sociology, Furman University, 2015 Research Research Areas: Crime, Law, and Deviance Family, Life Course, and Aging Gender Race and Ethnicity Inequality Selected Publications Selected Publications: Steele, Megan E., Tara E. Sutton, Alyssa L. Brown, Leslie Gordon Simons, and Patricia Y. Warren. “A Test of General Strain Theory: Explaining Intimate Partner Violence and Alcohol Use Among Black Women.” Feminist Criminology. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1177/15570851211065896 Steele, Megan E., Leslie Gordon Simons, Tara E. Sutton, and Frederick X. Gibbons. Family Context and Adolescent Risky Sexual Behavior: An Examination of the Influence of Family Structure, Family Transitions and Parenting. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 49(6), 1179-1194. doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01231-z Simons, Leslie Gordon, and Megan E. Steele. 2020. “The Negative Impact of Economic Hardship on Adolescent Academic Engagement: An Examination Parental Investment and Family Stress Processes.” Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 49(5), 973-990. doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01210-4 Steele, Megan E., and Leslie Gordon Simons. 2019. “Intergenerational Transmission.” Macmillan Encyclopedia of Intimate and Family Relationships. Macmillan Reference USA. ISBN-13: 9780028664644 Courses Regularly Taught Courses Regularly Taught: SOCI 3810 SOCI 3610 SOCI 3840E SOCI 1101 (SOCI)HDFS 4610
