Steven M. Kogan

Education

Research

Dr. Kogan's areas of research include Black American men's  substance use during emerging adulthood and evaluating family-centered alcohol prevention programs for  Black American youth. His research includes conducting randomized prevention trials and longitudinal studies of development.

Teaching

• Adolescent Development HDFS3700
• Research Methods in HDFS8800
• Prevention Science HDFS8950

Prior Professional Positions

Awards

Editorial Appointments

Areas of Expertise

1. Risk behavior among African American youth
2. Family-centered prevention
3. African American men's substance use, sexuality, and family formation

Current Research

My research addresses the public health need to prevent substance use and high-risk sexual behavior among Black American youth, particularly those residing in resource-poor rural Southern environments. This research program involves identifying individual, family, and community factors that protect young people from high risk behavior and translating these findings into efficacious, ecologically appropriate interventions. 

Journal Articles

Selected Recent Articles

1. Kogan, S. M., Lilly, C., James, J. E., & Kristjansson, A. L. (in press). Caffeine, daytime sleepiness, and conduct problems among early adolescents: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Adolescent Health.
2. Tiwari, B. B.,* McDowell, C., Roberts, O. S., Kogan, S., Chen, Z. A., & Rajbhandari-Thapa, J. (2024). A Standard Measure of Structural Racism, Do We Have One? Can We Have One? A Narrative Review of Commonly Used Measures and Domains of Use. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-02179-7
3.  Nusslock, R., Kogan, S. M., Yu, T., Armstrong, C. C., Chen, E., Miller, G. E., Brody, G. H., & Sweet, L. H. (2024). Higher substance use is associated with low executive control neural activity and higher inflammation. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 120, 532-542. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2024.06.018
4. Reck, A., Sweet, L. H., Geier, C., Kogan, S. M., Cui, Z., & Oshri, A. (2024). Food insecurity and adolescent impulsivity: The mediating role of functional connectivity in the context of family flexibility. Developmental Science, e13554. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13554
5. Oshri, A., Reck, A.,* Carter, S., Uddin, L., Geier, C., Beach, S., Brody, G., Kogan, S., Sweet, L., (2024). Racial discrimination and risk for internalizing and externalizing symptoms among Black youth: The moderating role of amygdalar response.  JAMA Network Open
6. Collins, C. C., Kwon, E., & Kogan, S. M.^† (2024). Parenting practices and trajectories of proactive coping assets among emerging adult Black men. American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12758
7. Curtis, M. G., Wieling, E., Bryant, C., Campbell, R. D., & Kogan, S. M.^† (2024). Systemic effects of the COVID pandemic on rural black American men's interpersonal relationships: A phenomenological examination. PloS one, 19(4), e0297876. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297876
8. Kogan, S. M., Reck, A. J.,* Curtis, M. G., & Oshri, A. (2024). Childhood adversity and racial discrimination forecast suicidal and death ideation among emerging adult Black men: A longitudinal analysis. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000641
9. Reck, A.,* Bradley-Pikes, A.,* Fisher, S., & Kogan, S. M.^† (2023). Different mechanisms link internalized racism to externalizing symptomology among Black American adolescent boys and girls. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.11.011
10. Kogan, S. M., Kwon, E., Brody, G. H., Azarmehr, R.*, Reck, A. J.,* Anderson, T., & Sperr, M. (2023). Family-Centered Prevention to Reduce Discrimination-Related Depressive Symptoms Among Black Adolescents: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open, 6(11), e2340567-e2340567. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.40567
11. Kwon, E., Oshri, A., Zapolski, T. C. B., Zuercher, H., & Kogan, S. M.^† (2023). Substance use trajectories among emerging adult Black men: Risk factors and consequences. Drug Alcohol Rev, 42(7), 1816-1824. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13728

Publications

Book Chapters:

Kogan, S. M. & Barton, A.W. (2022). Translation and prevention in family science. In K. Adamsons, A. Few-Demo, C. Proulx, &K. Roy (Eds.), Sourcebook of family theories and methodologies: A dynamic approach, 2^nd Ed. Springer.

Kogan, S. M. & Walsh, S. D. (in press). Using basic and applied research on risk and resilience to inform preventive interventions for immigrant youth. In D. G. DeBruyn and D. Strohmeier (Eds.), Contextualizing immigrant and refugee resilience: Cultural and acculturation perspectives. Springer.

Beach, S. R. H., et al. (2016). Molecular Genetics and Epigenetics in the Context of Family and Couple Problems. The Oxford Handbook of Relationship Science and Couple Interventions. E. Lawrence and K. T. Sullivan. New York, Oxford University Press: 39-50.

Brody, G. H., Kogan, S. M., & Grange, C. M. (2012). Translating Longitudinal, Developmental Research with Rural African American Families into Prevention Programs for Rural African American Youth. In V. Maholmes & R. B. King (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Child Development London: Oxford University Press.