Emily Kan, Ph.D.
Department
Biography
Emily Kan is a CMC 2015 graduate and is thrilled to be back on campus as a professor. Dr. Kan is a developmental psychologist and does research in adolescent and young adult development, juvenile delinquency, substance use, and substance use treatment in rural primary care settings. Dr. Kan has published in a variety of journals in the fields of developmental psychology, substance use, psychology and law, and public health.
Education
Ph.D., Psychological Science, Developmental Psychology conc. Psych and Law, Quantitative Methods, University of California, Irvine; B.A., Science and Management, Claremont McKenna College
Research and Publications
Zhu, Y., Baldwin, L., Mooney, L. J., Saxon, A. J., Kan, E., Hser, Y. (2023). Co-occurring substance use disorders among patients with opioid use disorder in rural primary care clinics, Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.209269
Kan, E., Beardslee, J., Frick, P. J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2023). Impulse control moderates the association between substance use and substance use-related consequences among justice-system-involved youth. Applied Developmental Science, 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/10888691.2023.2254692
Kan, E., Riano, N., Beardslee, J., Frick, P., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2023). Race differences in the association between binge drinking and treatment among first-time justice-system-impacted youth. Alcohol and alcoholism, 58(1), 23-30. Alcohol and Alcoholism.
Kan, E., Beardslee, J., Steinberg, L., Frick, P. J., & Cauffman, E. (2022). Impact of recreational cannabis legalization on cannabis use, other substance use, and drug‐related offending among justice‐system‐involved youth. Behavioral sciences & the law, 40(2), 292-309. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2573
Rowan, Z. R., Kan, E., Frick, P. J., & Cauffman, E. (2022). Not (Entirely) Guilty: The Role of Co-offenders in Diffusing Responsibility for Crime. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 59(4), 415-448. doi:10.1177/00224278211046256.
Beardslee, J., Kan, E., Simmons, C., Pardini, D., Peniche, M., Frick, P. J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2021). A within-individual examination of the predictors of gun carrying during adolescence and young adulthood among young men. Journal of youth and adolescence, 1-18.
Kan, E., Knowles, A., Peniche, M., Frick, P. J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2021). Neighborhood Disorder and Risk‐Taking Among Justice‐Involved Youth—The Mediating Role of Life Expectancy. Journal of research on adolescence, 31(2), 282-298.
Simmons, C., Kan, E., Simpkins, S., Datta, S., Steinberg, L., Frick, P. J., & Cauffman, E. (2021). Assessing the Association between Participation in Extracurricular Activities and Delinquent Behavior among Justice‐Involved Young Men. Journal of research on adolescence, 31(2), 335-350.
Kan, E., Beardslee, J., Frick, P. J., Steinberg, L., & Cauffman, E. (2020). Marijuana Use Among Justice-Involved Youths After California Statewide Legalization, 2015–2018. American Journal of Public Health, 110(9), 1386-1392.
Fine, A. D., Kan, E., & Cauffman, E. (2019). Adolescents’ confidence in institutions: Do America’s youth differentiate between legal and social institutions?. Developmental psychology, 55(8), 1758.