Mary Hunt, PhD

she/her/hers, Assistant Professor

About

Degrees

Ph.D. Community Health Promotion, University of Arkansas

Graduate Certificate Educational Statistics and Research Methods, University of Arkansas 

M.S. Community Health Promotion, University of Arkansas 

B.S. Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University 

Research

Dr. Hunt directs the RRAS Lab (Research in Repro And Sexuality).

She conducts mixed-methods research in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Consent Communication, Sexual Assault Prevention, Abortion Access and Attitudes

 

Current Courses

Perspectives of Human Lifestyle and Wellness (HLED 201)

Nutrition (HLED 350)

Public Health Theory (HLED 407)

Society and Sex (HLED 152)

Professional Preparation Seminar (HLED 430)

Health Program Implementation and Evaluation (HLED 425)

Public Health Administration and Funding (HLED 440)

Qualitative Research Methods (HLED 409)

Selected Publications

Hunt, M., Jozkowski, K.N., Cleland, K., Crawford, B., Lo, W., Warren, R., & Vinti, H. (2021). Examining the effect of a randomized media intervention on knowledge and support of abortion restrictions: A case study in the South. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. doi:10.1007/s13178-021-00624-4

Cleland, K., Marcantonio, T., Hunt, M., & Jozkowski, K. (2021). “It prevents a fertilized egg from attaching…and causes a miscarriage of the baby”: A qualitative assessment of how people understand the mechanism of action of emergency contraception. Contraception. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2021.01.009

Marcantonio, T., Willis, M., Rhoads, K., Hunt, M., Canan, S., & Jozkowski, K. (2020). Assessing models of concurrent substance use and sexual consent cues in mainstream films. The American Journal of College Health. doi:10.1080/07448481.2020.1764962​

Willis, M., Jozkowski, K., Canan, S., Rhoads, K., & Hunt, M. (2020). Models of sexual consent communication by film rating: A content analysis. Sexuality & Culture. doi:10.1007/s12119-020-09731-7.

Jozkowski, K. N., Marcantonio, T. L., Rhoads, K. E., Canan, S., Hunt, M., & Willis, M. (2019). A content analysis of sexual consent and refusal communication in mainstream films. Journal of Sex Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2019.1595503

Willis, M., Hunt, M., Wodika, A., Rhodes, D., Goodman, J., & Jozkowski, K. (2019). Explicit verbal sexual consent communication: Effects of gender, relationship status, and type of sexual behavior. International Journal of Sexual Health. doi:10.1080/19317611.2019.1565793