Sherryl A. Broverman

Associate Professor of the Practice of Biology

Office:

Science Dr, 129 Biological Sciences, Durham, NC 27708

Campus Box:

Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338

Phone:

(919) 668-0228

Email:

sbrover@duke.edu

How inclusion of civic issues, international connections, and social engagement alters the cognitive and affective responses of non- major science students to science education. How course design impacts the demographics (gender, race, etc) of student enrollment in elective science courses. Developing international science courses. The factors that impact educational outcomes for girls in rural Kenya. The impact of sustainable school gardens on anthropomorphic and cognitive outcomes in primary school children in Western Kenya.

Education

Ph.D., Indiana University at Indianapolis 1990
B.A., Cornell University 1984

Journal Articles

Puffer, ES, Green, EP, Sikkema, KJ, Broverman, SA, Ogwang-Odhiambo, RA, and Pian, J. "A church-based intervention for families to promote mental health and prevent HIV among adolescents in rural Kenya: Results of a randomized trial." Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 84, no. 6 (June 2016): 511-525. Full Text

Green, EP, Warren, VR, Broverman, S, Ogwang, B, and Puffer, ES. "Participatory mapping in low-resource settings: Three novel methods used to engage Kenyan youth and other community members in community-based HIV prevention research." Global public health 11, no. 5-6 (May 2016): 583-599. Full Text

Matthews, EJ, Puffer, ES, Meade, CS, and Broverman, SA. "IMPLEMENTATION OF A SCHOOL-BASED HIV PREVENTION CURRICULUM FOLLOWING NATIONAL DISSEMINATION IN NYANZA PROVINCE, KENYA." East African medical journal 91, no. 5 (May 2014): 152-160.

Puffer, ES, Pian, J, Sikkema, KJ, Ogwang-Odhiambo, RA, and Broverman, SA. "Developing a family-based HIV prevention intervention in rural Kenya: challenges in conducting community-based participatory research." J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics 8, no. 2 (April 2013): 119-128. Full Text

Puffer, ES, Drabkin, AS, Stashko, AL, Broverman, SA, Ogwang-Odhiambo, RA, and Sikkema, KJ. "Orphan status, HIV risk behavior, and mental health among adolescents in rural Kenya." J Pediatr Psychol 37, no. 8 (September 2012): 868-878. Full Text

Puffer, ES, Watt, MH, Sikkema, KJ, Ogwang-Odhiambo, RA, and Broverman, SA. "The protective role of religious coping in adolescents' responses to poverty and sexual decision-making in rural Kenya." J Res Adolesc 22, no. 1 (March 1, 2012): 1-7. Full Text Open Access Copy

Puffer, E, Pian, J, Broverman, S, Ogwang Odhaimbo, R, and Sikkema, K. "Developing a community-based HIV prevention intervention in rural Kenya: Ethical challenges of community-based participatory research (Submitted)." Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics (2012). (Academic Article)

Puffer, ES, Meade, CS, Drabkin, AS, Broverman, SA, Ogwang-Odhiambo, RA, and Sikkema, KJ. "Individual- and family-level psychosocial correlates of HIV risk behavior among youth in rural Kenya." AIDS Behav 15, no. 6 (August 2011): 1264-1274. Full Text

Matthews, EJ, Puffer, ES, Meade, CS, and Broverman, SA. ". Implementation of a of a school-based HIV prevention program in rural Kenya after national dissemination (Submitted)." East African Medical Journal (2011). (Academic Article)

Broverman, SA. "AIDS Research: Global Understanding & Engagement." This is a curricular model published and disseminated on the website of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (August 2008). (Academic Article)