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Linda Dusenbury, Ph.D.
Linda Dusenbury, Ph.D.


See also:
William B. Hansen Ph.D.

Research
Dr. Dusenbury is a nationally recognized researcher in drug abuse prevention. Since 2000 she has been a Senior Researcher at Tanglewood Research in North Carolina. She has directed school and community-based drug abuse prevention research projects in more than 200 schools, written extensively on adolescent drug abuse and prevention, and served on numerous state and federal review panels. The goal of her research is to promote the successful dissemination of research-based approaches to prevention and promote positive youth development through social and emotional learning. She directs several federally funded projects to prepare educators and leaders to help young people achieve their full potential.

Education and Academic Experience
Dr. Dusenbury completed her undergraduate and graduate education at the University of Vermont, receiving an M.A. in Developmental Psychology (1982) and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology (1984). Dr. Dusenbury served on the faculty at Weill Medical College of Cornell University from 1985 to 1994.

Honors
 Dr. Dusenbury was the recipient of the Vermont Conference on Primary Prevention of Psychopathology Award (1980), and the recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Clinical Scientist Postdoctoral Training Award (1984-1985) at Indiana University.

Guides to Prevention
 Dr. Dusenbury was the primary researcher involved in developing Drug Strategies' two consumers guides to prevention: Making the Grade: A Guide to School Drug Prevention Programs (1996, 1999), and Safe Schools, Safe Students: A Guide to Violence Prevention Strategies (1998). She collaborated with the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) on the development of Safe and Sound: An Educational Leader’s Guide to Social and Emotional Learning (2003). She consulted with the University of Arizona College of Education to develop Protective Schools: Linking Drug Abuse Prevention with Student Success (2000), and with the University of Washington Social Development Research Group to develop Communities That Care® Prevention Strategies Guide (1999).

Publications
 Dr. Dusenbury has written more than 50 peer reviewed publications and chapters in prevention.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
  • Kelly, L. Dusenbury. Between the dream and the reality: A look at programs nominated for the Lela Rowland Prevention Award of the National Mental Health Association. Journal of Primary Prevention, 1982, 2, 217-234.
  • Kelly, L. Dusenbury. FIT: Don't leave home without it (Spotlight Section), Journal of Primary Prevention, 1982, 4.
  • Heller, K., Swindle, R. W., and Dusenbury, L. (1986) Component social processes: Comments and integration. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 54, 466-470.
  • Botvin, G.J., Batson, H.W., Witts-Vitale, S., Bess, V., Baker, E., & Dusenbury, L (1989) A psychosocial approach to smoking prevention fr urban black youth. Public Health Reports, 104, 573-582
  • Botvin, G.J., Dusenbury, L., Baker, E., James-Ortiz, S., & Kerner, J. (1989). A skills training approach to smoking prevention among hispanic youth. Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
  • Dusenbury, L., Botvin, G.J., James-Ortiz, S. (1989). The primary prevention of adolescent substance abuse through the promotion of personal and social competence. Prevention in Human Services, 7, 201-224.
  • Botvin, G.J., Baker, E., Dusenbury, L., Tortu, S. and Gessula, J.(1989). Smokeless tobacco use among New York youth: Prevalence rates, sex differences, and predictors. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 18, 181-186.
  • Bettes, B., Dusenbury, L. Kerner, Ortiz, S., and Botvin, G. (1990). Ethnicity and psychosocial factors in alcohol and tobacco use in adolescence. Child Development. 557-565.
  • Botvin, G.J., Tortu, S., Baker, E., and Dusenbury, L. (1990). Preventing adolescent cigarette smoking: Resistance skills training and the development of life skills. Special Services in the Schools, 6, 37-61.
  • Botvin, G.J., Baker, E., Dusenbury, L., Tortu, S., & Botvin, E. (1990) Preventing adolescent drug abuse through a multimodal cognitive-behavioral approach: Result of a Three Year Study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 38 (4), 437-446.
  • Dusenbury, L., Botvin, G.J., Baker, E., & Laurence, J. (1991). AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes and Risk Behaviors Among a Multi-Ethnic Adolescents. AIDS Education and Prevention, 3, 367-375.
  • Dusenbury, L., Kerner, J., Botvin, G.J., Baker, E., Ortiz, S., and Zauber, A. (1992). Predictors of smoking prevalence among New York Latino youth. American Journal of Public Health, 82, 55-58.
  • Dusenbury, L. & Botvin, G.J. (1992) Substance Abuse Prevention: Competence Enhancement and the Development of Positive Life Options. Journal of Addictive Diseases, 11, 29-45.
  • Botvin, G.J., Botvin, E.M., Baker, E., Dusenbury, L. & Goldberg, C. (1992) The false consensus effect: Predicting adolescents' tobacco use from normative expectations. Psychological Reports, 70, 171-178.
  • Botvin, G.J., Dusenbury, L.D., Baker, E., Ortiz, S., Botvin, E., & Kerner, J. (1992) Smoking prevention among urban minority youth: Assessing effects on outcome and mediating variables, Health Psychology, 11, 1992, 290-299.
  • Botvin, G.J., Baker, E., Goldberg. C.J., Dusenbury, L., and Botvin, E.M. (1992). Correlates and Predictors of Smoking Among Black Adolescents. Addictive Behaviors, 17, 97-103.
  • Botvin, G.J., & Dusenbury, L. (1992) Substance Abuse Prevention: Implications for Reduction of HIV Infection. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 6, 70-80.
  • Botvin, G.J., Goldberg, C.J., Botvin, E.M., & Dusenbury, L. (1993) Smoking Behavior of Adolescents Exposed to Cigarette Advertising. Public Health Reports, 108, 217-224.
  • Kerner, J., Dusenbury, L, & Mandelblatt, J. (in press) Poverty and Cultural Diversity Challenges for Health Promotion Among the Medically Underserved. Annual Review of Public Health, 14.
  • Botvin, G.J., Goldberg, C.J., Botvin, E.M., & Dusenbury, L. (1993) Smoking Behavior of Adolescents Exposed to Cigarette Advertising. Public Health Reports, 108, 217-224.
  • Dusenbury, L., Diaz, T., Epstein, J., Botvin, G. & Caton, M. (1994) Attitudes Toward AIDS and AIDS Education Among Multi-Ethnic Parents of School-Aged Children in New York City. AIDS Education and Prevention.
  • Dusenbury, L., Epstein, J., Diaz, T., and Botvin, G. (1994) The Relationship Between Language Use and Smoking Among New York Latino Youth. Public Health Reports.
  • Dusenbury, L., Epstein, J., Diaz, T., and Botvin, G. (1994) Social Influence Predictors of Alcohol Use Among New York Latino Youth. Addictive Behaviors.
  • Epstein, J.A., Dusenbury, L., Botvin, G.J., & Diaz, T. (1994) Acculturation, beliefs about AIDS, and AIDS education among New York City Hispanic parents. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 16, 342-354.
  • Botvin, G.J., Baker, E., Dusenbury, L., Botvin, E.M., Diaz, T. (1995) Long-term follow-up results of a randomized drug abuse prevention trial in a white middle-class population. Journal of the American Medical Association, 273, 1106-1112.
  • Dusenbury, L. & Falco, M. (1995) Eleven components of effective drug abuse prevention curricula. Journal of School Health, 65, 420-425.
  • Dusenbury, L. & Falco, M. (1996) Keys to drug-abuse prevention. The Education Digest, 61, 36-39.
  • Epstein, J.A., Dusenbury, L., Botvin, G.J., & Diaz, T. (1996) Language use and initiation of alcohol use among New York City Hispanic adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 5, 63-79.
  • Epstein, J.A., Botvin, G.J., Dusenbury, L., & Diaz, T. & Kerner, J. (1996) Validation of an acculturation measure for Hispanic adolescents. Psychological Reports, 79, 1075-1079.
  • Dusenbury, L., Falco, M., & Lake, A (1997) A review of the evalution studies of 47 nationally available drug abuse curricula. Journal of School Health, 67, 127-132.
  • Dusenbury, L., Falco, M., Lake, A., Brannigan, R. & Bosworth, K. (1997) Nine critical elements of promising violence prevention programs. Journal of School Health, 67, 409-414.
  • Diaz, T., Dusenbury, L., Botvin, G., & Farmer-Huselid, R. (1997) Factors associated with drug use among youth living in homeless shelters. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 6, 91-110.
  • Dusenbury, L. (1999) Workplace drug abuse prevention initiatives: A review. Journal of Primary Prevention, 20, 145-156.
  • Dusenbury, L. (2000) Family-based drug abuse prevention programs: A review. Journal of Primary Prevention, 20, 337-352.
  • Hansen W. & Dusenbury, L. (2002) Issues in Substance Abuse Prevention: Building Capacity for the Next Decades, Prevention Science.
  • Dusenbury, L., Brannigan, R., Falco, M., & Hansen, W. (2003) A Review of Research on Fidelity of Implementation : Implications for Drug Abuse Prevention in School Settings, Health Education Research 18: 237-256
  • Dusenbury, L., Brannigan, R., Falco, M., & Lake, A. (2004) An exploration of Fidelity of Implementation in Drug Abuse Prevention Among Five Professional Groups. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education,47, 4-18.
  • Dusenbury, L., Hansen, W., & Giles, S. (2003) Teacher training in norm setting approaches to drug education: A pilot study comparing standard and video-enhanced methods. Journal of Drug Education. 33 (3) 325-336.
  • Dusenbury, L., & Hansen, WB. (2004). Pursuing the Course from Research to Practice, Prevention Science, 5(1), 55-60.
  • Hansen WB, & Dusenbury L. All Stars Plus: A competence and motivation enhancement approach to prevention. Health Education. 2004; 104(6), 371-381.
  • Dusenbury, L, Brannigan, R, Hansen, WB, Walsh, J, & Falco, M. (2005). Quality of implementation: developing measures crucial to understanding the diffusion of preventive interventions Health Education Research 20: 308-313.
Books
  • Joffe, J.M., Albee, G.W., and Kelly, L.Dusenbury. (Eds.) (1984) Readings in Primary Prevention: Basic Concepts. Hanover, NH: University Press of England.
  • Albee, G.W., Joffe, J.M., and Dusenbury, L.A. (Eds.)(1988) Prevention, Powerlessness, and Politics: A Book of Readings. Los Angeles: Sage press.
Chapters in Books
  • Botvin, G., and Dusenbury, L. (1987) Life Skills Training: A Psycho-educational Approach to Substance Abuse Prevention. In C.A. Maher and J.E. Zins (Eds.) Psycho-Educational Interventions in Schools. New York: Pergamon Press.
  • Dusenbury, L. and Albee, G. W. (1988). The primary prevention of anxiety disorders. In C.G. Last and M. Hersen (Eds.) Handbook of Anxiety Disorders. New York: Pergamon Press.
  • Botvin, G. J. and Dusenbury, L. (1989) Substance abuse prevention and the promotion of competence. In L. Bond (Ed), Primary Prevention and Promotion in the Schools. (Vermont Conference of Primary Prevention of Psychopathology Series) Hanover N. H: University Press of New England.
  • Dusenbury, L., Botvin, G.J., James-Ortiz, S. (1989) The primary prevention of adolescent substance abuse through the promotion of personal and social competence. In R. P. Lorion (Ed) Protecting the Children: Strategies for Optimizing Emotional and Behavioral Development, Haworth Press.
  • Dusenbury, L. & Botvin, G.J. (1990) Competence enhancement and the prevention of adolescent problem behaviors. In K. Hurrelmann & F. Losel (Eds.) Health Hazards in Adolescence. Germany: Aldine/De Gruyter.
  • Dusenbury, L., & Botvin, G.J. (1992). Applying the Competency Enhancement Model to Substance Abuse Prevention. In The Present and Future of Prevention Research: Essays in Honor of George W. Albee, Sage.
  • Dusenbury, L., Khuri. E., & Millman. R., (1992). Adolescent Substance Abuse: A Social-Developmental Prespective. In J. Lowinson, P. Ruiz, R. Millman, (Eds.), Comprehensive Textbook of Substance Abuse. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins.
  • Dusenbury, L., & Diaz, T. (1995). Developing Interventions for Multi-Ethnic Populations: A Case Study With Homeless Youth. In G. Botvin, S. Schinke, M. Orlandi, (Eds) Drug Abuse Prevention with Multi-Ethnic Youth. Sage.
  • Dusenbury, L., & Falco, M. (1997). School-based drug abuse prevention strategies: From research to policy and practice. In R. Weissberg (Ed) Healthy Children 2010: Enhancing Children's Wellness, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 47-75.
  • Hird, S., Khuri, E.T., Dusenbury, L. & Millman, R. (1997) Adolescents. In J. Lowinson, P. Ruiz, R. Millman, J.G. Langrod (Eds.), Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook, Third Edition. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins.
  • Dusenbury, L. & Weissberg, R. (1999) School antiviolence curricula. In Violence in America: An Encyclopedia. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Reference Books.
  • Dusenbury, L. (2000) Implementing a comprehensive drug abuse prevention strategy. In W. Hansen, S. Giles & M. Fearnow-Kenney (Eds) Improving Prevention Effectivenss, Tanglewood Research.
  • Hansen, W., & Dusenbury, L. (2004) Alcohol Use and Misuse: Prevention Strategies with Minors. In Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility. National Research Council and Institute of Medicine Committee on Developing a Strategy to Reduce and Prevent Underage Drinking, Richard J. Bonnie and Mary Ellen O'Connell, Editors. Board on Children, Youth and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, pp. 437-457.
  • Brannigan, R., Falco, M., Dusenbury, L., & Hansen, W.B. (2004) Teen Treatment: Addressing Alcohol Problems Among Adolescents. In Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility. National Research Council and Institute of Medicine Committee on Developing a Strategy to Reduce and Prevent Underage Drinking, Richard J. Bonnie and Mary Ellen O'Connell, Editors. Board on Children, Youth and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, pp. 697-715.