Associate Professor, Psychological Sciences, School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts
Prof. Howell's current research foci include:
- Factors underlying health decision-making and behavior
- Managing bad news about health
Past research topics:
- Â Intentionally avoiding health information
- How to get people to make healthier decisions
- Automatic and unconscious processes in health decision-making and behavior
- Uncertainty and health
- Responses to bad news (e.g., learning that you’re at high risk for disease; learning about automatic prejudices)
