Research Professor
Clea McNeelyProfile page
College of Nursing
Orcid identifier0000-0001-8879-9811
- College of Nursing
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Nursing, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
BIO
Clea McNeely, MA, DrPH is a Research Professor in the College of Nursing. Her research focuses on how youth make successful transitions to adulthood. She has a particular interest in how schools can promote positive youth functioning. As part of this research agenda, she evaluates programs and policies to promote the health of young people. She is currently evaluating programs to improve school attendance.
She uses multiple research methods including survey research, causal models, and qualitative methods. Her work has been supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute for Child Health and Development, the National Institute of Justice, the William T. Grant Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Jacobs Foundation, and many other foundations and organizations.
In addition to peer-reviewed publications, she is co-author of The Teen Years Explained: A Guide to Healthy Adolescent Development (2010, Johns Hopkins University). A free downloadable version of the book is available at http://www.jhsph.edu/adolescenthealth/.
She uses multiple research methods including survey research, causal models, and qualitative methods. Her work has been supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute for Child Health and Development, the National Institute of Justice, the William T. Grant Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Jacobs Foundation, and many other foundations and organizations.
In addition to peer-reviewed publications, she is co-author of The Teen Years Explained: A Guide to Healthy Adolescent Development (2010, Johns Hopkins University). A free downloadable version of the book is available at http://www.jhsph.edu/adolescenthealth/.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Research ProfessorUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Nursing, USA30 Sep 2019
- ProfessorUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville, Public Health, United States1 Jan 2018 - 30 Sep 2019
- Associate ProfessorUniveristy of Tennessee, Knoxville, Public Health, USA2012 - 2018
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville, Public Health and the Center for the Study of Youth and Political Violence, United States1 Jan 2009 - 1 Jan 2012
- Assistant ProfessorJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Population, Family and Reproductive Health, USA2004 - 2009
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Minnesota, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, USA2001 - 2004
- Research AssociateUniversity of Minnesota, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, United States1997 - 2001
DEGREES
- DrPH, Public HealthUniversity of California, Los Angeles, United States
- MA, International StudiesUniversity of Miami, Coral Gables, Coral Gables, FL, FL, United States
- BA, International StudiesCarleton College, Northfield, Northfield, MN, United States
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Postdoctoral FellowRAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CAPostdoctoral Fellowship
LANGUAGES
- Spanish - Latin AmericanCan read, speak, understand and peer review