Jennifer Webb

Education:

• B.A.: Harvard University
• M.A., Ph.D.: University of Southern California

Specific Research Interests:

• Socio-cultural contributors to health disparities in metabolic disorders and obesity in ethnically-diverse groups
• Biopsychosocio-cultural determinants of weight gain and body composition changes in first-year college women from ethnically-diverse backgrounds
• Multicultural college health promotion for preventing disordered eating, unhealthy weight gain, and body image disturbance in ethnically-diverse college women
• Mindfulness, acceptance, and additional positive psychology-based approaches to enhancing the self-regulation of eating, appetite, weight, metabolism and overall well-being

Lab:

Mindfulness, Body Acceptance, Culture and Health Research Lab.