Department of Health Promotion and Education

Julia Franklin Summerhays, Ph.D.

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Faculty Position

Assistant Professor (Research)

Research Administrator, College of Health

Contact Information

Phone: (801) 581-7289
e mail jfranklin.summerhays@health.utah.edu


Areas of Interest

  • Disordered eating, obesity, eating disorders, body image

  • Resilience

 

Publications

Reel, J.J., SooHoo, S., Summerhays, J. F., & Gill, D.L. (in press, 2008). Age before beauty: An exploration of body image in African-American and Caucasian adult women. Submitted to the Journal of Gender Studies.

Kumpfer, K.L., Smith, P. & Summerhays, J. F. (2008). A Wake -up Call to the Prevention Field: Are Prevention Programs for Substance Use Effective for Girls? Substance Use and Misuse, 43(8), 978-1001.

Kumpfer, K.L., & Summerhays, J. F. (2007). Federal Grants and Contracts Outside of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In L. M. Scheier's (Ed) The Complete Guide to Writing NIH Behavioral Science Grants. Oxford University Press, Inc.

Kumpfer, K.L., & Summerhays, J. F. (2006). Prevention approaches to enhance resilience among high-risk youth. The Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 1094, 151-163.

 

Classes I've taught

H EDU 5360: Prevention Approaches for Disordered Eating and Obesity

H EDU 4300: Introduction to Research & Assessment

H EDU 5500/6500: Introduction to Grant Writing

 

Service

  • Outreach Director, SPEAK (Students Promoting Eating disorders Awareness and Knowledge)
  • College of Health Appeals Committee
  • Research Committee, Center for Rehabilitation Research
  • Board Member, Utah Health Research Network
  • Board Member, Utah Sports Research Network
  • Advisory Board Member, Utah's Health: An Annual Review


Presentations and Workshops             

Summerhays, J. F. (March 2007). Resilience: Building Positive Body Image in Female Athletes. Workshop presented at the National Conference of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Baltimore, MD.

Summerhays, J. F., SooHoo, S., Richardson, G., & Reel, J. (February 2007). Resilience: Building Positive Body Image in Female Athletes. Oral presentation at the North and Southwest Sport & Exercise Psychology Symposium. Salt Lake City, UT.

Reel, J., Doetsch, E., Summerhays, J. F., SooHoo, S., Keene, J., & Miyairi, M. (May 2006). A Resiliency-Based Workshop Series on Body Image. Poster presented at the Integrative Health Conference. Salt Lake City, UT.

Doetsch, H., Summerhays, J. F., SooHoo, S., Keene, J., Miyairi, M. (May 2006). A Resiliency-Based Workshop Series on Body Image. Oral presentation at the New Life Foundation 1st Annual Eating Disorders Conference. Salt Lake City, UT.

Summerhays, J.F. (May 2006). Considerations for Professionals: Prevention of Eating Disorders. Oral presentation at the New Life Foundation 1st Annual Eating Disorders Conference. Salt Lake City, UT.

Reel, J., SooHoo, S., Estes, H., Estanol, E., & Gossett, J. (February 2004). Preventing Disordered Eating: The Role of the Health Educator . Oral presentation at the Southwest Regional Conference of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Albuquerque, NM.