Research

Dr. Holland’s research investigates how people’s health and wellbeing are influenced by their social environments, with a focus on formal support systems, social norms, and interpersonal processes. She is primarily interested in wellbeing around issues of sexual violence and sexual health. For example, she studies the implementation, use, and effectiveness of formal support systems for sexual assault and harassment in different institutional contexts (e.g., higher education). She researches the causes and consequences of negative and positive interpersonal processes, such as gendered sexual aggression, minority stressors, and bystander intervention. Dr. Holland also examines how social norms around gender and sexuality affect women’s sexual health. As an interdisciplinary scholar, her work is guided by the fields of psychology (social, community, law) and women’s & gender studies. She uses multiple research methods (quantitative, qualitative, mixed method) and values using research to promote social justice and change.

See the Sexual Assault and Sexual Health (SASH) Lab website for more information about Dr. Holland's research. 

For a full list of Dr. Holland's publications, see her Google Scholar profile.

Teaching

Dr. Holland teaches courses in Psychology and Women’s & Gender Studies, including Psychology of Gender (PSYC 421/821), Women, Gender, and Health (WMNS 303), Applied Social Psychology (PSYC 929), and Qualitative Research Methods and Analysis (933).