Martin J. Downing, Jr., Ph.D.

Contact: martin.downing@lehman.cuny.edu

Several years of working on technology-based research and interventions to reduce HIV transmission and improve the health and wellbeing of minoritized populations have influenced my current scholarship. I investigate disparities in sleep health among underserved and at-risk populations and seek to improve health outcomes associated with childhood sexual abuse (CSA).

I believe in creating a space for students to actively participate in intellectual debate and think critically about real world situations and problems.

Courses Taught

PSY 238 - Environmental Psychology

PSY 305 - Experimental Psychology I

PSY 335 - Health Psychology

Education

2011 - 2014, Postdoctoral Fellow, Behavioral Sciences Training in Drug Abuse Research

2010, Ph.D., Environmental Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY)

2004, M.S., Research Psychology, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

1999, B.S., Psychology, Georgia State University

Current and Past Student Researchers

Nayeli Filpo, BA (2024)

Marion Juarez Rivas, BA (2024)

Zeinabou Abdou, BA (2023)

Jose Alvarez, BA (2021)

Daniel Sherlock, BA (2020)