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Annie Pezalla

Visiting Assistant Professor
Developmental Psychology and Family Studies

Olin/Rice Halls of Science Room 331
651-696-6827

she/her/hers

Expertise:

Adolescent Risk and Resilience; Social Identities; Family Relationships; Narratives in Health

Education:

  • BA: St. Olaf College
  • PhD: Pennsylvania State University

Selected Publications:

  • Pezalla, A. E., & Davidson A. J. (2024) “Trying to remain calm…but I do reach my limit sometimes”: An exploration of the meaning of gentle parenting. PLOS ONE 19(7): e0307492. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307492
  • Pezalla, A. E., Scott, A., Nappa, L., & Hsieh, D. (2024). Humanizing the Research Process: Collaborative Reflections on Prioritizing Research Participants’ Agency, Trust, and Connection. The Qualitative Report, 29(6), 1603-1620. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2024.6631
  • Pezalla, A. E. (2023, November 29). Gentle parenting can be really hard on parents, new research suggests. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/gentle-parenting-can-be-really-hard-on-parents-new-research-suggests-217508
  • Rey, R.T., & Pezalla, A. E. (2023). Parents, Pain, and Over-the-Counter Medicine: Athletes’ Perceived Alternatives to Prescription Opioid Misuse. Healthcare, 11(19), 2671, https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11192671
  • Pezalla, A. E., Choi, H.J., Miller-Day, M., McKee, F., & Hecht, M.L. (2022). Translating Student-Athletes’ Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse Narratives into a Targeted Public Health Intervention. Medicina, 58(11), 1642. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58111642
  • Leader, A., Miller-Day, M., Rey, R., Pezalla, A.E., Selvan, P., & Hecht, M. (2022). The impact of HPV vaccine narratives on social media: Testing narrative engagement theory with a diverse sample of young adults. Preventive Medicine Reports, 29, 101920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101920
  • Jayawardene, W., Pezalla, A.E., Henderson, C., & Hecht, M. (2022). Development of opioid rapid response system: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 115, 106727. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106727
  • Pezalla, A.E., Henderson, C., Jayawardene, W., & Hecht, M.L. (2021). Recruitment approaches in an opioid intervention: A case study in rural America. Academia Letters. doi: 10.20935/AL3003
  • Pezalla, A. E., Pettigrew, J., & Miller-Day, M. A. (2012). Methodological considerations of the ‘researcher as instrument’ metaphor: An exercise in interviewer self-reflexivity. Qualitative Research, 12, 165-185. doi: 10.1177/1468794111422107