Name Keith J. Zullig, M.S.P.H., Ph.D.

Position :   Assistant Professor  

Scholarly and Professional Focus:

1) Adolescent health with an emphasis on risk-taking behaviors, particularly substance use, violent/aggressive behavior, suicide, and sexual risk-taking

2) Subjective well-being (life satisfaction and health-related quality of life)

3) Coordinated school health

Recent Publications:

Zullig, Keith J., Valois, Robert F., Drane J. Wanzer & Huebner E. Scott (2001)

         Relationship between selected substance use behaviors and adolescent self- 

         perceptions of life satisfaction. Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 29, Number

        4, 279-288.

Valois, Robert F., Zullig, Keith J., Drane, J. Wanzer & Huebner, E. Scott (2001)

Relationship between life satisfaction and violent behaviors among adolescents.

American Journal of Health Behavior, Volume 25, Number 4, 353-366.

Valois, Robert F., Zullig, Keith J., Kammermann Sandra K., Huebner E. Scott & Drane

            J. Wanzer (2002) Association between life satisfaction and sexual risk-taking

            behaviors among adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, Volume 11,

            Number 4, 427-440. (In Press)

Courses Taught: 

PHS 242 Personal Health

PHS 205 Alcohol and Drugs: A Public Health Perspective

PHS 611 Behavioral Approaches to Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Honors and Awards: 

2002    Awarded the NJA School of Public Health Doctoral Achievement Award

2002    Awarded Graduate School Summer Dissertation Fellowship ($2,500)

Notable Service Accomplishments:

State Planning Committee for Health Education in Ohio, 2002-present

To Contact:

Phone: (513) 529-1444

E-mail:  ZulligKJ@muohio.edu

Address: 121 Phillips Hall

               Department of  Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies

               Miami University

               Oxford, OH 45056