Rate My Professor Michael Todd

Specializing in health psychology, physical activity, quantitative psychology, statistics, and substance abuse, Todd collaborates as a statistician on externally funded projects exploring health behaviors like physical activity, nutrition, and sleep, alongside mechanisms connecting physical and psychological well-being. Notable publications include the highly cited “A longitudinal study of children of alcoholics: predicting young adult substance use disorders, anxiety, and depression” (Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1999; 670 citations), “Factors related to the high rates of food insecurity among diverse, urban college freshmen” (Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2016; 399 citations), “Maternal socialization of adolescent smoking: the intergenerational transmission of parenting and smoking” (Developmental Psychology, 1998; 330 citations), and others on violence in police families, parenting and adolescent sexual behavior, and daily coping reports. Awards encompass the Citation Paper Award from the Society for Behavioral Medicine (2015) and various academic scholarships. Todd contributes to university governance as a University Senate member since 2020 and former chair of the Research and Creative Activities Committee (2022-23).