{"id":6287,"date":"2019-09-23T14:01:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T18:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/sociology\/?post_type=person&#038;p=6287"},"modified":"2025-09-10T14:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T18:05:49","slug":"jacqueline-woerner","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/sociology\/person\/jacqueline-woerner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacqueline Woerner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Jackie Woerner is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Sociology and Psychology at the University of Central Florida and is a core member of the Violence Against Women Faculty Cluster. She received her PhD in Social Psychology from Wayne State University in 2017, and subsequently completed a 2-year NIDA postdoctoral fellowship at the Yale University School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Woerner currently directs the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jackiewoerner.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Theory, Relationships, &amp; Interpersonal Violence Exposure (STRIVE) Lab<\/a> at the University of Central Florida. Broadly, the goal of her research is to investigate the psychosocial precursors of risk taking and aggression. In one line of research, she evaluates the goal pursuit processes linked to the initiation and maintenance of health risk behaviors, such as substance use and sexual risk behavior. In her second line of research, Dr. Woerner investigates the etiology of violence perpetration \u2013 primarily men\u2019s sexual aggression. 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