Research Interests
Health education, sexual health, reproductive health, women’s health, condom use, condom negotiation, condom communication, interpersonal violence, intimate partner violence, red pill men
Overview
Dr. Jennifer L. Evans is a health educator and researcher with more than a decade of experience in public health and higher education. Her teaching focuses on health education, program planning, and sexual and reproductive health, with an emphasis on experiential and student-centered learning.
Her mixed-methods research examines sexual and reproductive health, sexual health communication, and the social and cultural influences that shape sexual and relationship behaviors. Her work includes research on condom communication and sexual risk reduction, particularly condom negotiation and condom use resistance tactics, as well as reproductive and sexual coercion. She also examines how digital spaces influence understandings of gender, relationships, sexuality, and health, with a growing body of research focused on the manosphere and Red Pill ideologies, including men’s dating and relationship tactics and their implications.
Dr. Evans co-leads the Link Lab, where she mentors undergraduate and graduate students in collaborative public health research and supports students in developing skills in research, dissemination, and professional practice. She is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES) and is Certified in Public Health (CPH). She is also an active professional member of Eta Sigma Gamma, the Society for Public Health Education, the Public Health Academy in the National Academies of Practice, and holds a leadership position within the American Public Health Association’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Section.
Areas of Expertise
PRIMARY: Health Education
SECONDARY: Sexual Health, Reproductive Health, Women’s Health
Selected Publications
Garbers, S., Murray, J., Udupa, S., & Evans, J.L. (2026). Barriers to access to over-the-counter oral contraceptives by neighborhood social vulnerability in Boston, Massachusetts. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, 49, 101265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2026.101265
Evans, J.L., & Milstein, S. (2025). Examining student perceived knowledge, skills, and confidence applying the NCHEC Eight Areas of Responsibility. American Journal of Health Education, 56(5), 457-464. https://doi.org/10.1080/19325037.2025.2453130
“I didn’t feel like they cared”: Exploring factors that influence privacy and disclosure in disordered eating and eating disorders (DEEDs). Journal of Eating Disorders, 14 (1), 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-025-01467-9
Gajos, J.M., Witte, T.H., Weymouth, B.B., Burroughs, M.E., & Evans, J.L. (2024). Bystander motivations and barriers to helping intoxicated peers. Journal of Drug Education, 53 (3-4), 63-80. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472379241246368
Evans, J.L., Burroughs, M.E., & Knowlden, A. (2019). Examining the efficacy of bystander sexual violence interventions for first-year college students: A systematic review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 48, 72-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2019.08.016
Selected Public Service
Secretary of the Sexual and Reproductive Health section of the American Public Health Association
