Emily Rehbein is a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the Social and Health Psychology Doctoral Program at Stony Brook University. She holds a BA in Psychology with a minor in Women’s & Gender Studies from Pace University in New York City. Emily also has received her MA in Social and Health Psychology and an advanced graduate certificate in Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies from Stony Brook University. She is a recipient of the Dr. W. Burghardt Turner Fellowship for Underrepresented Minorities.
Emily’s research promotes social justice and supports the investment of economic resources to advance health equity and well-being among diverse populations. Specifically, she investigates marginalized pregnant women and the poor health outcomes they experience. These outcomes have emotional, social, and financial consequences for individuals, families, communities, and society at large. To fully understand diverse individuals’ behaviors and their influence on interpersonal and intergroup interactions, her research focuses on the layers of individuals’ intersecting identities and social positions. This research incorporates feminist theory, specifically intersectionality, a social justice framework created by Black and other women of color feminists. She uses techniques including meta-analysis, survey research, structural equation modeling, and multilevel modeling.
Outside of her PhD program, Emily is a food lover who enjoys traveling, exercising, and spending time with her friends and family.