Degree: Brain and Behavior (Experimental Psychology), University of Southern Mississippi
Research Interests: Social psychology, perceptions of ingroups and outgroups, ingroup and outgroup relationships, and social decision-making
Courses Taught: Undergraduate: Statistics I & II, Introduction to Psychology, and General Psychology. Graduate: Advanced Developmental Psychology, Learning & Cognition, History & Systems, and Psychometrics.
Professional Memberships: The Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Southeastern Psychological Association, Association for Women in Psychology, and Graduate Women in Science.
Publications:
Under Review
Golden, A. & Brown, F. L. (Under Review). The correlation between perceived maternal parenting styles and adverse mental health in young adult minorities. The Journal of Black Psychology.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Keefer, L. A., Brown, F. L., & Dowell, C. J. (2024). Metaphors subtly influence feelings of gratitude to God. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 19(1), 49-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2023.2254888
Hoogeveen, A., Sarafoglou, A., Aczel, B., [250 others, including Brown, F. L.] (2023). A many analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 13(3), 237–283 https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2022.2070255
Keefer, L. A., Brown, F. L., Rothschild, Z. K., & Allen, K. H. (2022). A distant ally?: Mortality salience and parasocial attachment. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221085173
Keefer, L. A., Brown, F. L., & Rials, T.* (2021). An initial investigation of the role of death concerns in evaluations of metaphoric language about God. Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 43(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/00846724211031671
Brown, M., Keefer, L. A., Sacco, D. F., & Brown, F. L. (2021). Demonstrate values: Moral outrage as a cue to long-term mate potential. Emotion, 22(6), 1239-1254. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000955
Keefer, L. A., Brown, M., Brown, F. L., & Sacco, D. F. (2020). Gratitude predicts selective moral concern about interpersonal harms. Journal of Positive Psychology, 16(5), 701-723. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1832246
Brown, F. L. & Keefer, L. A. (2020). Anti-natalism from an evolutionary psychological perspective. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 6, 283–291. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-019-00226-9
Keefer, L. A. & Brown, F. L. (2018). Attachment to God uniquely predicts variation in well-being outcomes. Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 40, 225-257. https://doi.org/10.1163/15736121-12341360