I am an Assistant Professor and Licensed Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences. I received my PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago (2017) and completed a postdoctoral training program at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University (2019). My research interests predominantly focus on 1) the etiology and consequences of substance use and dependence; 2) the application of experience sampling methods (e.g., ecological momentary assessment or EMA) to better model antecedent processes and evaluate their influence on behavior; and 3) the translation of this knowledge into the development of preventative interventions and treatmens for substance use. My research focuses broadly on poly-substance use, especially the co-use of tobacco with marijuana and alcohol, as well as nuanced investigations of poly-tobacco use. My current programs of research focus on a) complimentary provision of e-cigarettes to adults with asthma who have been unable to quit smoking using gold-standard treatments; b) the cross-conditioning of cigarette and e-cigarette craving in young adults; and, c) and the relationship between cannabis use and depression via affective and sleep mechanisms.
| Bello MS, Wang CX, Maglalang DD, Rosales R, Tidey JW, Denlinger-Apte RL, Sokolovsky AW, Colby SM, Cassidy RN. "Racial/ethnic differences in the acute effects of reduced nicotine content cigarettes among adolescents who smoke." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 160, 2025, pp. 108147. |
| Barnett NP, Sokolovsky AW, Meisel MK, Forkus SR, Jackson KM. "A Bluetooth-Based Smartphone App for Detecting Peer Proximity: Protocol for Evaluating Functionality and Validity." JMIR Research Protocols, vol. 13, 2024, pp. e50241. |
| Sokolovsky AW, Gunn RL, Wycoff AM, Boyle HK, White HR, Jackson KM. "Compliance and response consistency in a lengthy intensive longitudinal data protocol." Psychological Assessment, 2024. |
| Jackson K, Meisel M, Sokolovsky A, Chen K, Barnett N. "Detecting and Understanding Social Influence During Drinking Situations: Protocol for a Bluetooth-Based Sensor Feasibility and Acceptability Study." JMIR Research Protocols, vol. 13, 2024, pp. e50650. |
| Muzumdar N, Jackson KM, Buckman JF, Spaeth AM, Sokolovsky AW, Pawlak AP, White HR. "Elucidating the alcohol-sleep-hangover relationship in college students using a daily diary approach." Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 2024, pp. 173910. |
| Law, Clara, Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Yap, David L., Erblich, Joel, Gunthert, Kathleen, Behar, Evelyn. "Examining the Reciprocal Association Between Worry and Sleep: Disaggregating Between- and Within-Person Effects." Behavior Therapy, 2024. |
| Hertel, Andrew W., Sokolovsky, Alexander S., Mermelstein, Robin J. "The relationship of self-concept clarity with perceived stress, general anxiety, and depression among young adults." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, vol. 43, no. 5, 2024, pp. 473-491. |
| Monnig, Mollie A., Clark, Samantha E., Treloar Padovano, Hayley, Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Goodyear, Kimberly, Ahluwalia, Jasjit S., Monti, Peter M. "Access to medication for opioid use disorder supported by telemedicine and healthcare coverage: A web-based survey during the COVID-19 pandemic." Addictive Behaviors Reports, vol. 18, 2023, pp. 100515. |
| Cioe PA, Sokolovsky AW, Brewer JA, Kahler CW. "App-Delivered Mindfulness Training to Reduce Anxiety in People with HIV Who Smoke: A One-Armed Feasibility Trial." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 20, no. 6, 2023. |
| Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Rubenstein, Dana, Gunn, Rachel L., White, Helene R., Jackson, Kristina M. "Associations of daily alcohol, cannabis, combustible tobacco, and e-cigarette use with same-day co-use and poly-use of the other substances." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 251, 2023, pp. 110922. |
| Monnig MA, Clark SE, Avila JC, Sokolovsky AW, Treloar Padovano H, Goodyear K, Aston ER, Haass-Koffler CL, Tidey JW, Ahluwalia JS, Monti PM. "COVID-19-Related Stressors and Clinical Mental Health Symptoms in a Northeast US Sample." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 20, no. 2, 2023, pp. 1367. |
| Muzumdar, Neel, Jackson, Kristina, Buckman, Jennifer, Spaeth, Andrea, Sokolovsky, Alexander, Pawlak, Anthony, White, Helene. "Dose-dependent Relationships of Same-day and Typical Substance Use to Sleep Duration in College Cannabis and Alcohol Users: A Multilevel Modeling Approach Using Daily Diary Data." Cannabis, 2023. |
| Gette, Jordan, Sokolovsky, Alexander, Gunn, Rachel, Boyle, Holly, Jackson, Kristina, White, Helene. "Latent Classes of Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Use and Associations with Consequences using Daily Data." Cannabis, 2023. |
| Orchowski LM, Malone S, Sokolovsky AW, Pearlman DN, Rizzo C, Zlotnick C, Berkowitz A, Fortson BL. "Preventing sexual violence among high school students through norms correction and bystander intervention: A school-based cluster trial of Your Voice Your View." Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 51, no. 7, 2023, pp. 2861-2886. |
| Micalizzi, Lauren, Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Delaney, Daniel J., Gunn, Rachel L., Hernandez, Lynn, Kemp, Kathleen, Spirito, Anthony, Stein, L.A.R. "A psychometric assessment of the Brief Situational Confidence Questionnaire for Marijuana (BSCQ-M) in juvenile justice-involved youth." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 125, 2022, pp. 107154. |
| Drohan, Megan M., Stevens, Angela K., Gunn, Rachel L., Sokolovsky, Alexander W., White, Helene R., Jackson, Kristina M. "Acute Consequences Associated with Co-use of Alcohol and Cannabis: A Daily Survey Analysis." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2022. |
| Szapary CL, Avila JC, Monnig MA, Sokolovsky AW, DeCost G, Ahluwalia JS. "Adherence to COVID-19 Guidelines among Current, Former, and Never Smokers." American Journal of Health Behavior, vol. 46, no. 4, 2022, pp. 442-455. |
| Bernstein, Michael H, Oueidat, Karim, Wasserman, Patrick, Agarwal, Saurabh, Baird, Grayson L, Sokolovsky, Alexander, Maxwell, Aaron, Healey, Terrance. "Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation: The Gap Between Behavior in Smokers and Medical Education." Cureus, vol. 14, no. 9, 2022, pp. e29603. |
| DeAtley, Teresa, Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Snell, Morgan L., Tidey, Jennifer. "Mediational pathways of tobacco use among adult daily smokers with psychiatric symptoms in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) survey." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 129, 2022, pp. 107249. |
| Morgan, Kayla Martha, Maglalang, Dale Dagar, Monnig, Mollie A., Ahluwalia, Jasjit S., Avila, Jaqueline C., Sokolovsky, Alexander W. "Medical Mistrust, Perceived Discrimination, and Race: a Longitudinal Analysis of Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in US Adults." Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2022. |
| Murphy, Cara M., Micalizzi, Lauren, Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Borrelli, Belinda, Jennings, Ernestine G., Lee, Christina S., Parker, Donna R., Risica, Patricia Markham. "Motivational interviewing telephone counseling to increase postpartum maintenance of abstinence from tobacco." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 132, 2022, pp. 108419. |
| Avila, Jaqueline C., Lee, Sangah, Osuoha, Ezinwa, Maglalang, Dale Dagar, Sokolovsky, Alexander, Ahluwalia, Jasjit S. "Socioeconomic status across the life course and smoking cessation among older adult smokers in the U.S." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 135, 2022, pp. 107454. |
| Avila, Jaqueline C., Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Nollen, Nicole L., Lee, Juhan, Schmid, Christopher H., Ahluwalia, Jasjit S. "The effect of race/ethnicity and adversities on smoking cessation among U.S. adult smokers." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 131, 2022, pp. 107332. |
| Gunn, Rachel L., Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Drohan, Megan M., Boyle, Holly K., Stevens, Angela K., White, Helene R., Jackson, Kristina. "The role of alcohol and cannabis co‐use in drinking rate and its impact on consequences." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 46, no. 11, 2022, pp. 2110-2120. |
| Lanza ST, Sokolovsky AW, Linden-Carmichael AN, White HR, Jackson KM. "Understanding Heterogeneity Among Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Users: Latent Classes Derived From Daily Diary Data." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 83, no. 3, 2022, pp. 358-363. |
| Monnig, Mollie A, Treloar Padovano, Hayley, Sokolovsky, Alexander W, DeCost, Grace, Aston, Elizabeth R, Haass-Koffler, Carolina L, Szapary, Claire, Moyo, Patience, Avila, Jaqueline C, Tidey, Jennifer W, Monti, Peter M, Ahluwalia, Jasjit S. "Associations of Substance Use With Behavioral Adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for COVID-19 Mitigation: Survey Study." JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, vol. 7, no. 11, 2021, pp. e29319. |
| Gunn RL, Sokolovsky A, Stevens AK, Hayes K, Fitzpatrick S, White HR, Jackson KM. "Contextual influences on simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use in a predominately white sample of college students." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 35, no. 6, 2021, pp. 691-697. |
| Stevens, Angela K., Gunn, Rachel L., Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Colby, Suzanne M., Jackson, Kristina M. "Examining the heterogeneity of polysubstance use patterns in young adulthood by age and college attendance." Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2021. |
| Stevens AK, Blanchard BE, Sokolovsky AW, Gunn RL, White HR, Jackson KM. "Forgoing plans for alcohol and cannabis use in daily life: Examining reasons for nonuse when use was planned in a predominantly white college student sample." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 45, no. 10, 2021, pp. 2167-2178. |
| Stevens, Angela K., Boyle, Holly K., Sokolovsky, Alexander W., White, Helene R., Jackson, Kristina M. "Nuanced relations between simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use motives and negative consequences among college students: The role of multiple product use." Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2021. |
| Fossos-Wong N, Kilmer JR, W Sokolovsky A, Lee HY, Jackson KM, White HR. "Patterns, Consequences, and Motives in Simultaneous Use of Prescription Stimulant Medication with Alcohol and Marijuana." Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 56, no. 13, 2021, pp. 1972-1981. |
| Reed GL, Colby SM, Sokolovsky AW, Snell LM, DeAtley T, Tidey JW. "Predicting Non-Adherence With Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes Among Adults With Serious Mental Illness Who Smoke." Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2021. |
| Rubenstein, Dana, Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Aston, Elizabeth R., Nollen, Nicole L., Schmid, Christopher H., Rice, Myra, Pulvers, Kim, Ahluwalia, Jasjit S. "Predictors of smoking reduction among African American and Latinx smokers in a randomized controlled trial of JUUL e-cigarettes." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 122, 2021, pp. 107037. |
| DeAtley, Teresa, Colby, Suzanne M., Clark, Melissa A., Sokolovsky, Alexander, Denlinger-Apte, Rachel L., Cioe, Patricia A., Cassidy, Rachel, Donny, Eric C., Tidey, Jennifer W. "Psychometric Analysis of a Microenvironment Secondhand Smoke Exposure Questionnaire." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 7, 2021, pp. 3753. |
| Jackson, Kristina M., Stevens, Angela K., Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Hayes, Kerri L., White, Helene R. "Real-world simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use: An ecological study of situational motives and social and physical contexts." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 35, no. 6, 2021, pp. 698-711. |
| Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Gunn, Rachel L., Micalizzi, Lauren, White, Helene R., Jackson, Kristina M. "Alcohol and Marijuana Co-Use: Consequences, Subjective Intoxication, and the Operationalization of Simultaneous Use." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 212, 2020, pp. 107986. |
| Hertel, Andrew W., Sokolovsky, Alexander S., Mermelstein, Robin J. "An investigation of the relationship between identifying as a smoker and urges to smoke among young adult combustible cigarette smokers." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 34, no. 5, 2020, pp. 590-600. |
| Gunn, Rachel L., Aston, Elizabeth R., Sokolovsky, Alexander W., White, Helene R., Jackson, Kristina M. "Complex cannabis use patterns: Associations with cannabis consequences and cannabis use disorder symptomatology." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 105, 2020, pp. 106329. |
| Jackson, Kristina M., Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Gunn, Rachel L., White, Helene R. "Consequences of alcohol and marijuana use among college students: Prevalence rates and attributions to substance-specific versus simultaneous use." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 34, no. 2, 2020, pp. 370-381. |
| Stevens, Angela K., Aston, Elizabeth R., Gunn, Rachel L., Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Treloar Padovano, Hayley, White, Helene R., Jackson, Kristina M. "Does the Combination Matter? Examining the Influence of Alcohol and Cannabis Product Combinations on Simultaneous Use and Consequences in Daily Life." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2020. |
| Risi, Megan, Sokolovsky, Alexander, White, Helene, Jackson, Kristina. "Factor Structure of the Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test Revised (CUDIT-R) for Men and Women." Cannabis, vol. 3, no. 2, 2020, pp. 148-156. |
| Stevens AK, Sokolovsky AW, Treloar Padovano H, White HR, Jackson KM. "Heaviness of Alcohol Use, Alcohol Problems, and Subjective Intoxication Predict Discrepant Drinking Reports in Daily Life." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2020. |
| Gunn RL, Sokolovsky A, Stevens AK, Metrik J, White H, Jackson K. "Ordering in alcohol and cannabis co-use: Impact on daily consumption and consequences." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 218, 2020, pp. 108339. |
| Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Hertel, Andrew W., Micalizzi, Lauren, White, Helene R., Hayes, Kerri L., Jackson, Kristina M. "Preliminary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smoking and vaping in college students." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 115, 2020, pp. 106783. |
| Ruglass, Lesia M., Espinosa, Adriana, Fitzpatrick, Skye, Meyer, M. Kamran, Cadet, Kechna, Sokolovsky, Alexander, Jackson, Kristina M., White, Helene R. "Prevalence and Correlates of Concurrent and Simultaneous Cannabis and Cigarette Use among Past-Year Cannabis-Using US College Students." Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 55, no. 2, 2020, pp. 329-336. |
| Conway FN, Sokolovsky A, White HR, Jackson KM. "Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use: A Brief Measure of Motives." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 81, no. 2, 2020, pp. 203-211. |
| Padovano, Hayley Treloar, Janssen, Tim, Sokolovsky, Alexander, Jackson, Kristina M. "The Altered Course of Learning: How Alcohol Outcome Expectancies Are Shaped by First Drinking Experiences." Psychological Science, 2020, pp. 095679762095900. |
| Chesaniuk, Marie, Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Ahluwalia, Jasjit S., Jackson, Kristina M., Mermelstein, Robin. "Dependence motives of young adult users of electronic nicotine delivery systems." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 95, 2019, pp. 1-5. |
| Denlinger-Apte, Rachel L, Cassidy, Rachel N, Colby, Suzanne M, Sokolovsky, Alexander W, Tidey, Jennifer W. "Effects of Cigarette Nicotine Content and Menthol Preference on Perceived Health Risks, Subjective Ratings, and Carbon Monoxide Exposure Among Adolescent Smokers." Nicotine & Tobacco Research, vol. 21, no. Supplement_1, 2019, pp. S56-S62. |
| Zamboanga, Byron L., Merrill, Jennifer E., Olthuis, Janine V., Milroy, Jeffrey J., Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Wyrick, David L. "Secondary effects of myPlaybook on college athletes' avoidance of drinking games or pregaming as a protective behavior strategy: A multisite randomized controlled study." Social Science & Medicine, vol. 228, 2019, pp. 135-141. |
| White, Helene R., Kilmer, Jason R., Fossos‐Wong, Nicole, Hayes, Kerri, Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Jackson, Kristina M. "Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among College Students: Patterns, Correlates, Norms, and Consequences." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 43, no. 7, 2019, pp. 1545-1555. |
| Sokolovsky AW, Janssen T, Barnett NP, Colby SM, Bernstein MH, Hayes KL, Jackson KM. "Adolescent recanting of alcohol use: A longitudinal investigation of time-varying intra-individual predictors." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 193, 2018, pp. 83-90. |
| Metrik J, Gunn RL, Jackson KM, Sokolovsky AW, Borsari B. "Daily Patterns of Marijuana and Alcohol Co-Use Among Individuals with Alcohol and Cannabis Use Disorders." Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 42, no. 6, 2018, pp. 1096-1104. |
| Zulauf, Courtney A., Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Grabell, Adam S., Olson, Sheryl L. "Early risk pathways to physical versus relational peer aggression: The interplay of externalizing behavior and corporal punishment varies by child sex." Aggressive Behavior, vol. 44, no. 2, 2018, pp. 209-220. |
| Gunn, Rachel L., Norris, Alyssa L., Sokolovsky, Alexander, Micalizzi, Lauren, Merrill, Jennifer E., Barnett, Nancy P. "Marijuana use is associated with alcohol use and consequences across the first 2 years of college." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 32, no. 8, 2018, pp. 885-894. |
| Micalizzi, Lauren, Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Janssen, Tim, Jackson, Kristina M. "Parental Social Support and Sources of Knowledge Interact to Predict Children’s Externalizing Behavior Over Time." Journal of Youth and Adolescence, vol. 48, no. 3, 2018, pp. 484-494. |
| Sokolovsky AW, Mermelstein RJ, Hedeker D. "Factors predicting compliance to ecological momentary assessment among adolescent smokers." Nicotine & Tobacco Research, vol. 16, no. 3, 2014, pp. 351-8. |
| Pugach O, Hedeker D, Richmond MJ, Sokolovsky A, Mermelstein R. "Modeling mood variation and covariation among adolescent smokers: application of a bivariate location-scale mixed-effects model." Nicotine & Tobacco Research, vol. 16 Suppl 2, 2014, pp. S151-8. |
| Lora CM, Sokolovsky AW, Touchette DR, Jin J, Hu X, Gao W, Gerber BS. "ACE inhibitor and ARB medication use among Medicaid enrollees with diabetes." Ethnicity & disease, vol. 23, no. 2, 2013, pp. 189-95. |
| Meixner, John B., Labkovsky, Elena, Peter Rosenfeld, J., Winograd, Michael, Sokolovsky, Alexander, Weishaar, Jeff, Ullmann, Tim. "P900: A Putative Novel ERP Component that Indexes Countermeasure Use in the P300-Based Concealed Information Test." Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, vol. 38, no. 2, 2013, pp. 121-132. |
| Sokolovsky, Alexander, Rothenberg, Jessica, Labkovsky, Elena, Meixner, John, Rosenfeld, J. Peter. "A novel countermeasure against the reaction time index of countermeasure use in the P300-based complex trial protocol for detection of concealed information." International Journal of Psychophysiology, vol. 81, no. 1, 2011, pp. 60-63. |
Ongoing
National Institute on General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) "Using wearables and EMA to examine the links between cannabis and depression. P20GM130414; 12/1/24-11/31/27 Principal Investigator.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) "Dual use of ENDS and combustible cigarettes: Shared, distinct, and cross-conditioned processes". K08DA048137; 4/15/20-3/31/25 Principal Investigator.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) "Individual, contextual, and geospatial influences on decisions to drive under the influence of cannabis." R01DA055654; 8/1/23-6/30/28 Co-investigator.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) "Using implementation interventions and peer recovery to support to improve opioid treatment outcomes in community supervision." U01DA050442; 8/1/19-4/30/24 Collaborator
Completed
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) "Complimentary electronic cigarettes for harm reduction among adult smokers with asthma". P20GM130414; 7/1/21-6/30/22 Principal Investigator.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism "Ecological assessment of social network contacts in drinking contexts: Peer proximity detection using wearable sensors." R01AA027329; 9/25/19-8/31/21 Co-Investigator
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) "Motivational and contextual influences on patterns of simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use: A daily assessment study." R01DA040880; 8/15/16-4/30/21 Postdoctoral Fellow.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | PhD | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ahluwalia, Jasjit | Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Professor of Medicine |
| Barnett, Nancy | Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Bernstein, Michael | Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging |
| Colby, Suzanne | Associate Director of Applied Learning for the MPH Program, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Gunn, Rachel | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Jackson, Kristina | Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research) |
| Janssen, Tim | Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research) |
| Khanna, Aditya | Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Merrill, Jennifer | Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Metrik, Jane | Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research), Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) |
| Micalizzi, Lauren | Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research) |
| Monti, Peter | Donald G. Millar Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Tidey, Jennifer | Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Treloar Padovano, Hayley | Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences
School of Public Health
| Clinical Psychologist | Rhode Island | 2024-Present | #PS02292 |
