I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences. I received my Ph.D. in Behavior and Brain Sciences from the University of Georgia (2015), and I completed my postdoctoral training at Brown University (2017). My primary research areas are: 1) the theory and application of social network analysis, 2) social influence and social selection on alcohol use, 3) developmental transitions among young adults, and 4) education-based health disparities.
In addition, in June 2024, I received an R01 from NIAAA that investigates how alcohol use changes after young adults enter into different work occupations and how the characteristics of the work environment relates to alcohol use. The overaching goal of my research is to inform treatment and development of interventions that address hazardous substance use.
I plan on accepting a graduate student for Fall 2025.
Meisel, Matthew K., DiBello, Angelo M., Balestrieri, Sara G., Ott, Miles Q., DiGuiseppi, Graham T., Clark, Melissa A., Barnett, Nancy P. "An event- and network-level analysis of college students' maximum drinking day." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 79, 2018, pp. 189-194. |
Meisel MK, Kenney SR, Barnett NP. "Characteristics of prospectively identified negative alcohol-related events among college students." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 78, 2018, pp. 138-144. |
Cassidy RN, Meisel MK, DiGuiseppi G, Balestrieri S, Barnett NP. "Initiation of vaporizing cannabis: Individual and social network predictors in a longitudinal study of young adults." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 188, 2018, pp. 334-340. |
DiGuiseppi, Graham T., Meisel, Matthew K., Balestrieri, Sara G., Ott, Miles Q., Cox, Melissa J., Clark, Melissa A., Barnett, Nancy P. "Resistance to peer influence moderates the relationship between perceived (but not actual) peer norms and binge drinking in a college student social network." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 80, 2018, pp. 47-52. |
Kenney SR, Ott M, Meisel MK, Barnett NP. "Alcohol perceptions and behavior in a residential peer social network." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 64, 2017, pp. 143-147. |
vanDellen, Michelle R., Meisel, Matthew K., Lynch, Bridget P. "Dynamics of self-control in egocentric social networks." Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 106, 2017, pp. 196-202. |
Miller, Mary Beth, DiBello, Angelo M., Lust, Sarah A., Meisel, Matthew K., Carey, Kate B. "Impulsive personality traits and alcohol use: Does sleeping help with thinking?." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 31, no. 1, 2017, pp. 46-53. |
Meisel MK, Barnett NP. "Protective and Risky Social Network Factors for Drinking During the Transition From High School to College." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 78, no. 6, 2017, pp. 922-929. |
Adam S Goodie, Matthew K Meisel, Roi Ceren, Daniel B Hall, Prashant Doshi. "Evaluating and Improving Probability Assessment in an Ambiguous, Sequential Environment." Current Psychology, vol. 35, no. 4, 2016, pp. 667-673. |
Meisel, Matthew K., Clifton, Allan D., MacKillop, James, Goodie, Adam S. "A social network analysis approach to alcohol use and co-occurring addictive behavior in young adults." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 51, 2015, pp. 72-79. |
Meisel, Matthew K., Ning, He, Campbell, W. Keith, Goodie, Adam S. "Narcissism, Overconfidence, and Risk Taking in U.S. and Chinese Student Samples." Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, vol. 47, no. 3, 2015, pp. 385-400. |
Meisel, Matthew K., Goodie, Adam S. "Predicting prescription drug misuse in college students' social networks." Addictive Behaviors, vol. 45, 2015, pp. 110-112. |
Meisel, Matthew K., Goodie, Adam S. "Descriptive and injunctive social norms’ interactive role in gambling behavior." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, vol. 28, no. 2, 2014, pp. 592-598. |
Meisel, Matthew K., Clifton, Allan D., MacKillop, James, Miller, Joshua D., Campbell, W. Keith, Goodie, Adam S. "Egocentric social network analysis of pathological gambling." Addiction, vol. 108, no. 3, 2012, pp. 584-591. |
I am a Principal Investigator on a K01, and a Co-Investigator on four other grants (two R01 and two R21). All of the grants are funded by the NIAAA.
1. Title: Developmental Transitions, Social Networks, and Alcohol Use Among Non Four-Year College Emerging Adults
Institute: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Mechanism: K01
Role: Principal Investigator
Grant number: K01AA025994
Dates of funding: 08/01/17 – 07/31/22
Mentors: Nancy Barnett, Suzanne Colby, Rochelle Rosen, John Light, Miles Ott
Total Direct Costs: $167,090
Total Costs: $902,285
2. Title: Reducing Hazardous Alcohol Use in Social Networks using Targeted Intervention
Institute: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Mechanism: R01
Role: Co-Investigator
Grant number: 2R01AA023522-04A1
Dates of funding: 09/20/18 – 06/30/21
Investigators: Nancy Barnett, Matthew Meisel, Miles Ott, Melissa Clark
Total Direct Costs: $1,367,029
Total Costs: $2,046,267
3. Title: Social Network Based Bystander Intervention for Hazardous Drinking
Institute: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Mechanism: R01
Role: Co-Investigator
Grant number: 1R01AA025456-01A1
Dates of funding: 04/20/19 – 03/31/22
Investigators: Nancy Barnett, Lindsay Orchowski, Matthew Meisel, Kate Carey, Rochelle Rosen
Total Direct Costs: $917,525
Total Costs: $1,435,018
4. Title: Bystander Intervention for Alcohol-Related Risk Behavior: Instrument Development & Validation
Institute: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Mechanism: R21
Role: Co-Investigator
Grant number: 1R21AA026740-01A1
Dates of funding: 05/01/19 – 04/30/21
Investigators: Nancy Barnett, Lindsay Orchowski, Matthew Meisel, Kate Carey, Jennifer Merrill, Rochelle Rosen
Total Direct Costs: $297,059
Total Costs: $454,057
5. Title: Ecological Assessment of Social Network Contacts in Drinking Contexts: Peer Proximity Detection Using Wearable Sensors
Institute: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Mechanism: R21
Role: Co-Investigator
Grant number: 1R21AA027329-01A1
Dates of funding: 09/25/19 – 08/31/21
Investigators: Nancy Barnett, Kristina Jackson, Matthew Meisel, Alexander Sokolovsky
Total Direct Costs: $143,750
Total Costs: $233,594
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
Behavioral and Social Sciences
School of Public Health