E-Mail    kaestle@vt.edu

Mailing Address   315 Wallace Hall (0416)
                             Blacksburg, VA 24061

               Phone    540-231-3194

                   Fax    540-231-7012

     Office Hours    By appointment

 

Primary Academic Interests

• Adolescent Health and Risk Behaviors
  
• Human Sexuality & Sexual Health
  
• Intimate Partner Violence
  
• Emerging Adulthood
  
• Media Effects and Health

Recent Peer Reviewed Articles

Kaestle, C. E., Halpern, C. T. (2007).  What’s love got to do with it?  Sexual behaviors through emerging adulthood.  Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 39, 134-140.

Halpern, C. T., Kaestle, C. E., Guo, G., & Hallfors, D. (2007). Gene-environment contributions to young adult sexual partnering. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36, 543-554.

Halpern, C. T., Kaestle, C. E., & Hallfors, D. (2007). Perceived physical maturity, age of romantic partner, and adolescent risk behaviors. Prevention Science, 8, 1-10.

Kaestle, C. E., Halpern, C. T., & Brown, J. (2007). Music videos, pro-wrestling, and acceptance of date rape among middle school males and females: An exploratory analysis. Journal of Adolescent Health, 40, 185-187.

Kaestle, C. E., Halpern, C. T., Miller, W., & Ford C. (2005). Young age at first sexual intercourse and sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and young adults. American Journal of Epidemiology, 161, 774-780.

Kaestle, C. E., & Halpern, C. T. (2005). Sexual activity among adolescents in romantic relationships with friends, acquaintances or strangers. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 159, 849-853.

Kaestle, C. E., & Halpern, C. T. (2005). Sexual intercourse precedes partner violence in adolescent romantic relationships. Journal of Adolescent Health, 36, 386-392.

Wiley, D. J., Harper, D. M., Elashoff, D., Silverberg, M. J., Kaestle, C., Cook, R. L., Heileman, M., & Johnson, L. (2005). How condom use, number of receptive anal intercourse partners and history of external genital warts predict risk for external anal warts. International Journal of STD/AIDS, 16, 203-211.

Kaestle, C. E., Morisky, D. E., & Wiley, D. J. (2002). Sexual intercourse and the age difference between adolescent girls and their romantic partners. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 34, 304-309.

Selected Presentations

CE Kaestle, CT Halpern. "Sexual Coercion and Disliked Sexual Activities during Emerging Adulthood." Paper presented at the Annual Conference on Emerging Adulthood. Tuscon Arizona, 2/07

CE Kaestle.  “What’s Love Got to Do with It?  Sexual Behaviors of Opposite-Sex Couples during Emerging Adulthood.” Paper presented at Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, 3/06.

CE Kaestle, CT Halpern, JD Brown.  “Television Content and Rape Acceptance among Middle School Males and Females.” Paper presented at Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Biennial Meeting, San Francisco, California, 3/06.

CE Kaestle, J Gard.  “The Mass Media and Teen’s Sexual Health.” Workshop presented at North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NCCASA) Annual Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina, 11/05.

CE Kaestle, CT Halpern, W Miller, and C Ford.  “Early Sexual Debut and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents and Young Adults.” Poster presented at Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 4/05.

CE Kaestle CT Halpern, D Hallfors, M Waller, and B Iritani.  “Early Pubertal Timing, Age of Romantic Partners, and HIV Risk Behaviors.”  Poster presented at Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 3/04.

CE Kaestle and CT Halpern.  “Adolescent Couples’ Sexual Activity and Pre-Romantic Social Ties to Partners.”  Paper presented at Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 5/03.

CE Kaestle and CT Halpern.  “Partner Violence and Sexual Intercourse in Adolescent Romantic Relationships.”  Poster presented at Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Tampa, Florida, 4/03.

CE Kaestle, DE Morisky, and DJ Wiley.  “Sexual Intercourse and the Age Difference between Adolescent Girls and their Romantic Partners.”  Paper presented at American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 10/01.

Honors and Fellowships

• Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health, induction to Theta Chapter, 2006.
  
• Royster Society of Fellows, University of North Carolina, 2005-2006.
  
• Jesse Ball DuPont Fellowship, University of North Carolina, 2005-2006. 
  
• Kenan Fellowship, University of North Carolina, 2001-2005.
  
• Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health, induction to Iota Chapter, 2001.
  
• Summer Research in Science Fellowship, Grinnell College, 1994.
  
• Smith Award for Excellence in Biology, Grinnell College, 1994.
  
• Rosenfield Grant in Public Affairs and Human Rights, Grinnell College, 1992.

 

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