Jessica Mongilio, PhD


Research Fellow
Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
2242 NURS1

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482

Telephone: (734) 647-4064

Interests

  • Adolescent delinquency
  • Substance use
  • Decision-making
  • Head injury

Dr. Mongilio is a criminologist, with training in developmental psychology and neuroscience, whose primary interests are centered on the emergence, persistence, and desistence of substance use and delinquency in adolescence and young adulthood. Her research explores the intersection of biological, psychological, sociological, and ecological risk and protective factors for these phenomena.

Notable Awards / Honors

  • Rolf Loeber Student Innovation Award, American Society of Criminology Division of Biopsychococial Criminology, 2024

Education

  • PhD, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 2024 (Criminology)
  • MA, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 2020 (Criminology)
  • BS, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2018

Publication Highlights

  • Maggs, J. L., Staff, J., Mongilio, J. M., Miller, S. E., Vuolo, M., & Kelly, B. C. (in press). Household vaping bans and youth e-cigarette use. Journal of Adolescent Health.

  • Staff., J., Mongilio, J. M., Maggs, J. L., Vuolo, M., & Kelly, B. C. (2024). Household vaping bans and youth e-cigarette use. Addiction, 119(1), 74-83. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16335

  • Mongilio, J. (2022). Childhood head injury as an acquired neuropsychological risk factor for adolescent delinquency. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 59(6), 756-790. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224278221081140

  • Staff, J., Maggs, J. L., Bucci, R., & Mongilio, J. (2019). Changes in externalizing behaviors after children first have an alcoholic drink and first drink heavily. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 80(4), 472-479. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2019.80.472

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