Dr. Sherecce Fields

Sherecce Fields, PhD is an Associate Professor and the Associate Head of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Texas A&M University. Dr. Fields’ primary degree is in Clinical Psychology from the University of South Florida with areas of specialization in Child Clinical and Pediatric Psychology and holds Bachelor’s degrees in Chemistry and Psychology from Duke University. She joined the faculty at Texas A&M University in 2010. Her teaching focuses on the critical evaluation of the science of psychology and health behavior. Her research is focused on developing a bio-behavioral understanding of health-risk behaviors in adolescents and emerging adults, with the goal of developing effective interventions, specifically for use in disadvantaged populations. Dr. Fields’ research incorporates behavioral and clinical intervention methods and most recently has focused on the development of interventions that can be used with digital health technologies, including video games and other computer-mediated communication technologies for health risk behaviors including substance use, obesity, and diabetes. Dr. Fields has over 50 publications, proceedings, and abstracts. She has been the PI or Co-PI for over two million dollars in funded research from NIH, NSF and other agencies. Dr. Fields was the 2016-2018 recipient of the Ray A. Rothrock ’77 Fellow award from the College of Liberal Arts and is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.