Dr. Emery’s research and teaching interests include domestic violence and its effects on children, quantitative methods and social theory.  Among his current projects are secondary data analysis of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods data and research on domestic violence in South Korea.  He is particularly interested in theory and research dealing with mediators and moderators of the relationship between exposure to domestic violence and child behavior problems. Dr. Emery is also interested in methodological problems in quantitative domestic violence research, with particular emphasis on missing data problems.  Broader areas of interest include child development, violence against women, and theories of deviance.

In 2007, Dr. Emery joined the Brown School faculty as an assistant professor. Prior to accepting his current position, he worked as a Social Intervention Instructor at the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration. Dr. Emery continues to serve as a Statistical Consultant for the Project on Youth Mentoring.

Dr. Emery attended Dongduk University in Seoul, South Korea where he earned his Master’s in Women’s Studies. He then completed two additional Master’s degrees and his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago.