2024 Nominated for the Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, College of Human Sciences, Association of Public and Land Grant Universities
2020 Awarded the SGA Faculty Member of the Year for the College of Human Sciences, Auburn University
2018 Nominated for SGA Outstanding Faculty Member from the College of Human Sciences
2017 Accepted to participate in the competitive Early Career Reward program for the
Center of Scientific Review (NIH)
2016 Faculty Excellence Award, Department of Human Development and Family Science
2016 Outstanding Professional Paper/Publications Award by the Families and Health Section of the NCFR
2015 Outstanding New Professional Paper Award by the Families and Health Section of the NCFR
Samek, D.R., Crumly-Goodwin, B., Akua, B.A., Duke-Marks, A. & Hinnant, B. (2025). Negative emotions associated with recent national/international traumatic events, links to internalizing symptoms, and exacerbation by frequent/intense social media use. Emerging Adulthood, online first publication, 1-21.
https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968251344665
Samek, D.R., *Crumly, B., *Akua, B.A., Dawson, M., & Duke-Marks, A. (2024). Microaggressions, perceptions of campus climate, mental health, and alcohol use among first-year students of color. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 34, 96-113.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12897
Samek, D.R., *Akua, B.A., *Crumly, B., Duke-Marks, A. (2024). Increasing mental health issues in college students from 2016-2019: Assessing the intersections of race/ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. Journal of Affective Disorders, 354, 216-223.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.03.068
Samek, D.R. & *Akua, B.A. (2022). Predictors of stable alcohol use disorder and potentially co-occurring depressive symptoms: Insights from the longitudinal College Experiences Study. Journal of Adolescence, 94(6), 844-854.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12068
*Nichols, L.R.,
Samek, D.R., *McConnell, L. (2019). Key personality traits and alcohol use disorder symptoms in first and second year college students: Detangling antecedent from consequence. Addictive Behaviors, 89, 178-187.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.10.004
*Goodman, R.J.,
Samek, D.R., Wilson, S., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M. (2019). Features of interpersonal relationship context and major depressive disorder symptoms: Exploring antecedent vs. consequence using a developmental cascade approach. Development and Psychopathology, 31, 1451-1465. doi: 10.1017/S0954579418001037
Samek, D.R., Hicks, B., Durbin, E. Hinnant, J.B., McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (2018). Co-development between key personality traits and alcohol use disorder from adolescence through young adulthood. Journal of Personality, 86, 261-282. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12311
Samek, D.R., *Goodman, R., Erath, S. McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (2016). Antisocial peer affiliation and externalizing disorders in the transition from adolescent to young adulthood: Selection versus socialization effects. Developmental Psychology, 52, 813-823. doi: 10.1037/dev0000109
Samek, D.R., Rueter, M.A., Keyes, M.A., McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (2015). Parent involvement, sibling companionship, and adolescent substance use: A longitudinal, genetically-informed design. Journal of Family Psychology, 29(4), 614-623.
https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000097
*indicates graduate student