Dr. John Matkovic
Assistant Professor
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FHS Felmley Hall Of Science 305
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- About
- Education
- Selected Research
Current Courses
HSC 209.001 Health Equity and the Social Determinants of Health
HSC 209.003 Health Equity and the Social Determinants of Health
HSC 297.001 Human Disease: Principles and Prevention
HSC 286.001 Needs Assessment In Health Education
HSC 488.001 Research Methods in Public Health
HSC 258.001 Epidemiology
HSC 296.001 Health Behavior And Theory
HSC 395.001 Health Communication And Social Marketing
HSC 495.001 Health Communication And Social Marketing
HSC 209.002 Health Equity and the Social Determinants of Health
PhD Health Education
The University of Toledo
Other Master of Public Health
Michigan State University
BS Microbiology
Michigan State University
Grants and Contracts
University Research Grant
John Matkovic, Kelly Clemens
Illinois State University - CAST. July 1 2024 - June 30 2025
Journal Article
Psychosocial Influences on Pain in Transgender Individuals
Kelly Clemens, John Matkovic, & Eric Wesselmann
Frontiers in Pain Research, section Abdominal and Pelvic Pain, 6, (2025)
Psychosocial influences on pain in transgender individuals
Kelly S Clemens, John Matkovic, Abby Odelson, Audrey Strain, & Eric Wesselmann
(2025)
A health communication campaign designed to improve study habits and wellness: a feasibility study.
John Matkovic, Nicole McKenzie, JJ Sheu, Jennifer Glassman, Jason Kruse-Diehr, & Tavis Glassman
(2022)
A video intervention to address college students’ study habits and wellness behaviors during exams.
Tavis Glassman, John Matkovic, JJ Sheu, April Demers, Jennifer Glassman, & Carly Thompson
(2022)
Handwashing Message Type Predicts Behavioral Intentions in the United States at the Beginning of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic
John Matkovic, Kelly S. Clemens, Kate Faasse, & Andrew L. Geers
Frontiers in Public Health, 9, (2021), 10.3389/fpubh.2021.583491
Handwashing message type predicts behavioral intentions in the United States at the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic
John Matkovic, Kelly S Clemens, Kate Faasse, & Andrew L Geers
(2021)
Determinants of safety-focused product purchasing in the United States at the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic
Kelly S Clemens, John Matkovic, Kate Faasse, & Andrew L Geers
(2020)
The role of attitudes, affect, and income in predicting COVID-19 behavioral intentions
Kelly S Clemens, John Matkovic, Kate Faasse, & Andrew L Geers
(2020)
Presentations
Inclusive Lectures Improve Social Fit and Self-Efficacy for Black College Students
Emma Walis, Kelly S Clemens, John Matkovic
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, February, 2026
Inclusive Lectures Improve Social Fit and Self-Efficacy for Black College Students
Corrie Clemens, John Matkovic, Emma Walis
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, February 26, 2026
Positive Affective Expectations and Perceived Discrimination as Predictors of Positive Health Behavior in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals
Audrey Curry, Kelly Clemens, John Matkovic
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, February 26, 2026
Psychological Expectancies as Contributors to Health Disparities in Transgender Adults.
AJ Ralston, Kelly Clemens, John Matkovic
Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, February 26, 2026
Belonging and mental health in U.S. College students: Associations with depression, anxiety, stress, and academic outcomes
John Matkovic, Kelly Clemens
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting 2025, Washington DC, November 4, 2025
Untangling the relationship between desire and response expectancy: An initial study
Kelly Clemens, John Matkovic, AJ Ralston, O Koku, J Anderson, Andrew Geers
5th International Conference for the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies, Krakow, Poland, June, 2025
Intuitive and magnitude dimensions of response expectancy are modulable via affect induction
J Anderson, Kelly Clemens, AJ Ralston, John Matkovic, Andrew Geers
5th International Conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies, Krakow, Poland, June, 2025
College Students’ Sense of Belonging on campus Predicts GPA.
Divine Nlombo, Kelly Clemens, John Matkovic
Illinois State University Graduate Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 11, 2025
The influence of structural and attitudinal barriers on college students’ 2024 influenza and COVID-19 vaccination intentions and uptake
Kelly S Clemens, John Matkovic, Jillian Neal, Calvin Putterlik, Ashley Roberts
Health Preconference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, February, 2025
Psychological factors contributing to pain during vaginal intercourse: The role of response expectancy
Kelly S Clemens, John Matkovic, Camila Fontes
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October, 2024
A need for sexual health education? queer women experience more pain during sex and expectations for dyspareunia
John Matkovic, Camila Fontes, Kelly Clemens
American Public Health Association (APHA), Minneapolis, MN, October 27, 2024
Psychological factors contributing to pain during vaginal intercourse: The role of response expectancy
Kelly Clemens, Camila Fontes, John Matkovic
American Public Health Association (APHA), Minneapolis, MN, October 27, 2024
Always on: phone use and perceptions among college students
John Matkovic, Tavis Glassman, Andrew Geers, Nicole McKenzie, Aliaksandr Amialchuk, Ling Na
National SOPHE Annual Meeting 2024, St. Louis, MO, March, 2024
A Video Intervention to Address College Students’ Study Habits and Wellness Behaviors During Exams.
John Matkovic, April Demers, Jennifer Glassman, JJ Sheu, Aaron Kruse-Diehr, Tavis Glassman
American Public Health Association Annual conference, Online, November, 2021
Simple exchange messages improve COVID-19 handwashing intentions through changes in positive affect.
John Matkovic, Kelly Clemens, Kate Faasse, Andrew Geers
American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO, November, 2021
A health communication campaign designed to improve study habits and wellness
John Matkovic, Jennifer Glassman, J.J. Sheu, Tavis Glassman
American Public Health Association Annual conference, Online, November, 2020
The association between self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and selected socio-demographic variables and patients’ self-management of chronic kidney disease
Victoria Wagner-Greene, Amy Wotring, M Karmakar, John Matkovic, Jennifer Wohlwend, Holly Hoagland-Fojtik, Timothy Jordan
Society of Public Health Educators Annual Conference, Online, March, 2020
Self-reported stress mediates the relationship between self-efficacy to succeed at work and self-reported health status among low income adults
John Matkovic
Ohio SOHPE HEI Conference, Salt Fork, OH, October, 2019
Is self-efficacy to succeed at work a predictor of health status among low-income job seekers?
Amy Wotring, Victoria Wagner-Greene, Jennifer Wohlwend, John Matkovic, Dorian White, Timothy Jordan
Midwest Graduate Research Symposium, Toledo, OH, April, 2019
The association between self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and selected socio-demographic variables and patients’ self-management of chronic kidney disease.
M Karmakar, Amy Wotring, Jennifer Wohlwend, Victoria Wagner-Greene, John Matkovic, Holly Hoagland-Fojtik, Timothy Jordan
Midwest Graduate Research Symposium, Toledo, OH, April, 2019