Sarah Ehlke received her B.A. in Psychology and M.A. in Criminology from the University of South Florida. While at USF she worked in several research labs all focusing on substance use and addiction. Her research interests include alcohol use among college students, gender role norms and sexual aggression. Her published work is featured in Substance Use and Misuse and Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. She has presented at various conferences such as The Annual Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) and The Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT). Ehlke received the Criminology Graduate Student Organization Grant in 2012 to help fund her thesis. She also has recently received the Making a Difference in North Carolina award for her research on alcohol expectancies, feminine gender roles and risk of sexual victimization. Ehlke is currently a second year graduate student in the Psychology Master's program at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and her ultimate goal is to receive her Ph.D in Clinical Psychology.