He comes to IU Northwest as a fellow with the Indiana University Institute for Advanced Studies, and will also give several lectures at IU South Bend . During his lengthy career, Evans research formulated the Social Inoculation Model that demonstrates the importance of peer pressure and other social influences on triggering cigarette smoking and other self- destructive behavior in adolescents. He has studied the impact of peer pressure on youth cigarette smoking since the mid-1970s. The model has also become part of national efforts to influence teenagers to avoid contraception of the AIDS virus and to prevent the use of illegal drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Both presentations are free and open to the community.
Free parking is also available.