• M.S., Clinical Psychology, Mississippi State University

Emily McClelland is a graduate of Mississippi State University and holds a Master of Science degree in Clinical Psychology. In 2010, McClelland began working for the Social Science Research Center (SSRC) under Dr. Robert McMillen in the Tobacco Control Unit. Since her time at the SSRC, McClelland has advanced to a Senior Research Associate and assists with both surveillance and evaluation services. McClelland is responsible for managing and building surveillance specific datasets for the Tobacco Control Unit as well as running analyses on these data for report and factsheet construction. She is the principal investigator for the Mississippi Youth Tobacco Survey and responsible for coordinating the Mississippi Student Tobacco Survey. McClelland also serves as an external evaluator for the Office of Tobacco Control and for the Mississippi Comprehensive Cancer Control Program. She has presented key findings at several conferences and given numerous presentations for the Mississippi State Department of Health’s Office of Tobacco Control. In 2024, McClelland also joined the Evaluation Research Group at the SSRC and assists Dr. Connie Baird-Thomas in the evaluation of the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5). Her research has been published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies, the Journal of Public Health in the Deep South, and the Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association.