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Faculty Research Interests

This overview of faculty research interests makes it easy to locate faculty members based on their areas of expertise. To view a complete faculty profile with links to research projects, select the faculty name.
♦ Indicates faculty members who mentor doctoral students.
Name Research Interests
Gino Aisenberg ♦
Community violence
Traumatic effects of child and family exposure to community violence
Latino mental health
Mental health disparities
Evidence-based practice
Depression care
Ann Allen
Acute Care Mental Health
Crisis Triage/Emergency Management
Policy Advocacy
Gunnar Almgren ♦
Social welfare and health care policy
Safety-net health care systems
Determinants of disparities in health and in health care
Robin Arnold-Williams
Human services policy
Organizational and practice issues
Health care reform
Michael Arthur ♦
Adolescent antisocial behavior
State and community prevention systems
Prevention research methodology
Michelle Bagshaw
Children, youth and families
Cultural diversity
Adoption and foster care
Field learning
Mary Lou Balassone ♦
Public health social work
Foster care adoption
Undergraduate social work education
Lucy Berliner
Child abuse and neglect
Interpersonal violence
Eric (Ric) Brown ♦
Testing the efficacy/effectiveness of preventive interventions
Developing and testing prevention service delivery systems
Iinternational research and evaluation in Latin America
Teresa Busch
direct social work practice
psychosocial assessment
advocacy
Richard F. Catalano, Jr. ♦
Promotion of positive youth development and prevention of problem behavior
Etiology of problem behavior and positive youth development
Research methodology, and impact of culture on etiology and prevention
Sarah Cherin
child welfare policy
social work advocacy
Jon Conte ♦
Clinical social work
Sexual abuse of children and adult survivors of abuse
Interpersonal violence
Kelly Cue Davis ♦
Sexual violence (both perpetration and victimization)
sexual health
HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections
Alcohol use and abuse
Drug use and abuse
Gender issues
Meghan Deal
Veteran’s Health Services
Clinical Social Work in Inpatient Settings
Substance Abuse with Co-occurring Mental Health Disorders
Program Planning and Development
Crisis Management
James DeLong
Human diversity and social justice
GLBTQI and gender issues
Aging
Group work
Creative arts and social work
Allyship
Jim Diers
Community organizing
Organizational development
Mark Eddy ♦
Prevention science
Research to practice
Community-based research
Parent-management training
Youth mentoring
Multimodal prevention programs
Infant mental health
Conduct disorder
Emerging adulthood
Child welfare
Elena Erosheva ♦
Statistical methodology in the social, behavioral, and health sciences
Discrete data analysis
Latent variable models
Disability in elderly people
Bill Etnyre
clinical supervision and consultation
mental health assessment
crisis counseling