Early adolescence; survey development
Stephen Crystal, Research Professor of Social Work and Sociology, SSW/IHHCPAR;
Ph.D., Harvard
AIDS; long-term care; homelessness; longitudinal data analysis
Mary Edna Davidson, Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Brandeis
Child welfare; advocacy research; equity analysis of public social policy
Donald T. Dickson, Professor of Social Work, SSW; J.D., Chicago; Ph.D., Michigan
Law; child welfare; mental health; administration
Richard L. Edwards, Dean and Professor of School of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., SUNY (Albany)
Organizational and Managerial Effectiveness in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors
Antoinette Rodgers-Farmer, Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Parenting behavior, social support and kinship care; AIDS; evaluation of social work practice
Chien-Chung Huang, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph. D. Columbia
Child support; social assistance; poverty and income distribution
Michael LaSala, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., SUNY (Albany)
Clinical social work; gay and lesbian issues; marriage and family therapy
Raymond Sanchez Mayers, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Brandeis
Financial management in nonprofits; administrative issues; Hispanic issues
David Mechanic, University Professor and Rene Dubos Professor of Behavioral Sciences,
IHHCPAR; PhD., Stanford
Medical sociology; evaluation research and social policy
Shari Munch, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Michigan State
Health care; women’s health care; perinatal ethics and bereavement; psychosocial aspects of high-risk pregnancy
Kathleen J. Pottick, Professor of Social Work, SSW/IHHCPAR; Ph.D., Michigan
Child and adolescent mental health and psychiatric service delivery systems
Allison Zippay, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Poverty and employment policy; community development; social networks
Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty
Ayse Akincigil, Assistant Professor of School of Social Work, SSW/IHHCPAR; Ph.D., RutgersMental health, aging, HIV/AIDS, economics and health services research
Laura Curran, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Family and child policy practice; welfare policy; social welfare history/theory; gender and sexuality
Emmett Lee Gill, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., University of Maryland at Baltimore
Student-Athlete Development, College Athletics, Youth Development
Yvonne Johnson, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D.; Columbia
End of life decisions, advance directives, history and philosophy of social work
Judith McCoyd, Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Bryn Mawr
Medical decision making, bereavement and "feeling rules" in medical technologies
Darcey Merritt, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Public child welfare system, economic sustainability of abusive and neglectful parents
Claudia Moreno, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Ohio State
HIV/AIDS, women's issues
Lia Nower, Associate Professor of School of Social Work, SSW; JD, St. Louis University, Ph.D. Washington University
Pathological Gambling and Addictive Disorders; Forensic Mental Health
Judy L. Postmus, Assistant Professor of School of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., SUNY (Albany)
Violence Against Women and the Impact of Policies and Programs on Survivors
Jonathan Prince, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW: Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Youth services; mental health care
Cassandra Simmel, Assistant Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Child welfare programs and services; youth transitioning out of care, child and youth mental health
Doctoral Faculty Recent Publications and Scholarly Activities
Dr. Judith Baer
Presentations at National Meetings:
Baer, J.C., Prince, J.D. & Velez. Fusion or Familialism: A construct problem in studies of Mexican American Adolescents. Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research, Miami, FL.
Martinez, C. D. & Baer, J.C. Child Maltreatment and Insecure Attachment: A Meta-Analysis. Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research, Miami, FL.
Submissions for National Meetings
Holloway, L. & Baer, J.C. Risk and Protective Factors During Adolescence: The Role of Family Processes and Alcohol – Submitted to the Society for Social Work and Research.
Banerjea, R. & Baer, J.C. The role of regular care to test the relationship of increased levels of HIV testing and STI treatment in youth. – Submitted to the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence.
Liu, C. W. & Baer, J.C. The Relationship between Fatherhood and Father Involvement- A Meta Analysis – Submitted to the Society for Social Work and Research
Submitted for Publication:
Martinez, C. D. & Baer, J.C. Child Maltreatment and Insecure Attachment: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology.
Liu, C.D. & Baer, J.C.. The Relationship between Fatherhood and Father Involvement- A Meta Analysis – Family Process.
Dr. Stephen Crystal
Publications
Wei W, Sambamoorthi U, Olfson M, Walkup J, Crystal S. Use of Psychotherapy for Depression in Older Adults. American Journal of Psychiatry 162(4):711-717, 2005.
Cunningham WE, Crystal S, Bozzette S, Hays RD. The Association of Health-Related Quality of Life with Survival among Persons with HIV Infection in the U.S. Journal of General Internal Medicine 20(1): 21-27, 2005.
Thompson W, Wang H, Xie M, Kolassa J, Rajan M, Crystal S, Tseng C, Zhang Q, Vardi Y, Pogach L, Safford M. Assessing Quality of Diabetes Care by Measuring Longitudinal Changes in Hemoglobin A1c in the Veterans Health Administration. In press, Health Services Research.
Tseng C-L, Rajan M, Miller D, Hawley G, Crystal S, et al. Use of Administrative Data to Risk Adjust Amputation Rates in a National Cohort of Medicare-Enrolled Veterans with Diabetes. Medical Care 43(1): 88-92, 2005.
Wei W, Sambamoorthi U, Crystal S, Findley P. Mental Illness, Traumatic Brain Injury and Medicaid Expenditures. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 86 (5):905-911, 2005.
Crystal S. Economic Well-Being of the Elderly. In press, Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology.
Tseng CL, Brimacombe M, Xie M, Rajan M, Wang H, Kolassa J, Crystal S, et al. Seasonal Patterns in Monthly A1c Values Among US Diabetic Veterans. American Journal of Epidemiology 161(6):565-574, 2005.
Sambamoorthi U, Akincigil A, Wei W, Crystal S. National Trends in Total and Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Spending Among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 5(3): 297-315, 2005.
Crystal S. Dynamics of Late-Life Inequality: Modeling the Interplay of Health Disparities, Economic Resources, and Public Policies. In press, in Baars J, Dannefer D, Phillipson C, and Walker A. Aging, Globalization and Inequality: The New Critical Gerontology. Society and Aging Series, Baywood Publishing Company.
Wilson TE, Vlahov D, Crystal S, Absalon J, Klein SJ, Agins B, Remien RH. Integrating HIV Prevention Activities into the HIV Medical Care Setting: A Report from the New York City HIV Centers Consortium. Accepted subject to minor revision, Journal of Urban Health.
Reviews
Crystal S. The Future of Old-Age Benefits. Review Essay. In press, The Gerontologist.
Crystal S. Commentary on Strothers et al, Disparities in Antidepressant Treatment in Medicaid Elderly Diagnosed with Depression. In press, Evidence-Based Mental Health.
Foundation, government, and other research reports
Fox K, Crystal S. Coordinating Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits with Existing State Pharmacy Assistance Programs. Prepared for the Commonwealth Fund. Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, 2005.
Fox K, Sia J, Crystal S. State Pharmacy Assistance Programs, 2004: A Chart Book. New York: Commonwealth Fund, in press.
Dr. Donald Dickson
Publication - Book Chapter
Dickson, D.T. (2005). Involuntary Medication of the Mentally Ill: Continuing Controversy, Changing Scene. In S. Kirk (Ed.). Mental Health in the Social Environment: Critical Perspectives. New York: Columbia University Press, pps. 443-460.
Dr. Chien-Chung Huang
Publications
Huang, Chien-Chung and Reid, Robert J. (In press). Risk Factors Associated with Alcohol, Cigarette, and Illicit Drug Use Among Pregnant Women: Evidence From the Fragile Family and Child Well-Being Survey. Journal of Social Service Research.
Huang, Chien-Chung and Lynn A. Warner. (2005). Relationship Characteristics and Depression among Fathers with Newborns. Social Service Review, 79(1), 95-118.
Huang, Chien-Chung, and Wen-Jui Han. (2004). Perceptions of Child Support and Sexual Activity of Adolescent Males. Journal of Adolescence, 27(6), 731-748.
Huang, Chien-Chung, Irwin Garfinkel, and Jane Waldfogel. (2004). Child Support Enforcement and Welfare Caseload. Journal of Human Resources, 39(1): 108-134.
Research Projects
Child Support Enforcement, Fertility Behavior, and Sexual Activity of Youth.
Attitude and Perceptions of Minority Noncustodial Fathers and their Child Support Compliance Behaviors.
New Parents and Children in the New World of Welfare.
The Effects of Child Support Enforcement on Nonmarital Childbearing.
The Rise in Single-Parent Families In Taiwan: Implication for Policy Development.
Dr. Yvonne Johnson
Recent publications
Johnson. Y. M. (In press). Remembering Barbara Wootton's contribution to social work education. (Journal on Social Work Education)
Johnson, Y. M. & Stadel, V. L. (In press) Completion of health care proxies: Do social work pre-admission interviews make a difference? (Research on Social Work Practice)
Presentations at international and national conferences (peer-reviewed)
Johnson, Y. M. (2007). Education on advance directives: Orthopedic patients' responses and reasons for signing. Society for Social Work Research, San Francisco, January 2007.
Johnson, Y. M. & Munch, S. (2006). Towards a meaningful conceptualization of cultural competence. 5th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Hong Kong, December, 2006.
Johnson, Y. M. & Stadel, V. L. (2006). Completion of health care proxies: Do social work pre-admission interviews make a difference? 5th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Hong Kong, December, 2006.
Work under revision
Johnson, Y. M. The legal foundations of US federal and state laws on advance directives. (Part 1)
Johnson, Y. M. The philosophical underpinnings of the Patient Self-Determination Act and state health care proxy law. (Part 2).
Dr. Michael LaSala
Publications
LaSala, M. C. (2004). Extradyadic sex and gay male couples: Comparing monogamous
and nonmonogamous relationships. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services, 85, 405-412.
LaSala, M. C. (in press). Monogamy of the heart: A qualitative study of extradyadic sex
among gay male couples. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 17(3).
LaSala, M. C. (in press). Cognitive and environmental interventions for gay males:
Addressing stigma and its consequences. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services.
LaSala, M. C. (in press). Old Maps, New Territory: Family Therapy Theory and Gay and
Lesbian Couples. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Family Studies.
Dr. Marie Liston
Presentation
"Post-War to Late Life: Trauma, Coping, and Healing Among World War II
Combat Veterans" accepted for presentation at the 58th Annual Scientific
Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America
Work in Progress
"Social Work Practice with Diverse World War II Combat Veterans: Impact of the War Experience Across the Life Span" pending for presentation at the Tenth Annual Conference of The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR).
Article entitled "Social Work Practice with World War II Combat Veterans: Impact of the War Experience on Adjustment in Late Life" in progress; to be submitted to the peer-reviewed journal The Journal of
Gerontological Social Work
Article entitled "Combat Trauma and Coping Strategies Among World War II Veterans: Implications for Social Work Practice" in progress; to be submitted to the peer-reviewed journal Social Work
Dr. Raymond Sanchez Mayers
Publication- Book
Mayers, R.S., Financial Management for Nonprofit Human Service Organizations (2004)
Judith L.M. McCoyd
Recent Publications:
McCoyd, JLM & Kerson, TS. Conducting Intensive Interviews Using E-mail: A Serendipitous Comparative Opportunity. Qualitative Social Work (R. Rucksdeschel, Ed. In press)
Kerson, T.S., McCoyd, JLM, Chimcherian, J (2005) Spanning Boundaries: An enriched ecological perspective for social workers practising (sic) in health and mental health care. In T. Heinonen & A. Metteri (Eds.), Social Work in Health and Mental Health: Issues, Developments and Actions (pp.8-25). Toronto: Canadian Scholar’s Press
McCoyd, JLM. (2005). Review of Loss and Grief: A guide for human services practitioners Ed. Neil Thompson(2002). New York: Palgrave. In Social Work in Health Care, Vol 41 (2), pp. 85-92.
Prior Publications:
Daloisio, F., Kerson, T.S. & McCoyd, J.L.M. (2002). Driving forces maps: Case studies of a tool for implementing change strategies. Social Work and Health Care, 36 (2), 1-20.
Kerson, T.S. and McCoyd, J.L.M. (2002). The power of the relationship between the social worker and the client system. In Boundary Spanning: An ecological reinterpretation of social work in health and mental health setting (pp.87-142). Columbia University Press: New York.
Dr. Shari Munch
Publication
Munch, S. (2004). Gender-biased diagnosing of women’s medical complaints: Contributions of feminist thought, 1970-1995. Women and Health, 40(1), 101-121
Dr. Kathleen Pottick
Publications
Warner, L.A. & Pottick, K.J. (in press, 2005). Functional impairment among preschoolers in mental health services. Children and Youth Services Review.
Pottick, K.J., Warner, L.A., & Yoder, K. A. (2005). Youths living away from families in the U.S. mental health system: Opportunities for targeted intervention. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 32, 264-281.
Warner, L.A., Pottick, K.J., & Bilder, S. (2005). Clinical and Organizational Correlates of Psychotropic Medication Use among Youths in Outpatient Mental Health Services in the U.S. Social Service Review, 79, 454-81
Warner, L.A., Pottick, K.J., & Mukherjee, A. (2004). Psychotropic medication use among youth with single and co-occurring psychiatric diagnoses in the U.S. mental health service system. Psychiatric Services, 55, 309-311.
Government Documents
Pottick, K.J., Warner, L.A., Isaacs, M., Henderson, M.J., Milazzo-Sayre, L., & Manderscheid, R.W. (2004). Children and adolescents treated in specialty mental health care programs in the United States: 1986 and 1997. Mental Health, United States, 2002, Manderscheid, R.W., and Henderson, M.J., eds. DHHS Pub No. (SMA) 3938. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, pps. 314-326.
Teeter-Ellison, P.A., Pottick, K.J., Zito, J., Jensen, P., Katz, L., Safer, D., Nadeau, K., Robin, A., Warner, L.A., & Ross, E.C. (2004). Identification and treatment of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder: A lifespan perspective. Mental Health, United States, 2002, Manderscheid, R.W., and Henderson, M.J., (Eds.). DHHS Pub No. (SMA) 3938. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, pps. 138-154
Book Chapter
Rosenfield, S. & Pottick, K.J. (2005). Power, gender, and the self: Reflections on improving mental health for males and females. In S. Kirk (Ed.). Mental Health in the Social Environment: Critical Perspectives. New York: Columbia University Press, pps. 214-228.
Professional Service Articles (Conference Proceedings-Refereed)
Warner, L.A., Pottick, K.J., & Tapanes, V. (2005). Staffing patterns in residential mental health settings for youth in the United States. In C. Newman, C.J. Liberton K. Kutash, & R. Friedman (Eds.), The 17th Annual Research Conference Proceedings. A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base (March 1 to March 4, 2004) (pp.xx-yy). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health. (with NIMH-funded undergraduate minority student co-author)
Pottick, K.J., Warner, L.A., & Tian, X. (2004). Racial-ethnic disparities in access to mental health services for youth in the United States In C. Newman, C.J. Liberton K. Kutash, & R. Friedman (Eds.), The 16th Annual Research Conference Proceedings. A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base (March 2 to March 5, 2003) (pp.359-364). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health. (with pre-doctoral student co-author)
Pottick, K.J., Warner, L.A., & Ortiz-Meyer, V. (2004). Comorbidity patterns among youth with disruptive behavior disorder diagnoses. Symposium organized by Warner, L.A. & Pottick, K.J., In C. Newman, C.J. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R. Friedman (Eds.), The 16th Annual Research Conference Proceedings. A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base (March 2 to March 5, 2003) (pp 145-158). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.
Presentations
“Turning Lives Around by Understanding Trends in Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents,” Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the New Jersey Association or Mental Health Agencies (NJAMHA), Turning Lives Around: Through Information, Inspiration and Innovation, Princeton, NJ, September 23, 2004.
Pottick, K. (Symposium Chair) “Assessing the Context of Mental Health Service Delivery for Youth: Opportunities for Targeted Intervention,” Society for Social Work and Research, Miami Florida, January 23-26, 2005.
Dr. Jonathon Prince
Publications
Prince, J.D. (2005). Ethnicity and life quality in recently discharged inpatients with schizophrenia. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (accepted for publication).
Prince, J.D. (2005). Incarceration and Hospital Care. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (accepted for publication).
Prince, J.D. (2005). Life contentment and satisfaction with mental health care. Research on Social Work Practice (accepted for publication).
Prince, J.D. (2005). Family involvement and satisfaction with community mental health care of individuals with schizophrenia. Community Mental Health Journal (accepted for publication).
Prince, J.D. (2005). Determinants of inpatient care satisfaction. Community Mental Health Journal (accepted for publication).
Prince, J.D. (2005). Predicting outpatient program withdrawal among recently discharged individuals with schizophrenia. Psychological Services (accepted for publication pending submitted revisions).
Prince, J.D. & Austin, M.J. (2005). Inter-agency collaboration between child welfare and child mental health systems. Journal of Social Work in Mental Health, 4(1), p. 1-19.
Baer, J., Prince, J.D. & Valez, J. (2004). Fusion or familialism: A construct problem in studies of Mexican-American adolescents. Hispanic Journal of Behavior Sciences, 26(3), 263-273.
Austin, M.J. & Prince, J.D. (2004). The implications of managed care and welfare reform for the integration of health and welfare services. Journal of Health and Social Policy, 18(2), 1-19.
Prince, J.D. (2005). Towards an empowering medical model of mental health care. Psychiatric Services (accepted for publication).
Prince, J.D. (2005). Efforts to encourage entrepreneurship among persons with mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 56(3), 359-360.
Book Chapters
Prince, J.D. & Austin, M.J. (2004). Overview of innovative programs and practices in welfare reform implementation. In M.J. Austin, ed. Changing Welfare Services: Case Studies of Local Welfare Reform Programs. New York: The Haworth Press, Chapter 2.
Prince, J.D. & Austin, M.J. (2004). Training exempt providers to deliver high-quality child care programs. In M.J. Austin, ed. Changing Welfare Services: Case Studies of Local Welfare Reform Programs. New York: The Haworth Press, Chapter 5.
Prince, J.D. & Austin, M.J. (2004). Combining business with rehabilitation in a public workcenter for disabled and low-income participants. In M.J. Austin, ed. Changing Welfare Services: Case Studies of Local Welfare Reform Programs. New York: The Haworth Press, Chapter 7.
Prince, J.D. & Austin, M.J. (2004). Merging a workforce investment board and a department of social services into a county department of employment and human services. In M.J. Austin, ed. Changing Welfare Services: Case Studies of Local Welfare Reform Programs. New York: The Haworth Press, Chapter 21.
Prince, J.D. & Austin, M.J. (2004). Crossover services between child welfare and welfare-to-work programs. In M.J. Austin, ed. Changing Welfare Services: Case Studies of Local Welfare Reform Programs. New York: The Haworth Press, Chapter 23.
Dr. Allison Zippay
Publications:
Speer, P. & Zippay, A. (2005). Participatory decision making among community coalitions. Administration in Social Work, 29 (3).
Zippay, A. (2005). How mothers see fathers: TANF mothers’ perspectives on the fathers in their children’s lives. In Berrick, J.D., & Fuller, B. (Eds.). Good parents or good workers? How policy shapes families’ daily lives. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Zippay, A. (2005). In-depth interviewing; and reprint of Dynamics of income packaging. In Alexander, L., & Solomon, P. (Eds.). The research process in social services: Behind the scenes. NY: Wadsworth.
Zippay, A., & Rangarajan, A. (2004). In their own words: WorkFirst New Jersey clients talk about family, work, and welfare. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Presentations
Zippay, A., & Wood, R. (December 2004). Findings from the WorkFirst New Jersey client and in-depth surveys. State Employment and Training Commission Conference, Atlantic City, NJ.
Zippay, A. (November 2004). Neighborhood characteristics of community based housing for persons with severe mental illness. Annual meeting, American Public Health Association, Washington DC.
Zippay, A. (April 2004). Urban communities and spatial concentration of shared housing for persons with persistent mental illness. Annual meeting, Urban Affairs Association, Washington, DC.
Recent Faculty Publications