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Benson, Keesha Dunbar
dunbark@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Father Involvement, Changing Family Structure and Parental Roles, Strengthening African American Marriages, Child Welfare, Social Intervention, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention.

 

Cotter, Katie Lyn               klcotter@email.unc.edu                      Special interests:  School-wide intervention programs to address issues rooted in families, the school as a whole, and the larger community. Risk and resilience.

 

Crosby, Carmen
ccrosby@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Violence and Trauma; Interventions within Communities of Color; Interconnecting Oppression; Cultural Competency; Domestic and Sexual Violence.

 

Dababnah, Sarah
dababnah@email.unc.edu 
Special Interests: Policies, services, and interventions relating to children with disabilities and their families.

 

Despard, Mathieu
despard@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Asset Development Policy and Practice to Improve Social and Economic Outcomes for Lower-income and -Wealth Individuals and Families.

 

Edwards, Jeff 
edwardj@email.unc.edu
Special interests: 
Evidence-based practice, adolescent mental health, juvenile delinquency, and substance
abuse. 

 

Ellis, Alan R.
(919)966-2340
are@unc.edu
Special interests: Mental Health; Social Skills and Conflict Resolution Among Youth.
Curriculum Vitae

 

Fraga, Cynthia
(305) 244-7046
cfraga@unc.edu

Special interests: Violence and Trauma Related to Women; Domestic Violence (issues specific to treatment and Hispanic populations); Marital Health: Alternative Frameworks for Understanding and Treating Mental Illness.

 


Hall, William
wjhall@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Mental Health, Positive Development of Children and Adolescents, School-based Intervention and Prevention, Harassment and Discrimination of LGBT Populations. 

 

Hicks, Tamara K.
(919) 933-5312
tkhicks@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Health Disparities; Social Determinants of Poverty; Health; Mental Health; Health Effects of Cultural Adaptation.

 

Huh, Jungwon
jwhuh@email.unc.edu
Special interests Health Disparity, Community Development, Quantitative Methodology, GIS and Social Work Research.

 

Jigjidsuren, Dari
(919) 914-7594
dari@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Domestic Violence; Reproductive Health; Women's and Children's Issue


Killian, Candace
ckilli@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Policy, Improvement of Trauma Treatment, and Awareness of Negative Societal Outcomes Related to Psychological Trauma.
 


Li, Jilan
(919) 806-5154
jilanli@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Research Methods, Child Welfare, Quantitative Data Analysis, Welfare Policies.

 

Li, Wen (Vivien)  wenli@email.unc.edu                          Special interests:  Substance abuse disorders and diverse populations, specificallyi Asian Americans.


Masa, Rainier
rmasa@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Assets Development, Migration, and Reproductive Health.

Mercado, Micaela
mmphd@unc.edu
Special interests: Human capital development and attainment; youth development; work development and interventions; asset accumulation; and school-to-work transitions.

 

Nwabuzor, Ijeoma
nwabuzor@email.unc.edu
Special interests: The Co-Occurrence of Domestic Violence and Child Abuse/Neglect, Child Welfare, Domestic Violence, and African-American Children and Families.

 

Parker, Sharon
parkersd@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Casual Factors Influencing Juvenile Delinquency; Juvenile Delinquency Prevention; Program Development, Implementation and Evaluation; Program Outcome Measures; Juvenile Female Offenders.

 

Richman, Erica L.
elr@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Individuals with Developmental Disabilities and their Families.

 

Robertson, Caroline (Carey)      crobert8@email.unc.edu                                Special interests:  Youth violence, risk and resilience, Latino youth, and child maltreatment.


Stewart, C. Joy

jstewart@unc.edu
Special interests: Data Analysis, Bridging Gap Between Research and Practice, Child Welfare.


Thompson, Aaron

(618) 521-3340
athom@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Intervention Development to Enhance School Bonding and Autonomy for Students, Person-Centered Methods (GGMM, LTA, LPTA) to Examine Change in Multiwave Intervention Studies, Development of Self-Regulation Strategies to Build Social Competence for Children. (CV)

 

Tucker, Jenna
jntucker07@gmail.com
Special interests: Child Poverty, Policy, Women's Issues

 

VanDeinse, Tonya B.       tbvandeinse@hotmail.com                           Special interests:  Comparative social policy, disparities in access and quality of mental health services for diverse populations, transition age youth, and interventions targeted at individuals involved in multiple public service sectors.

 

Walsh, Tasanee
tasanee@unc.edu

Special interests: Public Health and Social Work with Focus on Mental Health of Refugee Women.

 

Washington, Tiffany
twashing@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Health & Aging - Older Adult Chronic Illness Self-Management; Influence of Social Support on Chronic Illness Self-Management; Depression among Chronically Ill Older Adults; Disaster Preparedness for Older Adults with Chronic Illness.

 

Webber, Kristina
kcwebber@email.unc.edu
Special interests: School-based interventions; Educational Experiences and Outcomes of At-risk Youth; Resiliency in Adolescence; Program Evaluations and Translating Research to Practice.
 
 

Wegmann, Kate 
wegmann@email.unc.edu
Special interests: 
Stereotyping, social identities, interventions and policies pertaining to school achievement and experiences of immigrant and ethnically diverse students. 

Whitt, Ahmed
ahmedw@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Neighborhood effects, Youth Violence, Evidence-based Practice, Technology in Social Work

 

White, Kevin Robert                   kwhite1@live.unc.edu                                         Special interests:  Children at risk, child welfare, and quantitative analysis.


Wu, Qi
qiwu@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Child Welfare, Development of Social Work Education in China.

  

You, Angela
ayou@email.unc.edu
Special interests: Child Welfare Policy and Practice Research, Mental Health Needs and Services, Prescription and Monitoring of Psychotropic Medications for Children in the Foster Care System.