Cumulative Listing of Projects

Professor Alvin Alvarez (Counseling) 2002, 2004-2008 Individual Faculty Project
Asian Americans and Racism: Psychological Implications of a Silent Reality

Professor John Blando (Counseling) 2002
Storied Worlds and Mental Health of Ethnic Minority Caregivers

Professor Adam Burke (Health Education) 2003
The Utilization and Mental Health Benefits of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Ethnic Minority Communities

Professor Vivian Chávez (Health Education) 2005
Youth development and empowerment in the context of Youth Radio, a youth-media organization.

Professor Fang Yu Chou (Nursing) 2006
Psychological outcomes and chronic illness self-management in Asian American community.

Andreana Clay (Sociology) 2007
Young women of color’s use of hip-hop culture and music as a source of empowerment

Professor Andres Consoli (Counseling) 2002-2004, Individual Faculty Project
Mental Health Care Decisions by Mexican Americans High/Low on Acculturation

Professor Jeff Cookston (Psychology) 2003
Reducing the Negative Impact of Divorce on Children Though Intervention with High Risk and Ethnic Minority Fathers

Professor Mariana Leal Ferreira (Anthropology) 2004
Suicide as an 'appeal for life' in Indigenous Communities of North and South America

Professor Jessica Fields (Sociology) 2002

Reading, Racism and Risk: Sexual Education Lessons in Sexuality, Subjectivity and Health

Professor Diane Harris-Wilson (Psychology) 2004
A Developmental Perspective of Eating Disturbances Among Families of Color

Professor Russell Jeung (Asian American Studies) 2006
Religion and Resiliency: Spiritual capital and low-income Asian-American communities.

Andrew Jolivette (American Indian Studies)
HIV/AIDS health factors and associative risks of mental health and healing among mixed race gay men

Professor Linda Juang (Psychology) 2004, 2001-2004, Individual Faculty Project
Acculturation and Mental Health among Chinese and Chinese American adolescents

Professor John Kim (Psychology) 2001-2004, Individual Faculty Project
Monolingual and Bilingual Infants’ Sensitivity to Morphosyntactic Dependencies in English and Spanish

Professor Mai Nhung Le (Asian American Studies) 2003
Mental Health Implications of Breast and Cervical Cancer Among Asian American Women

Yeo-Shim Lee (Social Work)
Domestic violence, mental health, substance use and HIV risk in multi-ethnic immigrant communities

Professor Rita Meléndez (Human Sexuality) 2005

Black Churches' Reaction to HIV-positive African-American Women, and its Effect on Coping and Mental Health

Laurie Meschke (Child and Adolescent Development)
Adolescent mental health in the Hmong community

Professor Ken Miller (Psychology) 2002
Community Mental Health Interventions with Bosnian and Afghani Refugees

Professor Nathalie D. Mizelle (Counseling) 2004
Resilience in Ethnic Minorities with Learning Disabilities: An Examination of Adjustment Problems and Peer Group Status

Professor Melissa Nelson (American Indian Studies) 2003

Cultural Recovery in American Indian Communities: Obstacles and Opportunities

Professor Neesha Patel (Counseling) 2006

Psychological correlates of racialized sexual harassment among Asian American women.

Professor Allyson Titiangco-Cubales (Asian American Studies) 2002
Demystifying the Mental Health Issues of Filipina/o American Students

Professor Juliana Van Olphen (Health Education) 2003
Community Reintegration of Ex-Offenders with Substance Use Problems

Professor Pauline Velez (Psychology) 2005
Understanding Coping Strategies among Low-Income Latina and African American Women with Breast Cancer

Professor Lucia Volk (Anthropology) 2005
Racial Harassment and its Impact on Mental Health among Adolescent and Young Adult Muslim Women in the US

Professor Robert A. Williams (Counseling) 2003, 2004-2008 Individual Faculty Project
Structural and Cultural Risk/Protective Factors of Behavior Problems in African American Adolescents

Professor Qingwen Xu (Social Work) 2004
The Psychological Impact of Welfare Benefit Loss on Asian Families