Graduate Faculty Research
Graduate Faculty Research Areas
*Asterisk indicates eligibility to chair Specialization/Dissertation Committees
Clifford Bersamira*
Research Interest: Addiction/Behavioral Health Policies and Service Delivery, Addiction/Behavioral Health Services and Healthcare Reform, Recovery Support Services and Mutual Aid, Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian Behavioral Health Disparities, Behavioral Health Systems and Services Integration Phone: (808) 956-6245 Email: clifford.bersamira@hawaii.edu
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Kathryn Braun*
Research Interest: Asian and Pacific Islander aging, End-of-life decision making; Minority health; Community-based research and evaluation Phone: (808) 956-5768 Email: kbraun@hawaii.edu
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Rachel Burrage*
Research Interest: Indigenous well-being, Culture and mental health, Historical and collective trauma, Individual and community resilience Phone: (808) 956-6240 Email: rburrage@hawaii.edu
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Joonyoung Cho
Research Interests: Aging in place, Social relations, Productive aging Phone: 808.956.6126 Email: joony@hawaii.edu
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Michael DeMattos
Research Interests: Teens & their families, Substance abuse, Best practice Phone: 808.956.6135 E-mail: mdmattos@hawaii.edu
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Meripa Godinet*
Research Interest: Juvenile delinquency prevention; Social and adjustment issues of Pacific Islander adolescents; Multi-culture and cross-culture issues Phone: (808) 956-6239 Email: meripa@hawaii.edu
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Jing Guo*
Research Interest: Comparative family policy; Work, family and Gender; Migration and child education; Asian Americans, Immigrants and child welfare; Social policy and social services in China Phone: (808) 956-2195 Email: jingguo@hawaii.edu
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J.C. Hodges
Research Interests: Mental health and psychosocial impacts of climate change and climate displacement Phone: (808) 956-4393 E-Mail: jchodges@hawaii.edu
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Seunghye Hong*
Research Interest: Neighborhood Contexts; Immigration; Mental Health; Community-Based Practice; Research Methodology Phone: (808) 956-4605 Email: shong9@hawaii.edu
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Miquela Ibrao
Research Interests: Indigenous Health & Wellness, Indigenous Methodologies & Knowledge Systems, Aging, Community-Based Participatory Research, Social Determinants of Health Phone: 808.956.4494 E-mail: mibrao@hawaii.edu
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Francie J. Julien-Chinn*
Research Interest: Organizational and workforce issues in child welfare; Child welfare outcomes including: permanency; well-being; kinship; and foster care. Phone: (808) 956-4929 Email: fjjc@hawaii.edu
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Sophia Lau
Research Interest: Socio-Cultural Determinants of Health, Healthcare Disparities Including in Health Behaviors and Health Service Utilization, Mental Health Literacy, Help-Seeking Patterns Phone: 808.956.6123 E-mail: sophiabk@hawaii.edu
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Yeonjung (Jane) Lee*
Research Interest: Gerontology & productive aging, Health equity and disparities among disadvantaged older adults, Quantitative research Phone: (808) 956-9614 Email: Yeonjung@hawaii.edu
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Sarah Momilani Marshall
Research Interests: Substance use prevention among NHPI youth, Social, behavioral, and cultural determinants of health among NHPI populations, Indigenous CBPR methodologies that promote the decolonization of social work research E-mail: smm93@hawaii.edu
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Mihoko Maru
Research Interests: Trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress, Serious mental illness and suicidality among youth and young adults, Mental health disparities, Global mental health, Family systems, Community-based research, Intervention research and program evaluation, Mixed methods Tel: 808.956.6127 E-Mail: mihoko.maru@hawaii.edu
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Danielle R. Phillips
Research Interests: Health outcomes, Young and emerging adults, Gender and Sexuality, Sexual reproductive justice and health, LGBTQIA2S+ folx, Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) folx, Youth experiencing homelessness, Mental health and overall well-being, Intersectionality Theory Strengths-Based Perspective, Mixed Methodologies, Participatory action research methodologies Tel: 808.956.6205 E-mail: drphill@hawaii.edu
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Cameron W. Rasmussen
Research Interests: Accountability and violence, Restorative and transformative justice, Abolition and social work, Prison abolition, Decarceration, Community-based research Tel: 808.956.9447 E-mail: cwras@hawaii.edu
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Rebecca Stotzer*
Research Interest: Hate Crimes; Violence; Sexuality and Gender Identity; Prejudice and Stereotypes; Oppression and Discrimination; Intergroup Conflict Phone: (808) 956-6121 Email: rstotzer@hawaii.edu
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