DSW FEATURED RESEARCH
Hā Kūpuna, the National Resource Center for Native Hawaiian Elders
Hā Kūpuna, the National Resource Center for Native Hawaiian Elders, is one of three National Resource Centers for Native Elders funded by the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA), Department of Health and Human Services. Funded since 2006, Hā Kūpuna seeks to improve health and increase life expectancy of our treasured kūpuna (Native Hawaiian elders).
Hawai’i Child Welfare Education Collaboration
The Hawaiʻi Child Welfare Education Collaboration is a partnership between the Department of Human Services Child Welfare Services (CWS) and the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, Department of Social Work (DSW) to train Master of Social Work (MSW) students to work in public child welfare.
Overdose Data to Action (OD2A)-Care Coordination and Capacity Building (C3)
The OD2A-C3 Project is a grant-funded program by the CDC Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) Project through the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health, Behavioral Health Administration and is managed by a team from the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
The Hawaiʻi “Overdose Data to Action (OD2A)-Care Coordination and Capacity Building (C3) ” provides activities and resources for social workers and other health and human services providers to address opioid misuse, abuse, and overdose.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
University and Community
- R.Arndt – Region XII Representative, National Association of Social Workers, Past President NASW-Hawai`i, Commissioner on CSWE Commission on Membership and Professional Development, and serves on the UH-Mānoa Hawai`i Interprofessional Education Committee.
- C.Bersamira – Serves on the Hawai`i State Department of Health – Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division Hawai`i Opioid Initiative, State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup.
- K.Braun – Serves as president, Active Aging Consortium Asia Pacific, a network of gerontologists from 30+ countries committed to promoting positive views of aging and supporting programs to enhance life long learning and productivity; Member, National Research Mentoring Network.
- M.DeMattos – Mr. DeMattos partners with JABSOM’s Native Hawaiian Center on Excellence to implement the Native Hawaiian Interdisciplinary Health Program.
- M.Godinet – Editorial Board member, Urban Social Work; Peer Reviewer: Journal of Social Work,Journal of Child and Family Studies, Asian American Journal of Psychology, British Journal of Social
Work, Current Psychology, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; Program committee member, Susannah Wesley Community Center. - J.Guo – Serves as a member of the UH Mānoa Study Abroad Council; served as the 2018 Convener for Special Interest Group (SIG) on work, family and social policy at the Annual Conference of Society of Social Work Research (SSWR); Current Chair, CSWE Social Welfare Policy and Policy Practice Track;Member, CSWE Council on Global Learning and Practice; Associate editor, Journal of Family and Economic Issues; Member, Hawaii Maternal and Infant Health Collaborative, breastfeeding strategic planning team.
- S.Hong – Serves on the Board of the Korean Immigration Research Institute in Hawai`i; Member, Korean Adoptees of Hawai`i (KAHI); Vice President, Ewha Women’s University Alumnae Association in Hawai`i.
- T.Kreif – Advisory Board Member, We Are Oceania; NASW Hawai`i Legislative Committee Chair & PACE member; Member, Council on Social Work Education Special Commission to Advance Macro Practice in Social Work; Non-Veterinarian Member, Hawai`i Veterinary Medical Association Ethics and Peer Review Committee.
- Y.J. Lee – Dr. Lee collaborates with faculty from Boston University to study social support/strain and depression among older adults, using nationally representative data (Partner: Boston University).
- R.Stotzer – Mānoa Commissioner on the President’s Commission on LGBTQ+ folks (UH system commission); Expert Witness on a case for the Civil Rights Commission; 07/17-present: Advisory Group Member, “An International Exploration of Trans Male Practices of Reproduction”, Principal Investigator:Dr. Sally Hines, University of Leeds; Ad Hoc Reviewer: Journal of Homosexuality, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Violence and Victims, Journal of the Society for Social Work Research, American Journal of Public Health; Editorial Board: Sex Roles.
Federal
- National Institute of Health
- National Institute of Minority Health & Health Disparities
- National Cancer Institute Department of Health and Human Services
- Administration on Community Living
- Department of Justice
- Office of Justice Programs
- National Institute of Justice Health Resources and Services Administration
State of Hawai`i
- Department of Health
- Executive Office on Aging
- Department of Health
- Behavioral Health Administration
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division Department of Health
- Behavioral Health Administration
- Adult Mental Health Division
- Department of Human Services
Foundations and Non-Profits
- American Cancer Society
- HMSA Foundation
- Hawai’i Community Foundation
- Susan G. Komen
- Queen’s Medical Center
- Hawai`i Pacific Foundation
DSW FACULTY RESEARCH AREAS
The Department of Social Work faculty are experts in substantive areas such as behavioral mental health, health equity, addiction, child and adolescent welfare, and gerontology.
Natasha Ariyoshi, MSW, LCSW, CSAC – Recidivism in Hawaii and the intersection with ethnicity, gender and cycles of abuse and trauma; Narcissism and impacts on relationships
Robin Arndt, MSW, LSW – Technology in practice and education, interprofessional education, lifelong learning and professional development/competency, values, ethics, & reflective practice, and leadership
Clifford Bersamira, AM, PhD – 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
Kathryn Braun, MPH, DrPH – Social behavioral health sciences, gerontology, indigenous health, minority health, health promotion and disease prevention, community-based and translational research, mixed methods, active aging
Rachel Burrage, MSW, PhD – Indigenous well-being, Culture and mental health, Historical and collective trauma, Individual and community resilience
Joonyoung Cho, PhD, MSW, MPH – Aging in place, Social relations, Productive aging
Aimee Chung, MSW – Trauma Informed Care, Wellness, Well-being, & Culturally-Grounded Self-Care, Child Abuse Prevention, Interpersonal Violence, Issues facing oppressed, marginalized, and differently-abled populations, Interprofessional Social Work, Field Education
Mike DeMattos, MSW – Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) treatment, Racial logics and racialization processes, Decolonizing academic spaces, Curriculum and training development
Meripa Godinet, MSW, PhD – Juvenile delinquency prevention, Social and adjustment issues of Pacific Islander adolescents, Multi-culture and cross-culture issues
Jing Guo, MA, PhD – Comparative family policy, Work, family and Gender, Migration and child education, Asian Americans, Immigrants and child welfare, Social policy and social services in China
Seunghye Hong, MA (MSW equi.), PhD – Neighborhood Contexts, Immigration, Mental Health, Community-Based Practice, Research Methodology
Miquela Ibrao, PhD, MSW, MPH – Indigenous Health & Wellness, Indigenous Methodologies & Knowledge Systems, Aging, Community-Based Participatory Research, Social Determinants of Health
Francie Julien-Chinn, MSW, PhD – Organizational and workforce issues in child welfare, Child welfare outcomes including: permanency; well-being; kinship; and foster care.
Jennifer Kishida, MEd – Higher education administration, History of education
Theresa Kreif, MSW – Micronesian health & wellbeing, Pacific connected workforce development, University/Community Partnerships, Integration of traditional Native Hawaiian and Micronesia connected health and wellness practices, Administration
Sophia Kim, MSW, PhD – Socio-Cultural Determinants of Health, Healthcare Disparities Including in Health Behaviors and Health Service Utilization, Mental Health Literacy, Help-Seeking Patterns.
Yeonjung (Jane) Lee, MA (MSW equi.), PhD – Health equity, Social justice/racial justice, Aging, Diversity
Wendy Lum, MSW – Workforce Development, Interprofessional Education, Field Education, Immigrant Rights and Refugee Rights, Equity and Social Welfare, International/Global Social Work, Food Insecurity/Student Basic Needs
Azure Lwin-Maluo, MSW – Child Welfare, Field Education/Experiential Learning, Organizational Culture & Change, Leadership, Indigenous Education, Reconciliation & Decolonization
Sarah Momilani Marshall, PhD, LSW – 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
Michael McGee, MSW, LCSW, CSAC – Severe Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorders, Homelessness, Clinical Social Work, Adolescent and Transition Aged Youth
Social Work Policy and History, Professional Development and Mentorship
Shelley Muneoka, MSW – intergenerational wellness, aging and later life, kānaka maoli population
David A. Nisthal, MSW – Liberation and resistance movements, Healing justice and holistic self-care, Men’s healing work, Sexual violence prevention
Danielle R. Phillips, Ph.D., LSW – 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
Cameron W. Rasmussen, PhD, MSW – Accountability and violence, Restorative and transformative justice, Abolition and social work, Prison abolition, Decarceration, Community-based research
Rebecca Stotzer, MSW, PhD – Hate Crimes, Violence, Sexuality and Gender Identity, Prejudice and Stereotypes, Oppression and Discrimination, Intergroup Conflict
Emeritus Faculty
P. Adams, MA, MSW, DSW
C. Browne, MSW, MEd, DrPH
L. Lister, MSW, DSW
N. Mokuau, MSW, DSW
GRANT and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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RESEARCH RESOURCES
Office of Vice Chancellor for Research
Research Corporation of University of Hawaiʻi (RCUH)
BOARD OF REGENTS & UH MANOA FACULTY TEACHING AWARDS
Jing Guo
2019 Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching, UHM
Mike DeMattos
2008 Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, UHM
Kathryn Braun
1998 Board of Regent’s Excellence in Teaching Award, UHM