Graduate Faculty Research Areas
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Graduate Faculty & Research Areas
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK
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
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
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
Research Interests: Teens & their families, Substance abuse, Best practice
Phone: 808.956.6135
E-mail: mdmattos@hawaii.edu
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
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
Research Interest: Neighborhood Contexts; Immigration; Mental Health; Community-Based Practice; Research Methodology
Phone: (808) 956-4605
Email: shong9@hawaii.edu
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
E-mail: sophiabk@hawaii.edu
Research Interest: Gerontology & productive aging, Health equity and disparities among disadvantaged older adults, Quantitative research
Phone: (808) 956-9614
Email: Yeonjung@hawaii.edu
Research Interest: Maternal mental health during pregnancy, Prenatal mental health needs of survivors of sexual trauma, Perinatal mental health among indigenous populations, Indigenous women’s rights and equity, Integrated obstetric healthcare, Historical and generational trauma, Maternal role transition, Body modification by survivors of trauma, Specific needs of survivors of sexual trauma with a PTSD diagnosis
Phone: (808) 956-6127
E-mail: drmaxwel@hawaii.edu
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
Research Interest: Youth Homelessness, Former Foster Youth, HIV Risk, Drug Risks, Sex Risks, Social Network Analysis, Advanced Statistical Analysis
Phone: (808) 956-6244
Email: amandaym@hawaii.edu
*Asterisk indicates eligibility to Chair Dissertation Committees