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: Aging in place, Social relations, Productive aging
Phone: 808.956.6126
Email: joony@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 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
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
Phone: 808.956.6127
E-mail: kawaii@hawaii.edu
Research Interests: Mental Health, Racism, Thrivance Cultivation among Black, Indigenous, Multiracial, and Pacific Islander Communities
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 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
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
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
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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