جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Josh Seimمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Sociology
• Medical Sociology
• Welfare Studies
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Josh Seim is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Boston College, affiliated with the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences. His work focuses on the sociologies of work, medicine, welfare, punishment, pedagogy, and ethnographic methods. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and has published widely in top journals including *American Sociological Review* and *Social Problems*. Education: B.A., Gonzaga University M.S., Portland State University Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley Research Interests: His research explores how institutions like healthcare systems, welfare offices, and penal institutions interact with urban poverty. Recent projects include studies on ambulance crews’ labor processes, welfare bureaucracy, and post-prison labor. His writing also emphasizes pedagogical innovation in sociology teaching and ethnographic methodological rigor. Key themes include the governance of suffering, medical labor, and carceral systems. Publications & Books: Bandage, Sort, and Hustle: Ambulance Crews on the Front Lines of Urban Suffering (UC Press, 2020) The Welfare Assembly Line: Public Servants in the Suffering City (forthcoming UC Press, 2026) Teaching: Sociology 7715: Classical Sociological Theory (graduate) Sociology 7716: Contemporary Sociological Theory (graduate)

Eileen Kleinمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Community Mental Health
• LGBTQ Mental Health Treatment
• Social Work Policy Advocacy
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Eileen Klein is an Associate Professor of Social Work and Convener of the BSW Program at Ramapo College of New Jersey's School of Social Science and Human Services. Her work focuses on LGBTQ mental health treatment , community support systems , and policy reform for marginalized populations. Klein has presented extensively at international conferences on topics like cultural competency in social work education and LGBTQ health disparities . Ph.D., M.S., and M.S.W. from New York University and SUNY Buffalo Key research areas: LGBTQ Mental Health, Community Health Disparities, Forensic Social Work Published 15+ works (2013-2021) on topics ranging from polypharmacy to support programs for LGBTQ clients Active in professional development: Delivered presentations at conferences across the U.S. and Italy on topics including integrated treatment and supervision of student interns

• Health Law
• Privacy Law
• Drug Policy
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Jennifer D. Oliva is a Professor of Law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law where she holds the Val Nolan Faculty Fellow position. She maintains significant interdisciplinary affiliations as a Research Scholar at Georgetown University Law Center's O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law and as a Senior Scholar with the UCSF/UC Law Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy. Her academic work bridges legal scholarship with practical health policy development, focusing on the intersection of constitutional protections, public health needs, and modern surveillance technologies. Professor Oliva's research interests center on health law, privacy law, and drug policy with particular expertise in prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), health information privacy, and the legal dimensions of the opioid crisis. Her scholarship critically examines how law enforcement surveillance of prescription data impacts patient privacy rights, particularly for vulnerable populations including those with substance use disorders. She has developed significant expertise in how constitutional privacy protections apply to health data in the digital age, especially following the Supreme Court's decision in Carpenter v. United States. Her recent publications reveal a growing focus on algorithmic regulation in healthcare, examining how risk scoring systems and coverage algorithms can perpetuate health disparities. She has published extensively on the intersection of reproductive rights and health data privacy in the post-Dobbs landscape, analyzing how prescription monitoring systems could be weaponized against individuals seeking reproductive healthcare. Her work consistently connects doctrinal legal analysis with public health realities, advocating for evidence-based policy approaches that prioritize patient privacy and health equity over punitive enforcement. Dosing Discrimination: Regulating PDMP Risk Scores (2022) The "New" Drug War (2024) Prescription Drug Policing: The Right to Health Information Privacy Pre- and Post-Carpenter (2020) Opioid Multidistrict Litigation Secrecy (2019) Surveillance, Privacy, and App Tracking (2020) Professor Oliva actively engages with policymakers and has contributed to amicus briefs in significant cases including Ruan v. United States. Her scholarship has been cited in legal proceedings and she regularly presents at major academic conferences including the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting. She has collaborated with scholars across disciplines including public health researchers, medical ethicists, and data scientists to address complex challenges at the intersection of law, technology, and healthcare.

• Health Equity
• Health Disparities
• Vulnerable Populations
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Melanie Molina, MD, MAS is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Affiliate Faculty of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. She serves as Co-Director of the Social Emergency Medicine and Health Equity Section and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation. Clinically, she works at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and UCSF Medical Center. National Clinician Scholars Program Fellowship (2023) MAS in Clinical Research, UCSF (2023) Residency in Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School (2021) MD in Medicine, The University of Texas at Austin (2017) BS/BA in Biology and Hispanic Studies, The University of Texas at Austin (2012) Dr. Molina’s research centers on leveraging technology to address social determinants of health in emergency settings, with a focus on vulnerable populations. Her work spans health equity, opioid use disorder interventions, microaggressions in healthcare, and clinical informatics. She pioneers EHR-enabled tools to integrate social care into emergency clinical workflows while minimizing clinician burden. Her NIH-funded projects emphasize practical solutions for racial and ethnic health disparities, particularly in vaccine delivery and social risk documentation. Her recent publications (2024-2025) reveal three dominant trends: (1) Integration of AI and informatics for social risk screening and clinical decision support, (2) Health equity interventions targeting vaccine hesitancy and long COVID disparities, and (3) Critical analysis of DEI implementation challenges in academic emergency medicine. The work consistently bridges technical innovation with community-centered approaches to address systemic inequities. National Institutes of Health NIDA Loan Repayment Award (2024-2025) National Hispanic Medical Association Top 40 Under 40 (2024) UCSF John A. Watson Faculty Scholar (2023) National Institutes of Health NIAID Loan Repayment Award (2022-2024) Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine Outstanding Research Publication Award (2021) Harvard Medical School Presidential Scholars Public Service Initiative Award (2017) Dr. Molina actively mentors medical students, residents, and fellows in health equity research. As Principal Investigator on multiple NIH and foundation grants—including the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program grant ($825,575, 2024-2028) and an NIH/NIDA K23 award (2024-2029)—she leads projects developing EHR-integrated interventions for social risk documentation and opioid use disorder treatment. Her PROBOOSTVAXED trial addresses vaccine hesitancy through ED-based delivery across eight U.S. cities. She co-directs the Social Emergency Medicine and Health Equity Section within UCSF’s Department of Emergency Medicine, collaborating closely with the Action Research Center for Health Equity and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. Her team integrates clinical informatics expertise with community health workers to develop scalable solutions for social risk mitigation in safety-net emergency departments.

Andrea Armstrongمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Civil Rights
• Criminal Justice
• Incarceration
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Andrea Armstrong is the Dr. Norman C. Francis Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and a 2023 MacArthur Fellow. She joined the faculty in 2010 and is a leading expert on prison and jail conditions, certified by the U.S. Department of Justice as a Prison Rape Elimination Act auditor. J.D., Yale Law School, 2007 M.P.A., Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs, 2001 B.A., New York University, 1996 Her scholarship focuses on the constitutional dimensions of prisons and jails, particularly prison labor practices, the intersection of race and incarceration, public oversight of detention facilities, and healthcare disparities. She integrates law with history, public policy, and the arts to highlight the human costs of incarceration, advocating for systemic reforms through environmental justice and anti-discrimination frameworks. Andrea’s research includes 15 recent articles, spanning public health in prisons, constitutional challenges to labor practices, and environmental justice analyses of death row conditions. Her work emphasizes transparency, government accountability, and the systemic failures in carceral healthcare. Scientific Awards: 2023 MacArthur Fellow 2019 Interdisciplinary Research Leader, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Armstrong has testified before Congress on prison labor and deaths in custody, served on Louisiana legislative committees, and collaborated with museums and foundations to make incarceration law accessible. She founded IncarcerationTransparency.org and leads grant-funded projects requiring IRB approval.

Daniel McCarthyمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Criminology
• Sociology
• Policing Studies
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Professor Daniel McCarthy is a Professor in Criminology at the University of Surrey's Department of Sociology, serving as Co-Director of the Centre for Criminology and Director of Impact. He holds a BSc, MSc, and PhD. His research focuses on policing, inter-agency collaboration, and the impact of incarceration on families, particularly mothers of incarcerated youth. He explores cross-national public attitudes toward policing and punishment, including death penalty perspectives. Research interests include penal legitimacy, prisoner-family relationships, and the societal effects of imprisonment. His work emphasizes marginalized populations, such as women in prisons and families of incarcerated individuals. He has supervised PhD students on topics like prison-family dynamics and youth justice systems. McCarthy’s publications span academic books, articles, and policy-oriented research, with recent work addressing food policies in women’s prisons and post-release desistance. Teaching includes courses on youth crime, criminal investigation, and law-society relations at both undergraduate and master’s levels. He collaborates with initiatives like the Doing Porridge project, which amplifies women’s voices in criminal justice contexts. His research bridges theoretical criminology with practical policy implications, emphasizing equity and systemic reform.

Melissa Anne-Marie Curleyمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Japanese Religions
• Buddhism and Modernity
• Religion and the Body
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Melissa Anne-Marie Curley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University. She is currently on professional leave for the 2023-2024 academic year. Her research focuses on modern Japanese Buddhism, intersections between religion and the body, Kyoto School philosophy, and how 20th-century intellectuals reimagined Japan’s future through Buddhist frameworks. Education: Ph.D., McGill University. Current projects include a study of Buddhism and self-help culture across East Asia and North America. Teaching interests span Asian religions, religion and popular culture, and embodiment studies. Research highlights include analyzing leftist interpretations of Buddhist paradigms during the 1931-1945 wartime era (Pure Land/Real World, 2017) and exploring material culture’s role in religious memory through studies of Higashi Honganji artifacts. Recent work examines Buddhist ethics in occupied Japan and contemporary Kyoto School philosophy. Advising and grants: No formal advisees listed. Current projects suggest ongoing engagement with transnational religious practices and modernity. Labs/teams: No specific lab affiliations mentioned, though collaborative work with co-authors (e.g., Jessica Main, Melanie Coughlin) is evident in published works.

• Social Network Analysis
• Social Capital
• Personal Networks
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Beate Volker is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Geosciences , University of Utrecht , specializing in Human Geography and Spatial Planning . Her research focuses on Social Network Analysis , Social Capital , and Personal Network Dynamics , with particular interests in Dutch society, neighborhood effects, and urban sociology. Institutional affiliation: University of Utrecht Academic rank: Associate Professor Department: Human Geography and Spatial Planning Her scholarly work examines how life course events , urban densification , and social stratification shape personal and community-level networks. She investigates network segregation in Chilean and Dutch contexts, prisoner reintegration challenges, and the health impacts of social capital . Her methodological expertise includes field experiments, panel data analysis, and relational data collection. Recent publications highlight trends in acquaintanceship networks in the Netherlands, collective efficacy in neighborhoods, and person-centered care in long-term facilities. She contributes to the Dynamics of Youth and Pathways to Sustainability research programs. As a supervisor and researcher, Volker explores network consequences of entrepreneurship , pet ownership , and romantic relationships . Her work frequently appears in journals like Social Networks , British Journal of Sociology , and Health and Place , with peer-reviewed studies on network homogeneity, tie decay, and expert-driven causal modeling.

• Epidemiology of Drug Use
• Opioid Agonist Treatment
• Pharmacoepidemiology
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr. Gráinne Cousins is an Associate Professor at the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). She specializes in epidemiology of drug use, with a focus on opioid agonist treatment, gender disparities in drug-related mortality, and prescription drug misuse. Her work integrates data linkage studies, cohort analyses, and Delphi consensus methods. She holds memberships in the Psychological Society of Ireland and the Society for the Study of Addiction, and serves on the National Drug Strategy Research Sub-Committee since 2022. Dr. Cousins completed her BA in Applied Psychology at University College Cork (1996–1999), MSc in Health Psychology at NUI Galway (2000–2002), and PhD in Population Health Sciences at RCSI (2006–2009). She was a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the HRB Centre for Primary Care Research (2009–2013) before joining RCSI as a Lecturer in 2013, progressing to Senior Lecturer (2017) and Associate Professor (2023). Her research interests include pharmacoepidemiology, population health, and opioid substitution treatment. She leads HRB-funded projects on drug misuse trends, OAT adaptations during the pandemic, and prescription drug-related harms. Recent publications analyze overdose mortality, pandemic treatment adjustments, and gabapentinoid prescribing patterns. Dr. Cousins supervises 13 completed PhD/MSc students and currently guides 3 Professional Doctorate candidates. She teaches Research Methods, Global Health, and Clinical Research Skills across undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Her grants include HRB awards for OAT continuity during crises and prescription drug misuse analysis (2021–2024).

Alyson K. Zaltaمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Trauma
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Resilience
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dr. Alyson K. Zalta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at the University of California, Irvine, where she directs the Trauma & Resilience Lab. As a clinical psychologist, her research focuses on alleviating trauma-related mental health burdens through innovative interventions and understanding resilience mechanisms. Education B.A. in Psychology, Harvard University Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Pennsylvania Clinical Internship, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System Postdoctoral Fellowship, Rush University Medical Center Her research spans trauma, PTSD, resilience, transdiagnostic approaches, and moral injury, with emphasis on high-risk populations including veterans, homeless youth, and urban violence survivors. She integrates neurobiology with behavioral science to identify core trauma pathology mechanisms, exploring novel interventions like light therapy, intensive treatment protocols, and mobile health solutions for vulnerable groups. Her transdiagnostic framework targets universal trauma processes across diagnostic boundaries. Recent publications (2024-2018) reveal consistent focus on moral injury (in nurses, incarcerated individuals, and veterans), circadian-based PTSD treatments, and social determinants of trauma recovery. She employs mixed-methods designs across diverse settings, from pandemic frontline healthcare to homeless youth shelters, prioritizing scalable interventions for real-world impact. Scientific Affiliations Faculty, Interdisciplinary Institute for Salivary Bioscience Research Fellow, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Dr. Zalta advises doctoral students in UCI's Psychological Science program (though not accepting new students for Fall 2026 admission) and disseminates findings through podcasts like Psychology Anthology and In the Open. Her Trauma & Resilience Lab actively develops translational research to inform trauma interventions, particularly for underserved populations requiring accessible mental health solutions.

Brenda Parkerمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Urban Equity
• Affordable Housing
• Gender Studies
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Brenda Parker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), within the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA). Her work focuses on urban equity, gender, race, and intersectional approaches to urban planning and policy. She holds a B.A. in Social Relations from Michigan State University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Human Geography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research examines affordable housing, urban politics, care, activism, and gendered power relations in cities. Current projects include collaborations on gendered housing inequalities, the experiences of formerly incarcerated individuals, and disability intersections with race and economic well-being. She has authored books such as Masculinities and Markets: Raced and Gendered Urban Politics in Milwaukee (2017) and numerous peer-reviewed articles on topics like urban homesteading, pandemic housing precarity, and feminist political economy. Parker teaches courses including Social Justice and Cities and Political Economy of Cities , and has received awards for teaching excellence: the UIC Teaching Recognition Program Award and the UIC Silver Circle Award. Her work bridges academia and community practice, emphasizing policy interventions that address systemic inequities.

Mira Edmondsمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار بالینی

• Indigent Criminal Defense
• Decarceration
• Prisoner Reentry
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Mira Edmonds serves as Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic at the University of Michigan School of Law, with additional appointments in the Pediatric Advocacy Clinic and Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic. Her work centers on holistic advocacy and community lawyering within public interest legal frameworks. Her academic credentials include: Brown University, BA, magna cum laude Harvard University, JD Edmonds' research and practice focus on systemic inequities in criminal justice systems, specifically indigent defense, decarceration strategies, and prisoner reentry challenges. She simultaneously addresses housing justice through analysis of the affordable housing crisis, tenants' rights enforcement, and homelessness prevention frameworks. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges legal theory with community-based advocacy to dismantle structural barriers faced by marginalized populations. Recent scholarship reveals consistent thematic concentration on criminal record relief mechanisms, narrative deconstruction of 'violent offender' labels, and healthcare access restoration for formerly incarcerated individuals. These works demonstrate empirical rigor through survey methodologies while advocating for policy shifts toward restorative justice models. Her professional recognition includes: 2025 Teaching Award from Michigan Law students Friedman Fellowship at The George Washington University Law School Through clinical supervision in juvenile justice, pediatric advocacy, and civil-criminal litigation contexts, Edmonds mentors law students in direct representation of vulnerable clients while navigating complex intersections of housing instability, criminal legal involvement, and healthcare access. Her clinics operate as interdisciplinary incubators for innovative public interest lawyering methodologies. She leads the Juvenile Justice Clinic as its director while maintaining active roles in the Pediatric Advocacy Clinic and Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic, fostering collaborative teams that integrate legal services with social work frameworks to address clients' multifaceted needs within systemic inequity contexts.

Susan E. Connorمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Mental Health Occupational Therapy
• Forensic Occupational Therapy
• Prison Health Services
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Susan E. Connor serves as an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Temple University's College of Public Health, where she teaches graduate-level occupational therapy courses including mental health practice and doctoral capstone sequences. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Science and Post-Professional Doctorate in Occupational Therapy (OTD) from Thomas Jefferson University, complemented by professional credentials as OTR/L and CCHP. Dr. Connor's research specializes in mental health interventions within correctional facilities, with significant focus on dementia care for aging incarcerated populations. Her doctoral capstone project 'Growing Old Behind Bars' pioneered training protocols for correction officers managing dementia cases, establishing her as a national presenter on forensic occupational therapy services in prison systems. Professional recognition includes: Fieldwork Educator of the Year Award (2018) from Philadelphia Region Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Consortium As an educator, she mentors students through all phases of doctoral capstone development while maintaining active fieldwork supervision. Her teaching portfolio demonstrates deep integration of theoretical frameworks with practical mental health applications across seven graduate courses.

• Public Health
• Men's Health
• Preventive Medicine
• +۸ مورد دیگر

Derrick M Gordon is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and Associate Professor on Term in Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Yale School of Public Health . He serves as Director of the Program on Male Development in the Division of Prevention and Community Research at the Department of Psychiatry and is a Core Scientist at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA). Education: PhD in Psychology from the University of South Dakota (2000), MA in Psychology (1995). Dr. Gordon's research focuses on men's health , particularly those on the fringes of society, including prisoner reentry , low-income non-custodial fathers , and adolescent fathers . His work examines how factors like stressors , trauma , and discrimination impact health outcomes and community integration for these populations. His recent publications highlight trends in social equity , mental health , and preventive interventions for marginalized men. Topics include epigenetic aging disparities , trauma in adult education , and community-led health initiatives like the Together New Haven Project . Dr. Gordon mentors pre- and post-doctoral fellows on issues of fatherhood , healthcare access , and criminal justice reform . His funding portfolio includes NIH , HHS , and community-based grants . He collaborates with teams at the Consultation Center , CIRA , and Connecticut Mental Health Center , emphasizing data-driven policy and community engagement to address health disparities.

Erin Castroمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Equity in Higher Education
• Prison Education
• Education Policy
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr. Erin Castro is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy and serves as Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Access in the Office of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Utah. She co-founded the University of Utah Prison Education Project (2016) and launched the Research Collaborative on Higher Education in Prison (2017). Her work focuses on equity in higher education for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated populations, policy analysis, and critical pedagogy. Education: PhD in Education Policy, Organization & Leadership from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.S.Ed. in Higher Education from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; BS in Business Administration. Research Interests: Dr. Castro’s scholarship examines equity in prison education, the impact of criminal history questions in admissions, transfer student experiences, and anti-racist praxis. Her work addresses how institutional policies perpetuate marginalization and proposes reforms for inclusive practices. Article Trends: Recent publications emphasize data equity, disciplinary power in prisons, and funding challenges post-Pell restoration. Her work bridges policy analysis with on-the-ground experiences, often centering voices of incarcerated students and marginalized communities. Scientific Awards: Lieutenant Governor’s Public Service Award (2024) College of Education Research Award (2024) Early Career Teaching Award (2017) Grants: She has secured external funding, including a Center for Prison Education Planning Grant (2023-2025) and travel grants to support conferences. Her grants often focus on expanding access and equity for formerly incarcerated and foster care populations. Labs & Teams: Dr. Castro leads the Research Collaborative on Higher Education in Prison and co-founded the Journal of Higher Education in Prison. She collaborates with national organizations like the Lumina Foundation and Alliance for Higher Education in Prison.