Faculty Director

Theresa Betancourt
Theresa Betancourt
Salem Professor in Global Practice, Director RPCA
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Theresa Betancourt

Theresa Betancourt

Salem Professor in Global Practice, Director RPCA

Dr. Betancourt's central research interests include the developmental and psychosocial consequences of concentrated adversity on children, youth and families; resilience and protective processes in child and adolescent mental health and child development; refugee families; and applied cross-cultural mental health research. Read more on the Central SSW faculty page!

Staff

Joshua Bogus
Joshua Bogus
Associate Director for Research

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Joshua Bogus

Joshua Bogus

Associate Director for Research

Andrea Morris
Andrea Morris
Associate Director, Grants Administration

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Andrea Morris

Andrea Morris

Associate Director, Grants Administration

Winifred Nwangwu
Winifred Nwangwu
Sr. Fiscal & Grant Administrator

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Winifred Nwangwu

Winifred Nwangwu

Sr. Fiscal & Grant Administrator

Rachel Stram
Rachel Stram
Administrative Manager

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Rachel Stram

Rachel Stram

Administrative Manager

Jamison O'Sullivan
Jamison O'Sullivan
Administrative Assistant

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Jamison O'Sullivan

Jamison O'Sullivan

Administrative Assistant

Matias Placencio-Castro
Matias Placencio-Castro
Data Analysis Manager

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Matias Placencio-Castro

Matias Placencio-Castro

Data Analysis Manager

Gabriela Phend
Gabriela Phend
Program Manager, Rwanda

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Gabriela Phend

Gabriela Phend

Program Manager, Rwanda

Jess Littman
Jess Littman
Program Manager, Rwanda

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Jess Littman

Jess Littman

Program Manager, Rwanda

Kashiya Nwanguma
Kashiya Nwanguma
Program Manager, Sierra Leone

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Kashiya Nwanguma

Kashiya Nwanguma

Program Manager, Sierra Leone

Libby Evans
Libby Evans
Capacity Building Manager, Boston

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Libby Evans

Libby Evans

Capacity Building Manager, Boston

Caroline Dilts
Caroline Dilts
Refugee Program Manager, Boston

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Caroline Dilts

Caroline Dilts

Refugee Program Manager, Boston

Farhad Sharifi
Farhad Sharifi
Research Associate, Cultural Advisor

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Farhad Sharifi

Farhad Sharifi

Research Associate, Cultural Advisor

Research Fellows

Sarah Jensen
Sarah Jensen
Research Scientist

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Sarah Jensen

Sarah Jensen

Research Scientist

Sarah Jensen, PhD is a Research Scientist at the Research Program for Children and Adversity. Sarah has led the data analysis for the Sugira Muryango program for the past 5 years. She holds a degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Copenhagen and a PhD in Developmental Psychopathology from King’s College London. Together with Dr. Betancourt she currently leads the longitudinal 4-year follow-up of children from the Sugira Muryango cluster randomized trial in Rwanda. Her interests span characterizing environmental influences on children’s cognitive, neurological, social, and physical development and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions aimed at changing children’s early developmental trajectories.

Candace Black
Candace Black
Research Scientist

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Candace Black

Candace Black

Research Scientist

Candace Black, PhD, is a research Psychologist with an interdisciplinary lens. Dr. Black has spent the last several years establishing her record of expertise at the intersections of child development, early life adversity, and global health. Dr. Black's research program is directed at understanding how children develop cognitive and emotional tools to cope with exposure to adversity, with the ultimate aim of investigating adaptive, advantageous responses to adversity.

Euijin Jung
Euijin Jung
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Euijin Jung

Euijin Jung

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Euijin Jung, PhD is a postdoctoral researcher and has training in social work. She has been working with Somali Bantu, Bhutanese, and Afghan refugee populations to address the mental health gap amongst resettled families.

Shaobing Su
Shaobing Su
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Shaobing Su

Shaobing Su

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Shaobing Su, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry, Skilled in Developmental Theories, Methodologies, Interventions, Proposal Writing, Statistics, and Mixed-Methods Research. Strong research professional with a Doctor of Philosophy focused in Positive Youth Development. 

Interns

Laura Bond
Laura Bond
Doctoral Research Assistant
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Laura Bond

Laura Bond

Doctoral Research Assistant

Shauna Murray
Shauna Murray
Doctoral Research Assistant
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Shauna Murray

Shauna Murray

Doctoral Research Assistant

Morgan Hoffman
Morgan Hoffman
Graduate Research Associate
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Morgan Hoffman

Morgan Hoffman

Graduate Research Associate

Molli Goetz
Molli Goetz
Graduate Project Manager
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Molli Goetz

Molli Goetz

Graduate Project Manager

Sarah Kelly
Sarah Kelly
Graduate Project Manager
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Sarah Kelly

Sarah Kelly

Graduate Project Manager

Said Arwal
Said Arwal
Cultural Advisor Research Assistant
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Said Arwal

Said Arwal

Cultural Advisor Research Assistant

Kayla Hernandez
Kayla Hernandez
Senior Research Assistant
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Kayla Hernandez

Kayla Hernandez

Senior Research Assistant

Eliza Hernandez
Eliza Hernandez
Capacity Building Intern
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Eliza Hernandez

Eliza Hernandez

Capacity Building Intern

Salamun Nuhin
Salamun Nuhin
Tech Programmer Intern
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Salamun Nuhin

Salamun Nuhin

Tech Programmer Intern