Forty Boston College School of Social Work (BCSSW) faculty, students, and staff will present at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, held January 16–20, 2019, at the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco, California.
The BCSSW reception—co-hosted with the other ACC schools—will be held Friday, January 18 from 7:30–9:00 p.m. at Imperial B Ballroom, Tower 1, Ballroom Level. All SSWR attendees are welcome.
BCSSW Faculty, Student, and Staff Presentations and Events
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17
Developing Successful Minority Scholars
8:00–10:00 a.m.
Golden Gate 6, Lobby Level
Ruth McRoy, Boston College; Rowena Fong, University of Texas at Austin; Tyrone M. Parchment, assistant professor, Boston College; Angelique Day, University of Washington; and Esther Calzada, University of Texas at Austin.
Pathways Linking Volunteering to Its Benefits on Older Adults’ Mental Health (ePoster Presentation)
1:30–3:00 p.m.
Continental Parlors 1–3, Ballroom Level
Jie Yang, PhD ’18, Boston College
Best Laid Plans: Planned and Unplanned Pathways into Retirement
3:15–4:45 p.m.
Golden Gate 3, Lobby Level
Christina Matz-Costa, associate professor, Boston College, symposium organizer; Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, professor, Boston College, discussant; Cal Halvorsen, assistant professor, Boston College presents “Does Self-Employment Influence the Personal and Financial Health of Older Americans? Evidence from Six Waves of the Health and Retirement Study Using Propensity Score Analysis;” Antonia Diaz-Valdes Iriate, doctoral candidate, Boston College, presents “Determinants of the Discrepancy of Planned Versus Actual Retirement Age: A Comparison between Hispanics and Non-Hispanics in the United States,” co-authored by Christina Matz-Costa and Ce Shen, associate professor, Boston College; Yihan Wang, doctoral candidate, Boston College, presents “Work, Family and Retirement Timing: A Relational Retirement Age Perspective;” and Julie Miller, doctoral candidate, Boston College, presents “Pay Now or Save for Later: How Student Loan Borrowers Age 50 and over Perceive and Plan for the Future.”
Psychological Presence of Adult Adoptees: Exploring Birthmother Perspectives (ePoster Presentation)
3:15–4:45 p.m.
Continental Parlors 1–3, Ballroom Level
Ruth McRoy, Boston College; Addie Wyman Battalen, PhD ’18, part-time faculty, Boston College; Christina M. Sellers, PhD ’18, part-time faculty, Boston College; Krystal Cashen, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; and Harold Grotevant, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Civic Engagement and Subjective Well-Being: Mediating Effect of a Sense of Agency
3:15–4:45 p.m.
Continental Parlors 1–3, Ballroom Level
Yoosun Chu, PhD ’18, post-doctoral research fellow, Boston College
Friday, January 18
Structural and Geographic Barriers to Health
8:00–9:30 a.m.
Union Square 1 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Erika Sabbath, assistant professor, Boston College, presents “The Inequality Paradox: Workplace Safety Intervention Decreases Overall Worker Injuries, but Widens Socioeconomic Disparities,” co-authored by Jie Yang, PhD ’18, Boston College, Jack Dennerlein, Northeastern University, Leslie Boden, Boston University, Gregory Wagner, Harvard University, Karen Hopcia, Partners HealthCare, Dean Hasimoto, Partners HealthCare, Inc, and Glorian Sorensen, Harvard University.
Mental and Behavioral Health Issues Among Immigrants and Refugees
8:00–9:30 a.m.
Union Square 19 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Cecilia Mengo, Ohio State University, moderator; Boyoung Nam, University of Maryland Baltimore; Christopher Salas-Wright, Boston University; Robert G. Hasson, III, doctoral candidate, Boston College, presents “Factors Related to Externalized Behavior for Unaccompanied Children in Long-Term Foster Care in the United States: An Exploratory Study,” co-authored by Thomas Crea, associate professor, Boston College, Scott Easton, associate professor, Boston College, and Dawnya Underwood, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service.
Achieve Equal Opportunity and Justice (Grand Challenge)
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Continental Parlor 8, Ballroom Level
Jeremy Goldbach, University of Southern California; Ruth McRoy, professor, Boston College; and Rocío Calvo, associate professor, Boston College.
Advance Long and Productive Lives (Grand Challenge)
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Golden Gate 3, Lobby Level
Guillermo Ernest Gonzales, New York University, and Christina Matz-Costa, associate professor, Boston College.
Conditions and Experiences of Low-Wage Workers Across Contexts in the U.S.
1:45–3:15 p.m.
Continental Parlor 8, Ballroom Level
Berenice Castillo, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, symposium organizer; Vincent Fusaro, assistant professor, Boston College, discussant; Virginia Parks, University of California, Irvine; Berenice Castillo, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; and Richard Rodems, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
Preventing Obesity
1:45–3:15 p.m.
Union Square 17 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Daniel Miller, Boston University, moderator; Blaine Masinter Lofaso, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge; María Piñeros-Leaño, assistant professor, Boston College; and Brittany Schuler, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
Fathering in the Context of Diverse Service Systems
1:45–3:15 p.m.
Union Square 22 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Justin Harty, University of Chicago, symposium organizer; Justin Harty, University of Chicago, discussant; Angela Guarin, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Tyrone M. Parchment, assistant professor, Boston College, presents “Father Engagement and Positive Co-Parenting: The Role of Informal Support,” co-authored by Patricia Kohl, Washington University in Saint Louis; Mark Trahan, Southwest Texas State University; and Alexandra Haralampoudis, Rutgers University.
Parent-Child Communication in Disorganized Neighborhoods: Helping South African Caregivers Talk to Their Children to Reduce Behaviors (ePoster Presentation)
1:45–3:15 p.m.
Continental Parlors 1–3, Ballroom Level
Tyrone M. Parchment, assistant professor, Boston College; Latoya A. Small, Luskin School of Public Affairs (presenting); and Arvian Bhana, Centre for Rural Health.
Examining Patterns of Informal Food Support Use Among Low-Income Adults: Findings from the 2016 Current Population Survey (ePoster Presentation)
1:45–3:15 p.m.
Continental Parlors 1–3, Ballroom Level
Kaipeng Wang, PhD ’17, Texas State University; Yoosun Chu, PhD ’18, postdoctoral fellow, Boston College; and Margaret Lombe, associate professor, Boston College.
Natural Disasters and Violence Against Women: Evidence from the 2004 Tsunami in the Indian Ocean (ePoster Presentation)
1:45–3:15 p.m.
Continental Parlors 1–3, Ballroom Level
Smitha Rao, doctoral student, Boston College.
Participatory Research with Youth: Best Practices for Social Work and Lessons Learned from Experience
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Golden Gate 2, Lobby Level
Samantha Teixeira, assistant professor, Boston College; Linda Sprague Martinez, Boston University, Katie Richards-Schuster, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; and Astraea Augsberger, Boston University.
Parenting in Contexts of Global Adversity
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Union Square 14 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Theresa Betancourt, Salem Professor in Global Practice, director of the Research Program on Children and Adversity, Boston College and Jordan Farrar, associate director of research, Research Program on Children and Adversity, Boston College, and present “The Utilization of Implementation Science to Scale-up a Home-Visiting Intervention to Address Early Childhood Development in Rwanda.”
Job Characteristics, Job Quality
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Union Square 19 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, professor, Boston College, moderator; Stephen Roll, Washington University in Saint Louis; Skye Allmang, University of California, Los Angeles; Sadaaki Fukui, Indiana University; and Sunyu Ham, Seoul National University.
Asylum-Seeking Children and Families in the United States: Dispelling Myths and Examining Facilitators of Successful Immigrant Integration
5:15–6:45 p.m.
Golden Gate 5, Lobby Level
Thomas Crea, associate professor, Boston College, symposium organizer; Dawyna Underwood, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service; Jodi Berger Cardoso, University of Houston; Robert G. Hasson, III, doctoral candidate, Boston College, presents “Clocking in: Employment Outcomes for Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Exiting Foster Care in the United States,” co-authored with Thomas Crea, Kerri Evans, doctoral candidate, Boston College, and Dawnya Underwood; and Kerri Evans presents “Understanding Paths of Self-Sufficiency for Youth Served through the Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Foster Care Program,” co-authored with Thomas Crea and Dawnya Underwood.
Reception at SSWR
7:30–9:00 p.m.
Imperial B Ballroom, Tower 1, Ballroom Level
This year BCSSW is co-hosting a reception with the other ACC schools. We hope to see you there!
Saturday, January 19
Eradicate Social Isolation (Grand Challenge)
7:00–8:00 a.m.
Union Square 22 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Erika Sabbath, associate professor, Boston College; Elizabeth M Tracy, Case Western Reserve University; Sandra Edmonds Crewe, Howard University; and James Lubben, professor emeritus, Boston College.
Mental Health, Community Violence and Law Enforcement
8:00–9:30 a.m.
Union Square 23/24 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Juan Barthelemy, University of Houston, moderator; Jordan DeVylder, Fordham University; Andrea Cole, New York University; Tanya Sharpe, University of Maryland; and Abril N. Harris, doctoral student, Boston College, presents “Maternal Prevention Strategies: An Exploration of How African American Mothers Prepare Their Sons for Potential Police Interactions.”
Mental Health, Discrimination, and Treatment
8:00–9:30 a.m.
Union Square 25 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Maria Gurrola, moderator; Bongki Woo, PhD ’18, University of South Carolina, presents two papers co-authored with Wen Fan, assistant professor of sociology, Boston College, Thanh Tran, professor, Boston College, and David Takeuchi, professor and Dorothy Book Scholar, Boston College: “Racial Discrimination and Psychiatric Disorders: The Moderating Effect of Ethnic Identity” and “Psychological Cost of Racial Discrimination: The Role of Residential Segregation;” Jenny Hsi, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health; and Jungup Lee, National University of Singapore.
The Emergence and Utilization of Peer Support in Mental Health Treatment
9:45–11:15 a.m.
Golden Gate 3, Lobby Level
Jonathan Edwards, CUNY Graduate Center/Hunter College; Robert Rosales, PhD ’18, part-time faculty, Boston College; and Victor Figuereo, doctoral candidate, Boston College.
Back to the Future: Reflecting on 50 Years of Ethnic Studies to Inform New Directions for Social Work Research, Policy, and Practice
9:45–11:15 a.m.
Union Square 3/4 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Cindy Sangalang, California State University, Los Angeles; Stephanie Lechuga-Pena, Arizona State University; Susan Nakaoka, California State University, Sacramento; Felicia Mitchell, Arizona State University; and Dale Dagar Maglalang, doctoral student, Boston College.
State Policy Choices and their Effects on Family Well-Being
9:45–11:15 a.m.
Union Square 18 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Rutgers University, moderator; Michelle Johnson-Motoyama, Ohio State University; Vincent Fusaro, assistant professor, Boston College; and Olga Kondratjeva, Washington University in St. Louis.
Predictors of Access, Use, and Satisfaction with Adoption-Competent Mental Health Services Among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Adoptive Parents (ePoster presentation)
9:45–11:15 a.m.
Continental Parlors 1–3, Ballroom Level
Addie Wyman Battalen, PhD ’18, part-time faculty, Boston College; Ruth McRoy, Boston College; and David Brodzinsky, National Center on Adoption and Permanency.
Youth Participatory Research and Practice
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Union Square 19 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Samantha Teixeira, assistant professor, Boston College; Katie Richards-Schuster, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Linda Sprague Martinez, Boston University; and Astraea Augsberger, Boston University.
Community Violence and Mental Health in Urban African American Youth: An Exploration into Variations in Paths of Influence
4:00–5:30 p.m.
Golden Gate 5, Lobby Level
Von Nebbitt, Washington University in Saint Louis, symposium organizer; Henrika McCoy, University of Illinois at Chicago; discussant; Kyle A. Pitzer, Washington University in Saint Louis; Andrew Foell, Washington University in Saint Louis; Margaret Lombe, associate professor, Boston College, Ngozi Enelamah, doctoral student, and Yoosun Chu, PhD ’18, post-doctoral research fellow, Boston College, present “Exposure to Violence and Post Traumatic Stress: Do Community, Family, and Peers Matter?”
Integrating a Racial Justice Approach to Social Work to end System Racial Violence
4:00–5:30 p.m.
Union Square 21 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Abril N. Harris, doctoral student, Boston College; Melissa Bartholomew, doctoral candidate, Boston College; Manuel Cano, doctoral candidate, Boston College; Smitha Rao, doctoral student, Boston College; and Bongki Woo, PhD ’18, University of South Carolina; with Dale Arvy Maglalang, doctoral student, Boston College.
Adolescent Substance Use, Developmental Pathways, and Trajectories
4:00–5:30 p.m.
Union Square 21 Tower 3, 4th Floor
David Becerra, Arizona State University, moderator; Ryan Heath, University of Chicago; Susan Yoon, Ohio State University; Christina M. Sellers, PhD ’18, part-time faculty, Boston College, presents “Alcohol Use, Marijuana Use, and Suicidal Ideation Among Child Welfare Involved Youth: A Longitudinal Examination,” co-authored with Antonia Diaz-Valdes Iriarte, doctoral candidate, Boston College, and Kimberly H. McManama O’Brien, Boston Children’s Hospital; and Dalhee Yoon, Case Western Reserve University.
How Early Do Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Childhood Obesity Start?: Differences in Growth Trajectories and Early-Life Predictors By Race/Ethnicity (ePoster presentation)
4:00–5:30 p.m.
Continental Parlors 1–3, Ballroom Level
María Piñeros-Leaño, assistant professor, Boston College
Sunday, January 20
Emerging Issues on Youth
Racial Discrimination and Bicultural Identities Among Asian American Youths: The Mediating Role of Ethnic-Racial Socialization?
8:00–9:30 a.m.
Union Square 21 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Elizabeth Anthony, Arizona State University, moderator; Van Nguyen, University of Utah; Dale Dagar Maglalang, doctoral student, Boston College, presents “Racial Discrimination and Bicultural Identities Among Asian American Youths: The Mediating Role of Ethnic-Racial Socialization,” co-authored with Bongki Woo, PhD ’18, University of South Carolina; Samuel Ko, Boston College, Michael Park, University of Chicago, Yoonsun Choi, University of Chicago, and David Takeuchi, professor and Dorothy Book Scholar, Boston College.
Factors Associated with Suicide Risk, Ideation, and Attempts
9:45–11:15 a.m.
Union Square 18 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Camille Quinn, Ohio State University, moderator; Lauren Gulbas, University of Texas at Austin; Christina M. Sellers, PhD ’18, part-time faculty, Boston College, presents “Alcohol and Marijuana Use Predict Suicide Attempts Among Adolescents Prior to Inpatient Hospitalization,” co-authored with Antonia Diaz-Valdes Iriarte, doctoral candidate, Boston College, Addie Wyman Battalen, PhD ’18, part-time faculty, Boston College, and Kimberly H. McManama O’Brien, Boston Children's Hospital; Yoewon Yoon, University of Southern California; and Hannah Szlyk, University of Texas at Austin.
Promoting Well-Being Among Children & Youth in Global Contexts
9:45–11:15 a.m.
Union Square 18 Tower 3, 4th Floor
Karen Rotabi, moderator; Heather Knauer, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Yigi Zhu, Washington University in St. Louis; Thomas Crea, associate professor, Boston College, presents “The Mcgovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program in Guatemala: Increases in Literacy Associated with Program Implementation from 2014-2016,” co-authored with Kerri Evans, doctoral candidate, Boston College, Sarah Elizabeth Neville, doctoral student, Boston College, Antonia Diaz-Valdes Iriarte, doctoral candidate, Boston College, and Brenda Urizar, Catholic Relief Services; and Sigrid James, University of Kassel.
Impact of the Family and Medical Leave Act on Wellbeing of Employees: A Quarter Century Later (ePoster presentation)
9:45–11:15 a.m.
Continental Parlors 1–3, Ballroom Level
Teresa Protásio, MSW student, Boston College
Social Isolation and Support Across the Lifecourse
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Golden Gate 2, Lobby Level
Erika Sabbath, assistant professor, Boston College, symposium organizer; Beth Sapiro, Montclair State University; Suzanne Brown, Wayne State University; Zachary Morris, Stony Brook University; Ann Nguyen, Case Western Reserve University.