Robert Rosales Robert Rosales
Alumnus
BA, Clark University; MSW, Boston College; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests: The effects of minority stress and sociocultural protective factors on behavioral health issues
Current Position: Assistant professor in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Brown University
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Victor Figuereo Victor Figuereo
Alumnus
BA, Clark University; MA, Ball State University; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests: Latinx health and mental health disparities; race and racialization; and access to healthcare
Current Position: Assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
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Abril Harris Abril Harris
Alumna
BS, University of California Riverside; MSW, California State Long Beach; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests: Anti-oppressive strategy development; socialization and legitimacy; and structural violence
Current Position: Assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Social Work
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Kerri Evans Kerri Evans
Alumna
BA, Elizabethtown College; MSW, University of Maryland; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests: Children experiencing forced migration
Current Position: Assistant professor of social work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Smitha Rao Smitha Rao
Alumna
BA, University of Delhi, M.Sc., Kings College London; MA, Tata Institute of Social Sciences; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests: Contextual vulnerability; natural disasters; energy poverty; and environmental justice
Current Position: Assistant professor at The Ohio State University College of Social Work
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Sarah Neville Sarah Neville
Alumna
BA, Tufts University; MA, Tufts University; PhD, Boston College
Research Interests: Child institutionalization; deinstitutionalization (care reform and family reintegration); prevention of family separation; and family strengthening in the Global South
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at Brown University
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Cara Antonaccio Cara Antonaccio
Alumna
BA, Pennsylvania State University; BS, Pennsylvania State University; MSPH, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Interests: Examining the factors that drive complex health and psychosocial problems, including violence and stigma in communities affected by armed conflict; using rigorous quantitative and mixed methods approaches and implementation science models to strengthen humanitarian delivery and post-conflict health systems.
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Sanjeev Dahal Sanjeev Dahal
Doctoral candidate
BSW, St. Xavier's College; MA, Tata Institute of Social Sciences; MA, University of Stavanger
Research Interests: Child protection and juvenile justice; migration, families, and associated changes
Email: dahals@bc.edu
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Joshua Lown Joshua Lown
Doctoral candidate
B.A., Michigan State University; M.A., Michigan State University
Research Interests: Gentrification, participatory and action research, community-based research, social justice, urban environmental justice, and critical social work
Email: lownj@bc.edu
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Laura Bond Laura Bond
Doctoral candidate
BA, Indiana University, MA, American University
Research Interests: Implementation science, non-specialist-delivered interventions, mental health and psychosocial support, conflict-affected communities
Email: bondlc@bc.edu
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Ty B. Tucker Ty B. Tucker
Doctoral candidate
BA, California State University, MSW, California State University
Research Interests: Black families; employment characteristics; and equitable access to education and services.
Email: tuckert@bc.edu
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Sophia Eisenberg Sophia Eisenberg
Doctoral student
Research Interests: Violence prevention; early childhood development; early relational health; and children with disabilities
Email: eisenbso@bc.edu
Samantha Marquez McKetchnie Samantha Marquez McKetchnie
Doctoral student
Research Interests: Chronic pain; women's health; healthcare utilization; and healthcare access.
Email: mcketchn@bc.edu
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Gabi Celia Ortiz Gabi Celia Ortiz
Doctoral student
BA, University of California, Los Angeles, MA, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Organizational inclusion, diversity, equity, and belonging, with emphasis on transgender, racialized, and gender-diverse employees; and intersectionality, power, and inequality in workplace structures and practices.
Email: ortizge@bc.edu
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Charles W. Currie III Charles W. Currie III
Doctoral student
BA, Union University, MSW, Union University
Research Interests: Youth transitions to adulthood; care leaving; community-based participatory research; global social work; and qualitative methods.
Email: curriech@bc.edu
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Beth Kellenberg Klein Beth Kellenberg Klein
Doctoral candidate
BA, University of Notre Dame, MA, University of Chicago
Research Interests: School-based supports; barriers and facilitators to access (education, healthcare); institutional trust; occupational health and burnout for caregiving professionals; and climate change and environmental justice.
Email: neimane@bc.edu
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Leila C. Dal Santo Leila C. Dal Santo
Doctoral candidate
BA, Duke University; MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; MSW, Boston College
Research Interests: Precarious employment and mental health; comparative welfare policy (in both Global South and Global North contexts); and adolescent and youth reproductive health promotion, particularly in humanitarian contexts.
Email: dalsantl@bc.edu
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Estefania Palacios Estefania Palacios
Doctoral student
Research Interests: Immigrants and refugees; Latinx communities; mental health; and innovations in research methods.
Email: estefania.palacios@bc.edu
Patrick Ho Lam Lai Patrick Ho Lam Lai
Doctoral candidate
BSW, University of Hong Kong, MSW, University of Michigan
Research Interests: Productive and social engagement (e.g., formal volunteering, informal helping, and employment) in later life; cross-cultural gerontology; equity in the workplace; ageism; and Asian health disparities.
Email: laihc@bc.edu
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Haitisha Mehta Haitisha Mehta
Doctoral student
Research Interests: Global mental health and psychosocial support; intervention delivery; implementation science; and adversity-affected communities.
Email: haitisha.mehta@bc.edu
Megan M. Taylor Megan M. Taylor
Doctoral student
Research Interests: Decision-making agency of forced migrants; private and community sponsorship of refugees; forced migrant mental health and resilience; refugee and immigration policy; international and comparative research; evidence synthesis; implementation science; and community-engaged participatory research.
Email: Megan.Taylor.3@bc.edu
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Ricardo Suárez Rojas Ricardo Diego Suárez Rojas
Doctoral candidate
BS, Universidad Iberoamericana, MA, The University of Chicago Divinity School
Research Interests: International development; biopsychosocial models; psychosocial trauma; stress across the life course; neuroscience of perception and imagination; workplace conditions; neuroscience-informed interventions; participatory action research; and multimodal and critical pedagogy.
Email: suarezrr@bc.edu
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Christopher Baidoo Christopher E. Baidoo
Doctoral student
BSW, James Madison University, MSW, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, JD, California Western School of Law
Research Interests: Social policies and disparities; criminal law and procedure; and racism and colorism in the criminal process
Email: baidooch@bc.edu
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Jenna Strauss Jenna Strauss
Doctoral student
BA, Tufts University, MSW, NYU Silver School of Social Work
Research Interests: Social Work practice in school settings; school social work; neighborhood effects; effective social-emotional interventions for adolescents; school-based mental healthcare; child and adolescent development; and school mental health worker wellbeing.
Email: strausjj@bc.edu
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Bruna Cardoso Lopez Bruna Cardoso Lopez
Doctoral student
BA, Columbia College, MSW, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: Productive engagement of older adults; immigrant older workers; and financial capability in later life.
Email: lopezpy@bc.edu
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Spencer Sandberg Spencer Sandberg
Doctoral student
BS, Brigham Young University, MSW, Brigham Young University
Research Interests: Climate adaptation & resilience; migration; global health; quantitative research methods; and GIS.
Email: sandbers@bc.edu
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Taylor Brennan Taylor Brennan
Doctoral student
Research Interests: Upskilling and older workers, aging services workforce development, and occupational health and wellbeing
Email: patskani@bc.edu
Xi Wang Xi Wang
Doctoral student
Research Interests: Family well-being, public health policy, maternal and child health, adolescent mental health, urban health, health equity, spatial and quantitative methods, AI in health research, public health policy evaluation, social determinants of health, and GIS and population health
Email: wx@bc.edu
Elizabeth Jadovich Elizabeth Jadovich
Doctoral student
Research Interests: Implementation science, community-based participatory research, substance use, and harm reduction
Email: Jadovich@bc.edu
Erika Erika Nayeli Clairgue Caizero Erika Nayeli Clairgue Caizero
Doctoral student
Research Interests: Mental health in migrants, migrant families development, forced displacement, acculturation processes, and public health
Email: erika.clairguecaizero@bc.edu
Chin-Yi Su Chin-Yi Su
Doctoral student
Research Interests: Productive engagement in later lives (e.g., employment, volunteering, caregiving, etc.), ageism, environmental gerontology, and long-term care policy
Email: suchin@bc.edu
Barbara Mendez Campos Barbara Mendez Campos
Doctoral student
Research Interests: Gerontology/aging, health disparities, policy; health equity, dementia, caregiving, life course context, immigration, community-engaged research, and psychometrics
Email: mendezba@bc.edu
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J.C. Hodges J.C. Hodges
Doctoral candidate
BS, Georgetown University, MSW, Virginia Commonwealth University
Research Interests: Migrant mental health and climate displacement, mental/behavioral health service access and utilization, substance use and violence prevention, and causal inference and experimental/quasi-experimental designs
Email: hodgesjb@bc.edu
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Oladoyin Okunoren Oladoyin Okunoren
Doctoral candidate
BS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MSW, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: Global public health, social Impact of infectious disease outbreaks and public health response in Sub-Saharan Africa, mental health care integration into primary health care settings in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the impact of policy on mental health and health outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Email: okunoren@bc.edu
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Natalie Grafft Natalie Grafft
Doctoral candidate
Bs, University of Wisconsin, MSW, University of Southern California
Research Interests: Family context and children's health, men's health and fathering, adverse childhood experiences, and social determinants of health
Email: grafftn@bc.edu
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