Doctoral Dissertations

 Committee Member

• Tied to the workplace: Inequities in employment-based benefits and health status among U.S. workers and ensuing implications for economic mobility among U.S. working families.  Amy Helburn, MPH, PhD Cand., Public Policy Program, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2009-
• Resources for supporting young caregivers in schools and communities: A Participatory case study of the Caregiving Youth Project. Sara Plachta-Elliott, PhD Cand., Heller School for Social Policy, Brandeis University, 2009-
• Narrative psychology and blogs written by individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Andrea Butterfield, PsyD Candidate, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, 2010-
• Domestic violence among Portuguese groups in Massachusetts. Linda Vasques-Lockwood, Ph.D. Northeastern University, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 1998-2001
• Human rights activism in Colombia: Narratives of trauma, resilience, and solidarity. Pilar Hernandez, EdD. University of Massachusetts Amherst, College of Education, Counseling Psychology, 1998-2000.

Colloquium Discussant

• Mexican men who leave their families behind. Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Juan Rodriguez, 2010.

Masters Thesis

Chair

• Smiling again: Psychosocial rehabilitation after disaster in Indonesia. Marieke Lisette van Andel, Máster en Acción Internacional Humanitaria, Instituto de Derechos Humanos Pedro Arupe, Universidad de Deusto Bilbao. 2011
• Impacto del Facebook en la captación de fondos en las organizaciones no gubernamentales y  la sensibilización de causas humanitarias atendidas por las ONG´s. [Social networks and humanitarian causes: The Case of Facebook and non-governmental organizations in Spain]. Marien Alvarado, Máster en Acción Internacional Humanitaria, Instituto de Derechos Humanos Pedro Arupe, Universidad de Deusto Bilbao. 2011

Reader

• How important is culture? An assessment of the role of culture versus social structure in shaping social support: A cross-cultural, comparative study of social support networks and support seeking styles, attitudes, and behaviors. Tsiom Ion Motkin, Sociology Department, 2009-2011  

University Honors Program Senior Project Advisor

• Global health, transnationalism, and policies: The case of Haiti. Grace Riley (Honors 459) Undergraduate Global Health Major. 2009-2010
• HIV/AIDS Risk taking among gay men. Adam Corl, (Latino Leadership Program) Undergraduate Anthropology Major.  2010.

Doctoral Qualifying Paper Reader

• Systems cultural consultation: A case illustration of a White mother raising a biracial child. Ronnie Gomes, Nova Southeastern University, School of Social & Systemic Sciences, Family Therapy Department, 1999.