Past Scholars from the ESIN Summer Fellowship Program

2006 ESIN Summer Fellowship Program Participants

Portia Adams, LCSW, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Fordham University, Bronx, NY
Research Interests: Self-esteem, Adolescent black girls

Lisa Bowleg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor; University of Rhode Island
Research Interests: HIV Prevention, Multiple Minority Stress

Glenda Clare, Ph.D.
Private Consultant
Research Interests: Prevention of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS targeting adolescents and family systems affected by substance use disorders

Kimberly Sledge Clay, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow; University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Research Interests: Cancer Survivorship

Sheri-Ann Cowie, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor; New York University, New York, NY
Research Interests: Counseling Psychology, HIV Prevention, Religion

Nicole Huby, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Research Interests: Alzheimer Caregivers, Clinical Psychology

Aruna Jha, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor; University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Research Interests: South Asian Suicide

Linda Marc, Sc.D., MPH, MS
Fellow of Epidemiology in Psychiatry; Will Medical College of Cornell University
Research Interests: Therapy Effect-HIV, Disparities in pharmacological drug effectiveness across socioeconomic status and racial groups

Enrique Neblett, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Research Interests: Mental Health, Health Disparities, Adolescent Development, Risk Prevention

B. D’Andra Orey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Research Interests: Race and Politics

Rita Varisa Patraporn
Doctoral Candidate; University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Race and Social Capital, Urban Planning

Boris Ricks, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor; University of Southern California
Research Interests: American Government and Politics, Urban Politics, Race and Ethnicity

Deborah Rivas, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow; New York University, New York, NY
Research Interests: Ethnic identity and adolescent development

Tiffany Townsend, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Penn State University
Research Interests: HIV prevention, health promotion, adolescent identity development, identity processes in African American women and girls

Edgar Tyson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Research Interests: Ethnic disparities in youth development and mental health

Daphne Watkins, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Research Interests: Mental Health, Black College Men


2007 ESIN Summer Fellowship Program Participants

Richard Carson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Fisk University, Nashville, TN
Research Interests: Depressive Realism, Treatment of Depression and Anxiety, Psychopathology

Norma Day-Vines, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Falls Church, VA
Research Interests: Suicide and African American Adolescents, Counseling and Diverse Groups

Tara Earl, Ph.D., MSW
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Research Interests: Psychiatric Epidemiology, Black health and Mental Health Status

Chandra Ford, Ph.D.
Columbia University; New York, NY
Research Interests: Race, Ethnicity and Public Health, HIV Testing

Pearl Ford, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Johnson C. Smith University, North Carolina
Research Interests: Minority Politics, Electoral Behavior

Dionne Godette, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Research Interests: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) Use/Problem Etiology

Marie Claude Jipguep, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Howard University, Washington D.C.

Wooksoo Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
Research Interests: Mental Health Disparity, Substance Abuse, Asian Immigrants

L’Heureux Lewis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; City College of New York, New York, NY
Research Interests: Educational Inequality, Race and Ethnic Relations

E. Janie Pinterits, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Research Interests: White Privilege, Social Dominance, Multicultural Counseling Competencies

Vidya Ramaswamy, Ph.D.
Research Associate; Wayne State University, Detoit, MI
Research Interests: Pro-social Behavior, Adolescent Identity, Grandparenting

Philip Rozario, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Adelphi University, Garden City, New York
Research Interests: Gerontology, Caregiver and Frail Elder Well-Being, Productive Aging

Charles Swift, Jr.
Instructor; City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY
Research Interests: Mental Health and Social Policy, Cultured, Ethnicity, and Health Disparities

Veronica Terriquez
Research Assistant; University of California, Los Angeles, Temple City, California
Research Interests: School and Neighborhood Segregation, Sociology of Education, Immigration

Soo Yun Uhm
Postdoctoral Fellow; University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Research Interests: Minority Health, Discrimination


2008 ESIN Summer Fellowship Program Participants

Terrence Allen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Wayne State University Detroit, MI
Research Interests: Police/Urban Community Relationship, Urban Community Development

Julia Bryan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Research Interests: School Counseling, Community Based Research, Youth Development

Glenda Burnett, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois, Chicago
Research Interests: Nursing, Race, Gender

Wesley Bryant
Ph.D. Candidate, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
Research Interests: African-American Youth, Violence

Shelley Francis, Dr.P.H.
Senior Instructor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Research Interests: Adolescent and Young Adult Health, Sexual Activity

Diana Grigsby-Toussaint, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: Health Disparities, Neighborhood Well-Being

Diane Howard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Research Interests: Health Administration, Health Disparities

Janice Johnson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
Research Interests: Urban poverty, Obesity, Black low-income mothers

Suk-Young Kang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; University of Texas at Arlington
Research Interests: Gerontology, Immigrants

Arlesia Mathis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; University o f Michigan-Flint
Research Interests: Health disparities, Race

Jennifer Payne
Ph.D. Candidate; University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Mental Health Disparities, Race

Katy Pinto, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; California State University Dominguez Hills
Research Interests: Race/Ethnicity, Family, Latina/o Sociology, Gender

Stacy Ryan
Ph.D. Candidate; Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Research Interests; Clinical Psychology, Race

Deborah Sampson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Research Interests: Nursing, health Disparities

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