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

2009 ESIN Summer Fellowship Program Participants

Erica Bumbers, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
Research Interests: Teacher Education Programs, College Decision, College Access, and Educational Achievement of Students of Color

Otima Doyle, Ph.D., MSW
Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke University, Durham, NC
Research Interests: Child and Adolescents Mental Health, Health Disparities in African American, Latino and Caribbean Families

Kathy -Ann Hernandez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Eastern University, St. Davids, PA
Research Interests: Black Diaspora and Saliency of Race/Ethnicity, Gender and Class in Identity Formation, and Social Outcome

Emanique Joe, MSW, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Research Interests: Urban Education; Ethnic minority influence on child’s school readiness and early academic success

Tsui-Sui Annie Kao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Research Interests: Understanding Family Influences on the Development of Adolescents Sexual Behaviors and Promoting Health among the Homeless Population

Nicole Lewis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Research Interests: Identifying Factors that Influence Underrepresented Students’ Matriculation into Doctoral Programs

Sandra Lewis, Psy.D.
Professor, Montclair State University, Montcalir, NJ
Research Interests: Role of Culture in Health, Mental Health, and Well Being; Addressing Needs of Women, Children and Families Affected by HIV/ AIDS

Ebony McGee, PH.D.
Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Research Interests: Math achievement of Black Students

Monique McMillian-Robinson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
Research Interests: Academic Engagement at the student, Family, and School Level; African-Americans, and Latinos

Janella Melius, Ph.D., MSW
Assistant Professor, Winston Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC
Research Interests: Resiliency, and Coping Skills of Underrepresented Groups

Chavella Pittman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
Research Interests: Use of Social Psychology to Examine how Oppression is Enacted by Dominant Groups and Experienced by Subordinate Groups

LaTanya Skiffer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, California State University Dominguez Hills
Research Interests: Criminology, gangs

Anjanette Wells, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Research Interests: Health, Mental Health, and Community Practice Related to Adherence, Participation, Recruitment, and Retention to Medical and Mental Health Research and Practice with Low Income Populations

Krystal Williams
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,MI
Research Interests: Experiences of Minorities and Marginalized Groups in Higher Education as it Relates to College Access.

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