| Graduate Faculty Research |
NAME |
RESEARCH PROGRAMS |
POSSIBLE RESEARCH TOPICS FOR WHICH RESEARCH SUPERVISION WILL BE PROVIDED TO PH.D STUDENTS |
| Paul Adams, PhD |
Family group conferencing and restorative justice
Ethics
Assessment, curriculum
|
Topics related to research programs
Comparative child and family policy
Child Welfare
|
| Ann Alvarez, PhD |
Social work education / distance education
Multicultural community practice
Issues of race, culture and gender
|
Multicultural community practice
Issues of race, culture and gender
Qualitative methods
|
| Pamela Arnsberger, PhD |
Women's health issues
Gerontology
Research Methods
|
Caregiving
Breast and cervical cancer
Long term care
|
Kathryn Braun,
DrPH |
Gerontology
Developing and testing interventions
Participatory research
|
Ethnogerontology
Health disparities
End-of-life
|
| Colette Browne, DrPH |
Feminist theory and social work
Aging women (well-being and mental health)
Asian and Pacific Island elder status
|
Ethnogerontology
Feminist theory, aging, and social welfare policy
Women and aging
|
| Barry Coyne, PhD |
Corrections case management
Sex offender treatment
|
Corrections
Mental health issues in corrections
Sex offender treatment and management
|
| Joel Fischer, DSW |
Clinical evaluation
Effectiveness of clinical techniques
Eclectic practice
|
Any project okay; no limits on substantive areas
|
| Meripa Godinet, PhD |
Child and family welfare issues
Juvenile delinquency
Pacific Islander social and adjustment issues
Disproportionate Pacific Islander minorities in the child welfare system
|
Structural Equation Modeling
Risk and protective factors on delinquency
Program evaluation
|
| Violet Horvath, PhD |
Disordered gambling
Child maltreatment
|
Disordered gambling
Child maltreatment
Substance abuse and child abuse and neglect
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| Lana Sue Ka`opua, PhD, ACSW, LSW |
Cancer and health disparities
Native Hawaiian health / mental health issues
Spirituality and social work
Health services programs in Micronesia [the US Associated Island nations]
|
Use of qualitative and quantitative research strategies and methods in cross-cultural research
Community-based participatory research and practice applications
|
| Peter Mataira, PhD |
Drug and alcohol prevention programs
Revitalizing traditional ways: Healing practices
Entrepreneurship and leadership
|
Program evaluation
Community organizing
Indigenous research methodologies
|
| Jon Matsuoka, PhD |
Culture and mental health
Community development
Indigenous economies
Social impact assessments in rural Hawai`i communities
|
Culture and mental health
Social impact assessments in rural Hawai 'i communities
|
| Hamilton McCubbin, Phd |
Family systems health
Multi-ethnic families
Family assessment and measurement
Family stress
Coping and resilience
Family theories
Family research methods
Longitudinal research on human development and resilience
|
Families
Assessment
Stress
Multi-ethnicity
Longitudinal research
Coping
Resilience
Risk and protective factors
Families under stress
Military families
Development
Adaptation
|
| Noreen Mokuau, DSW |
Social problems confronting Asian and Pacific Islanders (e.g., health disorders among Hawaiians)
Cultural factors and social work (e.g., incorporation of indigenous methods of helping into practice)
conceptual frameworks for culturally competent practice
|
Health and mental health status of Hawaiians (e.g., relationship of ethnic identification with coping and mental health
|
| Paula Morelli, PhD |
Post-trauma stress among refugees
Behavioral mental health recovery practices
Program evaluations: Substance abuse interventions, mental health training, cultural competency training, school anti-racism programs
|
Social development and its implications / impact for / on the well being of children, families and communities
Qualitative studies: Integrated perspectives approach to well being; post-trauma stress and recovery; cross-cultural mental health
|
| Marshall L. Smith, PhD |
Distance education & blended learning
Deafness and disabilities
Technology literacy and applications to social work
Program monitoring and evaluation
|
Topics related to research programs
|
| Eddie Wong, PhD |
Measurement research statistics
|
Program evaluation
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