The USC School of Social Work is pleased to share the background and key research interests of some of our PhD students. Click on a name to view that student ’s CV.
Ji-Kang Chen, MSW
Professional and research interests: risk factors for school violence, elementary school violence in Taiwan, delinquent youth behavior
Tam Dinh, MSW
Professional and research interests: mental health, service utilization and intervention research, racial/ethnic disparities, immigration and acculturation, diversity issues, multicultural social work practice and research
Melissa Edmondson, MS, LMSW
Professional and research interests: schizophrenia, cross-ethnic treatment
outcomes, African Americans diagnosed with schizophrenia, recovery-oriented
mental health treatment
Gretchen Heidemann, MSW
Professional and research interests: women and girls, human rights, policy
advocacy/analysis, empowerment, community organizing, women in prison and
prisoner re-entry, international development, the vulnerable girl-child
Dennis T. Kao, MSW
Professional and research interests: immigration, health insurance and access, Asian & Pacific Islander American communities, older adults, policy advocacy/analysis, demography, geographic information science (GIS)
Hansung Kim, MSW
Professional and research interests: social work administration, job stress and occupational well-being, work-family conflict and parents’ care, cross-cultural study
Yawen Li, MSW
Professional and research interests: health equity, health services utilization, health policy and health care reform in relation to Chinese elderly
Website: http://www-scf.usc.edu/~yawenli/
Frances Nedjat-Haiem, MSW
Professional and research interests: cultural perceptions of cancer and terminal illness among Latinos, ethnicity and end of life choices, palliative care, advance directives
Ann Reyes Robbins, JD
Professional and research interests: child maltreatment, delinquency, children with special health care needs, critical race theory, Latina and Latino critical theory
Anjanette A. Wells, MSW, LCSW
Professional and research interests: ethnic health/mental health disparities, recruitment/retention of low-income/minorities, socio-cultural health/mental health services research, evidence-based practice, collaborative care in primary care settings, randomized clinical trial research, qualitative research methods
Qiaobing Wu
Professional and research interests: migration, social capital, health, mental health and health-related behaviors of children and adolescents, disability, intervention and prevention research, faith-based programs
