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Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity - Public Good

(With a Focus on Regional Issues)

2012 Exploring the expectation of financial well-being upon retirement Soydemir, Gokce A
2017 Stock Performance of Socially Responsible Companies Zong, Sophie

2012 Lessons learned as a disaster mental health counselor provider and educator Whitehead, Suzanne A 
2013 Addressing substance abuse, together Whitehead, Suzanne A

____ Determining the Mechanisms Behind the Differential Success and Failure of Ecological Restoration of Floodplain Forests Along the San Joaquin River Cover, Matthew

2015 Hashtag hijacking: what it is, why it happens and how to avoid it Panagopoulos, Orestis
2015 Management strategies for sustainability education, planning, design, energy conservation in California higher education Petratos, Panagiotis

2012 Cigarette Smuggling and Terrorism Financing: A Script Approach to Organized Crime Hiropoulos, Alexandra
2013 Cigarette smuggling and terrorism financing: A script approach Hiropoulos, Alexandra
2014 Visualizing property crime in Gauteng: Applying GIS to crime pattern theory Hiropoulos, Alexandra
2016 Women’s Substance Abuse and its Impacts on Children’s Early Development and Deviant Behaviors Gao, Huan
2016 Assisted Suicide and the Death Penalty: Examining Attitudes Towards State Sanctioned Death Chintakrindi, Sriram
2017 Examining Experiences of Victimization, Support for Punitive Punishments, and Confidence in the Criminal Justice System Chiang, Chau-Pu
2017 Juvenile Gang Involvement in the Central Valley of California: Its Initiation, Continuation and Desistance Gao, Huan
2018 Co-occurring Serious Mental Illnesses and Substance Use Disorders as Predictors of Assaultive Infraction Charges among Adult Male Jail Inmates Wood, Steven

2013 Students’ Assessment of Neighborhood Quality in the City of Turlock, California Avwunudiogba, Augustine
2014 Agriculture's Contribution to Nitrate Contamination of Californian Groundwater (1945 to 2005) McNally, Alison

2015 Delta Narratives: Saving the Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Garone, Philip
2015 Drought in California: Entering a New Water Future Garone, Philip
2016 Managing the Garden: Reclamation, Restoration, and Challenges in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Garone, Philip
2016 Does Science Sanction Euthanasia and Physician- Assisted Suicide? An Historical Approach Weikart, Richard

2015 California Physical Fitness Test: Stepping up to fitness Herring, Janice L

2016 Instructional Motivations: What Can We Learn from Homeschooling Families? Olivant, Katie

2014 Could Philosophical Counseling Alleviate the Moral Distress of Nurses Working with Culturally Diverse Populations? Stanley, Mary
2016 Work Wellness: The Basics, A welfare-to-work success story Martin, Carolyn
____ Preventing Diabetes in Children, Providing access to Healthcare Services for Those at Risk Stokman, Anne

2014 Experimental assessment of soils to be used for land application of vegetable and fruit by-products Ferriz, Horacio

2016 Transit paradise lost: What transit agency administrators say hinders them from pursuing social justice and fairness Wellman, Gerald

 

2012 Personality and demographic predictors of aggressive and distracted driving Stanislaw, Harold
2012 Exploring abortion knowledge and opinion Strongin, Dawn
2015 Introduction to the special issue on attitudes and current research concerning intimate partner violence: Issues for child custody Lambert, Jessica
2015 Evidence-based treatments for autism: Why ABA is the gold standard Stanislaw, Harold
2015 Twenty-Five or Life? The Framing Effect on Criminal Sentencing. Strongin, Dawn
2016 International Perspectives on Traumatic Stress: Theory, Access, and Mental Health Services  Lambert, Jessica
2017 Parents’ smartphone use while waiting with their child Roy, Roseanne

2012 Child Welfare Workers’ Views on Physical Punishment of Children Ringstad, Robin
2014 Mental Health First Aid USA: The implementation of a Mental Health First Aid training program in a rural healthcare setting Leyva, Valerie L
2016 Impact of Complementary Therapies on Quality of Life for Cancer Survivors and their Caregivers Garcia, John
2016 Three sides to a foster care story: An examination of the lived experiences of young adults, their foster care case record, and the space in between Pérez, Alfred G
____ Stanislaus Student Mental Wellness Partnership Johnson, Jennifer

2014 Urbanization. In Investigating Social Problems Schafer, Tyler
2017 Symbols, Sentiments, and Stories: Urban Culture and Social Problems Schafer, Tyler

Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity - Public Good

(With a Focus on Diversity and Inclusion)

2012 Reframing the Rise of Modernism in Iran Scheiwiller, Staci
2013 Performing the Iranian State: Visual Culture and Representations of Iranian Identity Scheiwiller, Staci
2015 Is there a Post Islamic Art, Or Are We Post- Islamic Art? Time and the Condition of ‘Contemporary Islamic Art Scheiwiller, Staci

2016 Despite the Best Intentions: How racial inequality thrives in good schools Drouin, Steven
2017 Review of Race Among Friends: Exploring race at a suburban school Drouin, Steven

2014 “(Re)Presenting Race in Puerto Rico: The U.S. Census and the Popular Media Díaz-Garayua, José
2015 Review of Passion Produces Excellence: Commemorating Italian Experience in Tulare County Hauselt, Peggy
2016 Diversity in the U.S. Geography Departments Díaz-Garayua, José
2017 Considering the Edge Effect: Ethnogenesis and
Classic Period Society in the Southeastern Maya Area		 Bell, Ellen E
2017 Mycenaean Hierarchy and Gender Roles: Diet and Health Inequalities in Late Bronze Age Pylos, Greece Miller-Antonio, Sari
2017 Native Voices in the Central Valley Miller-Antonio, Sari

 

2015 Decision-making across cultures: Cancer counseling of low-income Latina women using medical interpreters Youngblom, Janey
2017 Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Bissonnette, Sarah
2017 Cancer Counseling of Low-Income Limited English Proficient Latina Women Using Medical Interpreters: Implications of Shared Decision-Making Youngblom, Janey
____ “Expanding Career Paths for Underrepresented Students through the Development and Implementation of a Food Science Undergraduate Concentration Grobner, Mark

2012 The Role of Cultural Identity in French, German, and U.S. Legislation on the Muslim Headscarf Biedendorf, Jennifer
2013 A Decade of Roma Inclusion: Problems of Identity, Representation, and Voice in a Digital Policy Text Dawson, Veronica
2015 Just Remembering: Rhetorics of Genocide Remembrance and Sociopolitical Judgment Tumolo, Michael
2016 Minority status and hate crime Gerstenfeld, Phyllis
2016 Becoming the Change Witnessed: Strategic Use of Empathy in Morgan Spurlock’s ‘Straight Man in a Gay World.’ Tumolo, Michael
2017 Comparing Hispanic-to-White Co- Cultural Communication at Four-Year, Public Hispanic Serving and Predominately White Institutions Nainby, Keith

2016 Student Attitudes toward LGBT People: A Cross-National Analysis Gerstenfeld, Phyllis
2016 Classical Criminological Perspective and Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Rights Chiang, Chau-Pu
2017 Hate crimes against the LGBTQ community Gerstenfeld, Phyllis
2017 In the Neutral Zone, A Libertarian’s Home is Their (High) Castle Wilson, Matthew
2018 Race, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice Mboka, Abu
2019 Africa, migration and xenophobia Hiropoulos, Alexandra

2012 Creating space for marginalized voices: Re-focusing service learning on community change and social justice Jasek-Rysdahl, Kelvin

2011 Undocumented Latino Students: Their Socioemotional and Academic Experiences Montero Hernandez, Virginia
2012 Misinterpreting School Reform: The Dissolution of a Dual Immersion Bilingual Program in an Urban New England Elementary School Mayer, Anysia P
2012 How can we balance work and life? Reframing the question: A Buddhist perspective on balance McKenzie, Kathryn B
2012 Navigating Multiple Worlds: A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experiences of Hmong Women Leaders Riggs, Jim R
2014 The International Baccalaureate: A College-Preparatory Pathway for Heritage Language Speakers and Immigrant Youth Mayer, Anysia P
2016 Equity Traps Redux: Inequitable Access to Foreign Language Courses for African American High School Students McKenzie, Kathryn B
2017 The EdD Program: Context and Dilemmas in the Development of the Dissertation in Practice Mayer, Anysia P

2016 LGBQ brief attitudes scale Powell, Brent

2014 Asian American Education Soodjinda, Daniel
2014 K-12 Asian American students and Bullying: Understanding the Effects of Racism, Stereotypes, and Discrimination Soodjinda, Daniel
2014 LGBT Asian American Identity Soodjinda, Daniel
2015 Invisible English Learners: Redefining Support Structures for Emergent Bilingual Asian American Students Soodjinda, Daniel
2016 Culturally Relevant Teaching Practices: Best Practices for Inclusivity in the Classroom Soodjinda, Daniel
2016 Invisible Asian Americans: The Intersection of Sexuality, Race and Education among Gay Asian Americans Soodjinda, Daniel
2017 Mentoring Increases The Retention Rate of Underrepresented Minorities in Higher Education Gonzales, S. Christine 
2017 Creating Inclusive Communities: Challenging Oppression and Advancing Social Justice Soodjinda, Daniel
____ Southeast Asian (Hmong American) Faculty Facilitator: Bilingual Teacher Education Project (BTEP) Soodjinda, Daniel

2013 Perspectives on “Adoption”: A Re- examination of Trait Innovativeness Measures Hernandez, Edward

2017 Preparations for forthcoming series of recitals, recording project, and research activity on French-Spanish Piano Music of the early 20th c. Chan, Sarah
2017 The Influence of Gender in Band Directing in Secondary Schools in the United States: A Demographic Study Koner, Karen

2016 Dean’s Teaching Initiative Funding Travel Grant, CSU-Stan for the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Conference Alvim, Renato De Souza
2017 Luso- American Education Foundation (LAEF) Travel Grant for the XLI Annual Conference on Education and Culture Alvim, Renato De Souza
2017 STARTALK©: tying a Brazilian-Portuguese (Azorean) cultural experience Alvim, Renato De Souza

2017 Gendered intersections: Public administrators’ views of gender and its role in transportation decision-making Wellman, Gerard

2012 How does culture impact our health and psychological well-being? Cotter, Kelly
2012 Hearing Spanish, Reading English: Dual Language Learners from infancy through elementary school Cook, Gina
2012 Mediators of gender differences in support provision in couples Guichard, Anamarie
2013 An examination of language input and vocabulary development of young dual language learners living in poverty Cook, Gina
2013 Using PICCOLO with Parents of Children with a Disability Cook, Gina
2013 Attachment, psychological distress & relationship quality among combat veterans and their spouses Lambert, Jessica
2013 The effects of awareness training on tics in a young boy with Tourette’s Syndrome, Asperger’s and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Wiskow, Katie
2014 The effect of having classmates with emotional and behavioral disorders and the protective nature of peer gender Harven, Aletha
2014 Treating Middle Eastern refugees Lambert, Jessica
2014 Comparison of behavior analytic and eclectic early interventions for young children with autism after three years Stanislaw, Harold
2015 Toward understanding the needs of widowed women after mass trauma: War and disaster in Sri Lanka Lambert, Jessica
2015 Trauma-focused therapy for refugees: Meta-analytic findings Lambert, Jessica
2015 Veteran PTSS and spouse relationship quality: The importance of dyadic coping Lambert, Jessica
2015 Carving Triangles into Squares: The effects of LGBTQ stigma-related stressors during youth, adulthood, and Aging Strongin, Dawn
2016  Promoting healthy aging by confronting ageism Nelson, Todd
2016 The impact of parent advocacy and friendship support on Black and Latino adolescents’ experiences with school racial discrimination Harven, Aletha
2016 Effects of Age and Gender Discrimination in Undergraduate Employment Qualifications Strongin, Dawn
2016 A comparison of equivalence- based strategies to teach foreign language nouns Wiskow, Katie
2017 PTSD symptoms among Tsunami exposed mothers in Sri Lanka: The role of disaster exposure, culturally- specific coping strategies and recovery efforts Lambert, Jessica
2017 Ageism: Stereotyping and prejudice against older persons  Nelson, Todd
____ Critical literacy and multicultural literature: Pedagogical strategies for the everyday classroom Harven, Aletha
____ Psychological distress and psychosocial adjustment of Iraqi refugees: A mixed-methods investigation Lambert, Jessica

2014 Using simulation to assess undergraduate nursing students’ competency with medication administration to a Limited-English language proficiency patient Stanley, Mary

2012 Creating Space for Marginalized Voices: Re-focusing Service Learning on Community Change and Social Justice Ringstad, Robin
2013 It’s Not Just a Metaphor: It Truly Does Take a Village to Raise a Child with Down Syndrome Brodie, Kilolo
2013 LGBT Health Inequalities: Implications for Social Work Practice Leyva, Valerie L
2014 Father Involvement and Child Welfare: The Voices of Men of Color Brodie, Kilolo
2014 Assessing the efficacy of LGBT cultural competency training for aging services providers in California’s Central Valley Leyva, Valerie L
2014 Children living in transition: helping homeless and foster care children and families Pérez, Alfred G
2014 Effects of Mindfulness Based Dementia Care on Caregivers: A Quasi-Experimental Study Tibrewal, Shradha
2015 Unique Experiences and Needs of LGBT Elders Breshears, Elizabeth Social Work
2015 Mental health inequalities among LGBT elders in the United States: Curricula developments Leyva, Valerie 
2015 Positive Youth Development: Using a Strengths- Based Approach to Help Young Adults Transition from Foster Care to Young Adulthood Pérez, Alfred G
2016 Looking for Attachment with Mama: Retrospective Accounts of Foster Care Alumni’s Attachment Styles with Biological Parents Pérez, Alfred G
2016 The Ray Race Domestic Violence Case Pérez, Alfred G

2013 Finding the Right Fit: Using the College Search Process to Reduce Anxiety for Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Andrews, Donna
2013 Teaching Credential Candidates how to Adapt Lessons and Increase Vocabulary for English Learners Andrews, Donna
2015 Service Learning and ‘U’: Uncover, understand, and utilize a service-learning based project to increase the language acquisition skills of high school students with limited English proficiency Andrews, Donna
2015 Educational Rights of Students with Special Needs Liu, Kimy

Updated: June 27, 2023