RODRIGO
CANTARERO,
Associate Professor, Community and Regional Planning
Department
(402) 472-9278, email:
rcantarero1@unl.edu
Worked as an
advisor on economic development and housing in Nicaragua and sustainable
development in Costa Rica. Latest work involves
development of a interview-based study of behavioral health risks factors
affecting minority population in several Nebraska counties, and Quality of Life
in Crete and Schuyler, NE (large influx of immigrant populations).
Here is Dr. Cantarero's webpage.
GUSTAVO CARLO, Professor, Department of Psychology
(402) 472-6931.
e-mail: gcarlo1@unl.edu
Professor Carlo's primary research interest is social development,
more specifically prosocial and moral development. His research focuses on the
sociocultural, socialization, and personality processes associated with moral
behaviors in children and adults.
Here is Dr. Carlo's webpage.
MIGUEL A. CARRANZA,
Professor,
Sociology and Ethnic Studies/Latino and Latin American Studies
(402) 472-3080, email:
mcarranza1@unl.edu
I have been involved with the Latino Research Initiative since its inception in
1996, especially in my role as UNL representative to the Midwest Consortium for
Latino Research. My research interests focus on the cultural, economic and
social integration of Latino immigrants to the Midwest. More specifically, I am
interested in the research questions - What 'sense of community' do long-time
and recent immigrants have in urban and rural Midwestern and Northern Great
Plains communities, and how does it impact their overall Quality of Life. I also
have an interest in the multiple roles that language plays in creating a feeling
of 'belonging to? and being a ?part of? the predominantly white, non-Latino
communities. Here are Dr. Carranza's webpages,
Sociology and
Ethnic Studies.
MIGUEL CEBALLOS,
Assistant Professor, Department of
Sociology and The Institute for Ethnic Studies/Latino and Latin American
Studies.
(402) 472-3421, email:
mceballos2@unl.edu
Dr. Ceballos
received a B.A. in Chicano Studies at the University of California-Berkeley, an
M.A. in Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, an M.S. in
Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Ph.D. in Sociology at
the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to coming to Lincoln, Dr. Ceballos
held a National Institute of Aging Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Population
Studies Center of the Institute of Social Research at the University of
Michigan. His current research interests are focused on the demography and
sociology of Latino health and health disparities of ethnic minority
populations, the process of migration and acculturation in the United States,
and the role of social networks and social capital in U.S.-Mexico migration. He
is currently analyzing a National Science Foundation-funded survey, of the
Latino community in the Midwest to better understand the effects of the
acculturative process on maternal and infant health.
Maria Rosario T. de Guzman,
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in
Adolescent Development Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
(402)
472-9154, email:
deguzm@unlserve.unl.edu
Dr.
de Guzman research examines the role of culture in social development, and the
sociocultural factors that promote prosocial behaviors in youth. Her extension
work focuses on positive youth development and promoting cultural competence
among adolescents.
Here are Dr. de Guzman's webpages:
Extension and
Adolescent
Development.
Rev.
Dr. JOEL
GAJARDO, Program Director Nebraska Urban
Indian Medical Center
email: jgajardo@nuihc.com
GLORIA
GONZALEZ-KRUGER,
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Marriage and Family
Therapy
(402) 472-5797, email:
ggonzalezkruger2@unl.edu
I am a faculty member in the Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences/Marriage and
Family Therapy Program. I have experience as a educator, researcher, and
therapist in community and educational settings. In addition to being a faculty
member, my experience includes providing programming (e.g., mentoring for youth,
social support groups), educational (parenting and child-related workshops),
research, and therapeutic services (in-home, play, and family-based therapy) in
elementary schools and community centers for people of color (primarily
Latino/as and African Americans). My work involves the identification,
development, implementation, and assessment of cultural sensitive, relevant, and
competent education, research, and community-based services that will address
the needs of underserved populations, particularly children, youth, and families
of color.
Edmund "Ted" Hamann,
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Teaching,
Learning, and Teacher Education
(402) 472-2285 email:
ehamann2@unl.edu
Professor Hamann came to UNL's Dept. of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher
Education in 2005 after six years working for a federally-funded regional
educational laboratory. Trained as an anthropologist, his core interests include
how educational policy is shaped and implemented in response to changing student
demographics (i.e., the growth in Latino students), how school reform efforts do
or do not respond to English language learners, and how students and schools
negotiate students' transnational mobility. He is currently contributing to a
research project in Mexico studying elementary and secondary school students
there who have previous experience in U.S. schools.
Here is Dr. Hamann?s webpage.
DAVID J. HANSEN,
Professor, Department Chair, Department of Psychology
(402) 472-2619, email: dhansen1@unl.edu
Professor Hansen?s research interests include (a) child
maltreatment (physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect), including factors
related to identification and reporting, assessment and intervention, and the
correlates and consequences of maltreatment; and (b) social-skills assessment
and intervention with children and adolescents. Emphasis is placed on procedures
for assessing and improving generalization, maintenance, and social validity of
interventions.
Cody S. Hollist,
Assistant Professor Family and Consumer Sciences
(402) 472-8105,
email:
chollist2@unl.edu
Dr. Hollist received his doctorate
in Marriage and Family Therapy from Brigham Young University in 2004. His area
of interest is adolescent mental health issues and family dynamics. His research
focuses on family dynamics that influence adolescent mental health with a
special interest in Latino families. He is currently working on a longitudinal
project in Brazil looking at family development. Dr. Hollist spent a year in
Brazil where he taught, did research, and conducted clinical work. During that
time he was able to further understand the academic culture of Brazil and
develop relationships with the academic community there. He was also able to
learn skills and philosophies for more effective therapeutic treatment of Latino
families. Dr. Hollist teaches in Family Science. He is currently teaching an
introductory undergraduate course in family studies as well as the undergraduate
practicum course. He is also the faculty advisor for the Family Science Student
Organization.
JENNIFER HUNT, Assistant
Professor, Department of Psychology
email:
jhunt@unlserve.unl.edu
Professor Hunt is a faculty member in the Law-Psychology and Social
Psychology programs at UNL. Her primary research interests are 1)
psychological processes related to stereotyping and discrimination, particularly
as they affect medical decision making, and 2) the influence of culture on
participation in the criminal justice and legal systems (e.g., on eyewitness
testimony). She currently is working with LRI members on a survey about
perceptions of discrimination against Latino/as in the Midwest.
AMELIA MARIA DE LA LUZ MONTES,
Associate Professor, English & Ethnic Studies Affiliate,
Women's and Gender Studies.
(402)472-8291 email:
amontes@unlnotes.unl.edu
Dr. Montes, teaches
nineteenth-century and contemporary American literatures. She is also an
affiliate faculty member in Women?s and Gender Studies as well as the Creative
Writing program. In nineteenth-century literatures, she has established a firm
tradition of Mexican American studies through her work on the author Mar?a
Amparo Ruiz de Burton. In contemporary literatures, she is a scholar of
feminist, lesbian, Chicana and Latina theory and cultural studies. Dr.Montes
also teaches creative writing and publishes fiction. Among her scholarly
publications are a co-edited anthology, Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton: Critical
and Pedagogical Perspectives, and Tortilleras on the Prairie: Latina
Lesbians Writing the Midwest (Journal of Lesbian Studies). Her most recently
published short fiction includes Amigdala in River City Journal, and
"R for Ricura," in Circa 2000: Lesbian Fiction at the Millennium. Her
current writing projects include a critical book entitled, Corazon y Tierra:
Latinas Writing the Great Plains & Midwest and a collection of short stories
entitled, While Pilar Tobillo Sleeps. She holds a Ph.D. from the
University of Denver. Dr. Montes was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.
MARCELA RAFFAELLI, Professor,
Department of Psychology and Director,
Institute for Ethnic Studies
(402) 472-0737, e-mail:
mraffaelli1@unl.edu
Marcela Raffaelli joined the University of Nebraska - Lincoln faculty in 1995 and has a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology and the Institute for Ethnic Studies. After receiving her Ph.D. in Psychology/Human Development from the University of Chicago in 1990, she was a post-doctoral researcher at Johns
Hopkins University and
Rutgers University. Her main research interest is in understanding and preventing risk-taking behavior among adolescents and
young adults, with a particular focus on gender and cultural issues. Current projects include studying developmental trajectories of Latin American street youth, cultural influences on the sexual behavior of Latinas, and childhood predictors of adolescent sexual risk-taking. She has been involved in the LRI since its inception and is currently working on the evaluation of LAMP.
ROSALIE TORRES STONE, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
(402)472-6057, email:
rstone2@unlnotes.unl.edu
Rosalie Torres Stone primary area of research
is in social inequality and family. Her primary research area in sociology is
Latino/a sociology and labor market outcomes. Her research specifically
focuses on intra-group comparisons and examines how predictors of earnings vary
by race/ethnic group membership. Dr. Torres Stone is currently conducting a
research study on Latino youth in rural Nebraska entitled, ?Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Among Latino Adolescents? with Dr. Dan Hoyt. The research is
supported by a pilot research grant from the UNL tobacco settlement funds. The
initial phase of this project gathered focus-group data from Latino youth in two
Nebraska communities. The overall purpose of the study is to identify cultural
risk and protective factors for rural Latino adolescent?s mental health and
substance use. This research will provide initial information for how
culturally informed prevention programs may be designed to address the unique
social and cultural challenges faced by Latino youth in rural settings.
SANDRA WILLIAMS, Assistant
Professor, Department of Art and Art History
(402)472-9057, email:
swilliams2@unl.edu
Professor Williams teaches Visual Literacy in
the Department of Art and Art History. Her areas of study include ceramics,
printmaking and mixed media. Sandra exhibits her work nationally. Her
involvement in LRI stems from a background in working collaboratively with youth
groups in the fabrication of public art pieces. She is interested in how the
participation in the creation of public murals build a stronger sense of being
part of a community, promote collective conscience and civic responsibility.
BRIAN ARMENTA, Doctoral Student, Department of
Psychology
email:
barmenta@earthlink.net
Brian is a graduate student in the social psychology program. He received his B.A. in psychology from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and his M.A. in psychology from University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research examines 1) the antecedents and consequences of European Americans’ perceptions that Latinos and other ethnic minority groups pose a threat to their group and 2) the nature, causes and consequences (e.g., psychological, behavioral) of ethnic identity among Latinos and other ethnic minority groups.
JENNIFER DE LEON,
Graduate Student, Family Sciences
email:
jdeleon04@earthlink.net
I am a doctoral
student in the department of Family and Consumer Sciences. I have worked with
the youth data from the Quality of Life study related to biculturalism, parent
attachment, and substance use and have been a research assistant with projects
among Latinos in Nebraska and Mexico. My current interest is in internationally
mobile (Third Culture) families.
maria i. iturbide,
Doctoral Student, Department of Psychology
email: isiar@hotmail.com
I am a graduate student in the Developmental Psychology program. My research
interests are ethnic minority parenting differences, ethnic identity
development, and acculturation. I am also a member of the Evaluation team for
the Latino Achievement Mentoring Program (LAMP). Currently, I am a research
assistant to Drs. Raffaelli and Carlo for their Latino Adolescent Health
Disparities Project.
SANDIE IXA pOTTER, Doctoral Student
in Educational Psychology
email: ixaplata@alltel.net
I am a graduate student at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. I am in the
Educational Psychology program in the area of cognition, learning, and
development. I graduated from UNL with a BA in Latin American Studies and
Spanish and minored in education and psychology. The focus of my research is
education and Hispanic/Latino students. I am also passionate about the
attainment of higher education, especially for Hispanics/Latino/a. Some of the
research I have presented at conferences include: ?Latinos and Upper Degree
Attainment: The Mentoring Factor? and ?A Perspective on Education: Two
Exploratory Studies on Education in Mexico and the U.S.? Since 2002 I have
mentored a young woman through the Latino Achievement Mentoring Program (LAMP)
at UNL, and I am also a member and past president of Sigma Delta Pi (Hispanic
Honor Society) and a McNair Scholar.
APRIL SCHUETHS,
Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology
e-mail: aprilschueths@gmail.com
I am currently a Ph D student in the
Sociology program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I graduated with a MSW
from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. My research interests are higher
education and inequality. I am also a research assistant for Dr. Miguel
Carranza.
LISA KNOCHE,
Research Assistant Professor, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth,
Families and Schools.
(402) 472-4821,
email:
lknoche2@unl.edu
Lisa currently serves as Project Director for the federally funded Getting Ready
Project: Parent Engagement and Child Learning Birth to Five, an intervention
project aimed at young children's school readiness. Her research interests
include social development in child care settings, child care characteristics,
as well as intervention and prevention efforts for at-risk children and
families. Her interest lies in developing and evaluating interventions and
research methodologies for use with at-risk populations. She has worked on the
evaluations of the local Early Head Start Program as well as the Latino
Achievement Mentoring Program (LAMP) and been involved in the Midwest Child Care
Research Consortium.
lORENA pULGARIN,
Program Director, Latino Achievement Mentoring Program
(402) 304-7702, email:
lamp2@unl.edu
FERNANDO
RIVERA
email: drfiz@yahoo.com
My main areas of interest are Latino families, sociology of health, race and
ethnicity, medical sociology and criminology. I'm currently working with the
Quality of Life Study assisting on data entry and codebook construction.
BYRON
L. ZAMBOANGA, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Smith
College
e-mail: bzamboan@smith.edu
Byron Zamboanga joined the Smith College
faculty in 2003. His work centers around the study of acculturation and its
impact on identity development and risk-taking behaviors among Latinos. He is
also interested in examining the influence of culture on drinking expectancies
and alcohol use in Latino populations. Byron has been with the LRI since 1998
and was involved in the development and implementation of the Latino Achievement
Mentoring Program (LAMP), and the Quality of Life Study of Latinos in Lincoln.
He received his B.A. from the University of California-Berkeley (1996) and his
Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2003).
The LRI also includes a number of other
individuals including undergraduate and graduate student research
assistants.
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