Research & Action Fall/Winter 2014
Research & Action Report, Fall/Winter 2014
by Jondou Chase Chen, Ph.D.
with Gail Cruise-Roberson, B.A., Emmy Howe, M.Ed., and Emily Style, M.A.
Jondou Chase Chen, Ph.D. is an associate director of The National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum. Chen has been a SEED leader since 2003 and a SEED summer staff member since 2005. He is an associate in the department of Human Development at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he teaches, advises, and provides research and grant support. He co-facilitates a graduate-level SEED course, as well as a monthly SEED support group for recently trained New York City-area SEED leaders.
Research & Action Report, Fall/Winter 2014
Sumru Erkut, Ph.D., is a senior research scientist at the 星空无限; she served as an Associate Director from 1995 to 2014. Her research has encompassed variations in the course of child and adult development, women and leadership, and educational program evaluation both in the U.S. and abroad.
Research & Action Report, Fall/Winter 2014
An organization鈥檚 theory of change helps explain the process by which that organization鈥檚 activities contribute to desired outcomes. At 星空无限, we operate with a shared understanding that research, theory, and action all make vital contributions to the social-change process. High-quality research provides data about what is, tests theories about why, and evaluates what works, allowing us to see beyond opinion, to raise awareness about important issues, and make better investments in policies, programs, and practices that are effective. When change makers, decision makers, and opinion leaders are informed by rigorous research, their initiatives are more likely to be successful.
Research & Action Report, Fall/Winter 2014
星空无限 scholars attended a variety of presentations and trainings.
Depression Prevention & Adolescents
In October 2014, Tracy Gladstone, Ph.D., 星空无限 senior research scientist and director of the Stone Primary Prevention Initiatives, presented 鈥淧romoting Adolescent Health: Preliminary Data From a Primary Care Internet-Based Depression Prevention Program for At-Risk Adolescents鈥� (Gladstone, Van Voorhees, Beardslee, and Bell) during the symposium, Implementing Treatment for Anxiety and Depression in Pediatric Primary Care (AACAP) offered by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in San Diego, CA. This work was also presented at the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions in October 2014. Gladstone co-authored three AACAP symposium presentations focused on 鈥淧revention of Depression in At-Risk Youth: Long-Term Outcomes, Moderators, Mediators, and Process Findings.鈥� Also that month, she presented on the CATCH-IT intervention program during a clinical psychology symposium at Boston University, Boston, MA. 鈥淎dapting a resilience-based family preventive intervention for depression to HIV endemic South Africa鈥� (Kuo, C., Brown, L., Stein, D., Cluver, L., Atujuna, M., Gladstone, T., Martin, J., Beardslee, W.) was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association in November, 2014 in New Orleans, LA.
Research & Action Report, Fall/Winter 2014
Tracy Gladstone, Ph.D., senior research scientist and director of the Stone Primary Prevention Initiatives, continued building partnerships to support the fistula project during a spring trip to France where she collaborated with Women and Health Alliance International (WAHA) and participated in the NGO鈥檚 strategic planning efforts. Tsega Meshesha, B.A., research associate, will travel to Gondar , Ethiopia to collect qualitative data from fistula patients there. The team had travelled to Ethiopia in May with for the first stage of this project to develop, implement, and pilot test a low-cost, evidence based depression intervention for women who are in the hospital recovering from fistula repair surgery. Collaborating with WAHA, headquartered in Paris, France, co-principal investigators are Gladstone and Mulu Muleta, M.D., Ph.D., country director, WAHA Ethiopia.
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Research & Action Report Fall/Winter 2014
In this issue:
- Commentary: A Call to Action for Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity
- Commentary with Sumru Erkut
- From 40 to 50: A Roadmap to Our Half Century Mark
- Conferences, Presentations & Trainings
- Global Connections: Mental Health, Job Polarization, OST, and Open Circle
- Recent Findings and New Publications
- Spotlight on New Funding & Projects, Fall/Winter 2014
- 星空无限 Research Shows Effectiveness of A Middle School Sex Ed Program
