Research Interests
- Health disparities
- Overweight and obesity among low income populations
- Policies and ethics impacting the obesogenic environment
Samuel Bligen III
Associate Director of Field Education
CCPA Social Work
Research Interests
- Attachment-based practice approaches
- Depression in older adults with cognitive impairment
- Social work practice theory
- Authority in social work practice
- Critical social work
Research Interests
- Leadership
- Organizational climate
- Diversity, inclusion, and innovation
Laura R. Bronstein
Director; Dean
Institute for Justice and Well-Being; CCPA Dean's Office
Research Interests
- Interprofessional and interagency collaboration
- School-community partnerships
- Aging
Maria Gordon
Co-Director of Field Education and Undergraduate Services
CCPA Social Work
Research Interests
- Gender
- Child welfare
- Parenting
- Kinship
- Ethnography
- Epistemology
- Emotional/affective labor
Suk-Young (John) Kang
Associate Professor
CCPA Social Work
Research Interests
- Depression and health status among Asian immigrant elders
- Family caregiving
- Social justice for immigrants and refugees
- Depression among Asian Americans
- Geriatric counseling
Cara Kenien-Ponomarev
Co-Director of Field Education and Community Partnerships; HPPAE Coordinator
CCPA Social Work
Yvonne Johnston, DrPH, MS, FNP
Associate Professor; Founding Director, MPH Program; Founding Director; Associate Professor/Founding Director, MPH Program
CCPA Social Work; Public Health; Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Public health
- Epidemiology
- Nursing
- Population health
- Program evaluation
- Chronic disease risk reduction
- Health promotion
- Fall prevention among older adults
- Evidence-based practice
- Data analytics
- Social determinants of health
- Translational research
Research Interests
- Kinship care
- Grandparent-headed multigenerational families
- Interprofessional collaboration in school contexts
- Development of culturally responsive interventions for grandparent-headed families in a global context
Jacqueline (Jackie) McGinley
Assistant Professor
CCPA Social Work
Research Interests
- Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Aging Populations and their Families
- End-of-life Care and Bereavement
Naorah Rimkunas
Assistant Professor; Director, UACS Regional Training Center
Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership; CCPA Social Work; Binghamton University Community Schools
Research Interests
- Caseworker decision making
- Child welfare
- Mixed-methods research designs
- Organizational culture
John Vassello
Director of Admissions and Student Services
CCPA Social Work
Research Interests
- Child maltreatment research
- Peer relationships
- Adolescent risk behaviors
- Adolescent development
Sarah Young
Assistant Professor and Director of the BSW Program
CCPA Social Work
Research Interests
- LGBTQ youth and safe schools policy
- LGBTQ families and family acceptance
- HIV/AIDS policy and service delivery
