Past Projects
Untapped Talent
This mixed-method collaborative project with the Municipality of Anchorage Office of the Mayor, Welcoming Anchorage (part of Welcoming America), Alaska Literacy Program, South Central Area Health Education Center, and the UAA School of Social Work, among other community partners, examined inclusion and integration of refugees, asylees, and immigrants throughout Anchorage in order to identify current strengths and systemic changes that could improve integration throughout the municipality. This project was funded, in part, through a grant from the Center for Community Engagement & Learning at UAA. Learn more about the project here.
Mental Health Capacity Building in Northeast Syria
This mixed methods community-engaged needs assessment and action project was conducted in collaboration with practitioners in the United States and in Syria and with the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees to inform resources needed to promote access to culturally-congruent, linguistically-appropriate, evidence-based mental health services.
Navigating Acculturation Gaps
This project investigated how mixed generation immigrant families navigate intrafamilial acculturation gaps - differences in family members' cultural values, beliefs, identities, and practices - via resilience processes.
Dietary Changes and Wellbeing Among Students
This mixed methods project between natural and social scientists examined changes in Alaska university student wellbeing in relation to dietary changes that often result from migration from rural areas to urban areas for education. This project was supported by an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Grant Number 2P20GM103395.