Faculty Directory
Samantha Teixeira
Associate Professor
Samantha Teixeira
Ph.D.
Contact
McGuinn Hall 219
Telephone: 617-552-0743
Email: samantha.teixeira@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., University of New Hampshire
- M.S.W., University of Pittsburgh
- Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Research Interests
Social and Spatial Inequality, Community Based Participatory Research, Youth Empowerment, Neighborhood Effects
Expertise
- Disparities
- Environmental Justice
- Innovations in Research Methods
- Macro Practice
Selected Publications
Teixeira, S., Hwang, D., Spielvogel, B., Cole, K., & Coley, R. (2020). Participatory photo mapping (PPM) to understand youths’ experiences in a public housing neighborhood preparing for redevelopment. Housing Policy Debate. DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2020.1741422
Rao, S. & Teixeira, S. (2020). The Green New Deal: Social work's role in environmental justice policy. Social Work, 65(2), 197-200. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swaa004. ( ^ Equal Contributors)
Teixeira, S., Lombe, M., Figuereo, V., Chu, Y., Wang, K., Bartholomew, M., Rosales, R., Perez-Aponte, J., McRoy, R., Rambo, D., & Mayes, L. (2020). University and community agency partnerships: Implications for teaching, scholarship, and service. Journal of Social Work Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2020.1713943
Teixeira, S., Mathias, J., & Krings, A. (2019). The future of environmental social work: Looking to community initiatives for models of prevention. Journal of Community Practice, 27(3-4), 414-429, doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2019.1648350
Sprague-Martinez, L., Richards-Schuster, K., Teixeira, S., & Augsberger, A. (2018). The power of prevention and youth voice: A strategy for social work to ensure healthy development for youth. Social Work, 63(2), 135-143. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swx059
Kravitz-Wirtz, N., Teixeira, S., Hajat, A., Woo, B., Crowder, K., & Takeuchi, D. (2018). Early-life air pollution exposure, neighborhood poverty, and childhood asthma in the United States: 1990-2014. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15, p. 1114-1127.
Teixeira, S. (2018). Qualitative Geographic Information Systems (GIS): An untapped research approach for social work. Qualitative Social Work, 17(1), 9-23. doi: 10.1177/1473325016655203
Teixeira, S. & Gardner, R. (2017). Youth-led participatory photo mapping to understand urban environments. Children and Youth Services Review, 82, 246-253. https://doi-org.proxy.bc.edu/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.09.033
Teixeira, S. & Hash, K. (2017). Tweeting macro practice: Social media in the social work classroom. Journal of Social Work Education, 53(4), 751-758.
Teixeira, S. & Zuberi, A. (2016). Mapping the racial inequality in place: Using youth perceptions to identify unequal exposure to neighborhood environmental hazards. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(9), 844. doi:10.3390/ijerph13090844
Teixeira, S. & Sing, E. (2016). Reclaim Northside: An environmental justice approach to address vacant land in Pittsburgh. Family and Community Health. 39(3), 207-215. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000107
Teixeira, S. & Krings, A. (2015). Sustainable social work: An environmental justice framework for social work education. Social Work Education, 34(5), 513-527. doi: 10.1080/02615479.2015.1063601
Teixeira, S. (2015). “It seems like no one cares”: Participatory photo mapping to understand youth perspectives on property vacancy. Journal of Adolescent Research, 30(3), 390-414. doi:10.1177/0743558414547098
Teixeira, S. & Wallace, J.M. (2013). Data driven organizing: A community-university partnership to address vacant and abandoned property. Journal of Community Practice, 21, 248-262.