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., Spielvogel, B.*, Hwang, D.*, Lown, J.*, & Coley, R.L. (2024). Short- and long-term effects of HOPE VI redevelopment on neighborhood housing conditions. Housing Studies, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2024.2423820
Littman, D.M.*, Cummings Melton, C., Holloway, B., & Teixeira, S. (2024). From contested spaces to choice-centered places: Using geographic interviews to understand young adults’ experiences in permanent supportive housing. Children’s Geographies. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2024.2335189
Coley, R.L., Spielvogel, B.*, Hwang, D.*, Lown, J.*, and Teixeira, S. (2023). Did HOPE VI move communities to opportunity? How public housing redevelopment affected neighborhood poverty, racial composition, and resources 1990-2016. Housing Policy Debate, 33(4), 909-940. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2022.2121614
Teixeira, S. & Kennedy, H. (2022). Social work and Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR): Past, present, and future. Social Work, 67(3), 286-295. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swac016
Teixeira, S., Augsberger, A., Richards-Schuster, K., & Sprague Martinez, L. (2021). Participatory research approaches with youth: Ethics, engagement, and meaningful action. American Journal of Community Psychology, 68(1-2), 142-153. https://doi.org/10.1177/1044389420972488
Teixeira, S., Augsberger, A., Richards-Schuster, K., Sprague Martinez, L., & Evans, K.* (2021). Opportunities to “Make Macro Matter” through the Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative. Families in Society, 102(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/1044389420972488
Teixeira, S., Hwang, D.*, Spielvogel, B.*, Cole, K., & Coley, R.L. (2020). Participatory photo mapping (PPM) to understand youths’ experiences in a public housing neighborhood preparing for redevelopment. Housing Policy Debate, 30(5), p. 766-782. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2020.1741422
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, https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2019.1648350
Woo, B.*, Kravitz-Wirtz, N., Sass, V., Crowder, K., Teixeira, S., & Takeuchi, D. (2019). Residential segregation and racial/ethnic disparities in ambient air pollution. Race and Social Problems, 11(1), 60-67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-018-9254-0
Teixeira, S. & Zuberi, A. (2018). Neighborhood social and environmental factors and asthma among children living in low-income neighborhoods: The importance of informal social control. Family and Community Health, 41(4), 214-224. https://doi.org/10.1097/FCH.0000000000000202
Teixeira, S. (2018). Qualitative Geographic Information Systems (GIS): An untapped research approach for social work. Qualitative Social Work, 17(1), 9-23. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325016655203
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. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13090844
Teixeira, S. (2016). Beyond broken windows: Youth perspectives on the impact of housing abandonment and urban blight on individual and community well-being. Child Indicators Research. 9(3), 581-607. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-015-9327-1