Faculty Director

Theresa Betancourt
Theresa Betancourt
Salem Professor in Global Practice, Director RPCA
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Theresa Betancourt

Theresa Betancourt

Salem Professor in Global Practice, Director RPCA

Dr. Betancourt's central research interests include the developmental and psychosocial consequences of concentrated adversity on children, youth and families; resilience and protective processes in child and adolescent mental health and child development; refugee families; and applied cross-cultural mental health research. Read more on the Central SSW faculty page!

Staff

Joshua Bogus
Joshua Bogus
 Associate Director for Research
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Joshua Bogus

Joshua Bogus

Associate Director for Research

Andrea Morris
Andrea Morris
 Associate Director, Grants Administration
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Andrea Morris

Andrea Morris

Associate Director, Grants Administration

Winifred Nwangwu
Winifred Nwangwu
 Sr. Fiscal & Grant Administrator
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Winifred Nwangwu

Winifred Nwangwu

Sr. Fiscal & Grant Administrator

Elizabeth Fabel
Elizabeth Fabel
 Associate Director for Research

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Elizabeth Fabel

Elizabeth Fabel

Associate Director for Research

Grace Thomas
Grace Thomas
 Administrative Assistant to the Faculty Director
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Grace Thomas

Grace Thomas

Administrative Assistant to the Faculty Director

Rachel Stram
Rachel Stram
 Administrative Manager
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Rachel Stram

Rachel Stram

Administrative Manager

Kashiya Nwanguma
Kashiya Nwanguma
 Program Manager, Sierra Leone
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Kashiya Nwanguma

Kashiya Nwanguma

Program Manager, Sierra Leone

Matias Placencio-Castro
Matias Placencio-Castro
 Data Analysis Manager, Boston
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Matias Placencio-Castro

Matias Placencio-Castro

Data Analysis Manager, Boston

Caroline Dilts
Caroline Dilts
 Refugee Program Manager, Boston
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Caroline Dilts

Caroline Dilts

Refugee Program Manager, Boston

Farhad Sharifi
Farhad Sharifi
Research Associate, Cultural Advisor

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Farhad Sharifi

Farhad Sharifi

Research Associate, Cultural Advisor

Wijnand Van Den Boom
Wijnand Van Den Boom
 Sr. Social Science Data Analyst
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Wijnand Van Den Boom

Wijnand Van Den Boom

Sr. Social Science Data Analyst

Kathryn Noon
Kathryn Noon
 Research Project Manager, Sierra Leone Studies [Boston]
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Kathryn Noon

Kathryn Noon

Research Project Manager, Sierra Leone Studies [Boston]

Haleigh Gulden
Haleigh Gulden
 Rwanda Program Manager

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Haleigh Gulden

Haleigh Gulden

Rwanda Program Manager

Alberta Bonney
Alberta Bonney
 Research Associate, Sierra Leone
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Alberta Bonney

Alberta Bonney

Research Associate, Sierra Leone

Gabriela Phend
Gabriela Phend
 Program Manager, Rwanda
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Gabriela Phend

Gabriela Phend

Program Manager, Rwanda

Research Fellows

Candace Black
Candace Black
 Research Scientist (US)
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Candace Black

Candace Black

Research Scientist (US)

Candace Black, PhD, is a research Psychologist with an interdisciplinary lens. Dr. Black has spent the last several years establishing her record of expertise at the intersections of child development, early life adversity, and global health. Dr. Black's research program is directed at understanding how children develop cognitive and emotional tools to cope with exposure to adversity, with the ultimate aim of investigating adaptive, advantageous responses to adversity.
Abdulai Jawo Bah
Abdulai Jawo Bah
Research Associate (Sierra Leone)
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Abdulai Jawo Bah

Abdulai Jawo Bah

Research Associate (Sierra Leone)

Dr. Bah is a Research Associate / NIMH-Funded Diversity Supplement completing his two-year fellowship related to an intergenerational study of war affected youth in Sierra Leone. Dr. Bah will analyze and manage qualitative data comprising focus groups and key informant interviews collected among fathers in rural Sierra Leone to understand the influence of economic stressors on fathers’ sense of self-efficacy, mental health, and parenting role. He will additionally analyze and manage focus groups with males and females and in-depth interviews with fathers to link parental stressors to parental-child dyadic interactions; and analyze quantitative survey and RSA data from fathers and offspring participating in intergenerational study of war to examine associations between harsh and warm parenting styles and offspring internalizing and externalizing problems by gender.

Student Interns

Renee Menart
Renee Menart
 MSW Research Assistant
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Renee Menart

Renee Menart

MSW Research Assistant

Said Arwal
Said Arwal
 Graduate Research Assistant
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Said Arwal

Said Arwal

Graduate Research Assistant

Yana Deeley
Yana Deeley
 MSW Research Assistant
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Yana Deeley

Yana Deeley

MSW Research Assistant

Haitisha Mehta
Haitisha Mehta
Doctoral Researcher
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Haitisha Mehta

Haitisha Mehta

Doctoral Researcher

Lauren Ware
Lauren Ware
 MSW Research Intern
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Lauren Ware

Lauren Ware

MSW Research Intern

Yewon Park
Yewon Park
 MSW Research Intern
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Yewon Park

Yewon Park

MSW Research Intern

Maysam Pou
Maysam Pou
 MSW Research Intern
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Maysam Pou

Maysam Pou

MSW Research Intern

Nainika Vaidya
Nainika Vaidya
 Research Assistant
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Nainika Vaidya

Nainika Vaidya

Research Assistant

Emily Loeb
Emily Loeb
 MSW Project Assistant
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Emily Loeb

Emily Loeb

MSW Project Assistant

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