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Faculty

Josephine A. V. Allen Professor Office: (607) 777-5873 Office Location: UDC-305 Fax: (607) 777-5683 E-mail: jaallen@binghamton.edu

Educational Background

 

• AB, political science and East Asian studies, Vassar College
• AM, political science, University of Michigan
• MSW, social work, University of Michigan
• PhD, political science and social welfare administration and policy, University of Michigan

 

Current Research Interests

 

• Analysis of domestic social welfare policy concerning children and families, juvenile justice, mental health, health, race and gender
• Comparative social welfare, empowerment, and gender and development

 

Selected Publications

Hicks, K. E., Allen, J.A. and Wright, E.M. (2005) "Building Holistic HIV/AIDS Responses in African-American Urban Faith Communities:  A Qualitative, Multiple Case Study Analysis," Journal of Family & Community Health.

Sarri, R.C., Ruffolo, M., Goodkind, S., Albertson, C. & Allen, J. (2003). Youth in Transition: A Comparative Study of Adolescent Girls in Community-based and Residential Programs. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.  

Allen, J.A. (2001). "Poverty as a Form of Violence:  A Structural Perspective," Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Volume 4, Number 2/3. Also published in Letha A. See, Ed., Violence as Seen Through a Prism of Color. Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, New York, chapter 4.  

Rodriguez, E., Allen, J.A., Frongillo, E., and Chandra, P. (1999). Unemployment, Depression and Health: A Look at the African American Community. The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.  

Allen, J.A. (1994). "Caribbean Americans." Encyclopedia of Social Work. 19th Edition. National Association of Social Workers, Washington, D.C.  

Allen, J. A. (1991). "The Roles and Status of Professional Women in Jamaica." Social Development Issues, 13 (2). Also published in Gunilla O. Bjork, Ed. Social Development in a Global Perspective.  Eskilstuna/Vasteras, Sweden: Welfare Research Center.