Selected Publications and Presentations

Refereed Publications

2006   Two-year Outcomes of Treatment for Methamphetamine Use. In Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 38(4), SARC Suppl. 3: 415-426.  [with first and second authors M.L. Brecht and L. Greenwell, and fourth author M.D. Anglin]

2004    Methamphetamine Use Behaviors and Gender Differences.  In Journal of Addictive Behaviors 29(1):89-106. [with first and second authors M.L. Brecht and L. Greenwell]

2002    Use Ecology and Drug Use Motivations of Methamphetamine Users
Admitted to  Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities in Los Angeles: An
Emerging Profile.  In Journal of Addictive Diseases [American Society for
Addiction Medicine] 21(1):45-60. [with second and third authors M.L. Brecht
and M.D. Anglin]

2002   Differences Between Ecstasy-Using and Non-Using Methamphetamine Users.  In Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 34(2):215-223. [with first author M.L. Brecht]

2000   Predictors of Relapse After Treatment for Methamphetamine Use.   In
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 32(2): 211-219.   [first, third authors: M.L.
Brecht and M.D. Anglin]

Applied Technical Reports (Education and Health Research)

2006   A Qualitative Study of Northridge Academy High School Student Teacher
Candidates¹ and Cooperating Teachers¹ Spring 2006 Survey Responses. Teachers
For a New Era. [with first author S. Scheld and third author B. Ericson]

2006   A Qualitative Study of Northridge Academy High School Student Teacher
Candidates¹ And Cooperating Teachers¹ Fall 2005 Survey Responses. Teachers
For a New Era. [with first author S. Scheld and third author B. Ericson]

2006   Multidisciplinary Institutional Portfolios: Reciprocal Professional
Development.  Teachers for a New Era. [with first and second authors I.
Barnard and P. Phillips]

2004    Children United With Buddies (CUBS), Mothers with HIV/AIDS: A
Qualitative Content  Analysis of Parent-Child Focus Group Interventions.
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute.
 

Selected Conference Papers and Posters

2007    Health and Gatekeeping in Adoptions from China. Paper. Presented as part of panel entitled ³Chinese Migrations: Contributions and Consequences for a New World Order.² Dimensions of International Migration [International Research Conference Œ07], California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Pomona, CA. April 2007.

2007   What¹s At Stake: Brokering Understanding Among Diverse Stakeholders in Applied/Practice Settings. Panel discussion session organized and moderated for the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Psychological Anthropology. Manhattan Beach, CA.March 2007.

2005   An Unintended Legacy of Finland¹s 19th Century Fennomania Movement: A Cohesive Finnish Immigrant Community in Los Angeles. Paper. Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC. December 1, 2005.

2005   Alcohol, Free Will and Social Control in Finland. Paper. Annual
Meeting for the Society for Applied Anthropology. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
April 7, 2005.

2004   Qualitative Research Methods Used in Anthropological Studies of Drug and Alcohol Use. Paper. Pre-Symposium Workshop on Qualitative Research Methods in Alcohol and Drug Research, Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium, Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol, May 31, 2004.

2003   Kaamosmasennus [Polar Night Gloom] in Finland: Seasonal Effects on Affect in the Circumpolar North. Poster. Annual Meeting of the American
Anthropological Association, Chicago, November 2003.

2003   Through the Drinking Glass Darkly: Seasonal Fluctuation in
Intoxication and Emotion in Finland. Poster. Biennial Meeting of the Society
for Psychological Anthropology, San Diego, April 2003.

2003   Social and Cultural Aspects of Alcohol Consumption in Finland. Paper. Annual Joint Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology and Society for Medical Anthropology, Portland, March 2003.

2002   Environmental and Context Variables Affecting Adolescent Substance
Abuse: A Finland/United States Comparison. Paper. Annual Joint Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology and Society for Medical Anthropology, Atlanta, March 2002.

2001   Patient Perspectives on Substance Abuse Treatment in California.
Paper. China/UK HIV-AIDS Prevention and Care Conference, Beijing, China,
January 2001.  [Note: co-authored with second author M.L. Brecht]