Biographisches

1997-2003

Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work (Ph.D.), University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Dissertation:  Mental Health Services and Foster Care Placement Change; Ann Arbor: ProQuest, UMI Dissertation Services, May 2003 (Funding: NIMH Grant R03 MH64327-01)

1988-1990

Master of Social Welfare (MSW), University of California Los Angeles

Masterthese: Ethnicity and emancipation readiness among adolescents in foster care. A secondary analysis. Unpublished Master’s Thesis, UCLA, 1990.

1986-1988

Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), Loma Linda University/Riverside, CA, summa cum laude

09/2016-

Professor Theorien und Methoden der Sozialpädagogik, Universität Kassel, Institut für Sozialwesen

2016-

Dozent, Loma Linda University, School of Behavioral Health, Loma Linda, CA, USA

1999-

Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, Children’s Hospital, San Diego 

• Affiliate Researcher seit 2013
• Research Scientist 2003-2013
• Research Associate 1999-2002

2004-2016

Professor (Tenure), Loma Linda University, Department of Social Work and Social Ecology, School of Behavioral Health 

• seit Januar 2011 – Full Professor
• 2004-2011 – Associate Professor 

Dez 2015

Gastprofessor, Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Fakultät Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften, 7.-18. Dezember

2013-2015

Gastprofessor, Universität Kassel, Institut Sozialwesen 

2010-2012

Fellowship, Implementation Research Institute, Center for Mental Health Services Research, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

2010-2012

Lehrbeauftragte, Universität Kassel, Institut für Sozialwesen

2003-2004

Assistant Professor, San Diego State University, CA, School of Social Work

1993-2002

Assistant Professor of Social Work, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA

Program Director and co-chair of Psychology Department 1996-1997

1999

Lehrbeauftragte, University of Southern California, School of Social Work, Los Angeles, CA

1992-1993

Medical Social Worker

The San Bernardino Community Hospital, San Bernardino, CA

1990-1992

Psychiatric Social Worker

Riverside County Department of Mental Health, Banning, CA

1989-1990

Clinical Social Work Intern

San Bernardino County Department of Mental Health, Colton, CA

1988-1989

Medical Social Work Intern

San Bernardino County Medical Center, San Bernardino, CA

1986

Counselor at St. Katherine’s Group Home for Boys and Girls, Corona, CA