Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, “Social Capital and Women’s Labor Force Participation: A community in Monterrey, Mexico.” (2007). Advised: Maria Luisa Martinez
Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, “Ecological Correlates of Violence Against Women.” (2005). Advised: Japheth Osia Jaoko
Dissertation Committee Member
Dissertation Committee Member, “THE LIVED EXPERINCES OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS,” Social Work. (April 21, 2022 – July 1, 2025). Advised: Ahmed Alanazi
Dissertation Committee Member, “community engaged mixed-methods approach to explore family-planning care needs and gaps among low-income foreign-born populations,” Social Work. (August 31, 2021 – July 1, 2025). Advised: Priyenjali Chackraborty
Dissertation Committee Member, “Vulnerabilities and strengths of older adults in disaster management,” Social Work. (July 1, 2021 – December 30, 2022). Advised: Zhirui Chen
Dissertation Committee Member, ““A Study on the factors influencing the status of the working poor in Europe.”,” Social Work. (January 1, 2019 – August 8, 2020). Advised: Chang Hyun Seo
Dissertation Committee Member, ““The role of digital sexual communication in the sexual health of forcibly displaced adolescents living in informal urban settlements of Kampala Uganda,” Social Work. (August 1, 2019 – January 22, 2020). Advised: Moses Akumu
Dissertation Committee Member, ““Operationalizing and conceptualizing father involvement, examining the influence of father involvement, and determining the moderating effects of maternal depression on fathering and child outcomes at middle childhood.”,” Social Work. (December 2018). Advised: Jamel Slaughter
Dissertation Committee Member, “This is America: Exploring the educational experiences of African American men,” Social Work. (January 1, 2016 – August 1, 2018). Advised: Dante Bryant
Dissertation Committee Member, ““Predicting Perceived Wellness for Cisgender Women Utilizing the Social Determinants of Health Model: Testing Group Differences between Sexual Minorities and Heterosexual Respondents”,” Social Work. (July 2018). Advised: Kris Kohn
Dissertation Committee Member, “Diabetes, depression and syndemic suffering among African American patients: the intersectionality of race, gender and class.” (2016). Advised: Pamela Lorraine Fox
Dissertation Committee Member, “Study on role stress, role perception and involvement of executives in Industries.” (2016). Advised: V.K. Subraman
Dissertation Committee Member, “Living Arrangements of Elderly in India,” Sociology and Anthropology. (2015). Advised: Ann Wilder
Dissertation Committee Member, “The impact of community resources on violent and property crimes.” (2015). Advised: Kingsley Chigbu
Dissertation Committee Member, “Testing the mediating effects of resilience and mental health on the relationship between acculturative stress and binge drinking among international students.” (2015). Advised: Youn Kyoung Kim
Dissertation Committee Member, “Resilience in Families of Children who have Disabilities.” (2014). Advised: Janet Appleby
Dissertation Committee Member, “Communication in Combat through the Optics of Internal Working Models.” (2014). Advised: Warren Ponder
Dissertation Committee Member, “Suicide among Korean adolescents.” (2014). Advised: Yi Jin Kim
Dissertation Committee Member, “Professional preparation and practices of child custody evaluators: a comparative study of masters-level and doctoral-level practitioners.” (2013). Advised: Aaron Robb
Dissertation Committee Member, “Systemic components of care that affect self-sufficiency for Youth Transitioning out of Foster Care.” (2013). Advised: Amy Strong-Blakeney
Dissertation Committee Member, “The Reintegration Experiences of ex-Child Soldiers in Liberia.” (2013). Advised: Gracie Brownell
Dissertation Committee Member, “Ecological factors associated with the Academic Achievement of African Americans.” (2013). Advised: Latoya Smith-Jones
Dissertation Committee Member, “Geography of Disability: An Analysis of the Socio-Economic Levels of Two Metropolitan Area; Monterrey, Nuova leone and Dallas, Texas.” (2013). Advised: Sylviya Pavlov Nikolova
Dissertation Committee Member, “Deterrent Effects of Reliable Structured Decision-making Protocols on Spouse Abuse Perpetration and Re-offense in the U.S.army.” (2013). Advised: Tyler Dumas
Dissertation Committee Member, “The Impact of sprawl on transportation energy consumption and transportation footprint in large US cities.” (2012). Advised: Leila Ahmadi
Dissertation Committee Member, “The individual and collective effect of us colonialism in Puerto Rico: A scale construction and validation, with implications for social work education and practice.” (2011). Advised: Maria de Lourder Martinez
Dissertation Committee Member, “Evaluation of a Web-phone Intervention System on Preventing Smoking Relapse.” (2010). Advised: Brian Peng Wu-Der
Dissertation Committee Member, “Flourishing Among Japanese Immigrants and Sojourners in Texas : Social Capital and Acculturation.” (2010). Advised: Sachi Ando
Dissertation Committee Member, “Acculturation, Ethnic Identity, Resilience, Self-Esteem ad General Well-Being: A Psychosocial Study of Colombians in the United States.” (2008). Advised: Candy Madrigal
Dissertation Committee Member, “Key competences and academic achievement in Mexican High School Technological Education.” (2008). Advised: Jose Antonio Arevalo-Leon
Dissertation Committee Member, “Abuse, trauma, and social bonding in the etiology of female delinquency.” (2008). Advised: Luis Laster
Dissertation Committee Member, “The Stress of Caregiving : Factors Impacting Family Caregivers Following Entry of the Care Recipient Into a Nursing Home.” (2008). Advised: Rebecca Gean Judd
Dissertation Committee Member, “An Ecological Study of Resilient Attitudes and PTSD in Victims of Intimate Partner Violence.” (2008). Advised: Yolanda Owens
Dissertation Committee Member, “A Causal Analysis of Developmental Assets, Behaviors and Delinquency Among Hispanic Youth in Texas.” (2007). Advised: Jackson Carvalho
Dissertation Committee Member, “A Study of Continuing Bonds and their Impact on Life Attitudes in Parents of Murdered Children.” (2006). Advised: Marcy Haag
Dissertation Committee Member, “The Ecological Correlates of Child Protective Services Involved Mothers With Alcohol or Drug Disorders.” (2006). Advised: Mary Jo Alverez-Rodriguez
Dissertation Committee Member, “The Moderating Effects of Leadership, Cohesion and Social Support on the Relationship Between Stress in Combat and Psychological Well-being of Soldiers Participating in Combat Operations in Iraq.” (2005). Advised: Nathan Keller
Dissertation Committee Member, “Reduction of Anomie through the Use of Say it Straight Training.” (2004). Advised: Thomas Wood
Dissertation Committee Member, “Street Children and Social Capital in the Mezzo system.” (2003). Advised: Christine Ferguson
Dissertation Committee Member, “Childhood Abuse and Adult Spirituality: An Exploratory Study.” (2003). Advised: Michael Prior
Dissertation Committee Member, ““Learning Styles and Preferred Mode of Delivery of Adult Learners in Web Based, Class room, And Blended Training”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 2003). Advised: David McPheely
Dissertation Committee Member, ““Fertility behaviour of Working Women in Chidambaram Town, Cuddalore district.”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 2002). Advised: Vijayalaksmi Ja
Dissertation Committee Member, ““The Clinical Assessment of Attachment Disorder in Children 3-13: An Evaluation of the Attachment Disorder Scale”.” (May 2001). Advised: Sherry Fairchild-Kienlen
Dissertation Committee Member, Sociology and Anthropology. (May 2001). Advised: Susan Burke
Dissertation Committee Member, “Women Entrepreneurs in Ernakulam District, Kerala- An Analytical Study”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 2001). Advised: Susan Thomas
Dissertation Committee Member, “Role of Health Care in Reducing Maternal Mortality in the Developing World.”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 2000). Advised: Cynthia Cook
Dissertation Committee Member, ““A Study on the Awareness of Legal Rights of Women”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 2000). Advised: Janaki V
Dissertation Committee Member, “V,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 2000). Advised: Lisa Freeland
Dissertation Committee Member, ““Work family – responsiveness in Organizations: The Influence of Resource Dependence and Institutionalization on Program Adaptation”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 2000). Advised: Paul Ruggiere
Dissertation Committee Member, “Academic Dishonesty: Attitudes and Behaviors of Fundamentalist Christian College Students.”,” Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. (May 2000). Advised: William Sunday
Dissertation Committee Member, ““Factors Affecting Household Disaster Preparedness”.,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1999). Advised: Michael Dore
Dissertation Committee Member, ““A Study of differences perceived by information systems professionals in the systems development job environment dye to the use of ICASE technology.”,” Dean’s Office. (May 1997). Advised: Lori Kim Troboy
Dissertation Committee Member, “.“A model of spring break travel among university students.”,” Dean’s Office. (May 1997). Advised: Susan Pottorff
Dissertation Committee Member, ““International economic dependency and human development in third world countries”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1996). Advised: Mohammed Reza Javidan Darugar
Dissertation Committee Member, ““A case study of faculty and student perceptions of a campus wide computer net work at a small liberal arts college.”,” Dean’s Office. (May 1996). Advised: Peter Morgan
Dissertation Committee Member, “Old age support and the well-being of the elderly in the people’s republic of China.”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1996). Advised: Xiaomei Pei
Dissertation Committee Member, ““The state of democracy in the Arab World.”,” Political Science. (May 1995). Advised: Muhammad Olimat
Dissertation Committee Member, ““Determinants and outcomes of salespeople’s coping style”.,” Dean’s Office. (May 1995). Advised: Rajesh Srivastava
Dissertation Committee Member, “Development and testing of a resource-based theory of international entry mode choice”.,” Dean’s Office. (May 1995). Advised: Varinder Sharma
Dissertation Committee Member, “AIDS and aging: are the elderly becoming the new at-risk population?,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1994). Advised: Annette Marie Allen
Dissertation Committee Member, “. “Patronage behavior of elderly consumers in the purchase of pharmaceuticals with teaching and learning implications for American higher education.”,” Dean’s Office. (May 1993). Advised: Barbara Oates
Dissertation Committee Member, ““The political leadership crisis and violation of human rights in the Arab world: a study of the ruler ship of the Arab Countries, 1970-1990”,” Political Science. (May 1993). Advised: Mohammed Benruwin
Dissertation Committee Member, ““The developmentally disabled elderly in Canada: access to health care and social services.”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1992). Advised: Calvin Easterling
Dissertation Committee Member, ““ The rise and fall of military regimes in the Sudan 1956-1989.”,” Political Science. (May 1992). Advised: Hassan Elhag Ali Ahmed
Dissertation Committee Member, ““ A critical examination and analysis of the differences of perception in level of marital satisfaction among Nigerian couples in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.”,” Dean’s Office. (May 1992). Advised: Johnson Omoni
Dissertation Committee Member, ““Adolescent fertility and quality of life in Cameroun”.,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1992). Advised: Paulina Khumba
Dissertation Committee Member, “Population policy implementation and evaluation in less industrialized countries.”,” Political Science. (May 1992). Advised: Rangsima Sirrangssi
Dissertation Committee Member, “An exploratory examination of the profitability impact of quality dimensions for consumer goods and industrial capital goods: a PIMS based analysis,” Marketing. (May 1991). Advised: Ajay Menon
Dissertation Committee Member, ““International advertising: a content analysis of cross-cultural differences.,” Dean’s Office. (May 1991). Advised: Bob Cutler
Dissertation Committee Member, “Social factors in adolescent suicidal ideation and behavior,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1991). Advised: Ian Jones
External Committee Member
External Committee Member, ““ Digital Literacy and Women Entrepreneurship in Pakistan.’’,” Sociology and Anthropology. (April 11, 2024 – April 12, 2024). Advised: Ms. Sohima Naveed
External Committee Member, “Male Migrants and Sexual Risk Behavior: A Case Study of Rawalpindi District,” Sociology and Anthropology. (January 1, 2024 – January 2, 2024). Advised: Mumraiz Khan
External Committee Member, “Evaluated : “Ghar Aur Bahr: Changing Notions of Home and Beyond in the Lives of Women in Post Earthquake Balakot .,” Social Work. (December 2022 – December 28, 2023). Advised: Ms. Tabassum Rehmani
External Committee Member, “Evaluated : Gender Inclusive Active Citizenship in Pakistan: Role of Facebook,” Sociology and Anthropology. (November 22, 2023). Advised: Mr. Sajjad Haider
External Committee Member, ““A Comparative Study of Jirga and Judiciary System in Pakistan: A Case Study on Bahadur Khan Village, Attock.”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (October 10, 2023 – November 10, 2023). Advised: Samra Iqbal
External Committee Member, ““Migration: A Case of Neo-Citizenry in Pothohar.’’,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 23, 2023). Advised: Ms. Mahwish Hussain
External Committee Member, “Dispute Resolution: Perception and Practices in informal justice system (A case study of Fatehpur village, District Larkana).I was tasked with the evaluation of Mr Jamil Ahmed dissertation “Dispute Resolution: Perception and Practices in informal justice system (A case study of Fatehpur village, District Larkana).” He is a student at Quaid-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. This was a short rerm assignment,” Sociology and Anthropology. (April 11, 2022 – June 20, 2022). Advised: KS Venkaswaran
External Committee Member, “”Shared religious spaces in Sindh” I was tasked with evaluating and providing feed back to Mr Mohbatali Shah on his dissertation Gender ‘Shared religious spaces in Sindh’ Dept of Sociology and Anthropology at Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan,” Sociology and Anthropology. (January 23, 2022 – May 16, 2022). Advised: Mohbatali Shah
External Committee Member, “Identity politics in Pakistan: An ethnographic study of Dalit activism in Sindh. I was tasked with the PhD thesis Evaluation by Foreign Examiner (S) Name of Candidate: Mr. Ghulam Hussain, Department: Department of Anthropology, Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences, Title of PhD Thesis: “Identity Politics in Pakistan: An Ethnographic Study of Dalit Activism in Sindh.,” Sociology and Anthropology. (August 12, 2021 – January 25, 2022). Advised: Ghulam Hussain
External Committee Member, “Gender Portrayal in Rajput songs. “I was tasked with the evaluation and providing feed back on Mr Atifa Durani , Dept. of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad – Pakistan,” Sociology and Anthropology. (October 4, 2021 – December 22, 2021). Advised: Atifa Durani
External Committee Member, “Lived Experiences of Women with Breast Cancer and Their Care Givers: An Anthropological Perspective,” Sociology and Anthropology. (October 10, 2020 – July 1, 2021). Advised: Athiya Bibi
External Committee Member, “Evaluation of urban renewal programs in JnURM for sustainable urban development in India,” Architecture. (February 1, 2014 – September 15, 2015). Advised: W Issac
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, “Urbanization Versus Sanitation: Exploring the Effectiveness of Social Indicators on Reducing the Infant Mortality Rate in Developing Countries.” (2015). Advised: Leslie Andringa
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, “The Influence of Domestic Violence on the Reproductive Health of Women: A Study from India.” (2014). Advised: Pallavi Acharya
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, “Text Analysis of Social Development as a Concept.” (2014). Advised: Shamsun Nahar
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, “Analysis of several factors contributing to increased fertility rates in India: Religion as compared to education a.” (2013). Advised: Victoria Highland
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, “Urban-Rural difference of women’s age at marriage in Yemen-1997.” (2012). Advised: Nivisha Shah
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, “Urban-rural differences in the use of modern contraceptives among the people in the Republic of Yemen-1997.” (2012). Advised: Vivin Thomas
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, “Understanding and promoting the notion of sustainable development in countries of the developing world.” (2011). Advised: Aminata Wurie
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, “Social Development and Social Work: The Case of Female Genital Mutilation.”,” Social Work. (August 2009). Advised: Bruce Josephson
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, ““Underlying causes of Forced Displacement”,” Social Work. (May 2009). Advised: Bonita Sharma
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, ““Curriculum Content in Social Work Education For Issues of the Elderly”,” Social Work. (May 2003). Advised: Jacquelyn Walker
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, ““Religion and Maternal Mortality: Implications for social Work.”,” Social Work. (May 2003). Advised: Lucinda Bacelli
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, “Reproductive decision making among couples in Kitwe, Zambia: agreement and conflict”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1998). Advised: Judy Wilson
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, ““Determinants of refugee production: An explorative Analysis.”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1998). Advised: Liza Zotterelli
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, ““Infertility and health consequences in Zambia”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1998). Advised: Thankom Sunil
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, ““Fostering of children in Zambia.”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1996). Advised: Afaque Ahmad
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, “An examination of strain among community police officers in Northumbria, England.”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1994). Advised: Joel Humburg
Master’s Thesis Committee Chair, ““Sexual behavior among secondary school going adolescent women in Zambia.”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1992). Advised: Karen Palka
Master’s Thesis Committee Member
Master’s Thesis Committee Member, “Lifetime Alcohol Misuse Prevalence Rates among Sexual Offenders Currently Enrolled in Outpatient Sex Offender Treatment.” (2012). Advised: James Foster
Master’s Thesis Committee Member, “An exploratory study of sex selective abortion among Indian migrants,” Social Work. (September 1, 2010). Advised: Jill Tucker
Master’s Thesis Committee Member, “Emotional incest as a contributor to sexual addiction,” Social Work. (May 2003). Advised: Willaim Adams
Master’s Thesis Committee Member, “An investigation of the Dallas Child Fatality Review Team,” Social Work. (May 2002). Advised: Barnes Sarah
Master’s Thesis Committee Member, “The emergence of the new capitalist ethic,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1997). Advised: Jon Cordas
Master’s Thesis Committee Member, “AIDS preventive behavior among Taiwanese university students,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1997). Advised: Ya-Chein Wang
Master’s Thesis Committee Member, “Ethnic identity: An examination of Hispanic International University students.” (May 1996). Advised: Minerva Correa
Master’s Thesis Committee Member, ““Job Involvement in Self-Managed Work Team Environment: An Integrated Model.”.” (May 1996). Advised: Mohammed Uddin
Master’s Thesis Committee Member, “International Auto theft: and exploratory research of the property offender and the organizational crime process in the US/Mexico border,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1996). Advised: Rosalva Resendiz
Master’s Thesis Committee Member, “Adolescent pregnancy: voices heard in the everyday lives of pregnant teenagers,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1995). Advised: Sonia Oveido
Master’s Thesis Committee Member, “Traditionalism and the abused,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1995). Advised: Suzanne Neal
Master’s Thesis Committee Member, “Service delivery in organizations for the mentally retarded.”,” Sociology and Anthropology. (May 1993). Advised: Jennifer Evans
Other
External examiner/evaluator supporting dissertation, “”Practices and perceptions of Bureaucratic corruption in Pakistan” I was tasked with the evaluation of Mr Syed Abdul Akbar Shah’s dissertation titled “Practices and Perceptions of Bureaucratic corruption: An Ethnography of Land Administration in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”. Dept of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University. Pakistan,” Sociology and Anthropology. (August 4, 2022 – October 3, 2022). Advised: Syed Akbar Shaw
External examiner, “Dynamics of Pakhtun Culture and the Process of Pakistani Nation-Building in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,,” Sociology and Anthropology. (October 11, 2020 – April 1, 2021). Advised: Danish Ahmed