The Oxford Handbook of Acculturation and Health
Edited by Seth J. Schwartz and Jennifer Unger
Author Information
Seth J. Schwartz is Professor of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. His research focuses on personal and cultural identity among diverse groups of adolescents and emerging adults, as well as acculturative processes among immigrants, and the effects of these identity and cultural processes on health outcomes.
Jennifer B. Unger is Professor of Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the psychosocial and cultural influences on health behaviors, tobacco regulatory science, entertainment-education approaches to health promotion for low-literacy populations, and dissemination of health information through social media.
Contributors:
Ana F. Abraído-Lanza
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
New York, NY
Aimee Afable-Munsuz
Department of Community Health Sciences
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
Carmela Alcántara
Department of Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Margarita Alegría
Cambridge Health Alliance
Harvard Medical School
Somerville, MA
Martica Bacallao
School of Social Welfare
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS;
North Carolina Youth Violence Prevention Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Tara G. Bautista
College of Nursing and Health Innovation
Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ
Davida Becker
Kaiser Permanente
Los Angeles, CA
Verónica Benet-Martínez
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain;
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
Catalonia, Spain
Javiera Benitez Gibbons
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
John W. Berry
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Moscow, Russia
Dina Birman
School of Education
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Ricky Blumenthal
Department of Preventive Medicine
University of South California Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Richard Y. Bourhis
Department of Psychology
Université du Québec à Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Thuy Bui
Alliant University
Alhambra, CA
Leopoldo J. Cabassa
School of Social Work
Columbia University;
New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York, NY
Raul Caetano
Prevention Research Center
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Oakland, CA
Daniela Castillo Onetto
Fundación San Carlos de Maipo
Providenica, Chile
Richard C. Cervantes
Behavioral Assessment, Inc.
Beverly Hills, CA
Cheryl Cherpitel
Alcohol Research Group
Emeryville, CA
Corinne David-Ferdon
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Joaquim de Castro
Department of Psychology
Fernando Pessoa University
Porto, Portugal
Marina M. Doucerain
Department of Psychology
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Cindy D. Estevez
Department of Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Caroline B.R. Evans
North Carolina Youth Violence Prevention Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Gail M. Ferguson
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL
Karen R. Flórez
RAND Corporation
Santa Monica, CA
Felipe González Castro
College of Nursing and Health Innovation
Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ
Lauren Gulbas
School of Social Work
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Carolina Hausmann-Stabile
College of Public Health
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Nazanin M. Heydarian
Department of Psychology
The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX
Maria Isabel Hombrados Mendieta
Departamento de Psicología Social, Trabajo Social, Antropología Social
y Estudios de Asia Oriental
Universidad de Málaga.
Málaga, Spain
Allyson S. Hughes
Department of Psychology
The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX
Joyce P. Lee
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Richard M. Lee
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
P. Priscilla Lui
Department of Psychological Sciences
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Alan Meca
Department of Public Health Science
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Miami, FL
Shawn N. Mendez
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL
Taciano L. Milfont
Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Lourdes M. Molleda
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Annie Montreuil
Department of Psychology
Université du Québec à Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sandra Oviedo Ramirez
Department of Psychology
The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX
J. Rubén Parra-Cardona
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Eliseo Perez-Stable
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, D.C.
Brandy Piña-Watson
Psychological Sciences
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
Miguel Pinedo
Alcohol Research Group
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Ype H. Poortinga
Department of Psychology
Tilburg University
Tilburg, the Netherlands
Guillermo Prado
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Ana Quevedo Terán
Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Lauren G. Reinke
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
Andrea Romero
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Floyd Rudmin
Department of Psychology
University of Tromsø
Tromsø, Norway
Andrew G. Ryder
Department of Psychology
Concordia University;
Jewish General Hospital
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sara M. St. George
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Lawrence M. Scheier
Positive Psychology Center
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Seth J. Schwartz
Department of Public Health Sciences
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Norman Segalowitz
Department of Psychology
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada;
School of Psychology and Counseling
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
Rachel C. Shelton
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
New York, NY
Paul Richard Smokowski
School of Social Welfare
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS;
North Carolina Youth Violence Prevention Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Steve Sussman
Department of Preventive Medicine
University of South California Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Nancy Stroupe
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Cara C. Tomaso
Department of Psychology
Smith College
Northampton, MA
Alisia G. T.T. Tran
Department of Counseling and Psychology
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Steve P. Tran
Department of Health Development and Family Studies
University of Illinois and Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Jennifer Tsai
Department of Preventive Medicine
University of South California Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer B. Unger
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Fons J.R. van de Vijver
Department of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Tilburg University
Tilburg, the Netherlands
Denise C. Vidot
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Bo Wang
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Nanjing University
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Colleen Ward
Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Byron L. Zamboanga
Department of Psychology
Smith College
Northampton, MA
Luis Zayas
School of Social Work
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Sarah Zemore
Alcohol Research Group
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA