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Josephine A.V. Allen

Professor Emerita

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

  • Family and Social Welfare
  • Public Policy
  • Comparative Social Welfare
  • Program Evaluation and Planning
  • Social Justice
  • Gender and Development
  • Juvenile Justice

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. (Social Welfare Administration and Policy), University of Michigan Political Science, 1979
  • M.A. (Comparative Politics), University of Michigan, 1972
  • M.S.W. (Social Welfare Administration and Policy), University of Michigan, 1970
  • A.B. (East Asian Studies ), Vassar College Political Science, 1968

Selected Publications

PubMed Listings
  • 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 Girlsin Community-based and Residential Programs.      Washington, DC:  Office of Juvenile Justice and DelinquencyPrevention.
  • Allen, J.A. (2001)."Poverty as a Form of Violence: A StructuralPerspective," Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.Volume 4, Nos. 2/3/4. Also published in Letha A. See, Ed., Violence asSeen Through a Prism of Color, Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, Inc, 2001
  • Rodriguez, E. Allen, JA, Frongillo, E., and Chandra, P. (1999).Unemployment, Depression and Health: A Look at the African AmericanCommunity. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.