Experts Directory: Family and Child: Teens and Adolescence
Moshoula Capous-Desyllas
Department of Sociology
Office: (818) 677-3594
Email: moshoula@csun.edu
Languages: Greek, Spanish
- Clinical social work practices with children and youth
- Clinical social work practices with veterans
- Use of arts-based research methodologies as a form of activist for social justice
- Use of arts-based research methodologies to highlight the voices of marginalized individuals, groups & communities
- Community-based, photovoice projects with marginalized populations
- The power of the arts for individual and collective healing
- Visual sociology
- Public sociology
- Social welfare and social justice
- Anti-racist and anti-oppressive practice
- Intersectional feminist and queer theory
- Sex work/ sex trade
- Immigration/transnational migration
- Refugees/asylum seekers
- LGBTQ+ Children & Youth
Ronald M. Borczon
Department of Music
Director, Music Therapy Clinic
work: (818) 677-3174 / 3184
email: rborczon@csun.edu
- Music therapy
- Music therapy with adult and adolescent psychiatric clients
- Music therapy with developmentally disabled clients
- Music therapy with various populations
- Music therapy for victims of disasters
Learn more about Ronald M. Borczon:
- CSUN Music Therapy Graduate Rekindles Hope for Grieving Children at the Dee Dee Jackson Foundation
- Music Therapy Student Hits All the Right Notes
Shu-Sha Angie Guan
Department of Child and Adolescent Development
work: (818) 677-7249
email: angie.guan@csun.edu
- The ways social contexts (e.g. relationships, culture and technology/digital media) affect mental and physical well-being, particularly among ethnic minority and immigrant adolescents and young adults
- Cultural psychology
- Immigrant experiences
- Language brokering (immigrant translation/interpretation)
- Social support
- Digital/social media
Learn more about Shu-Sha Angie Guan:
Discrimination During Teen Years Can Have Health Repercussions Later in Life
Virginia Huynh
Department of Child and Adolescent Development
work: (818) 677-7727
email: virginia.huynh@csun.edu
Adolescence among ethnic minority and immigrant children
Learn more about Virginia Huynh:
- CSUN Prof: Discrimination Impacts Health & Substance Abuse Within Families
- CSUN Professor Finds Few Studies Look at the Well-Being of LGB Youth of Color
- CSUN Prof Studies How Social Status Can Affect a Teen's Health
- Discrimination During Teen Years Can Have Health Repercussions Later in Life
- Money, Family Obligations & Discrimination Hamper Student's College Dreams
- CSUN Professor's Study Links Even Minor Forms of Discrimination to Teen Sleep Loss
- The Changing Face of Racism (video)
Roxanne Moschetti
Department of Child and Adolescent Development
work: (818) 677-5052
email: roxanne.moschetti@csun.edu
- First-generation college students
- Emerging adulthood and developmental transitions
- Social networks
- Social capital and the academic
- Social issues during the transition into college
Scott W. Plunkett
Department of Psychology
work: (818) 677-7480
email: scott.plunkett@csun.edu
- Program evaluation
- Parenting/family dynamics
- Neighborhood, family, school and peer influences on adolescent development (ethnic minorities)
- Gender differences
- Non-verbal communication
- Parenting education
- Communication and conflict resolution
Carrie L. Saetermoe
Department of Psychology
work: (818) 677-3506
email: carrie.saetermoe@csun.edu
- Developmental psychology
- Pediatric psychology
- Ethnic dimensions of adolescent disability and transition to adulthood
- Pediatric oncology patients
- Aging
- Disability
- Welfare reform and children’s well-being
Learn more about Carrie L. Saetermoe:
- CSUN Psychologists Create Roadmap for Educators Who Strive to be Antiracist
- BUILD PODER Continues to Fight Inequity at 2107 Youth Empowerment Day
- BUILD PODER Celebrates Two Years of Increasing Diversity in Research
- NIH Awards CSUN $22 Million to Enhance Diversity in Biomedical Workforce
Steven Sherry
Department of Social Work
work: (818) 677-6421
email: steven.sherry@csun.edu
- Child and adolescent psychotherapy
- Trauma-based therapy
- Emotional disturbance in children
- School-based mental health
- Child welfare and mental health
W. David Wakefield
Department of Child and Adolescent Development
work: (818) 677-5926
email: david.wakefield@csun.edu
- Ethnic and racial socialization of minority youth
- Children and teens’ understanding of race and ethnicity
- Minority adolescents’ experience with racism and discrimination
- Bridging the achievement gap between ethnic minority and white students
- Adolescent peer relationships (friendships)
- Adolescent/young adult risk taking behavior
- Bullying
- Childhood aggression
- First-generation college students pursuing graduate/professional degrees
Learn more about David Wakefield:
David Wakefield: Following His Dream to Bridge the Achievement Gap
Scott M. Williams
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
work: (818) 701-6898
email: scott.m.williams@csun.edu
- Marriages
- Family
- Adolescent development
- Human sexuality
- Children with special needs i.e., autism
- Author: “My Family: Past, Present and Future”
Learn more about Scott M. Williams: