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Faculty Research and Dissemination Efforts Related to IIDEA
These are a few of the faculty who have been highlighted this year for their research or dissemination efforts related to IIDEA. To read about additional faculty whose research focuses on IIDEA, go to socialwork.rutgers.edu.
Edward Alessi’s Research
Edward Alessi is an associate professor at Rutgers School of Social Work and Chancellor’s Scholar of LGBTQ Mental Health, Trauma, and Resilience. Dr. Alessi's research and scholarly interests include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) mental health issues and clinical social work practice, and his research aims to improve (a) understanding of stress and trauma among sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations, and (b) enhance clinical practice with SGM and other marginalized populations. Dr. Alessi gives a glimpse into some of the research relating to Inclusion, Intersectionality, Diversity, Equity and Advancement (IIDEA) that he’s recently conducted. To read more about his research related to IIDEA, click on this link.
Karun K. Singh’s Research
Karun K. Singh is a professor of teaching at Rutgers School of Social Work. His teaching, research, and scholarly interests focus on multidisciplinary nonprofit and public human services management, collaborative strategic planning, fundraising and marketing, social entrepreneurship, and microaggressions prevention. He is the co-chair of the New Jersey and the New York City Chapters of the Network for Social Work Management (NSWM). He also serves as an editorial advisory board member of Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership, & Governance, currently the only social work journal focused on improving the capacity and performance of human service and health care organizations worldwide through high-level research. Dr. Singh teaches advanced-level courses in the Management and Policy (MAP) specialization such as Management, Practice, and Theory, Program Development and Strategic Planning, and Fundraising and Marketing, as well as Diversity and Oppression, a foundation-level course. He is a faculty affiliate at the Center for Leadership and Management. To read more about his research related to IIDEA, click on this link.
Gabriel Robles’ Research
Dr. Gabriel Robles (he/él) is a clinical social worker, assistant professor at the School of Social Work, and the Chancellor’s Scholar for Inclusive Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health at Rutgers. Dr. Robles conducts research focused on substance use prevention and sexual health among sexual and gender minorities (SGM) with a strong interest in addressing health inequities among Latinx SGM populations. He examines how cultural values, institutional and interpersonal support, and intersecting identities can serve as resiliency factors in mitigating negative health outcomes. Dr. Robles additionally examines the role that family and romantic/sexual partners play in the health and wellbeing of sexual and gender minorities. To read more about his research related to IIDEA, click on this link.
