U. S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Centers for Disease Control (Center for Community Health Education
and Research). Principal
Investigator (2000). Process and outcome evaluation of
HIV/AIDS community action strategy for AIDS preventive education targeted to
the Haitian population in Boston.
U. S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Centers for Disease Control (Center for Community Health Education
and Research). Principal
Investigator
(1999). Process
evaluation of HIV/AIDS planning grant to develop a strategy for AIDS prevention
targeted to the Haitian population in Boston.
The Food Project. Principal Investigator (1999-2000). A comprehensive evaluation of an innovative youth and
sustainable agriculture project funded by the Kellogg Foundation. The
objective of the evaluation is to determine the degree to which the project is
effective in meeting its stated goals and to determine the elements of the
project that contribute to its success and/or shortcomings.
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Special Projects of National Significance Program (Center for Community Health Education and
Research). Principal
Investigator (1998
- 1999). An evaluation of a national aids
education and prevention site funded by the U. S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration,
Special Projects of National Significance Program. Both qualitative and
quantitative evaluation research methodologies are used in the outcome
evaluation of the Boston site. The focus of the
evaluation is on the effectiveness of culturally-oriented education and
counseling in changing health attitudes and behaviors and in preventing the
spread of AIDS in the targeted community.
Massachusetts Cultural Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Principal Investigator
(1998-2000). A
process evaluation of the YouthReach Program grantee collaborations to
determine how they are formed and maintained overtime. Information from
this multi-site, statewide evaluation will be used to provide technical
assistance to grantees to increase the benefits of collaboration.
Management Consulting Services, Common Ground Nonprofit Management Capacity Building Project. Co-Principal Investigator (1997-98). An outcome evaluation of
the project using both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
The evaluation focused on the effectiveness of Common Ground
as a training model for management capacity building. The evaluation
findings will be used to develop a long-term
training agenda for community-based nonprofit organizations.
Massachusetts Cultural Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Principal
Investigator (1997). A multi-site impact evaluation of youth projects throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts using both quantitative and
qualitative research methodologies. The purpose of the evaluation was to
determine if the projects funded under the Massachusetts Cultural Council
YouthReach Initiative are accomplishing the Initiative’s goals.
Center
for the Study of Educational Reform, Denton, Texas. Research Consultant 1995). Provided technical services to
school voucher study to determine parent attitudes, perceptions and values that
influenced the decision to enroll their children in the voucher program or to
continue sending them to attendance zone schools.
City of Dallas. Research Consultant. (1993).
Subcontractor to evaluation of fair housing initiatives in Dallas, Texas. The work scope included
conducting focus group and key informant
interviews with five stakeholder groups in housing: (1) housing clients, (2)
real estate and financial institutions, (3) nonprofit housing agencies, (4)
fair housing advocacy groups, and (5) housing policy decision makers.
University of Texas Medical
Branch. Principal Investigator (1993). Demonstration project using a
grassroots community development model for training volunteer community
outreach workers. The project objective was to train older volunteers as
community outreach health workers to assist frail elderly. The long-term
objective was to allow the frail elderly to maintain independent living in the
local community.
The
University of North Texas Sponsored Programs Principal Investigator (1991). An
evaluation of information and referral exchange and coordination among service
providers under contract with the Houston/Harris County Area Agency on Aging.
Gerontological Society of America. Principal Investigator. (1984). Summer research fellow to
study interorganizational relations between the Veterans Administration Medical
Center and health care providers of services to low-income elderly in
Memphis, TN.
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on
Aging (Scripps Foundation Gerontology Center).
Principal
Investigator (1983-84). A study of
functionally impaired black elderly in Cincinnati, Ohio and Houston, Texas to determine which factors
influence a family’s decision to select a nursing home or community based
long-term care.
U.S. Office of
Education, International Education. Principal
Investigator. (1983). Summer
Study in the Republic of Korea. Participated in a six- week
field study of urban problems and education in South Korea to develop educational exchange
partnerships between Texas Southern University and
Korean institutions of higher education .
Southern Education Foundation/ Charles Stewart Mott
Foundation.
Principal Investigator (1981). An exploratory study of the adequacy of private
pension benefits to support the family after the primary economic provider is
no longer able to work in the oil industry in
the Gulf Cost Region of Texas.
U.S. Office of
Education, International Education. Principal Investigator (1981). Summer
Study in Haiti and the Dominican
Republic. Participated in a
six- week field study of manpower training and economic development in the two
countries. The field study included lectures, site visits, and
data gathering from government agencies and universities.
U.S. Department of
Labor and the Volunteer Action Center. Co-Principal Investigator (1980). In cooperation with the Joint Center for Political Studies, Washington, D.C., conducted youth leadership
development training demonstration project with twenty-five
(25) local junior and senior high school students.
