Lin Fang
Adjunct Assistant Professor
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Lin Fang is an Associate Research Scientist and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University School of Social Work. She is also a Clinical Social Work Supervisor at Charles B. Wang Community Health Center.
Dr. Fang received her M.S.W. from Hunter College School of Social Work in 1999, and Ph.D. from Columbia University School of Social Work in 2005. Currently, Dr. Fang holds a minority investigator supplement award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to prepare her independent research on effective, culturally competent substance abuse preventions for the Asian American adolescents. Dr. Fang has focused her work on investigating the individual, familial, peer and cultural processes associated with substance use; evaluating the efficacy of a computer-mediated, family-based substance abuse prevention program; and designing and developing culturally appropriate substance abuse prevention programs for Asian American adolescents.
In addition to her research work, Dr. Fang also maintains her clinical practice at a community-based integrated mental health program and teaches clinical case evaluation and program evaluation at CUSSW.
Research Interests:
- Risk and protective factors for substance abuse among Asian American adolescents
- Family-based substance abuse prevention for minority adolescents
- Web-based substance abuse prevention program design and development
- Evidence-based practice in social work agencies
- Culturally competent mental health assessment and interventions
Selected Recent Publications:
Journal Articles
Schinke, S. P., Fang, L., & Cole, K. (in press). Substance use among early adolescent girls: Risk and protective factors. Journal of Adolescent Health.
Bellamy, J., Bledsoe, S. E., Mullen, E., Fang, L., & Manuel, J. (in press). Agency-university partnership for evidence-based practice in social work. Journal of Social Work Education.
Fang, L., & Schinke, S. P. (2007). Complementary alternative medicine use among Chinese Americans: Findings from a community mental health service population. Psychiatric Services, 58, 402-404.
Chen, H., Chung, H., Chen, T., Fang, L., & Chen, J. (2003). The emotional distress in a community after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Journal of Community Mental Health, 39, 157-165.
Chapters
Fang, L., Manuel, J., Bledsoe, S. E., & Bellamy, J. (2007). Finding existing knowledge. In R. Grinnell & Y. Unrau (Eds.), Social work research and evaluation: Quantitative and qualitative approaches (8th ed., pp. 466-480). New York: Oxford University Press.
Manuel, J., Fang, L., Bellamy, J., & Bledsoe, S. E. (2007). Evaluating existing evidence. In R. Grinnell & Y. Unrau (Eds.), Social work research and evaluation: Quantitative and qualitative approaches (8th ed., pp. 481-495).
New York: Oxford University Press.
Fang, L., & Chen, T. (2004). Community outreach and education to deal with cultural resistance to mental health services. In N. Webb (Ed.), Mass trauma and violence: Helping families and children cope (pp. 234-255). New York: Guilford Press. Last updated January 22, 2008. |
