Tracy Wong
Associate Professor / Deputy Undergrad Health
Health and Nutrition Sciences
Location: 4135 Ingersoll Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x6287
Fax: 718.951.4670
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Tracy Wong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences with degrees in sociology and public health. At Brooklyn she has taught Human Encounters with Death, Principles of Caring for the Terminally Ill, Personal & Community Health, Epidemiology, Principles of Health Sciences, and Directed Research at the undergraduate level. At the graduate level she has taught Intro & Advanced Health Policy, Program Evaluation in Community Health, Master's Paper, and Master's Thesis. Wong's areas of interest include trauma and loss, thanatology (death, dying and bereavement), infant mortality, immigrant populations, and low-income, minority communities. She holds a Certification in Thanatology (CT) from the Association for Death Education and Counseling, and serves as a hospice and palliative care volunteer.
Education:
Post-doctoral training, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy & Aging Research, Rutgers University - 2009
Ph.D., Graduate School & University Center (CUNY) - 2008
Areas of Expertise:
Social construction of illness, health disparities, thanatology (death, dying and bereavement), trauma and loss, race and ethnicity, immigration, maternal and child health
Books and Publications
Akinsulure-Smith, A.M., Chu, T. and L. Krivitsky. "West African immigrant perspectives on Female Genital Cutting: Experiences, attitudes and implications for mental health service providers." Journal of International Migration and Integration. doi: 10.1007/s12134-018-0544-6 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018
Akinsulure-Smith, A.M., Espinoza, A., Chu, T. and R. Hollack. "Secondary Traumatic Stress and Burnout among Refugee Resettlement Workers: The Role of Unhealthy Coping and Emotional Intelligence." Journal of Traumatic Stress Studies. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2018
Espinoza, A., Akinsulure-Smith, A.M. and T. Chu. "Trait Emotional Intelligence, Coping and Occupational Distress among Resettlement Workers." Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2018
Akinsulure-Smith, A.M and T. Chu. "Knowledge and Attitudes toward Female Genital Cutting among West African Male Immigrants in New York City." Health Care for Women International 38.5: 463-477. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2017.1294593. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017
Hackett, M. and T. Chu. "'Found' Data: Qualitative Content Analysis of Medical Examiner Records to Explore the Context of Infant Injury Deaths." SAGE Research Methods Cases. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2017
Akinsulure-Smith, A.M. and T. Chu. "Exploring Female Genital Cutting among Survivors of Torture." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 19.3: 769-773. doi: 10.1007/s10903-016-0419-x. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Akinsulure-Smith, A.M., S. Mirpuri, T. Chu, E. Keatley and A. Rasmussen. "Made in America: Parent-peer conflicts among West African immigrant families in the United States." Journal of Child and Family Studies 25.9: 2765-2777. doi:10.1007/s10826-016-0431-8. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Rasmussen, A., A.M. Akinsulure-Smith and T. Chu. "Grounded Theory." Eds. L.A. Jason and D.S. Glenwick. Handbook of Methodological Approaches to Community-based Research: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods. New York: Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2016
Chu, T. and A.M. Akinsulure-Smith. "Health Outcomes and Attitudes towards Female Genital Cutting in a Community-Based Sample of West African Immigrant Women from High-Prevalence Countries in New York City." Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma 25.1: 63-83. doi:10.1080/10926771.2015.1081663. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015
Chu, T., A. Rasmussen, A.M. Akinsulure-Smith and E. Keatley. "Exploring Community Engagement and Cultural Maintenance among Forced and Voluntary West African Immigrants in New York City." Journal of International Migration and Integration 17.3: 785-800. doi: 10.1007/s12134-015-0443-z. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015
Chu, T., M. Hackett and H. Simons. "Maternal Nativity and Sleep-related Infant Injury Deaths in New York City." Early Human Development 91.1: 13-17. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.10.005. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015
Chu, T., M. Hackett and N. Kaur. "Housing Influences among Sleep-related Infant Injury Deaths in the US." Health Promotion International 31.2: 396-404. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dav012. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015
Chu, T., M. Hackett and N. Kaur. "Exploring Caregiver Behavior and Knowledge About Unsafe Sleep Surfaces in Infant Injury Death Cases." Health Education and Behavior 42.3: 293-301. doi: 10.1177/1090198114547817. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014
Contributor. Race and Racism in the United States: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic. Eds. C. Gallagher & C.D. Lippard. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2014
Akinsulure-Smith, A.M., T. Chu, E. Keatley and A. Rasmussen. "Intimate Partner Violence Among West African Immigrants." Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma 22.2: 109-26. doi: 10.1080/10926771.2013.719592. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2013
Chu, T., A. Keller and A. Rasmussen. "Post-migration Factors as Predictors of PTSD Outcomes Among Immigrant Survivors of Political Violence." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 15.5: 890-97. doi:10.1007/s10903-012-9696-1. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2013
Crager, M., T. Chu, B. Link and A. Rasmussen. "Forced Migration and Psychotic Symptoms: An Analysis of the National Latino and Asian American Study." Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies. 11.3: 229-341. doi: 10.1080/15562948.2013.801737. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2013
Rasmussen, A., T. Chu, A.M. Akinsulure-Smith, and E. Keatley. "The Social Ecology of Resolving Family Conflict Among West African Immigrants in New York: A Grounded Theory Approach." American Journal of Community Psychology 52.1: 185-96. doi: 10.1007/s10464-013-9588-0. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2013
Rasmussen, A., A.M. Akinsulure-Smith, T. Chu and E. Keatley. "'911' Among West African Immigrants in New York City: A Qualitative Study of Disciplinary Practices and Perceptions of Child Welfare Authorities." Social Science and Medicine 75.3: 516-25. doi: 10.1016/j.socscmed.2012.03.042. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012
Rasmussen, A., M. Crager, R.E. Baser, T. Chu and F. Gany. "Onset of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depression Among Refugees and Voluntary Migrants to the United States: A Retrospective Comparison Across Migration History." Journal of Traumatic Stress 25: 1-8. doi: 10.1002/jts.21763. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012
Contributor, "Special Section: Sleep-related Injury Deaths Among Infants Younger Than One Year Old." Report From the Child Fatality Review Team: Understanding Child Injury Deaths. Eds. P. Fortin, C. Stayton, L. DiGrande, R. Yau, M. Hackett and New York City Child Fatality Review Team. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. June. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011
"United States Refugee Policy and Practices." Battleground: Immigration. Ed. J.A. Warner. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 710-21. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2009
"Colonized (Involuntary) vs. Immigrant (Voluntary) Minorities." Encyclopedia of Racism in the United States. Ed. P.G. Min. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2005
Review of Asian American Women: The Frontiers Reader. Eds. L.T. Vo, M. Sciachitano. S.H. Armitage, P. Hart and K. Weathermon. Amerasia Journal 31.3: 213-16. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2005
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (National Institutes of Health), SCORE SC2 grant for, "The Impact of Female Genital Cutting on African Immigrants." 2016-2019. Collaborator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2018
National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (National Institutes of Health), R15 AREA Program Grant, for "A Social Ecological Model of Infant Sleep Environments among Non-Hispanic Black Infants," 2015-18. Principal Investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2018
CUNY Office of Academic Affairs for "End of Life Health Professions Programs." Co-investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2016
CUNY Office of Academic Affairs for "Mental Health Consequences of Refugee Resettlement Work." Co-investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2016
CUNY Salute to Scholars (Awards and Honors) 2016
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (National Institutes of Health), R15 AREA Program Grant, for "Social Networks of West African Forced Migrants," 2014-16. Co-investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2016
CUNY Salute to Scholars (Awards and Honors) 2015
Henry Wasser Award for Outstanding Scholarship, CUNY Academy of the Humanities and Sciences. (Awards and Honors) 2015
CUNY Collaborative Incentive Research Grant, Round 21, for "Understanding Infant Sleep Environments among African American, African Immigrant and Afro-Caribbean Immigrant City-Dwellers: Towards the Development of Better Safe Sleep Interventions." (Grants and Fellowships) 2014
PSC-CUNY Research Award, Cycle 45, for "Assessing the Need for Bereavement Services: A Pilot Study of Brooklyn College and Surrounding Communities." (Grants and Fellowships) 2014
CUNY Salute to Scholars. (Awards and Honors) 2013
Professional Staff Congress -- CUNY Research Award, Cycle 43, for "Risk Factors for Sleep-related Infant Injury Deaths in NYC, 2004-10." (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
Faculty Fellowship Publication Program, CUNY Office of Recruitment and Diversity. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
Invited participant, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Connections Fourth Annual Symposium. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Princeton, N.J., June. (Awards and Honors) 2010
Professional Staff Congress -- CUNY Research Award Program, Cycle 41, for "The Role of Pre-migration Trauma and Post-migration Hardships on Mental Health Outcomes Among Latino and Asian Immigrants in the U.S." (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Mental Health Services Research, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy & Aging Research, Rutgers University, 2008-09. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
American Sociological Association -- National Institute of Mental Health Minority Fellowship Program, 2007-08. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
CUNY Writing Fellowship (appointed at the CUNY School of Law), 2007-08. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Susan Rosenberg Zalk Student Travel and Research Award, Graduate School and University Center (CUNY). (Awards and Honors) 2007
Fellow, Center for Place, Culture and Politics, Graduate School and University Center (CUNY), 2006-07. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006
National Science Foundation -- Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, 2006-07. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006
Pluralism & Diversity Taskforce Fellowship for Minority Adjunct Faculty, LaGuardia Community College (CUNY), 2006-07. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006
Research Activities
Research Consultant, Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, NYC Department of Health. Infant Injury Deaths in NYC. 2008-2016. 2016
Evaluation Consultant, Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health, NYC Department of Health, and the Fund for Public Health in NYC, Inc. CDC "Communities Putting Communities to Work" Obesity Grant - Breastfeeding Initiative in New York City Hospitals. Funded by CDC Grant #1U58DP002418-01. 2011-12. 2012
Data Collection Director & Analyst, Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health, NYC Department of Health, and the Fund for Public Health in NYC, Inc. Breastfeeding Data Collection (Richmond University Medical Center & Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, N.Y.). Funded by United Hospital Fund Grant #090607I & 080604I. 2008-10. 2010
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Akinsulure-Smith, A.M., Espinoza, A., and T. Chu. "The mental health consequences of refugee resettlement work: A pilot study of prevalence and management strategies." Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Chu, T. and A. Wolowiec. "Reactions to grief among diverse college students in New York City." Annual Conference of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA, May.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Chu, T. and A. Wolowiec. "Reactions to grief among diverse college students in New York City." Association for Death Education and Counseling's 39th Annual Conference, Portland, OR., April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Flandrick, K., Mukherjea, A., Ahonen, E, Baron, S. and T. Chu. "Exploring the health effects of precarious employment using the 2010 National Health Interview Survey." American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Hackett, M. and T. Chu. "Breaking Down "Black": African American, African, and Caribbean Mother's Approaches to Infant Sleep Practices in New York City." American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA., November.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Hackett, M. and T. Chu. "Culture, Neighborhoods & Living Conditions: Using the Socio-ecological approach to understand sleep related infant deaths in New York City." American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA., November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Hackett, M. and T. Chu. "Using participant generated photos to understand sleep-related infant injury death prevention in New York City." American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA., November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Mohamed, N., Chu, T. and A.M. Akinsulure-Smith. "Support for Female Genital Cutting among West African immigrants." United States Conference on African Immigrant & Refugee Health, Queens, NY, September. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
Gerber, E.G., A.J. Kelton and T. Chu. "Online vs. Face-to-Face: Is There a Significant Difference in Learning Outcomes?" University Teaching and Learning Showcase. Montclair University. Montclair, N.J., May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
Chu, T., A.M. Akinsulure-Smith, A. Rasmussan and E. Keatley. "'They Think We Do Drive-by's on Elephants': Rejection and Adoption of 'African' Identity by Black Youth as Experienced by African Immigrant Teens." 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. New York, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Chu, T., A.M. Akinsulure-Smith, A. Rasmussan and E. Keatley. "'They Think We Do Drive-by's on Elephants': Rejection and Adoption of 'African' Identity by Black Youth as Experienced by African Immigrant Teens." NYU Silver School of Social Work conference, "Global Health and Well-Being: The Social Work Response." New York, June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
Hackett, M., T. Chu, and N. Kaur. "Exploring Contextual Risks for Sleep-related Infant Injury Deaths in New York City, 2004-2010." 141st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Boston, November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Jeswani, S., A. Rasmussen, A.M. Akinsulure-Smith and T. Chu. "Stressors and Coping Strategies Among West African Immigrant Youth." 25th Annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference. Dayton, Ohio, June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Akinsulure-Smith, A.M., T. Chu, E. Keatley and A. Rasmussen. "Family Conflict and Community Support Among West African Refugee Families in New York." 28th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Los Angeles, November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Rasmussen, A., A.M. Akinsulure-Smith, T. Chu and E. Keatley. "The Place of Public Health Institutions Within Problem-solving Strategies of West African Families in New York City." Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture. New York, June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Akinsulure-Smith, A.M., A. Rasmussen and T. Chu. "Community Resilience Among West African Migrants to New York City." Research in Development Colloquium Series. Department of Psychology, City College (CUNY). New York, April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
Akinsulure-Smith, A.M., T. Chu and A. Rasmussen. "The West African Families Project: Preliminary Findings." Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture. New York, March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
Akinsulure-Smith, A.M., T. Chu, A. Rasmussen and E. Keatley. "The West African Families Project: Preliminary Findings and Policy Implications." Mayor's Office for Immigrant Affairs. New York, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
Rasmussen, A., T. Chu, E. Keatley and A.M. Akinsulure-Smith. "Community Resilience and Conflict Among West African Migrants to New York City." Society for Community Research and Action Biennial Conference. Chicago, June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Exotica Tibet: Ethnic Negotiations of Tibetan Survivors of Political Violence in New York City." 80th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. Boston, March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Urban Suicide." Annual Brooklyn College Science Research Retreat. Brooklyn College. May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
Rasmussen, A., A.M. Akinsulure-Smith, T. Chu and E. Keatley. "Assessing Family Conflict in West African Immigrant Families." Culturally Sensitive Assessment of Psychologically Distressed Ethnic and Non-English Speaking Populations Symposium. 163rd meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. New Orleans, May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Rasmussen, A., T. Chu, A.M. Akinsulure-Smith and E. Keatley. "The Social Ecology of Solving Family Conflict in West African Communities in New York." 9th International Conference on Urban Health. New York, October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Chu, T. and J. Friedlander. "War Neurosis and Shell Shock in the U.S., 1917-1925." Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University. New Brunswick, N.J., April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
Chu, T. and M. Hackett. "Infant Deaths in New York City: Causes and Conditions." Biannual New York City Infant Mortality Review Committee. New York, December. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
Chu, T. and M. Kowalska. "Improving Breastfeeding Support in Hospitals on Staten Island, NY." Research Seminar Series, Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
"Post-migration Immigration Status and Mental Health Outcomes Among Immigrant Survivors of Political Violence." Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University. New Brunswick, N.J., September. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Post-migration Immigration Status and Mental Health Outcomes Among Survivors of Political Violence." 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Boston, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"The Unintended Immigrant: African Survivors of Political Violence in New York City." 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. New York, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"Bodies of Discontent: The Convergence of Medicine, Race and Politics in the Prioritizing Mental Health Among Refugee Populations, 1980 to Present." 101st Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Montreal, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
"Race, Place and Immigrant Incorporation: Neighborhood Characteristics of African and Tibetan Asylum-seekers and Refugees in New York City." 76th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. Boston, February. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
"African Immigrants in NYC: A Demographic Comparison of Refugee Survivors of Torture and the Larger Immigrant Community." 35th Annual Meeting of the Association of Black Sociologists. Philadelphia, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005
"Public Health and Refugee Detention: Conflicts in the Social Construction of the 'Traumatized' Refugee." 100th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Philadelphia, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005
"The Pathology of Victimhood: Mental Health Interventions With Refugee Populations, 1980 to Present." 75th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. Washington, D.C., March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005
Professional Leadership
Brooklyn College Senator, CUNY University Faculty Senate, 2016-Present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2018
Member, Departmental Appointments Committee, 2018-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2018
Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, 2018-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2018
Chair, Departmental Search Committee, 2016-17. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2017
Chair, Departmental Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2014-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016
CUNY School of Public Health (SPH) Campus Director for Brooklyn College, 2015-2016. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2016
Member, Departmental Ad Hoc Committee to Develop B.S. in Public Health, 2014-2016. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016
Member, Departmental Graduate Health Steering Committee, 2009-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016
Member, Departmental Undergraduate Health Steering Committee, 2013-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016
Department Representative, Faculty Council, Brooklyn College, 2012-15. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2015
Member, Committee on Undergraduate Education, Eastern Sociological Society, 2015. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2015
Member, Departmental Search Committee, Nutrition, 2014-15. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2015
Organizer, regular session on "Health and Well-being." 110th Annual Meeting of the Association Sociological Association. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2015
Chair, Departmental Scholarships and Awards Committee, 2012-14. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014
Member, Departmental Academic Standing/Grade Appeal Committee, 2013-14. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014
Member, Search Committee, CUNY School of Public Health (multiple lines). (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Member, Departmental Faculty Search Committee, Nutrition (multiple lines), 2012-13. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Member, Faculty Council Committee on Graduate Standards and Admissions, Brooklyn College, 2012-13; 2013-14. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Deputy Chair, Graduate Health Programs/MPH Director, 2011-12. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2011
Member, Faculty Council Faculty-Student Disciplinary Panel. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Member, Pluralism and Diversity Taskforce, LaGuardia Community College (CUNY). (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006
Community Activities
Hospice and Vigil Volunteer, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, NY, 2017-Present. 2018
Volunteer Palliative Care Doula, Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, 2017-Present 2018
Akinsulure-Smith, A.M., T. Chu, E. Keatley and A. Rasmussen. "The West African Families Project: Preliminary Findings and Community Stakeholder Feedback." Invited presentations and stakeholder feedback sessions at community-based organizations and social service agencies serving African immigrant populations: U.S. Sierra Leonean Association (Staten Island, N.Y.); Sauti Yetu (Bronx, N.Y.); Bronx Defenders (Bronx, N.Y.); International Institute of New Jersey (Jersey City, N.J.); Sanctuaries for Families (New York); African Services Committee (New York); African Refuge (Staten Island, N.Y). 2011
Other Professional Activities
Application reviewer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars Program, 2017 & 2018. 2018
Peer reviewer (ad hoc), American Journal of Public Health, Disability Studies Quarterly, Global Public Health, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation & Mental Health; Maternal and Child Health Journal, Psychological Medicine. 2018
External grant reviewer, Professional Staff Congress - CUNY Faculty Research Awards (Sociology Panel). 2009
Discussant, Emerging Scholarship in Sociology. 3rd Annual Student Roundtable, co-sponsored by the Association of Black Sociologists (ABS) and Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS), New York. 2007
Moderator, Panel on Interdisciplinary Urban Health Studies, The University and Urban Health: Designing Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching, Research and Service Conference, New York. 2006