Linton (Bean) Curriculum Vitae 4
KRISTEN F LINTON (BEAN)
School of Social Work, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Box 455032, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5032
(702) 895-2903
EDUCATION
2012 Ph.D. Social Work, Arizona State University, May 2012
2009 M.A. Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, June 2009
Graduate Certificate in Health Administration and Policy
2006 BSW, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, June 2006
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2014- Present Assistant Professor School of Social Work
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2012- 2014 Assistant Professor Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work
University of Hawai’i at Manoa
2009- 2012 Adjunct Professor School of Social Work
College of Public Programs
Arizona State University
GRANTS AND FUNDED RESEARCH
Principal Investigator
Improving Services for Asian Americans with Brain Injuries
Professional Development Opportunity
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work
Duration of the study: 1/2013 - 12/2013 Total: $15,500
Principal Investigator
Impact of a Local Program to End Homelessness
Graduate Research Support Program
Arizona State University
Duration of the study: 11/2011 - 5/2012 Total: $500
Principal Investigator
Educational and Behavioral Outcomes of African American Children with Disabilities
Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center
Duration of the study: 9/2010-5/2012 Total: $4000
Principal Investigator
Social Enterprise and Employment of People with Disabilities
Challenges Innovator Grant
Arizona State University
Duration of the study: 5/2010 - 4/2011 Total: $2000
GRANT SUBMISSIONS
Principal Investigator
Testing a SFBT Promotora Intervention for Hispanics with Traumatic Brain Injuries
Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association Research Award
Submitted June 2014
Pending Total requested: $5,000
Consultant (PI: Richard Linton, Psy.D.)
A Peer Support Collaborative Addressing Foreign Human Trafficking in California
Office of Refugee Resettlement- HHS-2014-ACF-ORR-ZV-0773
Submitted April 2014
Pending Total requested: $4.2 million
Behavioral Specialist (PI: Earl Hishinuma, Ph.D.)
Injury Control and Prevention Research Center of Hawai‘i
Centers for Disease Control- RFA-CE-14-001
Submitted October 2013
Priority Score 36/90 Total requested: $4.5 million
Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Bum Jung Kim, Ph.D.)
Global Social Justice: East Asian Social Policy Network Conference
Diversity and Equity Initiative- University of Hawaii at Manoa
Submitted October 2013 Total requested: $1000
Not funded
Principal Investigator
Supporting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with Brain Injuries
National Institutes of Health U18
Submitted July 2013
Scored 4.31/9 Total requested: $1.5 million
Principal Investigator
Work-Integrated Social Enterprises and People with Disabilities.
Disability Policy Research Emerging Investigator Award Program.
Submitted proposal February 2013.
Scored 68.7/100 Total requested: $30,000
Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Stephanie Hayner-Kolakowsky)
Improving Services for Asian Americans with Brain Injuries.
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Submitted December 2012
Scored 5/9 Total requested: $1.5 million
OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Co-Principal Investigator
08/2012-06/2014
The Queen’s Medical Center
Honolulu, HI
Supervising the design and administration of a project to assess disparities in challenges among Native Hawaiians who have experienced strokes for National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities/National Institutes of Health- Pilot study on 2P20MD000173-11. September 2012-August 2017. PI: Kazuma Nakagawa
Graduate Research Assistant
08/2009-06/2012
Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center
Phoenix, AZ
Collected and analyzed data, managed a Community Health Website grant, and managed advisory board for The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities/National Institutes of Health- P20MD002316-06. PI: Flavio Marsiglia
Graduate Research Assistant
08/2010- 06/2012
Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy
Phoenix, AZ
Conducted program evaluations of programs for people with disabilities and people who are homeless. PI: Michael Shafer.
Data Consultant
08/2010- 06/2011
Office of American Indian Projects
Phoenix, AZ
Conducted data analyses for a Native American research project on health conditions and substance abuse. PI: Edwin Gonzalez-Santin
Graduate Research Assistant
08/2006- 06/2008
University of Chicago Hospital
Chicago, IL
Conducted qualitative interviews with community providers and assisted in the development of recommendations for University of Chicago Hospital. PI: Stephen Brown
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Articles
Linton, K. F. & Rueda, H. A. (in press). The convergence of culture, disability, and adolescent dating and sexuality from the perspective of school social workers. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.
Linton, K. F. Birmingham, A., Case, L., Harrison, C., Ezzy, L., Launiu, L., & Ferguson, J. (in press). Special needs adoption and foster exigencies (SAFE): A model for case workers. Advances in Social Work.
Spillers, J., Sensui, L. & Linton, K. F. (2014). Concerns about identity and services among people with Autism and Asperger’s regarding DSM-5 changes. Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation. Online first.
Linton, K. F. (2014) Clinical diagnoses exacerbate stigma and improve self-discovery according to people with autism. Social Work in Mental Health. Online first.
Linton, K. F. & Kim, B. J. (2014). Traumatic brain injury as a result of violence in Native American and black communities spanning from childhood to older adulthood. Brain Injury, 28(8), 1076-1081. (Impact factor: 2.06)
Linton, K. F. & Rueda, H. (2014). Pregnancy and parenting experiences and needs of adolescents with disabilities according to school social workers. Health & Social Work, 39(2), 92-100. (Impact factor: 1.47)
Rueda, H., Linton, K. F., Williams, L. R. (2014). School social workers' needs in supporting adolescents with disabilities towards dating and sexual health: A qualitative study. Children and Schools, 36(2), 115-124.
Linton, K. F., Krcek, T. E., Sensui, L. M., & Spillers, J. L. H. (2014). Opinions of people who self-identify with Autism and Asperger’s on DSM-5 criteria. Research on Social Work Practice, 24(1). Impact factor: 1.58)
Linton, K. F. & Shafer, M. S. (2014). Social and demographic factors associated with health service utilization among people who are homeless. Social Work in Public Health, 29(1), 73-80. (Impact factor: 0.35)
Linton, K. F. (2013). How to develop a social enterprise as a social worker. Administration in Social Work, 37(5), 458-470. (Impact factor: 0.67)
Kim, B. J., Linton, K. F., & Lum, W. (2013). Social capital and life satisfaction among older Korean and Chinese immigrants. Journal of Social Work. (Impact factor: 1.23) Online first.
Bean, K. F. (2013). Disproportionate ratings of acting-out behaviors among African American children in special education. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 30(6), 487-504.
Bean, K. F., Shafer, M. S. & Glennon, M. (2013). The impact of housing first and peer support on improving lives of people who were medically vulnerable and homeless. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 36(1), 48-50. (Impact factor: 1.16)
Bean, K. F., Davis, O. I., & Valdez, H. (2013). Bridging the digital divide: a bilingual interactive health kiosk for communities affected by health disparities. Journal of Community Informatics, 9(2).
Davis, O. I., McBride, D. & Bean, K.F. (2013). Decreasing health disparities through technology: building a community health website. Journal of Community Informatics, 9(2).
Bean, K. F. (2012). Differential ratings of and maternal impact on anxiety and depression among African American children in special education. Children and Youth Services Review, 34(9), 1868-1875. (Impact factor: 1.34)
Bean, K. F. & Krcek, T. (2012). The integration of disability content in social work curricula. Advances in Social Work, 13(3), 633-647.
Bean, K. F. & Hedgpeth, J. (2012). The effect of social work education and self esteem on students’ social discrimination of people with disabilities. Social Work Education, 33(1), 49-60.
Bean, K. F. & Sidora-Arcoleo, K. (2012). The relationship between environment, efficacy beliefs and academic achievement of low-income, African American children in special education. Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 11(4), 268-286.
Lacasse, J. R., Leo, J., Cimino, A. N., Bean, K. F. & Del-Colle, M. (2012). Knowledge of undisclosed corporate authorship ("ghostwriting") reduces the perceived credibility of antidepressant research: A randomized vignette study of experienced nurses. BMC Research Notes, 5(49). (Impact factor 1.39)
Bean, K. F. (2011). Social worker’s role in the disproportionality of African American students in special education. Advances in Social Work, 12(2).
Lacasse, J. R., Hodge, D. R. & Bean, K. F. (2011). Evaluating the productivity of social work scholars using the h-index. Research on Social Work Practice, 21(5). (Impact factor: 1.58)
Manuscripts under Review
Ing, M. M., Vento, M. A., Nakagawa, K., & Linton, K. F. (Revise and resubmit). Transportation challenges of the intracerebral hemorrhage survivors and their caregivers. Hawai’i Journal of Medicine and Public Health.
Linton, K. F. Sexual identity and coming out among auties, aspies, and neurotypicals. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. (Impact factor: 3.72)
Linton, K. F., Ing, M. M., Vento, M. A., & Nakagawa, K. From discharge planner to “concierge”: Recommendations for hospital social work by clients. Health and Social Work. (Impact factor: 1.47)
Linton, K. F. Interpersonal violence and traumatic brain injuries among Native Americans. Brain Injury. (Impact factor: 2.06)
Linton, K. F. Differential ratings of specific behaviors of African American children in special education. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal.
Ing, M. M., Linton, K. F., Vento, M. A., Nakagawa, K.. Exploring stroke awareness and the educational needs of family caregivers and survivors of stroke: a qualitative study. Hawai’i Journal of Medicine and Public Health.
Other Publications
Bean, K. F. (2013). The house we live in. Teaching Human Rights Resources Manual: CSWE.
Bean, K. F. Data analysis featured in Schaefers, A. (2012). Homeless suffer from more than lack of shelter. Honolulu Star Advertiser.
Bean, K. F. Data analysis and photo featured in Schaefers, A. (2012). Effort aims to bring in homeless from the streets. Honolulu Star Advertiser.
Bean, K. F. (2012). Disparities in death of traumatic brain injury. Arizona Health Disparities Newsletter, 5(3), 2.
Bean, K. F. (2010). My story: everyone can learn and become independent. Pulse Newsletter, (May 4th Edition).
Bean, K. F. (2010). Do workers with disabilities help to sustain a weak economy? The Sustainability Review, 1(1).
PROFESSIONAL MEETING PRESENTATIONS (JURIED)
Adams, H. L. & Linton, K. F. “Adolescents with Disabilities’ Experiences with Unprotected Sexual Intercourse from the Perspectives of School Social Workers” at Society for Research on Adolescence, San Antonio, TX, March 2014.
LoGiudice, J., Bean, K. F., McAllister, C., A., & Algood, C. (2013). “Disability and Sexuality: What Social Worker Educators Should Know” Connect session presentation at Council on Social Work Education Conference, Dallas, TX, November 2013.
Spillers, J. L. H., Bean, K. F., & Sensui, L. (2013). “DSM-5 changes to Autism: what are the concerns of people with Autism and Asperger’s”. Poster presentation at the Student Poster Event at the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, Honolulu, HI, April 2013.
Ing, M. M., Vento, M. A., Nakagawa, K., Stern, T., Dittirch, D & Bean, K. F., (2013). “A needs assessment of family caregivers and stroke patients across ethnic identity: What are the challenges and barriers faced by the Stroke Community in Hawaii?” Poster presentation at Biomedical Sciences and Health Disparities Symposium, Honolulu, HI, April 2013.
Bean, K. F. & Adams, H. “’They go away and hook up on campus’: A qualitative analysis of school social workers' needs in serving adolescents with disabilities” Paper presentation at Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work Research, San Diego, CA, January 2013.
Adams, H. & Bean, K. F. “Pregnancy and parenting experiences and needs of adolescents with disabilities according to school social workers.” Paper presentation at Council on Social Work Education Conference, Washington D. C., November 2012.
Lacasse, J. R., Hodge, D. R., Bean, K. F., Cimino, A. N., Kawam, E., & Wardian, J. “Evaluating the impact of social work scholarship through h-index and related bibliometric indicators.” Paper presentation at the 15th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, D.C., January, 2012.
Bean, K. F. “Social work students' social discrimination of people with disabilities” Poster presentation at Council on Social Work Education Conference, Atlanta, GA October 2011.
Bean, K.F. “Infusing the education of disability in social work curricula”. Paper presentation at Council on Social Work Education Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 2010.
Davis, O.I., Bean, K.F., Valdez, H., Dustman, P., & Marsiglia, F. Interactive health kiosks: increasing community access to health information. Poster presentation at the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center 8th Annual Research Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, April 2010.
Bean, K. F. “Economic downturn and the labor market for people with disabilities”. Paper presentation at the Intellectual Intersections: a Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, Flagstaff, AZ, January 2010.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Bean, K. F. Developing professional boundaries through empathy. Nathan Adelson Hospice. CEU presentation, Las Vegas, NV, December 2012.
Bean, K. F. & Glennon, M. Project H3: how community organization, peer support and a housing first model provided health, hope and homes for local people who were homeless. Cesar Chavez Conference, Phoenix, AZ, March 2012.
Bean, K. F. “Social and demographic factors associated with health service utilization among people who are homeless”. Conference presentation at Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy’s Summer Institute, Sedona, AZ, June 2011.
Bean, K. F. “A Dialogue of Evidence-Based Practice and Best Practice Street Outreach”. Workshop presentation at Street Outreach Conference, Phoenix, AZ, May, 2011
Glennon, M. & Bean, K. F. Research findings presented at the One-Year Anniversary Celebration of Project H3, April, 2011, Phoenix, AZ.
Lord, M. & Bean, K. F. “Project H3: Home, Health, Hope: Year 1 Results”. Research findings presented at 17th Annual Arizona Statewide Conference on Homelessness, Phoenix, AZ, 2010.
Bean, K. F. “Healthy nutrition.” Workshop presentation at Women with Disabilities: A Healthcare Workshop, Tucson and Phoenix, AZ, June 2010.
Bean, K. F. “Dreams for Kids- Dream Leaders Workshop.” Workshop presentation at the Options and Alternatives to Education Conference, Madison, WI, January 2008.
TEACHING AND INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY
Primary Instructor
*Distance Education Course
Graduate Courses
SW 606 Social Work Practice with Individuals
SW 640 Introduction to Scientific Methods and Principles in Social Work*
SW 650 Program Evaluation*
SW 630 Social Welfare Policy and Services
SW 746 and 699 Independent Research (MSW and PhD)
SWG 502 Macro Human Behavior in the Social Environment
SWG 598 Bridge Seminar II- Social Work Interventions
SWG 491 Ethics in Social Work*