Darlene L. Piña, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
CSU, San Marcos, San Marcos, California, USA
Telephone: (760) 750-4202
Email:dpina@csusm.edu
I joined the sociology program as a Lecturer in the Fall of 1992 and in August 1995 I became a tenure-track Assistant Professor. My areas of teaching specialization include gender and women's studies, families and relationships, clinical sociology, and the life course. My recent research projects have involved collaborations with non-profit agencies providing social services to ethnically diverse individuals and families in crisis. I specialize in organizational evaluations and interventions aimed at enhancing culturally sensitive practice. I am also a licensed family therapist with expertise in couples counseling, domestic violence, child sexual abuse.
Recent Publications:
Piña, Darlene L. (2001) "Racism and Diversity in U.S. Society: Issues for Clinical Sociologists" in Handbook of Clinical Sociology, Rebach, Howard M., & Bruhn, John G. (Eds), New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum, pp 327-352.
Piña, Darlene L., and Laura Canty-Swapp. (1999) "Melting Multiculturalism: Legacies of Assimilation Pressures in Human Service Organizations.” Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare.
Piña, Darlene L. (1998) "Providing Culturally Sensitive Services to Latino Clients: A Case Study of a Non-Profit Organization." Clinical Sociology Review.
Piña, Darlene L. (1998) "Medicaid Beneficiaries' Experiences in HMO and Fee-for-Service Health Care" Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 9(4): 433-448.
