2007

"Collaborative Research, Cultural Scripts and Multi-Intervention Strategies for Alcohol Use and Sexual Risk Among Vulnerable Men in Mumbai," by Jean Schensul, S.K. Singh, Marlene Berg, and Kamla Gupta, The Institute for Community Research and International Institute for Population Sciences. Poster presentation at The Institute for Community Research's Crossroads II Conference, Hartford, CT.

2001
"Building Communities Through Action Research for Social Change" (PDF) Presentation by Schensul, J.J. at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Merida, Mexico

"Democratizing Science through Participatory Action Research," by Berg, M.J. & Rooks, R.D. Living Knowledge: Building Partnerships for Public Access to Research International Conference, Leuven, Brussels.

"Variations of a Theme: The Use of Multiple Perspectives in Implementation Research" Panel presentations will be by Berg, M.J., Ciofalo, N., Coe, C., Tripodi, J., Tyler, C., Wilson, L. & Quionnes, L., at the Ethnography in Education Forum, University of Pennsylvania.

2000
"Action Research: Theory, Methodology & Case Illustrations" Panel presentations by Sydlo, S.J., Brase, M.K., Owens, D.C., Wiley, K.N. & Ellison, R., at the Institute for Community Research's Joseph A. Zita Memorial Lecture Series, Empowering Teens Through Action Research, West Hartford, CT.

"Mapping Research," by Martinez, R. Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Panel presentation by Schensul, J.J., on the status of women anthropologists working in the NGO sector at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Participation by Schensul, J.J., in development of framework for International Plenary on the role of anthropology in community building at the School for Anthropological Research (SAR), Sante Fe, NM.

Participation by Schensul, J.J., as member of Agenda Setting Panel at the NIH Conference on Social and Cultural Factors in Health Research, Washington, D.C.

1999
"Social Research, Lessons from Hartford" Panel presentations by Weeks, M.R., Little, M., Radda, K.E. & Martinez, M., at the Institute for Community Research's Joseph
A. Zita Memorial Lecture Series, Beyond Behavior: Prevention in Social Context, West Hartford, CT.

Health

2009

"Promoting Female Condoms in Sex Work Establishments in Southern China: Experiences in Chengmai County (PDF)," by Margaret Weeks, Susu Liao, JianghongLi, Li Fei, Jennifer  Dunn, Wang Yanhong, He Bin, He Qiya, Zeng Xiaomei, and Feng Weiping. Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

2007

"Collaborating with Young Urban Artists in a Multilevel Drug Prevention Intervention Pilot," by Sarah Diamond, Rey Bermudez, Leslie Snyder, Colleen Coleman, and Jean Schensul, The Institute for Community Research and the University of Connecticut Communications Department. Poster presentation at The Institute for Community Research's Crossroads II Conference, Hartford, CT.

"A Culture of Blame: The Relationship between Housing Policy, Housing Status and HIV Risk among Active Drug Users in Hartford," by Julia Dickson-Gomez, Mark Convey, and Helena Hilario, The Institute for Community Research. Poster presentation at The Institute for Community Research's Crossroads II Conference, Hartford, CT.

"Checking In: High-Risk Women (Re)Discovering the Female Condom in Hartford, Connecticut," by Helena Hilario, Evelyn Baez, Mary Prince, and Jennifer Salonia, ThInstitute for Community Research. Poster presentation at The Institute for Community Research's Crossroads II Conference, Hartford, CT.

"Sustained Safer Behavior (Female Condom Use) in High-Risk Women to Prevent HIV," by Helena Hilario, Jennifer Salonia, Evelyn Baez, and Mary Prince, The Institute for Community Research. Poster presentation at The Institute for Community Research's Crossroads II Conference, Hartford, CT.

"Injection Drug Users’ Population Estimates in Waterbury and Bridgeport," by JiangHong Li, Aaron Roome, Rory Angulo, Margaret Weeks, Maria Martinez, Raul Pino, Jennifer Salonia, Eduardo Robles, Michelle Garner, Stephen Schensul, and Lauren Backman, The Institute for Community Research, the Connecticut Department of Public Health, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS). Poster presentation at The Institute for Community Research's Crossroads II Conference, Hartford, CT.

"V.I.P.: Vaccinate for Influenza Prevention – A Multi-Level, Community-Based Participatory Intervention to Increase Flu Vaccination Rates Among Vulnerable Older Adults," by Elsie Vazquez, Kim E. Radda, Emil Coman, Jean J. Schensul, George Kuchel, Rita Jepsen, and Debbye Rosen, The Institute for Community Research, University of Connecticut Center on Aging, and the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Poster presentation at The Institute for Community Research's Crossroads II Conference, Hartford, CT.

"Microbicides Readiness in Southern Chinese Sex Workers: Cultural Meanings of HIV Prevention Options," by Margaret R. Weeks, Maryann Abbott, Susu Liao, Jingmei Jiang, Yu Wang, Yuejiao Zhou, Bin He, and Wei Liu, The Institute for Community Research, Peking Union Medical College, Hainan Province CDC, and Guangxi Province CDC. Poster presentation at The Institute for Community Research's Crossroads II Conference, Hartford, CT.

"Changing Drug-Users’ Risk Environments: Peer Health Advocates as Multi-level Community Change Agents," by Margaret R. Weeks, Mark Convey, Maria Martinez, JiangHong Li, Julia Dickson-Gomez, Eduardo Robles, Gregory Palmer, Kim Radda, Michelle Garner, and Juan Restrepo, The Institute for Community Research. Poster presentation at The Institute for Community Research's Crossroads II Conference, Hartford, CT.

2003
The Diffusion of dust into the Northeast (2003, December). Schensul, J. J., Velazco, O., & Blake, R. CEWG Meetings Panel on PCP. Atlanta, GA.

The Risk Avoidance Partnership: Project RAP
Peer-Led HIV Prevention with Drug Using Networks in High-Risk Settings (PDF)
Presentation by Margaret R. Weeks, Ph.D.

Mekki-Berrada, A. & Narvekar, S.S. (2003, November). The Role of Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM) in Treating Men's Sexual Problems . Paper presented in Symposium, "Anthropological interventions in health: Cultural theory to cultural action" (S. L. Schensul, Chair), at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago.

Nastasi, B. K., & Singh, R. (2003, November). T he Narrative Intervention Model (NIM): A culturally-derived approach to risk reduction . Paper presented in Symposium, "Anthropological interventions in health: Cultural theory to cultural action" (S. L. Schensul, Chair), at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago.

Schensul, S. L. (2003, November). Introduction: Cultural theory to cultural action. Paper presented in Symposium , "Anthropological interventions in health: Cultural theory to cultural action" (S. L. Schensul, Chair), at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago.

Schensul, S. L. & Saggurti, N. (2003, November). The Association of Men's Culturally-Defined Sexual Dysfunctions and Biologically-Tested STD Status among Males in Mumbai. Paper presented in Symposium , "Anthropological interventions in health: Cultural theory to cultural action" (S. L. Schensul, Chair), at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago.

Verma. R. K., & Rama Rao, G. (2003, November). The Cultural Concept of Gupt Rog (Secret Illnesses) and Male Sexual Risk in South Asia . Paper presented in Symposium, "Anthropological interventions in health: Cultural theory to cultural action" (S. L. Schensul, Chair), at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago.

2000
"AIDS Doesn't Retire When You Do" Panel presentations by Radda, K.E., Brockman, K. & Feliciano, P., at the ProVisions VII Conference, Hartford, CT.

"AIDS Risk Behavior Patterns Among Youth and Adult Drug Users in Hartford" Presentation by Rooks, R.D., at the North End HIV Summit, Hartford, CT.

"Club Drugs and Sex Risk" Presentation by Schensul, J.J., at the International AIDS
Conference, Durban, South Africa.

"The Connection Between Drugs and HIV," by Martinez, M. Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

"Dancing with Drugs: Urban Youth, 'Club Drugs' and Sex Risk," by Pino, R., Huebner, C., Garcia, J., Eiserman, J. & Schensul, J.J. Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

"Empowering Youth for HIV Prevention through Action Research" Panel presentations by Ciofalo, N., Brase, M., Wiley, K. & Waterman, D., at the ProVisions VII Conference, Hartford, CT.

"Empowering Youth for HIV Prevention Through Action Research" Youth presentations by Cruz, T., Levy, L. & Lopez, V., at the ProVisions VII Conference, Hartford, CT.

"Ethnic Differences among African-American, Latino, and White Active Drug Users in the High Risk Drug Use Settings (HRS) Study: Implications for Ethnic Specific Interventions," by Rooks, R.D. & Scott, G. Center for Interdisciplinary Research on
AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

"HIV Risk in Older Drug Users: Social Setting, Social Influence and Social Networks"
Presentation by Schensul, J.J., at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

"HIV Risk in Older Drug Users: Social Setting, Social Influence and Social Networks," by Schensul, J.J., Radda, K.E., & Weeks, M.R. Thirteenth International AIDS Conference, Durban, South Africa.

"High Risk Sites and Drug User Social Networks: Linkages for HIV Transmission" Presentation by Weeks, M.R., at the 20th annual International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

"High Risk Sites and Settings: Integrating Structural, Social and Cultural Factors into HIV/AIDS Prevention with Older Urban Adults" Presentations by Schensul, J.J. & Levy, J., at the AIDS and Aging Conference sponsored by the National Institute on Aging,
Washington, D.C.

"Identifying Special Risks of Special Populations: Club Drug Users, Migrant Farm Workers and the Elderly" Panel presentations by Baez, E., Brockman, K., Garcia, J. &
Weeks, M.R., at the ProVisions VII Conference, Hartford, CT.

"Innovative Uses of Research for HIV and Hepatitis Prevention with Out-of-Treatment Drug Users" Panel presentations by Martinez R. & Woods, O., at the ProVisions VII Conference, Hartford, CT.

"Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods for Health" Keynote address by Schensul, J.J., at the International Institute for Population Studies, Bombay, India.

"Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Research in AIDS Research" Lecture by Schensul, J.J., at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Data Analysis & Data Management Speaker Series, Yale University, Hartford, CT.

"Keeping Well and Healthy" Presentations by Radda, K.E. & Feliciano, P., at the quarterly meeting of the Greater Hartford Elder Network, Bloomfield, CT.

"The Long & Winding Road from HIV Testing to Living with HIV/AIDS Among Drug Users - Implications for Interventions" Panel presentation by Abbott, M., at the ProVisions VII Conference, Hartford, CT.

Conference VII: Taking LGBTQ Youth from Risk to Resilience, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT.

New Approaches to Group and Structural Interventions for AIDS Prevention with Youth and Adults" Panel presentations by Pino, R.D., Brase, M.K., Rooks, R.D., Schensul, J.J., Reyes, F., Shawanda, O., White, J. & Waterman, D., at the ProVisions VII Conference, Hartford, CT.

"Sexual Behavior and AIDS Risk Among Urban Senior Housing Residents," by Radda, K.E., Schensul, J.J., Dushay, R.A., Brockman, K., Ward, E. & Levy. J. Fifty-third Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontology Society of America, Washington, D.C.

"Sexuality and AIDS Risk in Older Adults" Panel presentations by Radda, K.E., Dushay, R.A., Ward, E., Smith-McKenzie, W. & Brockman, K., at the Sex and Sexuality: What's Age Got To Do With It? Conference presented by the New York Statewide Resource Center for Geriatric Education, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.

"Social Isolation, HIV Knowledge, and Risk Behavior Among Older Adults In Urban Supported Housing," by Dushay, R.A., Schensul, J.J., Radda, K.E., Levy. J., Reyes, C.Y. & Brockman, K. Fifty-third Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontology Society of America, Washington, D.C.

"Steps in Training Active Drug Users as Peer Educators" Presented by Martinez, M, at the Third National Harm Reduction Conference, Miami, FL.

"Who is Touching Whom?: HIV Risk Networks in a Building Housing Older Adults," by Dushay, R.A., Schensul, J.J., Radda, K.E., Feliciano, P., Brockman, K. & Levy. J. Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

1999
"The High, the Money, the Fame: The Emergent Social Context of 'New Marijuana' Use Among Urban Youth," by Huebner, C., Snow, M. & Feliciano, P. Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

"High Risk Sites, Meaning and Practice" Presentation by Weeks, M.R., at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

"High Risk Site Characteristics and the Implications for HIV Interventions," by Clair, S., Wilson, D.S., Martinez, M., Scott, G. & Weeks, M.R. Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

"Linking People Through Places: Drug User Social Networks and Connections to Drug Use Sites" Presentation by Weeks, M.R., at the 98th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL.

"Methodological Issues in the Conduct of HIV-Related Network Research with High Risk Youth" Presentation by Schensul, J.J., at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

"Partner Violence and HIV Risk Behaviors among Puerto Rican Street Drug Users: Preliminary Findings of the Intertwined Epidemics," by Dushay, R.A, Singer, M., Weeks, M.R. & Feliciano, P. Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

"The Role of Violence in AIDS Risk among Street Drug Users," by Singer, M., Duke, M. & Dushay, R.A. Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale
University, New Haven, CT.

"Social Networks of Drug Users in High-Risk Sites: Finding the Connections" Presentation by Weeks, M.R., at the Society for Applied Anthropology annual meetings, Tuscon, AZ.

"Street Outreach and Hidden Populations in AIDS Research," by Scott, G. & Martinez, M. Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

"Vulnerability to AIDS Risk in Older Drug Users," by Radda, K.E., Schensul, J.J., Clair, S., Weeks, M.R. & Knight, G. Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

"Will You Remember Me in the Morning: Test-Retest Reliability of a Social Network Analysis Examining HIV-Related Risky Behavior in Urban Adolescents and Young Adults," by Levitt, M. Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, AIDS Science Day, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

"Youth as Action Researchers for HIV Prevention: Translating Youth Research to Prevention Practice with Peers" Presentations by Schensul, J.J., Brase, M.K. & Wiley, K.N., at the National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Education

2007

"Youth Participatory Action Research (PAR): Youth Perspectives on Issues Affecting Teens," by Marlene Berg, Chiedza Rodriguez, Damion Morgan, Rayquan Brown, Stephanie Gonzales, Jennifer Garcia-Rodriguez, Tadnesha Gregory, Marcie Johnson, Eric Nunez, and Sasha Powell, The Institute for Community Research and the Youth Action Research Institute. Poster presentation at The Institute for Community Research'sCrossroads II Conference, Hartford, CT.

"Youth Action Research for Prevention: A Multilevel PAR-Based Prevention Intervention," by Marlene Berg, Emil Coman, and Gary Burkholder, The Institute
for Community Research and Walden University. Poster presentation at The Institute for Community Research's Crossroads II Conference, Hartford, CT.

2000
"Are Schools Ready for Children Presentation by Berg, M.J., at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

"Community Development Initiated by Youth" Keynote address by Ciofalo, N., at the Institute for Community Research's Joseph A. Zita Memorial Lecture Series,
Empowering Teens Through Action Research, West Hartford, CT.

"Empowering Teens Through Action Research" Presentations by Brase, M.K., Ellison, R., McCollum, B., Owens, D.C., Weatherington, A. & Wiley, K.N., at the Partnership for After School Education, Bronx, NY.

"Empowering Teens Through Action Research" Youth presentations by Ellison, R., Lopez, M., Lopez, V. & Reyes, F., at the Youth Reacting to AIDS Conference, Waterbury, CT.

"NTARC Action Research Curriculum Training" Training presentations by Schensul, J.J., Sydlo, S.J., Brase, M.K., Reyes, F., Owens, D.C., Pines, G., Waterman, D. &
Wiley, K.N., at The Center, East Hartford, CT.

"The NTARC Model of Youth Driven Action Research" Presentations by Owens, D.C., Brase, M.K., Levy, L., Lopez, V., Ortiz, D. & Rivera, R., at the Children from the Shadows
Organization of Youth Institute Workshop by Waterman, D., at the ProVisions VII Northeast Regional Conference, Hartford, CT.

"Safe Access: Serving Urban LGBTQ Youth" Presentation by Owens, D.C., at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA.
"The Schooling of Children and Educational Reform" Session chaired by Berg, M.J., at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

"Using an Action Research Approach to Reduce Risk Among Sexual Minority Youth"
Presentations by Brase, M.K., Reyes, F., Wiley, K.N. & Waterman, D., at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Boston, MA.

"Using Participatory Action Research and Empowerment Evaluation in Collaboration with Community Partners and Parents" Panel presentations by Berg, M.J. & Baez, E., at the Institute for Community Research's Joseph A. Zita Memorial Lecture Series,
Cultural Perspectives on Resilience in Young Children, West Hartford, CT

"Youth Partners in Prevention: Empowering Teens Through Action Research"
Presentations by Brase, M.K., Reyes, F., White, J. & Wiley, K.N., at the Society for Public Health Education Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

Youth presentations about NTARC by Cruz, T., Levy, L., Lopez, M. & Lopez V., to Connecticut College anthropology class, New London, CT.

Youth presentations about NTARC by Cruz, T., Levy, L., Lopez, M. & Lopez V., to Trinity College anthropology class, Hartford, CT.

1999
"Involving Kids in Community-Based Research" Presentations by Sydlo, S.J., Brase, M.K., Ellison, R., Fuentes, R., Ortiz, D. & Wiley, K.N., at the Loka Institute Annual
Community-Research Conference, Amherst, MA.

"Methods of Conducting Participatory Action Research with Youth" Presentations by Berg, M.J., Brase, M.K., McCollum, S., Schensul, J.J., Sydlo, S.J. & Wiley, K.N., at the Society for Community Research and Action Conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

"Participatory Action Research with Teens Workshop" Conducted by Berg, M.J., Schensul, J.J. & Sydlo, S., at the Society for Community Research & Action, APA, Division 27, New Haven, CT.

"Using Action Research with Youth" Presentations by Brase, M.K. & Wiley, K.N., at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Arts
2000
"Engaging the Public through Collaborative Community Research and the Arts," by Berg, M.J., Schensul, J.J., Ciofalo, N. & Weeks, M.R. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

1999
"Community Development Through the Arts" Panel presentations by Grier, M., Coleman, C. & Schensul, J.J., at the Institute for Community Research's Joseph A. Zita
Memorial Lecture Series, Community Development Through the Arts: Making the Connections, West Hartford, CT.