Stacy Calhoun Curriculum Vitae GENERAL INFORMATION Address: Department of Criminology, Law & Society University of California, Irvine 2340 Social Ecology II Irvine, CA 92697 Phone: 866-469-0385 Fax: 866-469-0385 Email: calhouns@uci.edu EDUCATION University of California, Irvine (UCI) Irvine, CA Doctoral Candidate, Criminology, Law and Society 2014-Present Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH MA, Medical Anthropology 2000 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, CA BA, Anthropology 1997 HONORS, AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS 2014-2015 Public Impact Fellowship 2014 Department of Criminology, Law and Society, Commendation Award 2014 Professional Development Fellowship 2011-2014 School of Social Ecology Summer Research Grant 2010-2011 Graduate Opportunity Fellowship RESEARCH AND EVALUATION 2013- Present Consultant, CLARE Foundation, Santa Monica, CA Responsible for conducting a process and outcome evaluation of the activities conducted by the CLARE Foundation as part of their Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Substance Abuse Prevention and Control contract. The purpose of this contract is to reduce alcohol and drug use among youth in Redondo Beach, El Segundo, Santa Monica and Venice through individual level interventions and policy changes at the school and community level. 2012-2014 Consultant, The Lloyd Society, Los Angeles, CA Analyzed data for the study entitled Examining the Health Impacts of Reuniting Incarcerated Women with their Children. (California Endowment Grant, PI: Nena Messina). The purpose of this study was to determine the relative impact of the Chowchilla Family Express (CFE) program for incarcerated women, their children, and families in California. The CFE was a free transportation program delivered by the
Center of Restorative Justice Works (CRJW) in partnership with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). 2011-2015 Project Director, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA Responsible for managing the day to day tasks involved in overseeing the study entitled An Experimental Comparison of Telepsychiatry and Conventional Psychiatry for Mentally Ill Parolees (National Institute of Justice, PI: David Farabee). This study is designed to compare the effectiveness of Telepsychiatry relative to face-to-face sessions with regard to satisfaction with treatment/therapeutic alliance, medication adherence, session attendance, psychological functioning, and recidivism. 2010-2012 Data Manager/Qualitative Researcher, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA. Provided quality assurance of the data and conducted qualitative interviews for the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies Collaborative (National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant DA16211, PI: Michael Prendergast). The major goal of this project is to collaborate with other CJ-DATS research centers in establishing a research infrastructure to develop and test implementation strategies for introducing evidence based practices into correctional and treatment settings. 2009-2010 Qualitative Researcher, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA. Conducted focus groups and analyzed focus group data for Four Models of Telephone Support for Stimulant Recovery (National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant DA18208, PI: David Farabee). The major goal of this project is to compare the efficacy of four low-cost, telephone support protocols for patients who have completed the intensive phase of a structured, outpatient stimulant abuse treatment program. 2009-2014 Project Director, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA. Managed the day to day tasks involved in overseeing the study entitled Enhancing Follow-up Rates Through a Rechargeable Incentive Card (RIC) System-Phase I. (National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant DA025387, PI: David Farabee). The major goal of this project is to develop a national network that supports a rechargeable incentive card (RIC) system designed to enhance follow-up rates and to assess the feasibility and commercial potential of the system. 2009-2010 Project Director, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA. Managed the day to day tasks of TOWAR: A comprehensive Training on Women s Addiction and Recovery (National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant DA022101, PI: Nena Messina). The purpose of this Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project is to develop TOWAR: a comprehensive Training on Women's Addiction and Recovery specifically for use in drug courts. 2008-2010 Project Director, The Lloyd Society, Kensington, Maryland. Managed the day to day activities involved with overseeing the study entitled Diverting Women Offenders from Prison: An Outcome Study of Health and Well-Being (California Endowment Grant 20081206, PI: Nena Messina). This study evaluates the quality and effectiveness of treatment services received by women participating in the Second Chance Re-entry court program in Los Angeles County compared with women who were sentenced to prison.
2007-2010 Project Director, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA. Managed the day to day tasks involved in overseeing the study entitled Enhancing Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV Prevention for Women Offenders (National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant DA22149-01, PI: Kimberly Bond). This study evaluates the effectiveness of a women-focused (WF) treatment program based on relational theory compared to standard mixed-gender (MG) outpatient treatment to promote positive behaviors among 150 women offenders (e.g., HIV risk reduction and substance abuse, and increased psychological functioning). 2007-2010 Qualitative Researcher, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA. Conducted focus groups and analyzed focus group data for Emergency Management for Disruptions in Methadone Treatment (National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant DA023045-01, PI: Deborah Podus). The purpose of this project is to examine disaster preparedness for and response to disruptions in methadone treatment in the aftermath of natural and other disasters. The focus will be on treatment disruptions due to hurricanes in five Gulf Coast states. The project will examine the direct and indirect impacts of disasters on methadone treatment delivery and explore disaster preparedness and response at all levels of the treatment system federal, state, and local. 2007-2008 Consultant, Virginia Commonwealth University/George Mason University. Collected survey data and evaluated three drug court programs for a CJ-DATS national study entitled Information Technology Transfer in Drug Courts: Pilot Test of the ecourt System (funded by NIDA/OJP) of drug court MIS systems. Analyzed data using SPSS and prepared site reports for each program. 2005-2008 Data Manager, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA. Provided research support and data management for the study entitled Evidenced-based Principles of Treatment: A Meta-analysis (National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant DA016601, PI: Frank Pearson). The purpose of this study, conducted in collaboration with National Development and Research Institutes, was to test prominent principles of effective treatment through the application of meta-analytic techniques to research evaluations of substance abuse treatment programs. 2003-2008 Projects Coordinator/ Study director for IPASS, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA. Coordinated activities for the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Research Studies (CJ-DATS) collaborative and managed the day to day activities for the IPASS study (National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant DA16211, PI: Michael Prendergast). The purpose of this cooperative agreement was to establish a research infrastructure in order to develop and test models for an integrated approach to treating offenders with drug abuse problems. The cooperative involved a partnership between researchers, criminal justice professionals, and drug abuse treatment practitioners. Projects under this collaborative included: Transitional Case Management (TCM), Inmate Pre-Release Assessment (IPASS), Performance Indicators for Corrections (PIC), Targeted Interventions Components (TIC),Co-Occurring Screening Instrument for Criminal Justices Populations (CODSI), National Criminal Justice Treatment Practices Survey(NCJS),and the Integrated Community Correctional Outpatient Addiction Treatment (Step'n Out).
2004-2005 Research Associate, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA. Provided research support for the study entitled Impact of Welfare Reform on Access to Medical Care, Mental Health Services, and Substance Abuse Treatment for CalWORKs Participants with Alcohol and other Drug Use Problems (California Policy Research Center CNN10K, PI: Deborah Podus). The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of welfare reform on access to and utilization of health care services medical care, mental health services, and substance abuse treatment among persons with substance abuse problems who participated in the Los Angeles County California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) welfare program 2004-2005 Research Associate, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA. Provided research support for the study entitled A Policy Analysis of Proposed Changes in Federal Methadone/LAAM Treatment Regulation (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant #041676, PI: Deborah Podus) The purpose of this study was to examine the factors leading to the reforms in federal regulation of opioid treatment providers that were promulgated in January 2001 and to examine the impact of the federal regulatory reform initiative on states regulatory policies. 2001-2003 Project Coordinator, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA. Coordinated activities and provided research support for the 12-year Follow-up of a Cocaine Dependent Sample study (National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant DA13594, PI: Yih-Ing Hser). The aim of this study was to provide a detailed natural history description of approximately 24-year-long cocaine use careers of cocainedependent men who have been previously interviewed at intake and in two follow-up interviews conducted in 1990-91 and 1991-92. 2001-2002 Research Associate, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA. Provided research support for the California Treatment Outcome Project (CalTOP) project (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Grant # TI-98-005, PI: Yih-Ing Hser). CALTOP was part of a 4 year national initiative to develop an outcome based monitoring system that uses standardized patient assessment, records service utilization, assesses treatment outcomes and patient satisfaction, and determines cost offsets in other health and social service systems. 1998-1999 Research Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University. Coded, edited, verified and entered data in SPSS for the following projects: Tibetan Adaptation to High Altitude and the Impact of China's Socio-Economic Reform Policy on the Tibetan Autonomous Zone. Updated and edited their codebooks. 1996-1998 Research Assistant, Fieldwork and Qualitative Data Analysis Laboratory, UCLA Medical School Collected data (ethnographic interviews, pile sorts). Managed bibliographical databases. Entered, transcribed and coded data. Conducted literature searches. Prepared data for analysis. Edited manuscripts and installed software. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2015 Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Evidence-Based Corrections 2013-Present Consultant, CLARE Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
2011-Present Teaching Assistant, University of California, Irvine, CA 2008-Present Consultant, The Lloyd Society, Silver Spring, Maryland 2007-2015 Project Director/Staff Research Associate III, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs 2007-2008 Consultant, Virginia Commonwealth University/George Mason University 2003-2007 Staff Research Associate II, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs 2003-2004 Consultant, MasiMax Resources, INC, Rockville, Maryland 2001-2003 Staff Research Associate I, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs 2001-2002 Ethnographer, Context Research Group, Baltimore, Maryland 2000-2001 Data Manager, ALS Association, Greater Los Angeles Chapter, Agoura Hills, CA. 1998-1999 Research Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University. 1996-1998 Research Assistant, Fieldwork and Qualitative Data Analysis Laboratory, UCLA Medical School TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant, University of California, Irvine - Responsible for developing exam questions; grading exams and papers; conducting review and discussion sessions. Undergraduate California Corrections (C100) Spring 2013 Drugs, Crime and Social Control (C126) Fall 2011 Juvenile Delinquency (C109) Fall 2013 Prisons, Punishment & Corrections (C115) Winter 2012, Winter 2014 Psychology and Law (C105/P193E) Fall 2012 Statistical Analysis in Social Ecology (SE13) Spring 2012 * White Collar Crime (C142/Socio 142) Fall 2014 Graduate Criminology, Law & Society (C210) Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014 Public Policy, Crime, & Criminal Justice (C216) Winter 2013 *Provided additional instruction in discussion section or lab. EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES 2012 - Present Literature Editor of the Impaired Driving Update (New York: Civic Research Institute, D. Foley & R. Myers- Eds.) A quarterly publication published by the Civic Research Institute. Responsible for writing the literature review section for each issue. 2008-Present Literature Editor of the Offender Programs Report (New York: Civic Research Institute, D. Farabee, K. Knight, & R. Immarigeon- Eds.) A bi-monthly publication published by the Civic Research Institute. Responsible for writing the literature review section for each issue. Ad Hoc Reviewer 2013 - Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice & Criminology 2011 - Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
PUBLICATIONS Peer reviewed articles Calhoun, S., Conner, E., Miller, M., & Messina, N. (2015). Improving the outcomes of children affected by parental substance abuse: A review of randomized controlled trials. Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 6(1), 15-24 Messina, N., Calhoun, S., & Braithwaite, J. (2014). Trauma-informed treatment decreases PTSD among women offenders. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 15(1), 6-23 Messina, N., Calhoun, S., & Warda, U. (2012). Gender-responsive drug court treatment: A randomized controlled trial. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 39(12), 1539-1558. Farabee, D., Knight, K., Garner, B., & Calhoun, S. (2007). The Inmate Pre-Release Assessment (IPASS) for re-entry planning. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 34(9), 1188-1197. Book chapters and other articles Calhoun, S. & Messina, N. (In Press). Enhancing prison-based parenting programs for incarcerated parents with substance abuse issues. Offender Programs Report Calhoun, S., Messina, N., Cartier, J. & Torres, S. (2010).Implementing gender responsive treatment for women in prison: Client and staff perspectives. Federal Probation 74(3), 27-33. -- Reprinted in Offender Programs Report 14(6), 81-104. Messina, N., Grella, C., & Calhoun, S. (2009). Gender-responsive and trauma-informed treatment for women in prison: A randomized study. Offender Programs Report, 13(4), 56. Messina, N., Grella, C., & Calhoun, S. (2007). Childhood trauma and women's health outcomes: A California prison population. Offender Substance Abuse Report, 7(4), 49-64. Articles under Review Farabee, D., Calhoun, S., Hawken, A., & Zhang, Y. (Under Review) Tracking and locating itinerant subjects with a rechargeable incentive card: Results from a randomized control trial. Farabee, D., Calhoun,S., & Veliz, R. (Under Review) An Experimental Comparison of Telepsychiatry and Conventional Psychiatry for Mentally Ill Parolees Articles in Progress Calhoun, S. (Revise and resubmit). That s just the tip of it because it goes deeper than that : The role of mental illness in the onset and persistence of offending. Encyclopedia Entries Calhoun, S (2010). Missouri Laws and Programs. In M. Kleiman, J. Hawdon, & G. Golson (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Drug Policy. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications
Calhoun, S. (2009). Coercion and treatment. In G. Fisher & N. Roget (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications Calhoun, S. (2009). Medical consequences. In G. Fisher & N. Roget (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications Calhoun, S. (2009). National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. In G. Fisher & N. Roget (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications Calhoun, S. (2009). Pulse Check, Office of National Drug Control Policy. In G. Fisher & N. Roget (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications Calhoun, S. (2009). National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study (NTIES). In G. Fisher & N. Roget (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications Calhoun, S. (2009). COMBINE study. In G. Fisher & N. Roget (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications Reports and Briefs Messina, N., Jeter, K., & Calhoun, S. Final Report for the Second Chance Women s Re-Entry Court Program Evaluation. Submitted to the California Department of Corrections, June 2011. Bond, K., Messina, N., & Calhoun, S. (2010). Final Report to the National Institute on Drug Abuse on Grant Number: 1 R01 DA022149. Enhancing Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV Prevention for Women Offenders. National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Washington, D.C. Messina, N., Nemes, S., Calhoun, S., Kearley, B. (2010). Final Report to the National Institution on Drug Abuse on Grant Number 1 R41 DA022101-01A2. TOWAR: Training on Women s Addiction and Recovery. National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Washington, D.C. Pearson, F., Prendergast, M., Podus, D., Hamilton, Z., Vazan, P., Brownstein, A., Calhoun, S., Greenwell, L., Hyun, A., and Kovalchik, S. (2009). Final Report to the National Institute on Drug Abuse on Grant Number: 1 RO1 DA016600. Evidenced-based Principles of Treatment. National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Washington, D.C. PRESENTATIONS Farabee, D., Zhang, S., & Calhoun, S. Clinical Value and Cost Savings Associated with Using Telepsychiatry to Treat Mentally Ill Prisoners: Results of a Psychiatrist Survey. Oral Presentation presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 20, 2014. Calhoun, S. & Braithwaite, J. Examining the Relationship Between Psychiatric Medication Nonadherence and Criminal Offending: Do Criminogenic Needs Matter? Poster presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 20, 2014
Veliz, R., Calhoun, S., Farabee, D. & Zaragoza, D. Telepsychiatry for parolees with Mental Illness: Preliminary Findings. Poster Presentation at the Western Society of Criminology Conference, Honolulu, HI, February 2014 Grossman, J., Calhoun, S., Farabee, D. & Veliz, R. Keeping Substance Abusers Engaged in Longitudinal Studies: Do Immediate Incentives Matter? Poster Presentation at the Western Society of Criminology Conference, Honolulu, HI, February 2014 Farabee, D., Calhoun, S., & Veliz, R. Telepsychiatry for parolees with Mental Illness: Preliminary Findings. Oral Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 2013 Messina, N., Calhoun, S. & J. Braithwaite. Trauma-informed treatment decreases PTSD among women offenders. Oral Presentation at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Conference. San Diego, CA, June 20, 2013. Calhoun, S. Mentally Ill Parolees: A Qualitative Exploration of the Factors That Influence Their Criminal Offending. Oral Presentation at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Chicago, IL, November 2012 Calhoun, S., Messina, N., Jeter, K. & Braithwaite, J. Diverting Women Offenders from Prison: An Evaluation of the Second Chance Re-Entry Court Program. Oral Presentation at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Meeting, New York, NY, March 15, 2012 Farabee, D., Calhoun, S., & Veliz, R. An Experimental Comparison of Telepsychiatry and Conventional Psychiatry for Mentally Ill Parolees. Oral Presentation at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Meeting, New York, NY, March 15, 2012 Calhoun, S., Messina, N., Jeter, K., Braithwaite, J. & Gonzalez, G. Diverting Women Offenders from Prison: An Evaluation of the Second Chance Re-Entry Court Program. Poster presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Washington, DC, November 17, 2011. Messina, N. & Calhoun, S. Gender-Responsive Drug Court Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Oral Presentation at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Conference. Hollywood, FL, June 23, 2011. Messina, N., Calhoun, S. & Braithwaite, J. Diverting women parolees from prison. Oral presentation at the Los Angeles County Drug Court Conference, Los Angeles, CA, June 9, 2011. Calhoun, S., Messina, N., Taube, S., Bond, K. & Ordille, A. Client Satisfaction with Women-Focused versus Mixed-Gender Drug Court Treatment. Poster presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, California, November 19, 2010. Podus, D., Maxwell, J.C., Calhoun, S. & Anglin, M.D. Emergency preparedness and drug abuse treatment programs: an overlooked population. Poster presented at the 138 th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, November 8, 2010, Denver, CO. Calhoun, S., Jeter, K., Rodriguez, L., Messina, N., & Grella, C. Promising Models and Practices for Women Offenders. Oral presentation at the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs Training Conference, Sacramento, CA. October 14, 2010.
Bond, K., Calhoun, S., Messina, N., & Ordille, A. Enhancing Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV Prevention for Women Offenders. Oral presentation at National Association of Drug Court Professionals 16 th Annual Drug Court Training Conference, Boston, MA, June 2-5, 2010. Calhoun, S., Messina, N., Taube, S., Bond, K., & Ordille, A. Client satisfaction with women-focused versus mixed-gender drug court treatment. Poster presentation at the Addiction Health Services Research Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 29, 2009. Podus, D., Maxwell, J., Calhoun, S., & Anglin, M.D. Disaster Planning and Substance Abuse Stigma with Respect to Methadone Maintenance Treatment. Poster presentation at the Addiction Health Services Research Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 29, 2009. Vazan, P., Pearson, F., Prendergast, M., Podus, D., & Calhoun, S. Racial disparities in substance abuse treatment services: Results from the meta-analysis. Poster presentation at the Addiction Health Services Research Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 29, 2009. Bond, K., Messina, N., Calhoun, S., & Ordille, A. Enhancing Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV Prevention Among Women Offenders. Oral presentation at the Addiction Health Services Research Conference, Boston, MA, October 20, 2008. Calhoun, S., Messina, N. & Bond, K. Enhancing substance abuse treatment for women offenders: Sixmonth treatment outcomes. Poster Presentation at the European Society of Criminology Meeting in Edinburgh, UK, 2008. Calhoun, S., Messina, N., & Grella, C. Childhood Trauma and Women s Health Outcomes in a Prison Population. Oral presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, 2008. Bond, K., Messina, N., & Calhoun, S. (May 2008) Enhancing Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV Prevention for Women Offenders. Oral presentation at the NIDA Community-Based Grantee Meeting in Bethesda, MD. Hall, E., Finnerty, B. and Calhoun, S. A Community Networking Model for Describing Trends in PCP Abuse in Los Angeles, CA. Oral presentation at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting in Santa Fe, NM, 2005.