Sundari Balan
Lecturer of Data Analytics
Area of Expertise:
Critical Thinking, Management Science, Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations
Research Interests:
Mental health and workplace adjustment among diverse populations
Selected Publications:
- "Good Asian moms: Engendering the model minority myth among Indian immigrant working women", 104-122, with R. Mahalingam, 2015
- "Chastity Beliefs, Female Neglect, Academic Achievement, and Psychological Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Tamilnadu, India", Issue 3, 213-224, with R. Mahalingam, 2016
- "Are we losing the war on missing girls? Correspondence", The Lancet (Global Health), with R. Mahalingam, 2014
- "Motherhood, psychological risks and resources in relation to current alcohol use disorders: are there race specific patterns?", ISRN-Addiction, with G. Widner, H. Chen, D. Hudson, S. Gehlert, R. Price, 2014
- "The impact of changing medical marijuana policies on marijuana attitudes and use patterns in Colorado", Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 145-155, with J. Schuermeyer, S. Salomonsen-Sautel, R. Price, C. Thurstone, S. Min, J. Sakai, 2014
- "Drug use disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder over 25 adult years: Role of substance abuse and psychiatric problems in non-familial and familial networks", Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 228-234, with G. Widner, M. Shroff, C. Van den Berk, J. Scherrer, R. Price, 2013
- "Culture, son preference and beliefs about masculinity", Journal of Research on Adolescence, Issue 3, 541-554, with R. Mahalingam, 2008
Personal Interests:
Sundari lives with her family in St. Louis, MO. In her spare time, Sundari enjoys container gardening, painting and community work related to education, attention and concentration through mindfulness programs.
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Sundari Balan has a Human Resource Management Degree from India and a PhD in Personality & Social Context Psychology from Michigan. Her Post doctoral fellowship from the Washington University School of Medicine focuses on Substance use and Mental Health Research. Sundari studies Cultural stereotypes, Mental health, Substance abuse, and Workplace adjustment in the US and India using quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Email: sundari@wustl.edu
PhD 2009, University of Michigan
MS 2006, University of Michigan
MA 1998, Sophia College
BA 1996, Sophia College
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