Sundari Balan

Sundari Balan

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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.

Area of Expertise

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Critical Thinking, Management Science, Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations

Education

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• Ph D 2009, University of Michigan
• MS 2006, University of Michigan
• MA 1998, Sophia College
• BA 1996, Sophia College

Teaching Interests

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Managerial Statistics, Introduction to Python and Data Science, Biostatistics, and Applied Linear Modeling (Brown School for Social Work)

Research Interests

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Mental health and workplace adjustment among diverse populations

Personal Interests

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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.

Selected Publications

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• "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.J. Chen, D. Hudson, S. Gehlert, R.K. 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.K. Price, C. Thurstone, S. Min, J. T. 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.K. Price, 2013
• "Culture, son preference and beliefs about masculinity", Journal of Research on Adolescence, Issue 3, 541-554, with R. Mahalingam, 2008
• "Good Asian moms: Engendering the model minority myth among Indian immigrant working women", 104-122, with R. Mahalingam, 2015