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Dean, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
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Yan Searcy comes to jmcomic漫画N having served as the Associate Dean in the School of Health and Human Services at Southern Connecticut State University听for four years. He also served as theInterim Associate听Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Chicago State University where he was a faculty member for 20 years in the Departments of Social Work and Sociology and was president of the听faculty senate for seven.
Searcy听earned his B.S. degree in both听Psychology and American Studies听from the University of Notre Dame; his Master of Science in Social Work(MSSW) degree听from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago's School of Social ServiceAdministration.听听Searcy's areas of research publication听and scholarly interest include social work with adolescents,听youth mentoring and student success, factors influencing exercise, race, social policy aimed at eliminating racial disparities,听urban poverty, and urban听economic development.听
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Chair, Geography & Environmental Studies
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Dr. Regan Maas is Professor and Chair of Geography and Environmental Studies, as well as Associate Director of the Center for Geospatial Science and Technology. She has over twenty years of experience working in the geospatial industry and teaching in the geospatial sciences, and is well-versed in the myriad spatial analysis and visualization techniques relevant to geography, especially in areas of neighborhood and residential dynamics, health research, and spatial demography. Her research focuses on integrating GIS and geospatial science into public health and minority health disparities research and explores the various relationships between demographic characteristics, health outcomes and the environment at the neighborhood level across the urban landscape. Dr. Maas has a BS in biology from the University of Iowa, a BS in psychology from Iowa State University, an MA in geography from jmcomic漫画 Northridge, and a PhD in geography from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
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