Publications and Presentations

Publications

  • Lewis, D. C. & Young, S. S. (Accepted: Expected Publication Date: July 2019). Powerful in flight: Cambodian and Karen refugee narratives of strength and resilience. Migration Letters.(Impact factor .62).

  • Lewis, D. C. & Rödlach. A. (Accepted: Expected Publication Date: July 2019). Resilience and wellbeing: Case studies in forced migration. Migration Letters.(Impact factor .62).

  • Lewis, D. C. & Spivey Young, S., (2018). Parallel Pasts, Presents, and Futures: Narratives of Cambodian and Karen Refugees in the United States. In A. Garnier, L. Jubilut, and B. Sandvik (Eds.), Refugee Resettlement: Power, Politics and Humanitarian Governance.ISBN: 9 781785 339691.

  • DeYoung, S.E., Lewis, D.C, Seponski, D.M., Augustine, D.A., & Phal, M. (Revising) Disaster preparedness among Cambodian-and Laotian-Americans. Disaster Prevention & Management.

  • Gangidi, V., Lewis, D. C. (Expected Publication Date: November 2019). Program Implementation For Adolescent Cambodian Immigrants To Assess the Prevalence of Culture-Bound Syndromes. Proceedings of the 33rd National Conference on Undergraduate Research.

  • Lewis, D.C. (2019). Cambodian and Laotian Communities in Bayou La Batre: Raise 251.2. Featured PhotoVoice presentation at Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, AL. Feb 8-Mar 29, 2019.

  • Muruthi, J. R. & Lewis, D. C. (2017) Cambodian refugee families: Impact of immigration-related stressors on intergenerational relationships. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships (Impact factor: 0.68), 15(2), 125-142. doi: 10.1080/15350770.2017.1294418

Presentations

International Presentations

  • Seponski, D.M & Lewis, D.C. (2019, March). Disaster preparedness among Cambodian & Laotian Immigrants in the Gulf Coast of Alabama: Systemic considerations. International Family Therapy Association Annual Congress, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.

  • Lewis, D.C., Seponski, D.M., & DeYoung, S.E. (2019, February). Disaster resilience data gathering in Gulf Coast immigrant populations: Preliminary Findings. Symposium. Society for Cross-Cultural Research 48th Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.

  • DeYoung. S.E, Phal, M., Seponski, D.M., & Lewis, D.C. (2019, February). Levels and concepts of disaster preparedness and evacuation from quantitative and qualitative data. Society for Cross-Cultural Research 48th Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.

  • Phal, M., DeYoung, S.E., Lewis, D.C., & Overmyer, E. (2019, February). Challenges and success of a disaster preparedness survey administered survey in Cambodian and Laotian American communities. Society for Cross-Cultural Research 48th Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.

  • Augustine, D.A., DeYoung, S.E., Lewis, D.C., & Mercurio, J. (2019, February). Environmental disasters, environmental justice, and the Cambodian and Laotian communities: Long-term vulnerability reinforced by short-term hazard planning. Society for Cross-Cultural Research 48th Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.

  • Overmyer, E., Gangidi, V., & Lewis. D.C. (2019, February). Providers’ and employers’ interactions with coastal Cambodian and Laotian communities. Society for Cross-Cultural Research 48thAnnual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.

  • Basilio, R., & Lewis, D.C. (2019, February). Lessons of resilience within a life history. Society for Cross-Cultural Research 48th Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.

  • Phal, M., Seponski, D., & Lewis, D. C. (2018). The household production of health: A case study of mental health utilization in Cambodia. Paper presented at the 2018 IFTA World Family Therapy Congress, Bangkok, Thailand.

  • Augustine, D.A., & Lewis, D.C. (2018). Southeast Asian refugees’ civic engagement, generativity, and well-being. Paper symposium presentation at the 47thAnnual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Las Vegas, NV.

  • Phal, M., Lewis, D. C., & Seponski, D. (2018). Community-Based Participatory Research: The importance of community involvement in addressing health disparities among Southeast Asian immigrants (Under the symposium entitled “Qualitative Explorations of Well-Being, Health Equity, and Mental Health across Cultures”). Paper symposium presentation at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Las Vegas, NV.

  • Lewis, D.C., (2017, July). Global displacement and aging: Cambodian refugee elders’ aging out of place in the United States. In Session: Qualitative approaches and international perspectives on aging in place. Paperpresentation at theGerontology and Geriatrics World Congress, International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco. CA.

  • Jones, A. C. & Lewis, D.C. (2017, March). Household production of health: Cambodian refugees’ health strategies in the United States. Society for Cross-cultural Research, New Orleans, LA.

National Presentations

  • Gangidi, V., Lewis, D. C. (2019, April). Program Implementation For Adolescent Cambodian Refugees To Assess the Prevalence of Culture-Bound Syndromes. National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Kennesaw, GA.

  • Mercurio, J., & Lewis, D. C. (2019, April). Bridging Traditional and Western Health Care Practices in Cambodian Refugees. National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Kennesaw, GA.

  • Lewis, D. C., Seponski, D. M., DeYoung, S., Phal, M., Mercurio, J., & Mak, C. (Accepted). Contextualizing the health-seeking behaviors of Cambodian and Laotian families. In D. C. Lewis (Chair) and D. M. Seponski, S. DeYoung, & H. B. Chhun, H. (Discussants) Community influences on strength, resilience, health, and well-being among Cambodian and Laotian families living along the US Gulf of Mexico. Symposium presentation submitted to the 2019 annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Fort Worth, TX, USA.

  • Lewis, D. C., Seponski, D. M., DeYoung, S., Augustine, D.A., & Gangidi, V. (Accepted). Sense of community and integration of Cambodian and Laotian Americans living along the Gulf of Mexico. In D. C. Lewis (Chair) and D. M. Seponski, S. DeYoung, & H. B. Chhun, H. (Discussants) Community influences on strength, resilience, health, and well-being among Cambodian and Laotian families living along the US Gulf of Mexico. Symposium presentation submitted to the 2019 annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Fort Worth, TX, USA.

  • Lewis, D. C., Seponski, D. M., DeYoung, S., Basilio, R., & Ann, S. (Accepted). The importance of community leadership among Cambodian and Laotian refugee communities. In D. C. Lewis (Chair) and D. M. Seponski, S. DeYoung, & H. B. Chhun, H. (Discussants) Community influences on strength, resilience, health, and well-being among Cambodian and Laotian families living along the US Gulf of Mexico. Symposium presentation submitted to the 2019 annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Fort Worth, TX, USA.

  • Lewis, D. C., Seponski, D. M., DeYoung, S., Kelley, A., & Phal, M. (Accepted). Benefits of a Cambodian-Laotian Refugee community organization. In D. C. Lewis (Chair) and D. M. Seponski, S. DeYoung, & H. B. Chhun, H. (Discussants) Community influences on strength, resilience, health, and well-being among Cambodian and Laotian families living along the US Gulf of Mexico. Symposium presentation submitted to the 2019 annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Fort Worth, TX, USA.

  • Lewis, D.C. (2019, March). Putting research on resiliency into practice: Cambodian and Laotian communities’ household production of health. Invited presentation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Sharing Knowledge to Build a Culture of Health.4th Annual Conference, Houston, TX.

  • Lewis, D.C., Seponski, D.M., & DeYoung, S.E. (2019, February). Identifying gaps at the intersection of spiritual displacement, environmental justice, and community power. Symposium. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. New Orleans, LA.

  • Hanks, Roma Stovall. (2019, February). Time after Time: Multiple Traumas and the Path to Community Power. Presentation at the 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference (GoMOSES), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

  • Moss, B., Lio, S., Hanks, R., Min, H., & Wraight, S. (2019, February). Getting to the Table: Preliminary Results of Individual Interviews with EMS Managers in Bayou La Batre, AL. Paper presented at the 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA.

  • Wraight, S., Hanks, R., Lio, S., Min, H., & Moss, B. (2019, February). Complex Coordination of Disaster Management: Potential Uses of GIS Analysis of EMS and Community Centers in Bayou La Batre, AL. Paper presented at the 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA.

  • DeYoung, S.E., Lewis, D.C., & Seponski, D.M., (2019, February). Perceptions of sea-level rise, well-being, and community in Cambodian and Laotian Americans living in the Gulf Coast Region of the United States. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA.

  • Phal, M., Seponski, D.M., & Lewis, D.C. (2018, November) Contextualizing the health of Cambodian families living in poverty. National Council on Family Relations, San Diego, CA.

  • Augustine, D.A., & Lewis, D.C. (2018, November). “The wind blows from north to south.” Generativity in refugee organizations. National Council on Family Relations, San Diego, CA.

  • Lewis, D.C., Young, S.S., & Augustine, D.A. (2017). Shifting ethnic identity: Southeast Asian families in the United States. Paper presentation at the National Council of Family Relations Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

  • Lewis, D.C., Young, S.S., & Seponski, D.M., (2017). Southeast Asian refugees’ narratives of their journeys to resettlement. National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, FL.

Regional, State, and Local Presentations

  • Lewis, D.C. (2019). Cambodian and Laotian Communities in Bayou La Batre: Raise 251.2. Featured PhotoVoice presentation at Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, AL. Feb 8-Mar 29, 2019.

  • Anderson, L. A., Augustine, D.A., Karlsen, A., Walsdorf, A., & Lewis, D. (2019, March). Cultivating connections: Bridging the gap between the community and the academy. Panel discussion at the 43rd Annual Quint State Symposium on Child & Human Development, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

  • Augustine, D.A., Bower, K.L, & Lewis, D.C. (2018). A conceptualization of cultural generativity through the intergenerational transmission of language. Poster presentation at the Southern Gerontological Society, Buford, GA.

  • Mercurio, J., & Lewis, D.C. (2018, November). A hierarchy of medicine in a Cambodian refugee community. 7thAnnual Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference. November 3, 2018.

  • Gangidi, V., & Lewis, D.C. (2018, November). The influence of culture on Southeast Asian adolescent refugees in diagnosing trauma. 7thAnnual Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference. November 3, 2018.

  • Gangidi, V., Lewis, D. C. (2019, April). Initial Program Stages for Adolescent Cambodian Refugees in Assessing the Prevalence of Culture-Bound Syndromes. Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium, Athens, GA.

  • Mercurio, J., Lewis, D. C. (2019, April). Improving Health Care Experiences for Cambodian Refugees Through Bridging Western and Traditional Medicine. Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium, Athens, GA.

  • Sim, S.C., Augustine, D.A., & Lewis, D.C. (2018). Environmental disasters and mental health: Southeast Asian immigrants in the U.S. Poster presentation at the 2018 Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) Symposium, Athens, GA

  • Sim, S.C., Augustine, D.A., & Lewis, D.C. (2018). Environmental disasters and mental health: Southeast Asian immigrants in the U.S. Poster presentation at the HDFS Undergraduate Poster Symposium. (2ndplace award).

  • Burke, S.E., Augustine, D.A., & Lewis, D.C. (2017, October). Assimilating refugees: A volunteer guide. Poster presentation at the 6th Annual Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference.

  • Sim, S.C., Augustine, D.A., & Lewis, D.C. (2017, October). Environmental disasters and mental health: Southeast Asian immigrants in the U.S. Poster presentation at the 6th Annual Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference.

  • Lewis, D. C. (2017, October). Crossroads and connections: A journey From Alabama to Cambodia and back. The Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work. University of South Alabama.

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