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Dr. Derr’s research explores immigrant wellbeing, specifically the characteristics of the migration experience that influence health and mental health. Her research has been informed by over ten years of working for and with immigrant and refugee communities in the United States and abroad. She has drawn on these experiences to develop a scholarly program of research examining specific challenges to immigrant wellbeing and specific strategies for wellness promotion at the micro, meso, and macro levels. These lines of research have led her to ask the following questions: What are the barriers to social, mental health, and health services for migrants and what factors promote service access and parity? How can city government and social service providers promote socially just contexts of reception for migrants? What are strategies and best practices for training social workers to provide accessible, quality services that improve the health and wellbeing of immigrants and refugees?
Derr, A.S., Lindhorst, T., & Oesterle, S. (2018). Examining heterogeneity of social support among Asian and Latino immigrants in the United States: A latent class analysis. The International Journal of Health, Wellness, & Society, 8, 17-33.
Derr, A.S., & Stewart, J. (2017). The Immigrant Family Institute curriculum manual. Seattle, WA: City of Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs.
Derr, A.S., McGlynn-Wright, T., Green, L. (2017). Racial Equity Leadership Program curriculum manual. Seattle, WA: City of Seattle Office for Civil Rights Race & Social Justice Initiative.
Derr, A.S. (2016). Mental health service utilization among immigrants in the United States: A systematic review of published research. Psychiatric Services, 67, 265-274.
Derr, A.S., & Nagda, B.A. (2015). Social work practice in the United States with immigrants and refugees in a post-9/11 context: Bridging micro and macro practice for social change. In G. Palattiyil, M. Chakrabarti, and D. Sidhva (Eds.), Social work in a global context: Issues and challenges (pp. 123-139). London: Routledge.
Clevenger, C., Derr, A.S., Cadge, W., & Curran, S. (2014). How do social service providers view recent immigrants? Perspectives from Portland, Maine and Olympia, Washington. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 12, 67-86.
Estill, S., Fathi, S., Derr, A.S., Bulale, N. (2015). Final report on the evaluation of the Refugee Women’s Institute pilot. Seattle: City of Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs.
Derr, A.S. (2014). Campus sexual assault: A culture of compliance vs. prevention. Contexts 13(2), 20-22.
Shapiro, V.B., Hudson, K.D., Moylan, C.A., & Derr, A.S. (2015). Changing organizational routines in doctoral education: An intervention to infuse social justice into a social welfare curriculum. Arbor: Ciencia, Pensamiento y Cultura (Arbor: Science, Thought and Culture),191.
Moylan, C.A., Derr, A.S., & Lindhorst, T. (2015). Increasingly mobile: How new technologies can enhance qualitative research. Qualitative Social Work, 14, 36-47.
Hudson, K.D., Shapiro, V.B., Moylan, C.A., Garcia, A.R., & Derr, A.S. (2014). Infusing social justice into doctoral programs of Social Welfare: An incremental approach. Journal of Social Work Education, 50, 559-567.
Tajima, E.A., Herrenkohl, T.I., Moylan, C.A., & Derr, A.S. (2011). Moderating the effects of childhood exposure to intimate partner violence: The roles of parenting characteristics and adolescent peer support. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21, 376 – 394.
Nagda, B.A., & Derr, A.S. (2004). Intergroup dialogue: Embracing difference and conflict, engendering community. In W. Stephan and P. Vogt (Eds.), Education programs for improving intergroup relations: Theory, practice, research (pp.133-151). New York: Teachers College Press.
Derr, A.S., Nagda, B.A., Pringle, R., & Gomez, S. (2005). Justice and democracy: Challenges and opportunities in the aftermath of September 11th, 2001. Seattle, WA: Hate Free Zone Washington.
Nagda, B.A., & Derr, A.S. (2003). Working with controversial issues and intergroup conflicts: Hate crimes and hate incidents pre- and post-September 11th. Seattle, WA: Intergroup Dialogue Education and Action (IDEA) Center.
Derr, A.S., ed. (2002). Struggles in our democracy: The aftermath of September 11th. Seattle, WA: Hate Free Zone Washington.