Research Interests
My major interest are on research and intervention concerned
with innovative social change. This includes concerns with individual,
group, political, organizational, and societal impact. My current projects
are in the areas of juvenile justice system innovation, prisoner re-entry,
drug treatment in correcitonal settings, violence against women, and
justice systems reform.
Recent Publications
Smith, A. & Davidson, W. S. (in
press) Creating a multidimensional measure of African American Acculturation.
Journal of Black Psychology
Thomas, O., Davidson, W. S., & McAdoo,
H. (in press) A cultural enrichment program for high school girls
An experimental examination of effects. Journal of Black Psychology.
Onifade, E., Livsey, S., Davidson, W.,
Turke, G., Horton, C., Malinowski, J., Atkinson, D., & Wimberly,D.
(in press). Risk assessment: Identifying
patterns of risk in young offenders with the Youth Level of Service/Case
Management Inventory. Article submitted to Journal of Criminal Justice
Onifade, E., Davidson, W., Campbell,
C., Turke, G., Malinowski, J., & Turner, K. (in press). Predicting
the who, what and when of delinquency with the Youth Level of Service/Case
Management Inventory. Article submitted to Journal of Criminal Justice
LaHousse, S.F., Foster-Fishman, P.G., Davidson, W.S., & Rosenbaum, R. P. How Successful Mexican Origin Migrant Students Break the Chain of Migrancy. Article submitted to Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Science.
Davidson,
W. S. & Sturza, M.A. (2006). Issues facing the dissemination
of prevention programs. Journal of
Preventive
Intervention in the Community, 32,
5-24.
Levendosky, A.L., Leahy, K.L.
G. Anne Bogat, Davidson, W. S., & von Eye, A. (2006) Domestic violence, maternal parenting, maternal mental
health, and infant externalizing behavior. Journal of Family
Psychology, 20, 544-552.
Bogat, G. A., Levendosky, A., DeJonghe,
E., Davidson, W. S., & von Eye, A. (2006). Trauma symptoms
Among infants whose mothers experience
domestic violence. Child Abuse and Neglect, 30, 109-125.
Jones, S. M., Bogat, G.A., Davidson,
W. S., von Eye, A., & Levendosky, A. (2005). Family support
and mental Health in pregnant women experiencing interpersonal partner
violence: An analysis of ethnic differences. American Journal
of Community Psychology, 36, 97-108
Bogat, G. A., Leahy, K., von Eye,
A., Maxwell, C., Levendosky, A., & Davidson, W. S. (2005).
The influence
of Community violence on the functioning
of women experiencing domestic violence. American Journal of
Community Psychology, 36, 123-133.
Jones, S., Davidson,
W.S., Levendosky, A., Bogat, A., & von Eye, A. (2004) Validation
of the subtle and overt psychological abuse scale: An examination of
construct validity. In Press at Violence and Victims.
Levendosky, A. A., Bogat, G. A., Theran, S. A., Trotter, J. S., von
Eye, A., & Davidson, W. S. (2004) The social networks of women experiencing
domestic violence. American Journal of Community Psychology, 34
(1), 95-110.
Lounsbury, D. A., Martin, P., & Davidson, W. S. (2004). An analysis
of the content of AJCP: An examination of issues of bias in publication
decisions. American Journal of Community Psychology.
Smith, E. P., Wolf, A. M., Cantillon, D., Davidson, II, W. S. (2004).
Intervening with juvenile delinquents: A look Back at 25 Years of research
on the adolescent diversion project. The Journal of Prevention and
Intervention in the Community, 27, 29-48.
Bogat, G. A., Levendosky, A.A., Theran, S., von Eye, A., & Davidson,
W. S. (2003) Predicting the psychosocial effects of interpersonal partner
violence (IPV): How much does a woman's history if IPV matter? Journal
of Interpersonal Violence, 18 (11), 1271-1291.
Bogat, G. A., Levendosky, A., DeJonghe, E., Davidson, W. S., & von
Eye, A. (2003) Trauma symptoms among infants whose mothers experience
domestic violence. Article submitted to Child Abuse and Neglect.
Smith, A., Sturza, M., Livsey, S., McCarthy, C., & Davidson, W.
S. (2003). Wither context: A review of recent volumes in the area of
youth violence. Journal of Adolescence.
Angelique, H.L., Reischl, T.L. & Davidson, W.S. (2002) Promoting
political empowerment: Evaluation of an intervention with University
students. American Journal of Community Psychology, 30
(6), 815-835.
Review Activities
Editor in Chief, American Journal of Communtiy Psychology, 1997 - present
Editorial Board, Journal
of Community Psychology, 1985-89
Editorial Board, American Journal of Community Psychology, 1987-1995
Violence and Victims
National Science Foundation
National Institutes of Mental Health
Center for Disease Control
Occasional Editor for 12 other Journals in the Areas of Criminology,
Developmental Psychology, and Clinical Psychology.
Projects currently involved with
Director - Adolescent Diversion Project
Co-P.I. - Inter-generational Transmission of Violence
Co-P.I. . Drug Treatment among Offender Populations
Co-P.I. . Michigan Prisoner Re-entry Evaluation
Current community involvement
I am involved with a variety of community groups surrounding issues
of crime and violence. These include:
1) local criminal justice policy councils on alternatives to incarceration
2) local juvenile courts and county boards of commissioners on strategic
planning and diversion programs
3) state crime advisory boards on delinquency prevention programs
4) state advisory boards on research on violence against women
5) national advisory boards on research in crime and delinquency, including
panels on criminal justice research
Committees, organizations, groups currently involved with
Department of Corrections, State of Michigan
Office of Criminal Justice Planning, State of Michigan
Office of Children and Youth Services, State of Michigan
Office of Juvenile Justice Services, State of Michigan
Department of Community Health, State of Michigan
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois, January, 1976
M.A., University of Illinois, April, 1973
B.A. with honors, Grand Valley State College, June, 1969
Year Came to Eco-Psych Interest Group at MSU
1975