Renee M Cunningham‐Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 5422117 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Renee M Cunningham‐Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Renee M |
| FAMILY NAME | Cunningham‐Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS R M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington University in St. Louis |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3940-3216 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Role of Accessible Program Information in Attracting Diverse PhD Students to Social Work Programs
This study explored the importance of accessible social work doctoral program information and the need to conduct further research on prospective PhD students to more completely meet their needs. The PhD Student Navigation System was used as a framework to complete a content analysis on publicly available information pertaining to top social work PhD programs in the United States. Results reveal a range of available information for prospective Ph…
Collaboration with dissertation chair associated with greater scholarship productivity during social work PhD training
Various disciplines have investigated factors associated with PhD student publication productivity. However, there is a dearth of research on factors related to scholarly productivity during social work PhD training. This retrospective, cross-sectional study explored correlates of scholarly productivity in a sample of early career PhD social work faculty members regarding publications during their PhD training (N = 58). We sent an electronic surv…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities, Referral Source and Attrition From Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Among Adolescents in the United States
The following study examined the association between race, ethnicity, referral source, and reasons for attrition from substance use treatment in a sample of 72,643 discharges of adolescent youth in the United States from 2014 to 2016. Black and Hispanic adolescents were more likely to be discharged due to incarceration and termination by the facility compared to White adolescents. Adolescents referred by probation, diversion, other juvenile justi…
Experiences With Imposter Syndrome and Authenticity at Research-Intensive Schools of Social Work
TThere is little known about the experiences of Black women in schools of social work, specifically those situated within research-intensive (R-1) Carnegie-designated institutions. Experiences of imposter syndrome and authenticity often result in negative experiences and poor professional outcomes for Black women in academia. This study explores Black women social work faculty members' sense of self through the prisms of imposter syndrome and aut…
Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Depression, Antisocial Behavior, Alcohol Use, and Gambling during Emerging Adulthood
Gambling in Emerging Adulthood
Stress, stressors, and substance use
Using differential, multivariable risk models, we assessed the contribution of substance use and stress/traumatic events to hookah use among African American college students ( n = 1,402) using data from the Fall 2012 American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) II. Lifetime hookah use was 24.8%, with 34.2% of lifetime users having done so in the past 30 days. Compared to nonusers, hookah users had significan…
The Impact of Traumatic Experiences on Risky Sexual Behaviors in Black and White Young Adult Women
Quality Guidelines for Social Work PhD Programs
The Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Educationin Social Work (GADE) adopted a new version of quality guidelines for PhD social work programs at its annual meeting in April 2013. These guidelines are reprinted in this article, together with a discussion of the context in which they were developed and approved. They are offered with the aim of advancing excellence in research-focused doctoral education and continuing the decades-long conversat…
Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Among Heterosexual Identified Men and Women Who Have Same-Sex Partners or Same-Sex Attraction
Housing Stability and Problem Gambling
Despite negative consequences, few studies have explored problem-gambling risk and housing stability. This article examined whether gamblers with stable housing would be at lower problem-gambling risk than those with transient/unstable housing. Community-recruited 15- to 85-year-old gamblers (n = 312) provided structured telephone interviews of their gambling problems, substance and psychiatric conditions, and sociodemographics, including current…
The Capacity to Give Informed Consent in a Homeless Population with Developmental Disabilities
Item Specification in the Development of a Diagnostic Gambling Instrument
Problem Gambling and Comorbid Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders Among Drug Users Recruited from Drug Treatment and Community Settings
Effectiveness of HIV Risk Reduction Initiatives Among Out-of-Treatment Non-Injection Drug Users
While attention has been paid recently to the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS interventions among injection drug users, less focus has been given to out-of-treatment noninjecting drug users. This study examines the the NIDA Cooperative Agreement standard intervention versus an enhanced intervention for HIV/AIDS risk among noninjecting drug users. Data come from five sites of the NIDA-funded Cooperative Agreement on HIV risk behaviors. The sample is com…
Taking chances
OBJECTIVES: This study determined prevalence estimates of problem gambling and relationships to other psychiatric and substance use disorders. METHODS: In 1981, the Diagnostic Interview Schedule was used to collect epidemiological information on problem gambling and other disorders from 3004 adults in St. Louis, Mo. RESULTS: The lifetime prevalence of pathological gambling was 0.9%; 46% of those surveyed gambled recreationally. Problem gamblers (…
The association of physical and sexual abuse with HIV risk behaviors in adolescence and young adulthood
Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Among Heterosexual Identified Men and Women Who Have Same-Sex Partners or Same-Sex Attraction
Quality Guidelines for Social Work PhD Programs
The Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Educationin Social Work (GADE) adopted a new version of quality guidelines for PhD social work programs at its annual meeting in April 2013. These guidelines are reprinted in this article, together with a discussion of the context in which they were developed and approved. They are offered with the aim of advancing excellence in research-focused doctoral education and continuing the decades-long conversat…
Taking chances
OBJECTIVES: This study determined prevalence estimates of problem gambling and relationships to other psychiatric and substance use disorders. METHODS: In 1981, the Diagnostic Interview Schedule was used to collect epidemiological information on problem gambling and other disorders from 3004 adults in St. Louis, Mo. RESULTS: The lifetime prevalence of pathological gambling was 0.9%; 46% of those surveyed gambled recreationally. Problem gamblers (…
Experiences With Imposter Syndrome and Authenticity at Research-Intensive Schools of Social Work
TThere is little known about the experiences of Black women in schools of social work, specifically those situated within research-intensive (R-1) Carnegie-designated institutions. Experiences of imposter syndrome and authenticity often result in negative experiences and poor professional outcomes for Black women in academia. This study explores Black women social work faculty members' sense of self through the prisms of imposter syndrome and aut…
The Capacity to Give Informed Consent in a Homeless Population with Developmental Disabilities
The association of physical and sexual abuse with HIV risk behaviors in adolescence and young adulthood
Effectiveness of HIV Risk Reduction Initiatives Among Out-of-Treatment Non-Injection Drug Users
While attention has been paid recently to the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS interventions among injection drug users, less focus has been given to out-of-treatment noninjecting drug users. This study examines the the NIDA Cooperative Agreement standard intervention versus an enhanced intervention for HIV/AIDS risk among noninjecting drug users. Data come from five sites of the NIDA-funded Cooperative Agreement on HIV risk behaviors. The sample is com…
Taking chances
OBJECTIVES: This study determined prevalence estimates of problem gambling and relationships to other psychiatric and substance use disorders. METHODS: In 1981, the Diagnostic Interview Schedule was used to collect epidemiological information on problem gambling and other disorders from 3004 adults in St. Louis, Mo. RESULTS: The lifetime prevalence of pathological gambling was 0.9%; 46% of those surveyed gambled recreationally. Problem gamblers (…
Problem Gambling and Comorbid Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders Among Drug Users Recruited from Drug Treatment and Community Settings
Item Specification in the Development of a Diagnostic Gambling Instrument
The Capacity to Give Informed Consent in a Homeless Population with Developmental Disabilities
Housing Stability and Problem Gambling
Despite negative consequences, few studies have explored problem-gambling risk and housing stability. This article examined whether gamblers with stable housing would be at lower problem-gambling risk than those with transient/unstable housing. Community-recruited 15- to 85-year-old gamblers (n = 312) provided structured telephone interviews of their gambling problems, substance and psychiatric conditions, and sociodemographics, including current…
Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Among Heterosexual Identified Men and Women Who Have Same-Sex Partners or Same-Sex Attraction
Quality Guidelines for Social Work PhD Programs
The Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Educationin Social Work (GADE) adopted a new version of quality guidelines for PhD social work programs at its annual meeting in April 2013. These guidelines are reprinted in this article, together with a discussion of the context in which they were developed and approved. They are offered with the aim of advancing excellence in research-focused doctoral education and continuing the decades-long conversat…
Stress, stressors, and substance use
Using differential, multivariable risk models, we assessed the contribution of substance use and stress/traumatic events to hookah use among African American college students ( n = 1,402) using data from the Fall 2012 American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) II. Lifetime hookah use was 24.8%, with 34.2% of lifetime users having done so in the past 30 days. Compared to nonusers, hookah users had significan…
The Impact of Traumatic Experiences on Risky Sexual Behaviors in Black and White Young Adult Women
Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Depression, Antisocial Behavior, Alcohol Use, and Gambling during Emerging Adulthood
Gambling in Emerging Adulthood
Experiences With Imposter Syndrome and Authenticity at Research-Intensive Schools of Social Work
TThere is little known about the experiences of Black women in schools of social work, specifically those situated within research-intensive (R-1) Carnegie-designated institutions. Experiences of imposter syndrome and authenticity often result in negative experiences and poor professional outcomes for Black women in academia. This study explores Black women social work faculty members' sense of self through the prisms of imposter syndrome and aut…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities, Referral Source and Attrition From Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Among Adolescents in the United States
The following study examined the association between race, ethnicity, referral source, and reasons for attrition from substance use treatment in a sample of 72,643 discharges of adolescent youth in the United States from 2014 to 2016. Black and Hispanic adolescents were more likely to be discharged due to incarceration and termination by the facility compared to White adolescents. Adolescents referred by probation, diversion, other juvenile justi…
The Role of Accessible Program Information in Attracting Diverse PhD Students to Social Work Programs
This study explored the importance of accessible social work doctoral program information and the need to conduct further research on prospective PhD students to more completely meet their needs. The PhD Student Navigation System was used as a framework to complete a content analysis on publicly available information pertaining to top social work PhD programs in the United States. Results reveal a range of available information for prospective Ph…
Collaboration with dissertation chair associated with greater scholarship productivity during social work PhD training
Various disciplines have investigated factors associated with PhD student publication productivity. However, there is a dearth of research on factors related to scholarly productivity during social work PhD training. This retrospective, cross-sectional study explored correlates of scholarly productivity in a sample of early career PhD social work faculty members regarding publications during their PhD training (N = 58). We sent an electronic surv…
Medicine (15 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Psychiatry (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Gambling Behavior and Treatments (6 works) · Injury prevention (6 works) · Poison control (6 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (4 works)