CURRICULUM VITAE · CURRICULUM VITAE Karen D. Lincoln, M.S.W., M.A., Ph.D. University of Southern California School of Social Work Fall, 2012 University of Southern California School

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Karen D. Lincoln, M.S.W., M.A., Ph.D.

University of Southern California

School of Social Work

Fall, 2012


School of Social Work

669 W. 34th Street, MRF 214

Los Angeles, CA 90089-0411

Phone: (213)740-5733

Fax: (213)740-0789

E-mail: [email protected]

http://www.usc.edu/dept/socialwork/

http://roybal.usc.edu/

http://www.karendlincoln.com

http://healthyblackamerica.wordpress.com

EDUCATION

1992 B.A. University of California, Berkeley, Department of Sociology

1996 M.S.W. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, School of

Social Work

1998 M.A. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department

of Sociology

2002 Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Social Work

and Sociology

TEACHING INTERESTS

Social Welfare Research

Human Behavior and the Social Environment

African American Families

Intergenerational Relations and Aging

mailto:[email protected]

http://roybal.usc.edu/

http://www.karendlincoln.com/

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Multivariate Analysis

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Etiology of mental health and health disparities

Psychosocial factors and risk for psychiatric disorders

Depression across the lifespan

Obesity and African American women

Informal networks and social relationships

African American older adults

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2010-present Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Southern

California

2010-present Associate Director, Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging, University of

Southern California

2007-2010 Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Southern

California

2002-2007 Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000-2001 Research Analyst, Institutional Research Department, Washtenaw

Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

1999, Winter Graduate Student Instructor, Social Work 522: Basic Social Work Research

Methods, University of Michigan, School of Social Work

1996 Teaching Assistant, ICPSR’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Grants Writing Workshop, University of Michigan

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1996-2001 Associate Editor, African American Research Perspectives, Program for

Research on Black Americans, Institute for Social Research, University of

Michigan

1995-2001 Research Assistant, Program for Research on Black Americans, Institute

for Social Research, University of Michigan

AWARDS AND HONORS

2011 Grand Marshal, University of Southern California, School of Social Work

Commencement

2008 Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Administration for Children and Families and the Mathematica Policy

Research Project, Marriage and Health in the African American

Community, “Stress, Marital Satisfaction, and Mental Health Among

African Americans.” 5/01/08 – 12/31/09. $10,000

2006 Scholar, National Institute of Mental Health, African American Mental

Health Research Scientist Grant Workshop. Bethesda, Maryland.

2002 National Institutes of Health, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Research Conference, Moving Forward: Building on Social Work

Contributions to Mental Health Research presentation entitled, “Positive

and Negative Social Interactions, Personality, and Stressful Events as

Predictors of Psychological Distress among African Americans”

1996/ National Institute on Aging, Technical Assistance Workshop, National

Institute of

1999 Health, Bethesda, MD

1994 Rackham Merit Fellowship, University of Michigan

1992 Principal Investigator, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University

of California, Berkeley grant entitled, “The Detroit School: Public

Education for African American Males”

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PEER REVIEW JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. Aranda, M. P., Chae, D. H., Lincoln, K. D., Taylor, R. J., Woodward, A. T., &

Chatters, L. M. (in press). Demographic Correlates of DSM-IV Major Depressive

Disorder among Older African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic

Whites: Results from the National Survey of American Life. International Journal

of Geriatric Psychiatry.

2. Taylor, R. J., Chae, D. H., Chatters, L. M., Lincoln, K. D., & Brown, E. (in press). DSM-

IV Twelve Month and Lifetime Major Depressive Disorder and Romantic

Relationships among African Americans. Journal of Affective Disorders.

3. Chae, D. H., Nuru-Jeter, A., Lincoln, K. D., & Arriola, K. R. (in press). Racial

Discrimination, Mood Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease Among Black

Americans. Annals of Epidemiology.

4. Taylor, R. J., Brown, E., Chatters, L. M., & Lincoln, K. D. (in press). Extended Family

Support and Relationship Satisfaction Among Married, Cohabiting and

Romantically Involved African Americans and Black Caribbeans. Journal of

African American Studies.

5. Lincoln, K. D., Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., & Jackson, J. S. (in press). Correlates of

negative interaction and social support among African Americans and Black

Caribbeans. Journal of Family Issues.

6. Chae, D. H., Lee, S., Lincoln, K.D., & Ihara, E. S. (in press). Discrimination, Family

Relationships, and Major Depression Among Asian Americans. Journal of

Immigrant and Minority Health.

7. Woodward, A. T., Taylor, R. J., Bullard, K. M., Aranda, M. P., Lincoln, K. D.,

Chatters, L. M. (in press). Prevalence of Lifetime DSM-IV Affective Disorders

among Older African Americans, Black Caribbeans, Latinos, Asians and Non-

Hispanic Whites. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

8. Chae, D. H., Lincoln, K. D., & Jackson, J. S. (2011). Discrimination, attribution, and

racial group identification: Implications for psychological distress among Black

Americans in the National Survey of American Life. American Journal of

Orthopsychiatry, 81, 498–506.

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9. Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., Lincoln, K. D., Nguyen, A. & Joe, S. (in press). Church-

Based Social Support and Suicidality among African Americans and Black

Caribbeans. Archives of Suicide Research, 15, 337 – 353.

10. Chae, D. H., Nuru-Jeter, A. M., Lincoln, K. D., & Francis, D. D. (2011).

Conceptualizing racial disparities in health: Advancement of a socio-

psychobiological approach. DuBois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 8(1), 63

- 77.

11. Lincoln, K. D., Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., & Joe, S. (2011). Suicide, Negative

Interaction and Emotional Support among Black Americans. Social Psychiatry and

Psychiatric Epidemiology. Published online ahead of print.

12. Aranda, M. & Lincoln, K. D. (2011). Financial strain, social and personal coping

resources and depressive symptoms in a clinical sample of older Latinos. Race

and Social Problems, 3, 280 – 297.

13. Lincoln, K. D., & Chae, D. H. (2011). Social support, negative interaction, and

lifetime major depressive disorder among African Americans and Caribbean

Blacks. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 47(3), 361-372. PMID:

21293846.

14. Lincoln, K. D., Taylor, R. J., Watkins, D., & Chatters, L. M. (2010). Correlates of

psychological distress and major depressive disorder among African American

men. Research on Social Work Practice, 21(3), 278 – 288.

15. Chae, D. H., Lincoln, K. D., Adler, N. E., & Syme, S. L. (2010). Do major experiences

of racial discrimination predict cardiovascular health outcomes among African

American men? The moderating role of negative attitudes towards Blacks. Social

Science and Medicine, 71, 1182 – 1188. PMID: 20659782.

16. Lincoln, K. D. & Takeuchi, D. T. (2010). Variations in trajectories of depressive

symptoms: Results from the Americans’ Changing Lives Study. Biodemography

and Social Biology, 56, 24 – 41. PMID: 20589986.

17. Lincoln, K. D., Taylor, R. J., Bullard, K. M., Chatters, L. M., Himle, J. A., Woodward,

A. T., & Jackson, J. S. (2010). Emotional support, negative interaction and DSM IV

lifetime disorders among older African Americans: Findings from the National

Survey of American Life (NSAL). International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 25,

612 – 621. PMID: 20157904.

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18. Lincoln, K. D., & Chae, D. H. (2010). Stress, marital satisfaction, and mental health

among African Americans in the National Survey of American Life (NSAL).

Journal of Family Issues, 31, 1081 – 1105.

19. Lincoln, K. D., Taylor, R. J., Chae, D. H., & Chatters, L. M. (2010). Demographic

correlates of psychological well-being and distress among older African

Americans and Caribbean Black adults. Best Practices in Mental Health: An

International Journal, 6, 103 – 126. PMID: 78115185.

20. Keith, V. M., Lincoln, K. D., Taylor, R. J., & Jackson, J. S. (2009). Discriminatory

experiences and depressive symptoms among African American women: Do skin

tone and mastery matter? Sex Roles, 62, 48 – 59. PMID: 21151821.

21. Lincoln, K. D. (2008). Personality, negative interactions and mental health. Social

Service Review, 82, 223 – 252. PMID: 21151733.

22. Lincoln, K. D., Taylor, R. J., & Jackson, J. S. (2008). Romantic relationships among

unmarried African Americans and Caribbean Blacks. Family Relations, 57, 254 –

266. PMID: 21151832.

23. Bryant, C. M., Taylor, R. J., Lincoln, K. D., & Jackson, J. S. (2008). Marital Satisfaction

among African Americans and Black Caribbeans: Findings from the National

Survey of American Life. Family Relations, 57, 239 – 253. PMID: 21151891.

24. Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., Lincoln, K. D., & Jackson, J. S. (2008). Religious coping

among African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and Non-Hispanic Whites. Journal of

Community Psychology, 36(3), 371 – 386. PMID: 21048887.

25. Lincoln, K. D. (2007). Financial strain, negative interactions and mastery: Pathways

to mental health among older African Americans. Journal of Black Psychology,

33(4), 439 – 462. PMID: 21152353.

26. Lincoln, K. D., Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., & Jackson, J. S. (2007). Profiles of

depressive symptoms among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks. Social

Science & Medicine, 65(2), 200 – 213. PMID: 17449157.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/collections/bibliography/citation/78115185

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27. Lincoln, K. D., Chatters, L. M., & Taylor, R. J. (2005). Social support, traumatic

events and depressive symptoms among African Americans. Journal of Marriage

and Family, 67(3), 754 – 766. PMID: 16429592.

28. Taylor, R. J., Lincoln, K. D., & Chatters, L. M. (2005). Supportive relationships with

church members among African Americans. Family Relations, 54, 501 – 511.

29. Lincoln, K. D., Taylor, R. J., & Chatters, L. M. (2003). Correlates of emotional

support and negative interaction among older Black Americans. Journals of

Gerontology: Social Sciences, 58B(4), S225 – S233. PMID: 12878656.

30. Lincoln, K. D., Chatters, L. M., & Taylor, R. J. (2003). Psychological distress among

Black and White Americans: Differential effects of social support, negative

interaction and personal control. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 44(3), 390 –

407. PMID: 14582315.

31. Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., Lincoln, K. D., & Schroepfer, T. A. (2002). Patterns of

informal support from family and church members among African Americans.

Journal of Black Studies, 33(1), 66 – 85.

32. Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., & Lincoln, K. D. (2001). Advances in the measurement

of religiosity among older African Americans: Implications for health and mental

health researchers. Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 7(1), 181 – 200. (Reprinted

as a chapter In J. H. Skinner, J. A. Teresi, D. Holmes, S. M. Stahl, and A. L.

Stewart (Eds.), Multicultural measurement in older populations, pp. 199 – 220. New

York, NY: Springer Publishing).

33. Lincoln, K. D. (2000). Social support, negative social interactions and psychological

well-being. Social Service Review, 74(2), 231 – 252.

34. Taylor, R. J., Ellison, C. G., Chatters, L. M., Levin, J. S., & Lincoln, K. D. (2000).

Mental health services within faith communities: The role of clergy in Black

churches. Social Work, 45(1), 73 – 87.

35. Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., & Lincoln, K. D. (1999). African American religious

participation: A multi-sample comparison. Journal for the Scientific Study of

Religion, 38(1), 132 – 145.

BOOK CHAPTERS

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1. Lincoln, K. D., & Chatters, L. M. (2003). Keeping the faith: Religion, stress, and

psychological well-being among African American women. In D. R. Brown & V.

M. Keith (Eds.), In and out of our right minds: African American women and mental

health, pp. 223 – 241. New York: Columbia University Press.

2. Lincoln, K. D. (2007). Social support. In G. Ritzer (Ed.), The Blackwell encyclopedia of

sociology, pp. 4527 – 4531. Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing.

3. Evans-Campbell, T., Lincoln, K. D., & Takeuchi, D. T. (2007). Race and the sociology

of mental health. In W. R. Avison, J. D. McLeod, & B. A. Pescosolido (Eds.),

Mental health, social mirror, 169 – 189. New York, NY: Springer.

4. Lincoln, K. D., Chatters, L. M., & Taylor, R. J. (in press). Church-based negative

interaction among older African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and non-Hispanic

Whites. In M. Silverstein & R. Giarrusso (Eds.), From generation to generation:

Continuity and discontinuity in aging families. Johns Hopkins Press.

NON-PEER REVIEW JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Taylor, R. J. & Lincoln, K. D. (1997). The Million Man March: Portraits and attitudes.

African American Research Perspectives, 3(1), 62 – 67.

2. Lincoln, K. D. (1998). Stress, informal social support, and mental health among low-

income African American mothers. African American Research Perspectives, 4(1), 15

– 26.

3. Gassoumis, Z. D., Lincoln, K. D., & Vega, W. A. (August, 2011). How Low-Income

Minorities Get By in Retirement: Poverty Levels and Income Source. Policy Brief.

Roybal Institute on Aging.

WORKS UNDER REVIEW

1. Lincoln, K. D., Abdou, C. M., & Lloyd, D. A. Race and Socioeconomic Differences in

Obesity and Depression among Black and Non-Hispanic White Americans.

Submitted to Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

http://roybal.usc.edu/Minorities-RetirementIncome.pdf

http://roybal.usc.edu/Minorities-RetirementIncome.pdf

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2. Lincoln, K. D. Social relationships and health among minority older adults. In K. E.

Whitfield and T. Baker (Eds.) Handbook of Minority Aging. Springer Publishing:

New York.

FEATURED ARTICLES AND PRESS

1. Mental Health Services Concern African Americans, Study Says. California Watch, July

17, 2012.

2. Aging and Life Quality: What Does The Future Hold? Scientific American, January 17,

2012.

3. Obesity Rising In Los Angeles County, KCET, October 26, 2011.

4. Upfront: Study looks at state of older Black women. The Crisis, May/June, 2006.

5. Culture cure. USC Health, University of Southern California, Winter, 2008.

6. Help from my friends: How social interactions impact mental health. SSA Magazine:

The University of Chicago, Fall, 2008.

7. Not all health care is created equal. ColorsNW, April 14, 2009.

FEDERAL GRANTS

Principal NIH/NIMH $823,908 “Risk and Protective Factors for

Investigator Depression among Racial Groups”

National Institute of Mental Health (R01

MH084963). 09/15/09 – 09/14/2011. 50%.

Co-Investigator NIH/NICHD $368,455 “Education and Health among Racial

Groups” National Institute of Child

Health and Human Development (R01

HD049142). Principal Investigator:

David Takeuchi. 01/01/05 – 12/31/09.

Summer Salary.

Consultant NIH/NIA $752,760 “Religious Involvement among Older

African Americans” National Institute

http://www.kcet.org/updaily/1st_and_spring/public-health/obesity-rising-in-los-angeles-county.html

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on Aging (R01 AG18782). Principal

Investigator: Linda M. Chatters.

03/01/05 – 02/28/08. $5,000/year.

Principal NIH/NIMH $738,896 “Racial Differences in Social Relations

Investigator and Depression” National Institute of

Mental Health Mentored Scientist

Development Award (K01 MH069923).

01/01/04 – 12/31/08. 80%.

Principal NIH/NIA $131,000 "Religion, Stress and Physical/Mental

Investigator Health in Blacks,” National Institutes on

Aging Grant, Diversity Supplement.

Principal Investigator on Parent Grant:

Robert Joseph Taylor (R01 AG010135).

09/25/92 – 08/31/98. 25%.

Graduate Student NIH/NIMH $2,523,849 "African American Mental Health

Investigator Research Program," National Institute

of Mental Health Grant Principal

Investigator: James S. Jackson. (P01

MH058565). 06/01/01 – 05/31/08. 5%.

Principal NIH/NIA $37,875 “Social Interaction and Well-being

Investigator across the Life Course,” National

Institute on Aging, Minority

Dissertation Grant (R03 AG18965).

10/30/00 – 04/30/02. 100%.

Graduate Student NIH/NIA $867,524 “Church-based Assistance and Older

Investigator Blacks,” National Institute on Aging,

Principal Investigator: Linda M.

Chatters (R01 AG18782) 3/15/01 –

02/28/04. 5%.

FOUNDATION AND INTERNAL GRANTS

Principal GSA/ $100,000 “Race Differences in Social Relations

Investigator Hartford and Depression among Older Adults”

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Gerontological Society of America and

Hartford Foundation Geriatric Social

Work Faculty Scholars Program. 9/01/03

– 8/31/05. 25%.

Co-Principal Larson/USC $40,000 “Paths to Wellness for Older African

Investigator Americans “in Adult Day Health Care”

Larson Research Award, University of

Southern California, School of Social

Work. 8/06/09 – 5/15/10. 20%.

Principal CTSI/USC $17,809 “Mental Health Disparities within the

Investigator Context of Health Disparities:

Depression and Obesity among

Black Women” The Los Angeles Basin

Clinical and Translational Science

Institute, Keck School of Medicine,

University of Southern California.

11/01/10 – 03/31/11. 25%.

Co-Principal CTSI/USC $30,000 “Uncovering Opportunities for

Investigator Prevention and Early Intervention

among Older Minority Groups in

Disadvantaged L.A. Neighborhoods”

The Los Angeles Basin Clinical and

Translational Science Institute, Keck

School of Medicine, University of

Southern California.11/01/10 – 03/31/11.

25%.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2010, Spring Social Work 761: Multiple Regression for Social Work Research,

University of Southern California, School of Social Work

2010, Spring Social Work 599: Social Work Practice with African American Families,


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2009, Summer Social Work 599: Global Immersion Summer Program in Puerto Rico,


2009, Spring Social Work 761: Multiple Regression for Social Work Research,


2009, Spring Social Work 785: Guided Research Internship, Doctoral Seminar on Article

Development and Submission, University of Southern California, School

of Social Work

2008, Fall Social Work 785: Guided Research Internship, Doctoral Seminar on Article

Development and Submission, University of Southern California, School

of Social Work

2005, Fall Social Work 500, Intellectual and Historical Foundations of Professional

Social Work Practice, University of Washington, School of Social Work



2004, Winter Social Work 546, Social Work Practice with African American Families,

University of Washington, School of Social Work

2003, Winter Social Work 505, Introduction to Social Welfare Research, University of

Washington, School of Social Work



Teaching Tutorials

2011, Spring Social Work 790: Research Tutorial (Melissa Edmondson, Ph.D.),


2010, Sum Social Work 790: Research Tutorial (Diana Ray, Ph.D.), University of

Southern California, School of Social Work

2009, Sum Social Work 790: Research Tutorial (Ling Xu, Ph.D.), University of

Southern California, School of Social Work

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2006, Spring Social Welfare 600: Dissertation Tutorial (Shauna Carlisle, Ph.D.),


2006, Fall Social Work 599: Advanced Social Welfare Research (Danielle Huston,

MSW), University of Washington, School of Social Work

2005, Spring Social Work 599: Advanced Social Welfare Research (Alicia Cole, MSW),


2005, Fall Social Welfare 600: Research Practicum (Gillian Marshall, Ph.D.),


2005, Fall Social Welfare 600: Advanced Graduate Research Methods (Karen

Fieland, Ph.D.), University of Washington, School of Social Work

2004, Spring Social Work 599: Advanced Social Welfare Research (Susan Koppelman,


2004, Spring Social Work 599: Advanced Social Welfare Research (Jay Simmelink,


2003, Spring Social Work 599: Advanced Social Welfare Research (Madeleine Bertin,


Practicum Instruction

Fall, 2005 Social Welfare 600: Teaching Practicum (Lovie Jackson, Ph.D.), University

of Washington, School of Social Work

Fall, 2004 Social Welfare 599: Foundation Practicum (Renee Silas, MSW), University

of Washington, School of Social Work

QUALIFYING EXAMINATION AND DISSERTATION COMMITTEES

2008 Member, Qualifying Examination Committee, May Guo, USC, School of Social

Work

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2009 Member, Qualifying Examination Committee, Keosha Partlow, Keck School of

Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute for Health Promotion &

Disease Prevention Research

2009 Member, Qualifying Examination Committee, Melissa Edmondson, USC, School

of Social Work

2011 Member, Dissertation Committee, Keosha Partlow, USC Keck School of

Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute for Health Promotion &

Disease Prevention Research

2011 Chair, Qualifying Examination Committee, Diana Ray, USC, School of Social

Work

2012 Member, Dissertation Committee, Melissa Edmondson, USC, School of Social

Work

2012 Member, Qualifying Examination, Claradina Soto, USC Keck School of Medicine,

Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute for Health Promotion & Disease

Prevention Research

PEER REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS

1. Lincoln, K. D. (June, 2012). Socioeconomic Position, Obesity and Depression: Is there

an Obesity-Depression Paradox? 13th International Conference on Social Stress

Research. Dublin, Ireland.

2. Lincoln, K. D. Moderator. (2012, January). Society for Social Work and Research, 16th

Annual Conference, Research that Makes a Difference: Advancing Practice and

Shaping Public Policy. “Racial Disparities in Mental Health and Service Use,”

Washington, DC.

3. Lincoln, K. D., Lloyd, D., & Ray, D. (2012, January). Profiles of psychological distress

among middle-aged and older adults: Findings from the National Survey of

American Life. Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research, 16th

Annual Conference, Research that Makes a Difference: Advancing Practice and

Shaping Public Policy, Washington, DC.

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4. Lincoln, K. D. (2011, September). Race and socioeconomic differences in comorbid

depression and obesity among Black and White Americans. Presented at the 15th

World Congress of Psychiatry, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

5. Aranda, M.P., Chae, D.H., Lincoln, K.D., Taylor, R.J., Chatters, L.M., & Toler

Woodward, A. (September, 2011). Lifetime and twelve-month prevalence of

DSM-IV major depressive disorder among older African Americans, Black

Caribbeans, and non-Hispanic Whites: Results from the National Survey of

American Life. Presented at the 15th World Congress of Psychiatry, Buenos Aires,

Argentina.

6. Chae, D. H., Lincoln, K. D., & Arriola, K. R. (2010, April). Racial Discrimination and

Cardiovascular Disease Among African Americans: The Role of Mood Disorders.

Poster presented at the 31st Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society

of Behavioral Medicine, Seattle, Washington.

7. Lincoln, K. D., & Chae, D. H. (2008, June). Social Relationships and Depression among

African Americans and Caribbean Blacks. Paper presented for the Study of

Psychological Study of Social Issues, 7th Biennial Convention, Disparities across

the Globe: Place, Race, Class, Ethnicity & Gender, Roosevelt University, Chicago,

Illinois.

8. Chae, D. H., Lincoln, K. D., & Jackson, J. S. (2008, June). Discrimination, Attribution,

and Racial Group Identification: Implications for Psychological Distress among

Black Americans in the National Survey of American Life. Paper presented for

the Study of Psychological Study of Social Issues, 7th Biennial Convention,

Disparities across the Globe: Place, Race, Class, Ethnicity & Gender, Roosevelt

University, Chicago, Illinois.

9. Lincoln, K.D., & Chae, D.H. (2008, May). Social Relationships and Depression Among

African Americans and Caribbean Blacks. Presented at the Hawaii International

Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, HI.

10. Lincoln, K. D. Financial Strain, Social and Personal Coping Resources and

Depressive Symptoms in a Clinical Sample of Older Latinos in the USA. (2006,

December). Paper presented for the Fifth International Conference of Social

Work Health and Mental Health, Hong Kong, China.

11. Lincoln, K. D. Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms among African American and

White Adults: The Effect of Race and Socioeconomic Status. (2006, May). Paper

presented for the Association of Psychology and Psychiatry for Adults and

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Children’s, Eleventh International Conference on Psychology and

Communication: Friendship and Unity, Athens, Greece.

12. Lincoln, K. D. Patterns of Depressive Symptoms among Older Adults. (2006, April).

Paper presented for the Second International Symposium on Social and Applied

Gerontology. Antalya, Turkey.

13. Lincoln, K. D. Racial Inequalities in Mental Health Across the Life Course. (2006,

February). Paper presented for the Council on Social Work Education 52nd

Annual Program Meeting. Chicago, Illinois.

14. Lincoln, K. D. Race Differences in Social Relations and Depression Among Older

Adults: What Do the Data Tell Us? (2004, October). Presentation for the Hartford

Faculty Scholars Program, Leadership Institute, Washington, DC.

15. Lincoln, K. D. Financial Strain, Negative Interactions, Mastery and Depression

among Older Black and White Adults. (2004, May). Paper presented for the

Fourth International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health.

Quebec, Canada.

16. Lincoln, K. D. Financial Strain, Negative Interactions, Mastery and Depression

among Older Black and White Adults. (2003, November). Paper presented at the

Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. San Diego,

California.

17. Lincoln, K. D. Race Differences in Social Relations and Depression among Older

Adults. (2003, October). Presentation for the Hartford Geriatric Social Work

Faculty Scholars Program Institute.

18. Lincoln, K. D. Positive and Negative Social Interaction, Personality and Stressful

Events as Predictors of Psychological Distress among African Americans. (2002,

June). Paper presented at the National Institute of Mental Health Division of

Services and Intervention Research: Social Work Research: Moving Forward

Meeting. Bethesda, Maryland.

19. Lincoln, K. D. Stress, Religious Participation, and Subjective Health among Older

African Americans. (1999, November). Paper presented at the Annual Scientific

Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. San Francisco, California.

20. Lincoln, K. D. Religion, Stress, and Psychological Well-being among African

American Women. (1998, August). Paper presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of

the Association of Black Sociologists. San Francisco, California.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

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1. Lincoln, K. D. (May, 2012). Immerging Trends in Aging: Who Will Be Served and Who Will

Serve Them? Presented at the Field Instructor Workshop, Shape your Future, Reshape

the World. University of Southern California, School of Social Work. Los Angeles, CA.

1. Lincoln, K. D. (April, 2012). Changing hues and the Baby Boom: Profiles of our

“aging” population. Plenary speaker. Presented at the California Wellness

Foundation Conference on Healthy Aging, Glendale, CA.

2. Lincoln, K. D. (November, 2011). Who will be served? Who will serve them?

Presented at the California Association of Area Agencies on Aging, “Centers of

Today…Investing in Tomorrow, Senior Center Stakeholder Forum,” Los

Angeles, CA.

3. Lincoln, K. D. (2011, October 12). Race, Socioeconomic Position and Comorbid

Depression and Obesity: Is There an Obesity-Depression Paradox? Emotional

Health & Wellness Conference, Loma Linda University.

4. Lincoln, K. D., Lloyd, D., & Ray, D. (April, 2011). Profiles of psychological distress

among middle-aged and older adults: Findings from the National Survey of

American Life. Presented at the “What’s Hot in Aging: Interdisciplinary

Perspectives” conference, Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern

California, Los Angeles, CA.

5. Lincoln, K. D. (2010, April). Mental Health Disparities: More Questions than Answers.

Presented at the 8th Annual Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC)

Research Conference, Health Disparities: A Global Challenge, a Local Response,

Phoenix, AZ.

6. Lincoln, K. D., & Chae, D. H. (2010, March). Stress, Marital Satisfaction, and

Psychological Distress Among African Americans. Presented at the Social

Determinants of Health: A Discussion of the Relationship between Marriage and

Health Outcomes in African American Communities, U.S. Department of Health

and Human Services, Washington, DC.

7. Lincoln, K. D., & Chae, D. H. (2009, June). Stress, Marital Satisfaction, and

Psychological Distress Among African Americans. Presented at the

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) African American Healthy

Marriage Initiative (AAHMI), Connecting Marriage Research to Practice

Conference: The Black Family in the 21st Century, The University of North

Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work.

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8. Lincoln, K. D., & Chae, D. H. (2009, February). Stress, Marital Satisfaction, and

Psychological Distress Among African Americans. Presented at the Third

National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in

Health, Office of Minority Health, Department of Health and Human Services.

9. Chae, D. H., Lincoln, K. D., Syme, S. L., & Adler N. E. (2008, October). Do experiences

of racial discrimination predict cardiovascular diseases among African American

men? The moderating role of racial group attitudes. Presented at the University

of California, San Francisco, 2nd Annual Health Disparities Research

Symposium, San Francisco, CA.

10. Lincoln, K.D., & Chae, D.H. (2008, June). Social Support, Negative Interaction, and

Depression Among Black Americans. Presented at the 2008 Summer Workshop

on African American Aging Research. Ann Arbor, MI.

11. Lincoln, K. D. (2007, October). Profiles of Depressive Symptoms among African

Americans and Caribbean Blacks. Presented at the Emory S. Bogardus Research

Colloquium Series, University of Southern California, Department of Sociology.

12. Lincoln, K. D. (2007, September). Church-based Negative Interaction. Presented at

the Conference and Festschrift for Dr. Vern Bengtson: “From Generation to

Generation: Continuity and Change in Aging Families,” University of Southern

California.

13. Lincoln, K. D. (2006, April). Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms: The Role of Race

and Socioeconomic Status. Presented at the Robert Wood Johnson, Clinical

Scholars Program. University of Washington.

14. Lincoln, K. D. (2006, January). Strategic Planning: Preparing for the Job Market

During Graduate School. Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research,

Tenth Annual Conference. San Antonio, Texas.

15. Lincoln, K. D. (2004, May). African American Elders Project. The Mayor’s Council on

African American Elders. Presented for the Honorable Mayor Greg Nichols.

16. Lincoln, K. D. (2004, April). My Journey: The Road to Becoming a Professor.

Presented at The Breakfast Group/University of Washington Education Task

Force Forum, Meany Middle School.

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17. Lincoln, K. D. (2004, March). Faith in Action: A Plan for Community Outreach.

Presented at Emerald City Community Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Seattle,

WA.

18. Lincoln, K. D. (2003, November). Financial Strain, Negative Interactions, Mastery

and Depression among Older Black and White Adults. Presented at Loma Linda

University, Department of Social Work.

19. Lincoln, K. D. (2004, March). Afrocentric Social Work. Presented at the Veterans

Administration Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS), Social Work

Department, National Social Work Month.

20. Lincoln, K. D. (2004, May). African American Elders Project. The Mayor’s Council on

African American Elders. Presented at the Mayor’s Council on African American

Elders (MCAAE).

21. Lincoln, K. D. (2004, September).Mayor’s Council on African Americans Elders:

Advisors, Advocates, Educators. Presented for Mayor Greg Nichols, Seattle, WA.

22. Lincoln, K. D. (2003, November). From Theory to Research. SWL598: Issues and

Priorities in Social Welfare Research. Presented at the University of Washington,

School of Social Work.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2002-2003 Committee Member, Admissions Task Force, School of Social Work,

University of Washington

2002-2005 Committee Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee, School of Social

Work, University of Washington

2003 Committee Member, Strategic Program Options Workgroup, School of

Social Work, University of Washington

2003-2007 Faculty Associate, Institute on Multigenerational Health, Development

and Equality, School of Social Work, University of Washington

2003-2007 Committee Member, Special Committee on Minority Faculty Affairs,


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2003-2007 Committee Member, Doctoral Program Visioning Ad Hoc Committee,

School of Social Work, University of Washington

2003-2004 Committee Member, Admissions Committee, School of Social Work,


2004-2006 Board Member, Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC), Community

Advisory Board (CAB), University of Washington

2005-2007 Board Member, Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement

Program (GO-MAP) Faculty/Staff Advisory Board, University of

Washington

2006 Member, Search Committee for Dean and Vice Provost of Undergraduate

Academic Affairs, University of Washington

2006-2007 Member, Advisory Council, Practicum Partnership Program, School of

Social Work, University of Washington

2008-2009 Member, Faculty Council, University of Southern California, School of

Social Work

2008-2009 Member, Search Committee, University of Southern California, School of

Social Work

2008-2009 Member, All School Day Planning Committee, University of Southern

California, School of Social Work

2009-present Member, Scientific Governing Board, Edward R. Roybal Institute on

Aging, University of Southern California

2009-present Member, Development Committee, Tamika Gilreath, Assistant Professor,


2011 Member, Strategic Planning Subcommittee for Research and Innovation,


2011 Member, Faculty Advisory Committee, Office of Government and Civic

Engagement, University of Southern California

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2011 Chair, Third-year Review Committee, Eric Rice, School of Social Work,


2011-2011 Vice Chair, Curriculum Council, School of Social Work, University of

Southern California

2011-2013 Member, Advisory Board, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers

(RERC) on Technologies for Successful Aging with Disability, University

of Southern California

2012-2013 Chair, Curriculum Council, School of Social Work, University of Southern

California

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2004-2005 Committee Member, Medical Sociology Section, American Sociological

Association

2005-2006 Member, Social Research, Policy and Practice Section Program Committee,

The Gerontological Society of America

2006-2007 Member, American Sociological Association – Section on Aging and the

Life Course (SALC) Planning Committee

2009 Reviewer, International Social Work Practice in the United Kingdom,

MSW Post-Graduate Certificate Program

2010- Member, Editorial Board, Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences

2011- Member, International Advisory Committee for the Seventh Annual

Pathways to Client-Center Care Conference on Social Work in Health and

Mental Health, Los Angeles, CA

2011- Member, California Council on Gerontology and Geriatrics, Los Angeles,

CA

COMMUNITY SERVICE

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2002-2003 Member, Mayor’s Council on African American Elders (MCAAE), City of

Seattle

2002-2003 Board Member and Technical Advisor, African American Elder Services

Board, Seattle, WA

2003-2004 Treasurer, Mayor’s Council on African American Elders, City of Seattle

2005-2006 Chair, Mayor’s Council on African American Elders (MCAAE), City of

Seattle

2006 Organizer, The Plight of the Older African American Woman: A Community

Forum, University of Washington, School of Social Work

2006-2007 Member, Health Policy Institute at the Joint Center for Political and

Economic Studies, Place Matters Design Lab Team, Washington, DC

2006-2007 Board Member, Atlantic Street Center, Seattle, WA

2009-present Board Member, H.A.L.O. (Helping Angelinos Live Optimistic, Inc., Los

Angeles, CA

2010-present Board Member, Robey Theatre Company, Los Angeles, CA

GRANT APPLICATION REVIEWER ACTIVITIES

2009, December Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2010, March National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health

2010, March National Science Foundation

2012, March National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health

PEER-REVIEW JOURNAL REVIEWER ACTIVITIES

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American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Journal of the American Medical Association

Journal of Family Issues

Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences

Journal of Health Behavior and Health Education

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Journal of Marriage and Family Journal of Psychiatric Research

Journal of Religion and Health

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Psychological Medicine

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Social Science and Medicine

Society for Social Work Research Award

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Public Health Association

American Sociological Association

Gerontological Society of America

National Council on Family Relations

Society for Social Work and Research

Documents

CURRICULUM VITAE · CURRICULUM VITAE Karen D. Lincoln, M.S.W., M.A., Ph.D. University of Southern California School of Social Work Fall, 2012 University of Southern California School