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Education:

B.A. (Psychology), University of California, Los Angeles, 1991; M.S.W. (Social Work), University of Washington, 1993; Ph.D. (Social Welfare), University of California, Los Angeles, 2000; Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Training Fellowship, University of Michian-Ann Arbor, 2003.

Courses Taught:

Research Methods (SW 282A,B)

Research Interests:

Mental health and health disparities among racial and ethnic populations; epidemiology of depression among African Americans; poverty and welfare reform; culture-specific research methods; longitudinal statistical techniques.

Selected Publications:

Hastings, J. F., Kromrei, H., & Caldwell, C. H. (In Press). "Conducting Quantitative Research with African American and Caribbean Black Adult and Adolescent Populations: Strategies for Training Interviewers from Experiences with the National Survey of American Life." In S. Sellars, C. H. Caldwell, & J. S. Jackson (Eds.), Research Methodology in African American Communities. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Hastings, J. F. (Fall, 2002). "Poverty and Mental Health Outcomes: Epidemiologic Comorbidity Literature Review." African American Research Perspectives, 8(2), 15-28.

Hastings, J. F. (Spring, 1998). "California Welfare Reform." National Black Women's Health Project Well Aware, 1(2), 4-5.