Core Faculty
Sally J. Stevens, Ph.D.Executive Director, Southwest Institute for Research on Women
- Office: SBS Annex 220
- Phone: 626-9558
- Email: sstevens@email.arizona.edu
- Office Hours: By appointment
Sally J. Stevens is the Executive Director of the Southwest
Institute for Research on Women (SIROW), a research institute within the Department of
Women's Studies. Dr. Stevens conducts large-scale process and outcome
research studies in the area of health disparities, substance abuse treatment,
HIV and other infectious diseases, quality of life, mental health issues, and
innovations in education. Much of her work has focused on Mexican-origin
Hispanic and American Indian women, children and adolescents living in southwestern
United States and the examination of cultural and gender issues that are
specifically applicable to these racial-ethnic groups. Dr. Stevens has published
numerous journal articles and has edited several special journal issues and books.
Her most recent special issue in The Prison Journal (volume 85, #1, 2005) is
titled "Treatment Issues of Drug and Criminally Involved Populations: Consideration
of Gender, Age and Geographical Location".