Mona Dajani

Updated 4/28/2023

From: Jerusalem, Palestine

Started UL Kent doctoral program: August 2019

Area(s) of research interest:

  • Motherhood
  • Women
  • Well-being
  • Social Relations
  • Refugees and Immigrants
  • Microenterprise Development
  • Workforce Integration
  • Self-Sufficiency

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Adrian Archuleta

Master of Science Social Work (MSSW)

Master of Science Social Work
Specialization: Mental Health
Kent School of Social Work & Family Science,University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Current Position:  Graduate Teaching Assistant

 

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Nyerges, E. X., Dajani, M. A., Kacmar, A. M., Gunathilake, W.A., & Harris, L. M. (2022). Situating within the balance: A qualitative study exploring interpreters' experiences working with refugees in the United States. Health & Social Care in the Community.

Archuleta, A. J., Prost, S. G., & Dajani, M. A. (2021). Examining the World Health Organization’s WHOQOL-BREF: assessing the structural and convergent validity in a general US sample.Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 1-16.

Archuleta, A. J. & Dajani, M. A. (2021). Exploring network derived indicators of acculturation among college enrolled Latinxs: Examining language use and homophily in support networks. Journal of Community Psychology, 1– 21.https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22538

 

Academic Presentations:

Archuleta, A. J., Prost, S. G., & Dajani, M. (2020). The relationship between acculturation and negative network relationships on the psychological well-being of Latinx young adults. Poster presentation accepted for the 9th International Conference of Community Psychology, Naples, IT (international).

Nyerges, E.X., Dajani, M.A, Kacmar, A.M., & Gunathilake, W.A.P.M.(2021, May 19-22). A Situational analysis exploring the positions taken within the balance: Interpreters' experiences working with refugee newcomers [Conference session]. International Conference of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), Champaign, IL, United States.
https://icqi.org/