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Sheryl Kubiak, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
School of Social Work
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-432-7110 phone
517-353-3038 fax
spk@msu.edu
Core Faculty > Sheryl Kubiak
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Sheryl Pimlott Kubiak, PhD. is a 2002 graduate of the University of Michigan's joint program in Psychology and Women's Studies. She was a NIMH pre-doctoral fellow in gender and mental health. Her current research interests are at the intersections of criminal justice, mental health and substance abuse - encompassing both individual as well as systems issues. She joined the faculty at MSU in the fall of 2006 after four years as Assistant Professor at Wayne State University.
Dr. Kubiak is particularly committed to the well being of women involved in the criminal justice system and has extensive practice, policy and research experience in this area. In May 2006 she was part of a three-member panel, organized by the Consortium of Social Science Organizations (COSSA) that participated in a Congressional Briefing on Capital Hill focused on women in the criminal justice system.
Some of her research projects include the implications of cumulative stress, PTSD and depression among women convicted of drug offenses; the impact of welfare reform on those with drug convictions; and the effects of PTSD on incarcerated men and women. In addition she has examined gender differences and similarities in physical and mental health outcomes between men and women exposed to cumulative violence. Currently she is working on a NIDA funded project assessing how funding drives service delivery and working on a grant focused on implementing Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment (IDDT).