Gloria DiFulvio

Gloria DiFulvio

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Senior Lecturer in Community Health Education
Co-Director, Center for Program Evaluation

Substance abuse prevention, suicide prevention, adolescent health, LGBT health, evaluation

Location

Arnold House

715 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003
United States

308 Arnold House

Gloria DiFulvio has extensive experience in utilizing mixed methods to evaluate health and human service programs throughout the United States. Her research interests include a focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth health. Recently, she has implemented a photovoice project to assess the unique needs of LGBT youth in rural communities. From 2004-2008 she served as the senior evaluator for the U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention. She has extensive involvement in community grant-funded projects in mental health and suicide prevention, HIV prevention, domestic violence, drug and alcohol prevention and treatment, and K-12 prevention programs. Most recently, she served as lead evaluator with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Statewide Youth Suicide Prevention Project.

Education

  • PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004
  • MPH, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1993
  • MEd, Counseling Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1993
  • BA, Psychology, Binghamton University, 1988

Key Publications

DiFulvio, G. T., Linowski, S. A., Mazziotti, J. S., & Puleo, E. (2012). Effectiveness of the Brief Alcohol and Screening Intervention for College Students (BASICS) Program with a Mandated Population. J Am Coll Health, 60(4), 269-280.

Linowski, S.A & DiFulvio, G.T. (2012) Mobilizing for Change: A Case Study of a Campus and Community Coalition to Reduce High-Risk Drinking. Journal of Community Health, Vol. 37(3), 685-693.

DiFulvio, G.T. (2011). Sexual minority youth, social connection and resilience: From personal struggle to collective identity. Social Science and Medicine, 72(10), 1611-1617.

Gubrium, A. & DiFulvio, G.T. (2011). Girls in the world: Digital storytelling as a feminist public health approach. Girlhood Studies, 4(2), 28-46.

Wexler, LA, DiFulvio, GT, Burke, T. (2009). Resilience and marginalized youth: Making a case for personal and collective meaning-making as part of resilience research in public health. Social Science & Medicine.