Giovani Burgos | Faculty Profiles

Diplomas/Degrees

Ph.D., Indiana University (2006)

Masters of Art, Indiana University (1998)

Bachelors of Arts in Sociology and Criminal Justice, University at Albany (1993)

Personal Statement

My research and teaching interest center on the pathways that link structural disadvantages to the well-being of marginalized populations. Research wise, I enjoy using advanced multilevel and structural equation modeling techniques in two lines of research. My first line of work examines how school factors impact academic achievement among Canadian youth. In addition, I am interested in how residential segregation, income inequality, neighborhood disorder, and discrimination stress impact the life chances (e.g., health, death from homicide) of African Americans and Latinos in the U.S. The courses that I teach here at Adelphi emphasize these topics and I enjoy working with students who are interested in these issues in the form of independent studies and/or in the co-authoring of papers. You can find my full Curriculum Vitae (CV) Here: http://gofile.me/6lh29/fV7tT9sf

Recent Courses

Criminology

Social And Behavioral Aspects Of Health

Specialization/Interests

Medical Sociology/Mental Health/Public Health
Criminology
Racial and Ethnic Stratification
Latino/a Studies
Quantitative Research Methods

Articles

Di Stasio, Maria, Robert Savage, and Giovani Burgos. 2016 (Accepted). “Social Comparison, Competition and Teacher-Student Relationships in Junior High School Classrooms Predicts Bullying and Victimization.” Journal of Adolescence

Trillo, Alex F., Giovani Burgos, and Michael Schwartz. 2016 (Accepted). “How Institutional Ties and Homeless Mothers Engage with Policy to Create Opportunities for Mobility.” Journal of Social Research and Policy.

Wright, Robin, Giovani Burgos, Amanda Krygsman, and Jaclyn Brown. 2015. “Methodological Constructs of Tracking Highly Mobile Participants.” Intervention - Quebec Journal of Social Workers.

Savage, Robert, Giovani Burgos, Eileen Wood, and Noella Piquette. 2015. “The Simple View of Reading as a Framework for National Literacy Initiatives: A Hierarchical Model of Pupil-Level and Classroom-Level Factors.” British Educational Research Journal.

De Jesús, Anthony, Giovani Burgos, Melissa Almenas, and William Vélez. 2014. “A Multilevel Analysis of Structural, Cultural, and Economic Factors Influencing Marriage Patterns of U.S. Puerto Ricans: Does Residential Segregation Matter?” Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Savage, Robert, Philip C Abrami, Noella Piquette, Eileen Wood, Gia Deleveaux, Sukhbinder Sanghera-Sidhu, and Giovani Burgos. 2013. “A (Pan-Canadian) Cluster Randomized Control Effectiveness Trial of the ABRACADABRA Web-Based Literacy Program.” Journal of Educational Psychology. 105 (2):310-328

Rivera, Fernando I. and Giovani Burgos. 2012. “A Review of Body Mass Index Reduction Interventions among Mexican Origin Latinos and Latinas.” California Journal of Health Promotion. 10:99-113.

Swiss, Liam, Kathleen Fallon, and Giovani Burgos. 2012. “Reaching A Critical Mass: Women’s Political Representation and Child Health in Developing Countries.” Social Forces. 91 (2):531-558.

Burgos, Giovani and Fernando Rivera. 2012. “Residential Segregation, Socioeconomic Status, and Disability: A Multilevel Study of Puerto Ricans in the United States.” Centro: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies. 24 (2).