Dr. Lori Ann Post

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Yale University
Surgery
Section of Emergency Medicine
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2008
Michigan State University
College of Communication Arts & Sciences
Assistant Dean for ResearchAppointed: 2006
Michigan State University
College of Communication Arts & Sciences
Telecommunication, Information Studies & Media
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2006
Michigan State University
Outreach and Engagement
Senior Resarch FellowAppointed: 2003
Michigan State University
Department of Family Child Ecology
Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media
Appointed: 2003
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Mailing Address

297 Communication Arts and Sciences Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (517) 355-3410
Fax: (517) 355-9569
lapost@msu.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Michigan State University, Demography, 1999.
Certificate, Emory University, Public Health - Surveillance, 1999.
M.A., Michigan State University, Demography, 1992.
B.A., Michigan State University, International Studies, 1988.
Course, University of London, Forensic Anthropology, 1987.
Course, University of Cambridge, Osteology, 1987.

Expertise and Research Interests

Injury Prevention
Violence Against Women
Technology and Health
Research Methods
Statistics
Evaluation Research
Program Evaluation
Violence
Demography

Other Expertise

Statistical computer programming

Future Research

Research methods, evaluation research, demography, violence against women

Industrial Relevance

Program evaluation, clinical trials, vital statistics

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Advertising, Demography, Program Evaluation (social Sciences), Research Methodology, Statistics, Violence.

Additional Terms:

Demography, Evaluation, Injury, Methodology, Prevention, Program Evaluation, Research Design, Violence.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Portuguese: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
French: (Functional, Functional, Functional)
Spanish: (Functional, Functional, Functional)

Memberships

American Public Health Association
American Sociological Association
International Communication Association
International Institute of Sociology
International Sociological Association
National Communication Association
Northwest Biometrics Society
Population Association of America
Southern Demographic Association

Honors and Awards

2006, Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship, Phi Kappa Phi
1999, Best Student Paper, American Public Health Association, Statistics Section, Log Linear Modelling for Indirect Population Estimation
1988, Regional Studies Certificate, African Studies Center, Michigan State University

Previous Positions

2004-2005, Director, Michigan State University, College of Communication Arts & Sciences, Interdisciplinary Research and Outreach
2003-2005, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, College of Human Ecology, Family and Child Ecology
1997-2002, Research Associate, Michigan State University, College of Human Ecology, Institute for Children, Youth and Families
1996-1997, Research Associate, Michigan State University, Institute for Public Policy and Social Research
1994-1997, Graduate Assistant, Michigan State University, Department of Sociology
1992-1997, Instructor, Michigan State University, Department of Sociology
1991-1995, Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University, Department of Sociology

Funding Received

  • Women's Center, Inc.: Marquette Dating Youth Violence Prevention Evaluation, $5,020, Oct 1, 1998 to Sep 30, 1999.
  • Turning Point: Rape Awareness Evaluation Prevention, $5,000, Oct 1, 1998 to Sep 30, 1999.
  • Michigan Department of Community Health: Domestic Violence Information System Coordination and Research, $55,000, Oct 1, 1997 to Sep 30, 1998.
  • Women's Center, Inc.: Marquette IPV Research for Justice and Violence Agencies, $42,200, Oct 1, 1997 to Sep 30, 1998.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: IPV RDD Survey, $559,000, May 2001 to Sep 2002.
  • Mott Children's Health System: Services to Empower and Enable Kids, $17,000, May 1998 to Jun 1999.
  • Michigan State University: Public Policy and Evaluation of Project SEEK, $71,000, May 1998 to Jun 1999.
  • Michigan State University: Census 2000 Project, $54,000, Feb 2001 to Feb 2002.
  • OSD/Army: Political Will Expert Reasoning Tool, $255,000, 2008 to 2010.
  • State of Oregon: Oregon Informatics Background System, $1,492,000, 2007 to 2009.
  • Michigan Department of Community Health: Background Check System Development, $1,092,00, 2007 to 2009.
  • Michigan Department of Community Health: Wraparound Informatics, $39,577, 2007 to 2008.
  • Michigan Department of Community Health: Endgame, $10,000, 2007 to 2007.
  • Health and Biomedical Research Initiative - MSU VPRGS: Violence Against Women Initiative, $468,014, 2006 to 2009.
  • NIH - NCRR: Planning for Clinical Translational Science Award, $226,500, 2006 to 2007.
  • Medicaid: Vulnerable Medicaid Populations, $2,066,946, 2005 to 2007.
  • Department of Health and Human Services: Michigan Program for Background Checks, $5,000,000, 2005 to 2008.
  • MDCH/Centers for Disease Control: Violent Death Reporting System, $11,145, 2004 to 2004.
  • Skillman Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson, Michigan Department of Education, Family Independence Agency, FACT Coalition: Michigan Afterschool Initiative, $220,000, 2003 to 2004.
  • Dept of Justice/Michigan Dept of Human Services: Disproportionate Minority Contact, $1,016,167, 2003 to 2005.
  • Centers for Disease Control: Census Lead Poisoning Study, $68,000, 2003 to 2008.
  • Robert Wood Johnson, Skillman Foundation, Mott (multiple funders): Aftercare, $190,499, 2003 to 2004.
  • US Department of Justice - OJJDP and Michigan Dept of Human Services: DMC Aftercare, $314,639, 2003 to 2004.
  • US Department of Justice - OJJDP and MDHS: Disproportionate Minority Contact - Matrix, $734,552, 2002 to 2004.
  • Centers for Disease Control: CDC Data Center and Random Digit Dial Survey, $514,818, 2002 to 2004.
  • Michigan Judicial Institute: IPV Judicial, Court Support, and Probation Officer, $33,000, 2001 to 2001.
  • Women's Center, Inc. Family Independence Agency: (IPV) Families in Transition (FIT), $18,000, 2001 to 2002.
  • Centers for Disease Control: Predictiveness and Sensitivity of Elevated Blood Lead Level Screening, $172,271, 2000 to 2003.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Marquette Domestic Violence Project, $1,447,421, 1999 to 2002.
  • Michigan Department of Management and Budget: Estimation of Population Effects on the Allocation of Federal and State Funding, $56,000, 1999 to 2000.
  • Michigan Department of Community Health: Community Assessment Tool (CAT), $122,250, 1999 to 2002.
  • Centers for Disease Control: Marquette Violence Prevention Coalition Project, $593,612, 1999 to 2003.
  • Michigan Department of Community Health: Rape Awareness Education Program Evaluation, $10,000, 1998 to 1999.
  • Michigan Department of Community Health: Violence Education Evaluation Program, $5,000, 1998 to 1999.
  • Mott Children's Health Center & Michigan Legislature: Services to Empower and Enable Kids (SEEK), $88,000, 1998 to 1999.
  • Women's Center, Michigan Department of Community Health: Marquette Research for Justice and Violence Agencies (MR JAVA), $37,200, 1997 to 1998.
  • Michigan Department of Community Health: DISCAR, $37,200, 1997 to 1998.
  • Michigan Department of Community Health/CDC: Sexual Assault Surveillance System, $1,103,692, 1996 to 2006.

Publications

  • Parra-Cardona JR (2007) Latino elder abuse: An ecological and culturally relevant theoretical framework for clinical practice, Family Process, 46 (4), 451-470
  • Oehmke, James, Post, L. A. (2007) Can health care services attract retirees and contribute to the economic stability of rural places?, Agriculture and Resource Economics Review, 36 (1), 95-106
  • Beebles M (2007) Factors Predicting Willingness to Help Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, In Press
  • Mastin TL (2007) Framing of elder abuse: it's not a family affair, Gerontology, In Press
  • Griffore R (2007) Family Members' Reports of Abuse in Michigan Nursing Homes, Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect
  • Swierenga, S., Post, L. A., Choi,, Coursaris, C. (2007) Public health communication technology: A case study in Michigan long-term care settings, International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 1 (3), 3-16
  • Post, L. A., Swierenga, S. J., Oehmke, J., Salmon, C.T., Prohovkar, A., Meyer, E., Joshi, V. (2006) Implications of an Aging Population Structure., International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 1 (2), 47-57
  • Meyer, Emily, L. A. Post (2006) Alone at night: A feminist ecological model to community violence, Feminist Criminology, 1, 207-227
  • Biroscak B, Smith PK, Post, LA (2006) A practical approach to public health surveillance of violent deaths related to intimate partner relationships, Public Health Reports, 121 (4), 393-9
  • Post, Lori A. and Christopher Maxwell and Patricia Smith, Developmental and Ecological Perspectives of Youth Dating and Sexual Violence, Greenwood Series, East Lansing, Mi, Michigan State University Press, 2005
  • National Research Council (2004) Advancing the Federal Research Agenda on Violence Against Women, Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences Press
  • Salmon, C. T., L. A. Post, R. E. Christensen, Mobilizing Public Will for Social Change, Series 4, Washington, DC, Communications Consortium Media Center, May 2003
  • Maxwell, Christopher, Amanda Robinson, and L. A. Post, The Impact on the Adjudication of Sexual Assault and Other Violent Offenses: Implications for Conflict and Consensus Theories of Law, Journal of Criminal Justice, 31, 523-38, 2003
  • Maxwell, Christopher, Amanda Robinson, and Lori Post, The Nature and Predictors of Sexual Victimization and Offending Among Adolescents, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 32(36), 465-77, 2003
  • Maxwell C, Robinson A, Post LA (2003) The Nature and Predictors of Sexual Victimization and Offending Among Adolescents, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 32 (36), 465-77
  • Maxwell C, Robinson A, Post LA (2003) The Impact on the Adjudication of Sexual Assault and Other Violent Offenses: Implications for Conflict and Consensus Theories of Law, Journal of Criminal Justice, 31, 523-538
  • Post, L. A, Nancy Mezey and Chris Maxwell, The Rape Tax: Tangible and Intangible Costs of Sexual Violence, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, July, July 2002
  • Mezey, Nancy J., Lori A. Post, and Christopher Maxwell, Redefining Intimate Partner Violence: Women’s Experiences With Physical Violence and Non-Physical Abuse By Age, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Special Issue on Vio, 22(7/8), 2002
  • White, Jacquelyn and Lori A. Post, Understanding Rape: a Meta-theoretical Framework, Evolution, Violence,, Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2002
  • Maxwell, Christopher D. and Lori A. Post, An Assessment of Efforts to Prevent Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women, Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, Jan 2002
  • Mezey NJ, Post LA, Maxwell C. (2002) Redefining Intimate Partner Violence: Women's Experiences with Physical Violence and Non-Physical Abuse by Age, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (Special Issue on Violence Against Women), 22 (7/8), 122-154
  • Post LA, Mezey NJ, Maxwell C, Novales Wibert W. (2002) The Rape Tax: Tangible and Intangible Costs of Sexual Violence, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17 (7), 773-782
  • White J, Post LA (2002) Understanding Rape: A Meta-theoretical Framework, In Evolution, Violence, and Gender, Ed. by Cheryl Travis, MIT Press, 383-412 pages (bookchapter)
  • Schiamberg L, Barboza G, Oehmke J, Zhang Z, Griffore R, Post, LA, Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes: An Ecological Perspective, Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, In press
  • Maxwell CD, Post LA, Using Public Will to Secure Political Will, , Governance Reform Under Real World Conditions: Citizens, Stakeholders, and Voice, Ed. by Sina Aodugbemi and Tom Jacobson, World Bank Press, In press pages (bookchapter)
  • Post LA, Salmon CT, Prokhorov A, Oehmke J, Swierenga S, Aging and Elder Abuse: Projections for Michigan, , Applied Demography in the 21st Century, Ed. by Steve H. Murdock and David A. Swanson, Springer Publications, In press pages (bookchapter)

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Last Updated: 5/19/2008

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