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Reginald Simmons, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

454 Vance Academic Center
Office Phone: (860)832-3134
Email Address:
simmonsred@ccsu.edu

Office Hours:
Tuesday: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Wednesday: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Thursday: 1:00 - 2:00 pm

 Ph.D., University of South Carolina, Clinical and Community Psychology

Research Interests: Delinquency Prevention and Intervention

Courses Taught

Criminal Justice Risk and Resilience
Diversity and Criminal Justice
Juvenile Delinquency
Research Methods in Criminal Justice

Selected Publications and Academic Paper Presentations

Publications:

Simmons, R & Vaughn, G.C.  (in press).  Engaging African-Americans into outpatient mental health intervention.  In T .P. Gullotta, R. Hampton, & R. Crowell (Eds.), Handbook of African-American Health Psychology:  Evidence-Based Treatment and Prevention Practice.  New York:  Guilford Press.

Simmons, R., Ungemack, J., Sussman, J., Anderson, R., Adorno, S, Aguayo, J., Black, K., Hodge, S., & Tirnady, R.  (2008).  Bringing adolescents into substance abuse treatment through community-based outreach and engagement:  The Hartford Youth Project.  Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 40, 41-54. 

Evans, A.C., Delphin, M., Simmons, R.D., Omar, G., & Tebes, J.  (2005).  Developing a Framework for Culturally-

Competent  Systems of Care.  In Robert Carter (Ed.),The Handbook of Racial-Cultural Psychology and Counseling: Practice and Training, Volume Two.  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, New Jersey.

Tebes, J.K., Bowler, S.M., Shah, S., Connell, C.M., Ross, E., Simmons, R., Tate, D., Chinman, M.J., & Kaufman, J.S. 

(2005). Service  access and service system development in a children’s behavioral health system of care.  Evaluation and Program Planning, 28, 151-160. 

Academic Paper Presentations: 

Simmons, R., Ungemack, J., &  Sussman, J. (June 2008).  The impact of family-centered and multi-systemic

intervention on caregiver  monitoring and peer risk of substance-abusing adolescents.  Presentation at the 5th Annual Leading Change:  Rethinking Juvenile Justice Conference 2008.  Storrs, CT.     

Simmons, R., Ungemack, J., Sussman, J., & Tirnady, R.  (March 2008).  The impact of family-centered and multisystemic intervention on caregiver monitoring and peer risk of substance-abusing adolescents.  Presentation at the 2008 Joint Meeting on Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness (JMATE).  Washington, D.C.   

Turner, W., Shepler, R.  Simmons, R.D., Cohen, D., & Alamo, C. (June 2004).  Interventions for Youth with Co-

Occurring Disorders.   Training Institute conducted at the 2004 CMHS/SAMHSA National Training Institutes on Developing Local Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents with Emotional Disturbances and their Families:  Early Intervention.  San Francisco, CA. 

Panzarella, P., Simmons, R.D., Corto-Mergins, C., Cohen, D., &  Alamo, C.  (February, 2004).  A Model for

Accessing, Engaging, and Retaining Adolescents into Evidence-Based Treatment:  The Hartford Youth Project.  Workshop conducted at the February 2004 SAMHSA/CSAT Adolescent Program Annual Grantee Meeting.  Baltimore, M.D.