People
John Wallace
Associate Professor
PhD, University of Michigan
2301 Cathedral of Learning
412-624-6349
E-mail: johnw@pitt.edu
Biography
John M. Wallace Jr. is an associate professor of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh. His research examines the impact of religion as a protective factor against adolescent problem behavior; racial and ethnic disparities in substance abuse; and the role of faith-based organizations in the revitalization of urban communities, through the provision of social services, economic empowerment activities and community development. He is the principal investigator on a five year project funded by the Skillman Foundation to evaluate its "A Call To Service" (ACTS) faith-based initiative and is a co-investigator on the University of Michigan's on-going national study of drug use among American young people, Monitoring the Future. Dr. Wallace's research has appeared in numerous professional journals, books and monographs including Social Work, the American Journal of Public Health, and the Journal of Studies on Alcohol. He earned his PhD in Sociology from the University of Michigan.
Publications
Wallace, J.M., Jr, Myers, V.L., Holley, J. (In Press). Holistic Faith-Based Development: Toward a Conceptual Framework. The Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy, Rockefeller Institute of Government:Albany NY.
Wallace, J.M., Jr., Brown, TN, Bachman, JG, and LaVeist TA. (2003) The Influence of Race and Religion on Abstinence from Alcohol, Cigarettes and Marijuana Among Adolescents. Journal of Studies on Alcohol 64:843-848.
Wallace, J.M., Jr., Forman, T.A. Caldwell, C., Willis D.S. Religion and U.S. Secondary School Students: Current Patterns, Recent Trends and Sociodemographic Correlates. (2003). Youth and Society. 35:98-125.
Wallace, J.M., Jr. Is Religion Good for Adolescent's Health? (2003). University of Pennsylvania Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society.
Wallace, J.M., Jr., Bachman J.G., O'Malley, P.M., Schulenberg, J.S., Cooper, S.M. Johnston, L.D., (2003). Gender and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Smoking, Drinking and Illicit Drug Use among American Secondary School Students, 1976-2000. Addiction 98:225-234.
Wallace, J.M., Jr., Bachman J.G., O'Malley, P.M., Johnston, L.D., Schulenberg, J.S., Cooper, S.M., (2002). Tobacco, Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use: Racial/Ethnic Differences among U.S. High School Seniors, 1976-2000. Public Health Reports.
Wallace, J.M., Jr. and Muroff, J.R. Preventing Substance Abuse among African American Children and Youth: Race Differences in Risk Factor Exposure and Vulnerability (2002). Journal of Primary Prevention 22:235-261.
Brown, T.N., Wallace, J.M., Jr., Williams, D.R. (2000). Race-related correlates of young adults' subjective well-being. Social Indicators Research 53:97-116.
LaVeist, T. A. and Wallace, J. M., Jr. (2000). Health Risk and Inequitable Distribution of Liquor Stores in African American Communities. Social Science and Medicine 51:613-617.