Ruben Parra-Cardona, associate professor in the program of couple and family therapy at Michigan State University and associate director of the MSU Research Consortium on Gender-based Violence, will present the second Jurich Lecture on Social Justice at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17.
He will present “Building Bridges of Social Justice: Embracing prevention research to support Latino/a communities in the U.S. and Mexico.”
The afternoon lecture and reception will be at the K-State Student Union. On Friday, Sept. 18, marriage and family therapy alumni and friends are invited to breakfast at the Family Center and then join a program and center tour.
Parra-Cardona’s research, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), compares and contrasts the differential treatment efficacy and cultural relevance of two culturally adapted versions of an evidence-based parenting intervention.
His violence research focuses on the evaluation of cultural relevance of services for Latino survivors as well as Latino men who batter and abuse.
He serves as consultant for the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, particularly as it focuses on developing theoretical frameworks for the reduction and elimination of violent behaviors in intimate relationships.
The professor’s clinical experience has included the provision of services to street children engaged in drug trafficking and prostitution, child and adult victims of sexual abuse and violence, as well as federal adult probationers convicted for drug trafficking.
