Betty Tonui

Associate Professor
505 Varner
[email protected]

Research Interests

• Immigrants and refugees
• Mental health interventions
• Health disparities
• Social determinants of health
• International social work
• Community-based participatory research

Teaching Interests

• Human behavior in the social environment
• Human behavior and diverse populations
• Immigrants and refugee policy
• International social work
• Introduction to social work

Courses Taught

• SW 3101 Human Behavior in the Social Environment I
• SW 3201 Human Behavior in the Social Environment II
• SW 3102 Foundations for Multicultural Social Work
• SW3312 Death and Dying
• SW5101 Human Behavior in the Social Environment I
• SW6202 Policy II: Advocacy and Change

Selected Publications

• Nyoni, T., Steiner, J., Okumu, M., Orwenyo, E., Tonui, B.C., Lipsey, K., Mengo, C (2022). The use and effectiveness of the whole school approach in school-based interventions to address gender-based violence in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. htttps://doi.org/10.1177/15248380221134296.
• Tonui, B. C. (2022). The Cultural perceptions on mental health and challenges among Rwandan refugees in the U.S. Psychiatry Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114642.
• Tonui, B.C.,Miller, V.; & Adeniji, D. O. (2022). Consequences of social isolation and mental health: A systematic review on older immigrants. Aging and Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2022.2068131.
• Sharma, B.B., Pemberson, H.R., Tonui, B. C. & Ramos B. (2022). Responding to Perinatal Health and Services using an Intersectional Framework during Natural Disasters: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Risk Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102958.
• Xu, L., Fields N., Tonui, B. C. &Vazques-White, T. (2022). The effects of a psychoeducational intervention for Chinese immigrants foster grandparent volunteers. SSM-Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100111.
• Tonui, B. C., Ravi, K. E. & Xu, L. (2021). African immigrant acculturation scales in the USA: A systematic review. The British Journal of Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa245.
• Okumu, M., Orwenyo, E., Nyoni. T., Mengo, C., Steiner, J., & Tonui. B. C. (2021). Socioeconomic inequity and intimate partner violence severity among ever-married women in Uganda: Pathways and actions for multicomponent violence prevention strategies. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211021976.
• Tonui, B. C., Ravi, K. E., & Rodriguez, P. C. (2020). COVID-19: Reflections on challenges and lessons. Greenwich Social Work Review. https://doi.org/10.21100/gswr.v1i2.1168.
• Tonui, B. C., & Mitschke, D. B. (2020). We still keep our culture to stay alive: Acculturation and Adaptation among Resettled Young Adult Refugees from Burma. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313204.2020.1827334.

Professional Affiliations

• Phi-Alpha National Honors Society
• Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR)
• Council on Social Work Education