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Robert Carlson, Ph.D.

Robert G. Carlson, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Interventions, Treatment and Addictions Research
Professor, Department of Community Health

110 Medical Sciences Bldg.
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, OH 45435
Phone: (937) 775-2006
Fax: (937) 775-2214
E-mail: robert.carlson@wright.edu


Education

Ph.D.: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Anthropology (1989)
Thesis: "Haya Worldview and Ethos: An Ethnography of Alcohol Production and Consumption in Bukoba, Tanzania." (Described in Volume 50, No. 7 of Dissertation Abstracts International)

M.A.: University of Missouri, Columbia, Anthropology (1982)

B.A.: University of Missouri, Columbia, Anthropology and Philosophy (1977)


Research and Interests

Cultural Anthropology: Medical Anthropology; AIDS and the HIV Disease; Psychoactive Drug Use; Ethnography and Field Research Methods; Applied Anthropology; Contemporary Theory in Cultural Anthropology; Cognitive and Symbolic Anthropology; Political Economy of Health and Illness.

Area Specializations: Sub-Saharan Africa (particularly indigenous peoples of East Africa); Urban U.S. (Midwest), African Americans.

Languages: Kiswahili.


Professional Memberships

American Anthropological Association (1977)
Society for Medical Anthropology
AIDS and Anthropology Research Group
Alcohol and Drug Study Group
Society for Applied Anthropology (Fellow)
College on Problems of Drug Dependence (December 2004)


Selected Publications

In Review Draus, Paul, and Robert G. Carlson. Changes in Scenery: An Ethnographic Exploration of Crack Cocaine Use in Rural Ohio. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse.
  Redko, Cristina, Robert G. Carlson, and Richard C. Rapp. A Folk Model of Treatment Readiness among Drug Users in Ohio. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.

 In Press Garrity, Thomas F., Carl G. Leukefeld, Robert G. Carlson, Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, and Brenda M. Booth, Ph.D. Physical Health, Illicit Drug Use, and Demographic Characteristics in Rural Stimulant Users. Journal of Rural Health.
  Patricia B. Wright, Katharine E. Stewart, Ellen P. Fischer, Robert G. Carlson, Russel Falck, Jichuan Wang, Carl G. Leukefeld, and Brenda M. HIV-Risk Behaviors among Rural Stimulant Users: Variation by Gender and Race/Ethnicity. AIDS Education and Prevention.
  Sexton, Rocky L., Robert G. Carlson, Carl G. Leukefeld, and Brenda M. Booth. Methamphetamine Use and Adverse Consequences in the Rural Southern United States: An Ethnographic Overview. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs.
  Rapp, Richard C., Jiangmin Xu, Carey A. Carr, D. Tim Lane, Jichuan Wang, & Robert G. Carlson. Development of a motivation assessment in a pre-treatment population of substance abusers. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.
  Daniulaityte, Raminta, Robert G. Carlson, and Harvey A. Siegal. ìHeavy Users,î ìControlled Users,î and ìQuittersî: Understanding Patterns of Crack Use among Women in a Midwestern City. Substance Use and Misuse.
  Falck, Russel S., Jichuan Wang, Robert G. Carlson, & Harvey A. Siegal. Prevalence and Correlates of Current Depressive Symptomatology among a Community Sample of MDMA Users in Ohio. Addictive Behaviors.
  Carlson, Robert G., Harvey A. Siegal, Jichuan Wang, and Russel S. Falck. Ethnography and Targeted Sampling: Insights From a Natural History Study of Crack-Cocaine Users. In: Qualitative Methods in Drugs Research. Tim Rhodes, editor.
  Siegal, Harvey A., Robert G. Carlson, and Russel S. Falck. Outreach Strategies. In: Substance Abuse Treatment in the Era of AIDS. Barry Brown, ed.
  Sexton, Rocky L., Robert G. Carlson, Carl G. Leukefeld, and Brenda M. Booth. Patterns of Illicit Methamphetamine Production (ìCookingî) and Associated Risks in the Rural South: An Ethnographic Exploration. Journal of Drug Issues.
  Redko, Christina, Richard C. Rapp, and Robert G. Carlson. Waiting Time as a Barrier to Treatment Entry: Perceptions of Substance Abusers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
  Daniulaityte, Raminta, Robert G. Carlson, and Deric Kenne. Initiation to pharmaceutical opioids and patterns of misuse: Preliminary qualitative findings obtained by the Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring Network. Journal of Drug Issues.
  Wang, Jichuan, Russel Falck, Linna Li, Ahmmed Rahman, and Robert G. Carlson. Respondent-Driven Sampling in the Recruitment of Illicit Stimulant Drug Users in a Rural Setting: Findings and Technical Issues. Addictive Behaviors.

2006 Sexton, Rocky L., Robert G. Carlson, Brenda Booth, Harvey A. Siegal, and Carl Leukefeld. The Role of African-American Clergy in Providing Informal Services to Drug Users in the Rural South: Preliminary Ethnographic Findings. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 5(1):1-21.
2006 Falck, Russel, Linna Li, Robert G. Carlson, and Jichuan Wang. The Prevalence of Dextromethorphan Abuse among High School Students. Pediatrics 118:2267-2269.
2006 Draus, Paul and Robert G. Carlson. Needles in the Haystacks: The Social Context of Initiation to Heroin Injection in Rural Ohio. Substance Use and Misuse 41:1111-1124.
2006 Booth, Brenda M., Carl Leukefeld, Russel Falck, Jichuan Wang, and Robert G. Carlson. Correlates of Rural Methamphetamine and Cocaine Users: Results from a Multistate Community Study. Journal of Studies on Alcohol 67(4):493-501.
2006 Rapp, Richard C., Jiangmin Xu, Carey A. Carr, Tim Lane, Jichuan Wang, and Robert G. Carlson. Treatment Barriers Identified by Substance Abusers Assessed at a Centralized Intake Unit. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 30(3):227-235.
2006 Falck, Russel S., Robert G. Carlson, Jichuan Wang & Harvey A. Siegal. The Prevalence and Correlates of Selected Psychiatric Disorders among Young Adult MDMA/ëEcstasyí Users in Ohio. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 38(1):19-29.
2006 Siegal, Harvey A., Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, Robert G. Carlson, and Kristen P. Massimino. Emergency Department Utilization by Crack-Cocaine Smokers in Dayton, Ohio. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 32:55-68.
2006 Siegal, Harvey A., Paul J. Draus, Robert G. Carlson, Russel S. Falck, and Jichuan Wang. Perspectives on Health among Adult Users of Illicit Stimulant Drugs in Rural Ohio. Journal of Rural Health 22(2):169-173.
2005 Carlson, Robert G., Jichuan Wang, Russel S. Falck, and Harvey A. Siegal. Drug use Practices among MDMA/Ecstasy Users in Ohio: A Latent Class Analysis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 79:167-179.
2005 Falck, Russel S., Harvey A. Siegal, Jichuan Wang, Robert G. Carlson, and Paul J. Draus. Non-Medical Drug Use among Adults in Small Towns in Rural Ohio. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 28(5): 341-349.
2005 Sexton, Rocky L., Robert G. Carlson, Harvey A. Siegal, Russel S. Falck, Brenda Booth, and Carl Leukefeld. Barriers and Pathways to Diffusion of Methamphetamine Use Among African Americans in the Rural South: Preliminary Ethnographic Findings. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 4(1):77-103.
2005 Wang, Jichuan, Robert G. Carlson, Russel S. Falck, Harvey A. Siegal, Ahmmed Rahman, and Linna Li. Sample Analysis of Young Adult MDMA/Ecstasy Users Recruited with Respondent Driven Sampling. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 78:147-157.
2005 Carlson, Robert G. International Approaches to Drug Prevention: The Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring Network. Drug Prevention 2 (April): 14-15.
2005 Draus, Paul, Harvey A. Siegal, Robert G. Carlson, Russel S. Falck, and Jichuan Wang. Cracking the Cornfields: Recruiting Illicit Stimulant Drug Users in Rural Ohio. The Sociological Quarterly 46:165-189.
2005 McCaughan, Jill, Robert G. Carlson, Russel S. Falck, and Harvey A. Siegal. From ìCandy Kidsî to ìChemi-Kidsî: A Typology of Young Adults Who Attend Raves in the Midwest and Implications for Drug Prevention. Substance Use and Misuse 40(9/10):1503-1523.
2004 Carlson, Robert G., Russel S. Falck, Jill A. McCaughan, and Harvey A. Siegal. MDMA/îEcstasyî Use among Young People in Ohio: Perceived Risk and Barriers to Intervention. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 36(2):181-189.
2004 Carlson, Robert G., Jill A McCaughan, Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, Harvey A. Siegal, and Raminta Daniulaityte. Perceived Adverse Consequences Associated with MDMA/Ecstasy Use among Young Polydrug Users in Ohio: Implications for Intervention. International Journal of Drug Policy 15(4):265-274.
2004 Falck, Russel S., Robert G. Carlson, Jichuan Wang, and Harvey A. Siegal. Sources of Information about MDMA (3,4 - methylenedioxymethamphetamine): Perceived Accuracy, Importance, and Implications for Prevention among Young Adult Users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 74:45-54.
2004 Falck, Russel S., Jichuan Wang, Harvey A. Siegal, and Robert G. Carlson. The Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorder among a Community Sample of Crack Cocaine Users: An Exploratory Study with Practical Implications. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 192(7):503-507.
2004 Daniulaityte, Raminta, Siegal, Harvey A., Carlson, Robert G., Kenne, Deric R., Starr, Sanford, and DeCamp, Brad. Qualitative Epidemiologic Methods Can Improve Local Prevention Programming among Adolescents. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education 48(2):73-83.
2003 Siegal, Harvey A., Robert G. Carlson, Deric R. Kenne, and Raminta Daniulaityte. Reply to Gunderson, Erik W. No Data to Show Link Between Opioid Abuse and Heroin Use. American Family Physician 68:2132-2134.
2003 Siegal, Harvey A., Robert G. Carlson, Deric R. Kenne,and Maria Swora. Probable Relationship Between Opioid Abuse and Heroin Use. American Family Physician 67(5): 943-944.
2003 Falck, Russel S., Jichuan Wang, Harvey A. Siegal, and Robert G. Carlson. Current Physical Health Problems and their Predictors among a Community Sample of Crack- Cocaine Smokers in Ohio. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 35(4):471-478.
2002 Falck, Russel S., Jichuan Wang, Robert G. Carlson, Mark Eddy, and Harvey A. Siegal. The Prevalence and Correlates of Depressive Symptomatology Among a Community Sample of Crack-Cocaine Smokers. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 34(3):281-288.
2002 Siegal, Harvey A., Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, and Robert G. Carlson. Predictors of Drug Abuse Treatment Entry among Crack-Cocaine Smokers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 68:159-166.
2002 Falck, Russel S., Jichuan Wang, Robert G. Carlson, and Harvey A. Siegal. Variability in Drug Use Prevalence Across School Districts in the Same Locale in Ohio. Journal of School Health 72(7):288-293.
2001 Falck, Russel S., Jichuan Wang, Robert G. Carlson, and Harvey A. Siegal. The Epidemiology of Physical Attack and Rape among Crack-Using Women. Violence and Victims 16(1):79-89.
2001 Wang, Jichuan, Harvey A. Siegal, Russel S. Falck, and Robert G. Carlson. Factorial Structure of Rosenberg =s Self-Esteem Scale Among Crack-Cocaine Drug Users. Structural Equation Modeling 8(2):275-286.
2001 Siegal, Harvey A. D. Timothy Lane, Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, Robert G. Carlson, Ahmmed Rahman, and Deborah T. Chambers. Constructing a Consensus-Based Prevention Outcome Measurement Instrument. Journal of Drug Education 31(3):139-152.
2001 Deren, S. Stark, M., Rhodes, F., Siegal, H., Cottler, L., Wood, M.M., Kochems, L.M., Carlson, R.G., Falck, R.S., Rourke, K.M., Trotter, R.T., Weir, B., Goldstein, M.F., & Wright-DeAguero, L. Drug-Using Men who Have Sex with Men: Sexual Behaviors and Sexual Identities. Culture, Health and Sexuality 3:(3):329-338.
2001 Wang, Jichuan, Baofa Jiang, Harvey A. Siegal, Russel S. Falck & Robert G. Carlson. Sexual Behavior and Condom Use among STD Patients in Jinan, China. (Letter) American Journal of Public Health 91(4):650-651.
2001 Wang, Jichuan, Baofa Jiang, Harvey A. Siegal, Russel S. Falck & Robert G. Carlson. Level of AIDS Knowledge and Sexual Practices among Sexually Transmitted Disease Patients in China. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 28(3):171-175.
2000 Carlson, Robert G.. Shooting Galleries, Dope Houses, and ADoctors: @ Examining the Social Ecology of HIV Risk Behaviors Among Drug Injectors in Dayton, Ohio. Human Organization 59(3):325-333.
2000 Carlson, Robert G., Russel S. Falck, and Harvey A. Siegal. Crack-Cocaine Injection in the Heartland: An Ethnographic Perspective. Medical Anthropology 18:305-323.
2000 Siegal, Harvey A., Robert G. Carlson, Deric R. Kenne, Sanford Starr, and Richard Stephens. The Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring Network: Constructing and Operating a Statewide Epidemiologic Intelligence System. American Journal of Public Health 90(12):1835-1837.
2000 Siegal, Harvey A., Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, and Robert G. Carlson. Crack-Cocaine Users as Victims of Physical Attack. Journal of the National Medical Association 92:76-82.
2000 Falck, Russel S., Jichuan Wang, Harvey A. Siegal, and Robert G. Carlson. Longitudinal Application of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey With Not-in-Treatment Crack-Cocaine Users. Medical Care 38:902-910.
2000 Falck, Russel S., Jichuan Wang, Robert G. Carlson, and Harvey A. Siegal. Crack-Cocaine Use and Health Status as defined by the SF-36. Addictive Behaviors 25(4):579-584.
1999 Carlson, Robert G. "Boy" and "Girl": The AIDS Risk Implications of Heroin and Cocaine Symbolism among Injection Drug Users. Anthropology and Medicine 6(1):59-77.
1999 Carlson, Robert G., Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, Harvey A. Siegal, and Ahmmed Rahman. HIV Needle Risk Behaviors and Drug Use: A Comparison of Crack-Smoking and Non-Crack Smoking Drug Users in Ohio. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 31(3):291-297.
1999 Falck, Russel S., Harvey A. Siegal, Jichuan Wang, and Robert G. Carlson. Differences in Drug Use Among Rural and Suburban High School Students in Ohio. Substance Use and Misuse 34:567-577.
1999 Siegal, Harvey A., Jichuan Wang, Robert G. Carlson, Russel S. Falck, and Robert L. Fine. Ohio=s Prison-Based Therapeutic Community Treatment Programs for Substance Abusers: Preliminary Analysis of Re-Arrest Data. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 28(3/4):33-48.
1999 Rhodes, Fen, Sherry Deren, Michele M. Wood, Michele G. Shedlin, Robert G. Carlson, Elizabeth Y. Lambert, Lee M. Kochems, Michael J. Stark, Russel S. Falck, Linda Wright-DeAg?ero, Brian Weir, Linda Cottler, Kathryn M. Rourke, and Robert T. Trotter II. Understanding HIV Risks of Chronic Drug-Using Men Who Have Sex with Men. AIDS CARE 11(6):629-648.
1999 Wang, Jichuan, Harvey A. Siegal, Russel S. Falck, Robert G. Carlson, and Ahmmed Rahman. Evaluation of HIV Risk-Reduction Intervention Programs Via Latent Growth Model. Evaluation Review 23:648-662.
1998 Carlson, Robert G., Jichuan Wang, Harvey A. Siegal, and Russel S. Falck. A Preliminary Evaluation of a Modified Needle-Cleaning Intervention Using Bleach among Injection Drug Users. AIDS Education and Prevention 10(6):523-532.
1998 Siegal, Harvey A., Russel S. Falck, Robert G. Carlson, Jichuan Wang, and Ahmmed M. Rahman. Health Services Research Among Crack-Cocaine Users: A Case Study From the Midwest. American Behavioral Scientist 41(8):1063-1078.
1998 Wang, Jichuan, Harvey A. Siegal, Russel S. Falck, and Robert G. Carlson. Needle Transfer Among Injection Drug Users: A Multilevel Analysis. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 24(2):225-237.
1997 Falck, Russel S., Jichuan Wang, Robert G. Carlson, and Harvey A. Siegal. Factors Influencing Condom Use Among Heterosexual Users of Injection Drugs and Crack Cocaine. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 24(4):204-210.
1996 Carlson, Robert G. The Political Economy of AIDS among Drug Users in the United States: Beyond Blaming the Victim or Powerful Others. American Anthropologist 98(2):266-278.
1996 Carlson, Robert G., Harvey A. Siegal, Jichuan Wang, and Russel S. Falck. Attitudes Toward Needle "Sharing" among Injection Drug Users: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods. Human Organization 55(3):361-369.
1996 Siegal, Harvey A., Russel S. Falck, Jichuan Wang, and Robert G. Carlson. History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Infection, Drug-Sex Behaviors, and the Use of Condoms Among Midwestern Users of Injection Drugs and Crack Cocaine. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 23(4):277-282.
1995 Siegal, Harvey A., Robert G. Carlson, Russel S. Falck, and Jichuan Wang. Drug Abuse Treatment Experience and HIV Risk Behaviors among Active Drug Injectors in Ohio. American Journal of Public Health 85(1):105-108.
1995 Ashery, Rebecca Sager, Robert G. Carlson, Russel S. Falck, and Harvey A. Siegal. Injection Drug Users, Crack-Cocaine Users, and Human Service Utilization: An Exploratory Study. Social Work 40:75-82.
1995 Ashery, Rebecca Sager, Robert G. Carlson, Russel S. Falck, Harvey A. Siegal, and Jichuan Wang. Female Condom Use among Injection Drug- and Crack Cocaine-Using Women. [letter] American Journal of Public Health 85:736-737.
1995 Siegal, Harvey A., Russel S. Falck, Robert G. Carlson, and Jichuan Wang. Reducing HIV Needle Risk Behaviors among Injection-Drug Users in the Midwest: An Evaluation of the Efficacy of Standard and Enhanced Interventions. AIDS Education and Prevention 7(4):308-319.
1995 Falck, Russel S., Rebecca Sager Ashery, Robert G. Carlson, Jichuan Wang, and Harvey A. Siegal. Injection Drug Users, Crack Smokers, and the Use of Human Services. Social Work Research 19(3):164-173.
1995 Wang, Jichuan, James H. Fisher, Harvey A. Siegal, Russel S. Falck, and Robert G. Carlson. Influence of Measurement Errors on HIV Risk Behavior Analysis: A Case Study Examining Condom Use among Drug Users. Structural Equation Modeling 2(4):319-334.
1995 Falck, Russel, Harvey A. Siegal, Jichuan Wang, and Robert G. Carlson. Usefulness of the Health Belief Model in Predicting HIV Needle Risk Practices among Injection Drug Users. AIDS Education and Prevention 7(6):523-533.
1994 Siegal, Harvey A., Robert G. Carlson, Russel Falck, Jichuan Wang. Injection Drug Users' Needle-Cleaning Practices [letter]. American Journal of Public Health 84(9):1523-1524.
1994 Siegal, Harvey A., Robert G. Carlson, Jichuan Wang, Russel S. Falck, Richard C. Stephens, and E. Don Nelson. Injection Drug Users in the Midwest: An Epidemiologic Comparison of Drug Use Patterns in Four Ohio Cities. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 26(3):265-275.
1994 Carlson, Robert G., Jichuan Wang, Harvey A. Siegal, Russel S. Falck, and Jie Guo. An Ethnographic Approach to Targeted Sampling: Problems and Solutions in AIDS Prevention Research Among Injection Drug and Crack-Cocaine Users. Human Organization 53(3):279-286.
1994 Falck, Russel, Robert G. Carlson, Sandra K. Price, and Jennifer A. Turner. Case Management to Enhance HIV Risk Reduction Among Users of Injection Drugs and Crack Cocaine. Journal of Case Management 3(4):162-166.
1994 Siegal, Harvey A., Jichuan Wang, Mary Ann Forney, Russel S. Falck, Robert G. Carlson, and Duane C. McBride. Incarceration and HIV Risk Behaviors among Injection Drug Users: A Midwestern Case Study. Journal of Crime and Justice 17(1):85-101.
1993 Carlson, Robert G. Hierarchy and the Haya Divine Kingship: A Structural and Symbolic Reformulation of Frazer's Thesis. American Ethnologist 20(2):312-335.
1993 Siegal, Harvey A., Robert G. Carlson, Russel Falck, Robert D. Reece, and Terry Perlin. Conducting HIV Outreach and Research Among Incarcerated Drug Abusers: A Case Study of Ethical Concerns and Dilemmas. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 10:71-75.
1992 Carlson, Robert G. Symbolic Mediation and Commoditization: A Critical Examination of Alcohol Use among the Haya of Bukoba, Tanzania. Medical Anthropology 15:41-62.
1992 Siegal, Harvey A., Robert G. Carlson, Russel Falck, Mary Ann Forney, Jichuan Wang, and Ling Li. High-Risk Behaviors for Transmission of Syphilis and HIV Among Crack Cocaine Using Women: A Case Study from the Midwest. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 19(5):266-271.
1992 Falck, Russel, Harvey A. Siegal, Mary Ann Forney, Jichuan Wang, and Robert G. Carlson. The Validity of Injection Drug Users Self-Reported Use of Opiates and Cocaine. The Journal of Drug Issues 22(4):823-832.
1991 Carlson, Robert G., and Harvey A. Siegal. The Crack Life: An Ethnographic Overview of Crack Use and Sexual Behavior among African Americans in a Midwest Metropolitan City. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 23(1):11-20.
1991 Carlson, Robert G., Richard Rapp, Russel Falck, Kathy Baumgartner, and Harvey A. Siegal. Outreach Workers Reflect on Two Years of Experience. Network 2(2):10-13.
1991 Siegal, Harvey A., Robert G. Carlson, Russel Falck, Ling Li, Mary Ann Forney, Richard C. Rapp, Kathy Baumgartner, William Myers, and Morton Nelson. HIV Infection and Risk Behaviors among Intravenous Drug Users in Low Seroprevalence Areas in the Midwest. American Journal of Public Health 81:1642-1644.
1991 Siegal, Harvey A., Russel S. Falck, Robert G. Carlson, and Ling Li. Changes in Needle Risk Behaviors: A Preliminary Comparative Analysis of the Dayton-Columbus NADR Program's Standard and Enhanced Intervention Tracks at Six Months. Research in Progress October:12-16.
1990 Carlson, Robert G. Banana Beer, Reciprocity, and Ancestor Propitiation among the Haya of Bukoba, Tanzania. Ethnology 29(4):297-311.

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