Helene raskin white

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Awards and Honors:

Annual Field Editors Award for 2017, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (2018)
Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Award, Rutgers University (2017)
Fellow, American Society of Criminology (2016)
Featured Researcher, Rutgers University Homecoming Football Game (2015).
Fellow, Society for Prevention Research (2014).
External Reviewer, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada (2013).
Translation Science Award, Society for Prevention Research (2013).
The 2012 Harold and Marguerite Demone Endowed Lectureship at the Rutgers University School of Social Work

(2012).
External Reviewer, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (2011).

Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award, funded in 2013), Rutgers University (2011).
Psychosocial Program Chair, Research Society on Alcoholism for the 2011 meeting (2010-2011).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award; awarded but not funded due to budget cuts), Rutgers University (2010).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (2009).
Top Cited Award, International Journal on Drug Policy (among the top 10 articles cited 2006-2008) (2009).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (2008).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (2007).
Listed in ISI Highly Cited (2006).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (2006).
Senior Scholar Award, American Sociological Association, Section on Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco (2005).
New Jersey Woman of Achievement award from the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs of GFWC (2005).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (2005).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (2004).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (2003).
Who’s Who in America (2002).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (2002).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (2001).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (2000).
Visiting Professor, Psychology Department, University of Washington (1999).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (1998).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (1997).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (1995).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (1994).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (1993).
Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award), Rutgers University (1991).
Public Service Award, Criminal Justice/Alcoholism Coalition of New Jersey (1987).
Grant Reviewer:
National Institutes of Health, Special Emphasis Panel (ad hoc reviewer 2017).
Department of Defence, Comprehensive Universal Prevention/Health Promotion Interventions (ad hoc reviewer 2016).
Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) (ad hoc reviewer 2015).
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Interventions for Youth who Misuse/Abuse Prescription Stimulant Medications in High School and/or College-Attending Youth (U01) Review Committee (ad hoc reviewer 2015).
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Review of Project Grant Applications for Multi-site Clinical Trials

Review Committee (ad hoc reviewer 2015).

The European Foundation for Alcohol Research (ad hoc reviewer 2014).
Medical Research Council (Great Britain) (ad hoc reviewer 2013).
National Institutes of Health, Risk Prevention and Intervention for Addiction Studies-N Review Committee (ad hoc reviewer 2013).
The Marsden Fund (New Zealand) (ad hoc reviewer 2013).
ABMRF- The Foundation for Alcohol Research, grants program (ad hoc reviewer 2013).
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System:  Trials (U01) (ad hoc reviewer 2013).
ABMRF- The Foundation for Alcohol Research, Great Plays college grants (reviewer 2012- 2013).
National Institutes of Health, Community Interventions and Behavior Health Review Committee (ad hoc reviewer 2011).
College of CSR Reviewers (2010-2012).
Centers for Disease Control (ad hoc reviewer 2009, 2010).
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Special Emphasis Panel, ARRA Go Criminal Justice Grant Application Review (ad hoc reviewer 2009).

National Institutes of Health, ARRA Challenge Grants Review (ad hoc reviewer 2009).

National Institutes of Health, Risk Prevention and Health Behavior Review (ad hoc reviewer 2008).
National Institutes of Health, Risk, Prevention, and Intervention for Addictions Review Group (ad hoc reviewer 2007).
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (ad hoc reviewer 2006).
National Institutes of Health, Psychosocial Development, Risk and Prevention Review Group (part-time member 2004-2006).

National Institutes of Health, Risk Prevention and Health Behavior Review Committee (2001-2003).

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (Special Review Consultant) (2000).
ABMRF/The Foundation for Alcohol Research. Behavioral and Social Advisory Council (1997-2003; 2004-2010; Chair 2005-2010).
National Institutes of Health, Community Prevention and Control Scientific Review Committee (1997-1999).
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Drug Abuse Epidemiology and Prevention Research Review Committee (Special Review Consultant 1992).
Biomedical Research Grant, Rutgers University (1992).
National Science Foundation (1988 - present).
Editorial Boards:
Cannabis (2016 – present)
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (2014 – present)
Rutgers Journal of Sociology (Faculty Advisory Board) (2010 – 2012)
Prevention Science (2009 – present)

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation (2005 – 2006)
Journal of Health and Social Behavior (2003 - 2006)
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency (2003 - 2016)
Criminology (1994 - 1996)
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (1992 - present)

Associate Editor:

Journal of Health and Social Behavior (1989 - 1992)
Journal of Drug Issues (1996 – present)

Field Editor:

Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research (2013 – present)

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (Consultant Field Editor 1992; Assistant Field Editor, 2015 – present)
Associate Consultant:
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1991 - 1994)
Invited Reviewer For:
Addiction, Addiction Research and Theory, Addictive Behaviors, Addictive Behaviors Reports, Aggressive Behavior, AIDS Patient Care and STDs, Alcohol, Alcohol and Alcoholism, Alcohol Research: Current Reviews, Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, American Journal of Community Psychology, American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, American Journal on Addictions, American Psychologist, American Sociological Review, Archives of General Psychology, Behavior Therapy, British Journal of Developmental Psychology, British Journal of Medicine, British Journal of Psychiatry, Child and Youth Services Review, Child Maltreatment, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Crime and Public Policy, Criminology, Development and Psychopathology, Developmental Psychology, Deviant Behavior, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, European Journal of Criminology, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, Health Psychology, Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical & Experimental, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, JAMA Pediatrics, JAMA Psychiatry, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Addiction Medicine, Journal of Adolescence, Journal of Adolescent Health, Journal of Alcohol Treatment, Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of Drug Issues, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, Journal of Health Communication, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Journal of Research on Adolescence, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Journal of Substance Abuse, Journal of Women’s Health, Issues & Care, Justice Quarterly, Lancet, Legal and Criminological Psychology, Nicotine and Tobacco Research, Pediatrics, Perceptual and Motor Skills, Personality and Individual Differences, Preventive Medicine, Preventive Medicine Reports, Prevention Science, Psychiatry Research, Psychological Reports, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology Science in the Courtroom, Social Forces, Social Problems, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Social Science and Medicine, Social Science Quarterly, Social Science Research, Sociological Focus, Sociological Perspectives, Sociological Quarterly, Sociological Spectrum, Sociological Theory, Substance Use and Misuse, Violence Against Women, Women and Health
Advisory Boards:
Research Society on Marijuana (3/16-present)
Center for Drug Abuse Research Translation, University of Kentucky (9/12- 8/17)
The Raising Healthy Children project, Social Development Research Group, University of Washington (1/02-8/10)
Expert Panels:

Invited Member, U.S. Study Group on the Transition from Juvenile Delinquency to Adult Crime, National Institute of

Justice (10/08 – 11/11)
Invited Participant, Exploring Opportunities for Information-Sharing and Collaboration across NIDA’s Networks

National Institute on Drug Abuse (7/06)

Invited Expert Panel Member, National Institute of Justice Workshop on Violence (12/02)

Invited Expert Panel Member, Expert Panel on the ONDCP Media Campaign Evaluation: Balancing Continuity and Change in the Next Iteration (8/02)

Invited Expert Panel Member, The Hamilton Fish National Institute on School and Community Violence (12/97-

9/98)
Invited Network Participant, Tobacco Etiology Research Network, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (1/97)

Invited Academic Consultant, Violence and its Possible Causes Workshop, the Amsterdam Group, Noodwijk,

Netherlands (4/95).

Invited participant, Adolescent Women's Focus Group, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (10/93)
Resource Consultant, (Regional) Women's Health Summit (9/93)
Panel Expert, The Present and Future Status of Primary Prevention: A Delphi/ Cross-Impact Analysis (6/90 - 6/91)
Resource Consultant, Program Development in the Prevention and Control of Illegal Drug Use and Trafficking by Juveniles, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (8/89)
Invited Marijuana Panel Expert, Substance Abuse Risk Assessment Project, University of Wisconsin (5/89 - 6/91)
Consultant Positions:

Consultant, SPEAR Center, University of Kentucky (9/16 & 6/17)

Reviewer, Capstone Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Child Abuse and Neglect Center Grant, City

University of New York (12/15)

Reviewer, Methodology Center NIDA Center Grant, the Pennsylvania State University (10/10)
Reviewer, Tobacco Control Monograph Series, National Cancer Institute (4/07)

Technical Assistance, NJ Juvenile Justice Commission (10/97 - 12/01)

Consultant, Center of Substance Abuse Prevention’s National Center for the Advancement of Prevention, Project on Substance Abuse and Violence (6/97-9/97)
Academic Consultant, Office of Substance Abuse Prevention (5/92)
Book Reviewer, Prentice-Hall (3/92)
Research Consultant, Substance Abuse Treatment Providers of New Jersey (1/89-3/89)
Technical Assistance on Evaluation of Prevention Programs, Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Administration (4/86)
Technical Assistance Consultant, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice (1/85 - Present)
Resource Consultant, National Partnership for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems (1/85)
Evaluation of Adverse Fetal Effects from Alcohol Consumption, Caffeine Intake and Cigarette Smoking Project, College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (3/81)
Technical Assistance on Evaluation Design, Turning Point (9/80)
Evaluation Consultant, National Prevention Evaluation Resource Network, State of Wisconsin, Department of Health and Social Services (10/79 - 12/81)
Review of Drug Module, Human Resources Institute (10/78)
Evaluation and Follow-Up Design and Instruments, Fair Oaks Hospital (4/78 - 6/78)
Evaluation of a Health Program, Human Resources Institute (4/78)
Recommendations for Improving Public Housing Projects, City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, Housing Authority, Thomas Vail, Architect (2/76 - 5/76)
Study on Housing the Elderly, Princeton University, School of Architecture (10/73)
Professional Service Elected Offices:
Board of Directors, ABMRF/The Foundation for Alcohol Research (3/14 - present)

Board of Directors, Society for Prevention Research (5/09 –5/12)

Chair, Alcohol and Drugs Section, American Sociological Association (8/02 - 8/03) (Chair-Elect 8/01 - 8/02)
Member, Board of Trustees, Discovery Inc. (6/92 –6/12) (Vice President, 6/92 – 6/06)
Member, Alcohol and Drugs Section Council, American Sociological Association (9/91 - 9/93).

Chair, Alcohol and Drugs Section, American Sociological Association (9/91- 9/92)

Vice Chair, Damon House Corporation (6/86 - 10/91)

Vice Chair, Criminal Justice/Alcoholism Coalition of New Jersey (12/84 - 12/85)

Chair, Criminal Justice/Alcoholism Coalition of New Jersey (12/83 - 12/84)
Member, Board of Directors, Criminal Justice/Alcoholism Coalition of New Jersey (6/81 - 6/92)
Professional Service Appointments:
Member, Nominations Committee, Research Society on Alcoholism (9/16 – present)
Review Mentor, Prevention Science (5/15 -12/16)
Member, Nominations Committee, Development and Life Course Division of the American Society of Criminology

(2/15-12/17)

Member, Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research Editor Search Committee (8/13 - 4/14)
Member, Student Poster Awards Committee, Society for Prevention Research (5/13)
Reviewer, Recommendations on the College Interventions Matrix, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and

Alcoholism (7/12-7/15)

Judge, Sloboda Cup, Society for Prevention Research annual meeting (6/11)

Member, Awards Committee, Society for Prevention Research (10/11 - 2/13)

Chair, Nominations Committee, Society for Prevention Research (10/09 - 6/12)
Member, Nominations Committee, American Sociological Association Section on Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco (8/04-

8/05)
Chair, Nominations Committee, American Sociological Association Section on Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco (8/03-

8/04)
Member, American Sociological Association Section on Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco Council (8/03 - 8/04)
Member, Domestic Violence/Substance Abuse Task Force (9/00 - 6/01)
Member, Awards Committee, American Society of Criminology (11/98 - 11/99)
Member, Distinguished Scholar Award Committee, Section on Crime, Law and Deviance, American Sociological Association (5/93 - 8/93)
Member, Student Paper Awards Committee, American Society of Criminology (11/92 - 11/93)
Chair, Nominations Committee, Alcohol and Drugs Section, American Sociological Association (8/91 - 8/92)
Founder and Acting Chair, Alcohol and Drugs Section, American Sociological Association (8/90 - 8/91)
Volunteer, Hyacinth Foundation AIDS Project (1/90 - 12/90)
Series Co-Editor, Alcohol and Culture Monograph Series, sponsored by the Wine Institute (4/88 - 12/98)
Member, Board of Trustees, Damon House Corporation (6/86 - 10/91)
Member, New Jersey State Advisory Committee on Alcohol and Crime (5/84 - 6/92)
Member, New Jersey State Advisory Committee on Intoxicated Driver Resource Centers (4/84 - 6/92)
Member, Women's Studies Faculty, Douglass College (9/83 - Present)
Professional Associations:

American Society of Criminology

American Sociological Association (until 2009)

New Jersey Association on Corrections (until 1989)

New Jersey Sociological Society (until 1989)

Research Society on Alcoholism

Society for Prevention Research

Society for the Study of Social Problems (until 1995)

Conference Organization:

Program Committee, American Society of Criminology, 2015-2016.

Program Review Committee, Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, 2015.
Program Committee, Research Society on Alcoholism, 2011-2012.
Program Review Committee, Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, 2011.
Program Committee, Research Society on Alcoholism, 2011-2012.
Psychosocial Program Chair (for 2011 meeting), Research Society on Alcoholism, 2010-2011.

Invited Conference Co-organizer, College Student Drinking and Drug Use: Multiple Perspectives on a Complex

Problem, Duke University, 2010

Program Committee, Research Society on Alcoholism, 2008-2009.

Program Review Committee, Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, 2008.

Program Review Committee, Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, 2007.

Program Review Committee, Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, 2006.

Program Committee, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, 2004.

Program Committee, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, 2003.

Program Organizer, Alcohol and Drugs Section, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, 2002.

Program Committee, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, 1998-1999.

Series Co-coordinator, Criminal Justice Alcoholism Coalition, Continuing Education, 1990.

Series Co-coordinator, Rutgers/Cornell Prevention Workshops, 1990-1991.

Conference Co-coordinator, Alcohol and Crime, 1987.

Conference Co-coordinator, Alcohol and Crime, 1985.

Conference Co-coordinator, Alcohol and Crime, 1983.

Promotion Packet Reviews:
Arizona State University, Boston University, Brown University (3), Columbia University (1), Georgia State University, John Jay College, New York University Medical Center, University of Delaware (3), University of Florida, University of Illinois, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Kentucky (3), University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ, University of Miami, University of Michigan (3), University of Missouri, Columbia; University of Missouri, St. Louis; University of North Carolina, Charlotte; University of Oklahoma, University of Pittsburgh Medical School (2), University of South Florida, University of Texas (2), University of Toronto, University of Washington (5)
University Service:
Member, Union-negotiated Compensation Review Committee, School of Social Work (2016 – Present)
Mentor, Rutgers Connection Network Faculty-to-Faculty Mentoring Program (2016 – 2017)
Member, Academic Affairs Committee, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University (2016 - 2017)
Associate Member, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University (2015 - Present)
Member, Department Review Committee, The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (2015)
Member, Colloquium Committee, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University (2015 - 2016)
Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University (2014- Present)
Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee, Graduate School of Social Work, Rutgers University (2014)
Member, RBHS Health Disparities Strategic Planning Group, Rutgers University (2014)
Panel Member, Workshop of Grant Writing, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University (2013)
Member, Department Review Committee, College of Nursing, Rutgers University (2011, 2012)
Member, Department Review Committee, Graduate School of Social Work, Rutgers University (2012)
Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee, Graduate School of Social Work, Rutgers University (2011)
Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University (2011- 2013)
Member, Faculty Compensation Program Committee, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University (2010)
Rhodes Scholarship Interview Practice Session, Rutgers University (2009)
Recruitment Committee, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University (2009-2010)
Outside Senior Faculty Mentor, School of Social Work, Rutgers University (2009-2015)
Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee, School of Social Work, Rutgers University (2008)
Fulbright Faculty Advisor, Rutgers University (2008-2010)
Reader for Promotion Packets, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University (2008-2015)
Member, External Funds Liaison Committee, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University (2006-2009)
Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee, Faculty of Arts and Science, Rutgers University (2006-2008)

Member, Alcohol Policy Implementation Committee, Rutgers University (2006-2008)

Member, Steering Committee, Rutgers Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center (2003 – 2009)
Personnel Committee, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University. (2003 - 2005)
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Sociology Department, Rutgers University (2001 - 2002)
Senior Faculty Mentor, Sociology Department, Rutgers University (2002 - 2006)
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Sociology Department, Rutgers University (2001 - 2002)
Member, Student Advising Committee, Sociology Department, Rutgers University (2000 - 2001)
Member, Appointments and Promotion Committee, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University (1999, 2009 –

Present)
Member, Carpenter Award Committee, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University (1995 - Present)

Member, Greenberg Award Committee, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University (1995 - Present)
Member, Curriculum Committee, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University (1994 - 2016)
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Sociology Department, Rutgers University (1994-2000)
Elected Member, Faculty Academic Service Increment (Merit Award) Committee, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers

University (1993, 1998 – 2007, 2016, 2017)

Chair, Colloquium Committee, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University (1983 - 1984)
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Sociology Department, Rutgers University (1993 - 1994)
Organizer, Brown Bag Seminar, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University (1993- 1994)
Member, Social Science Research Center Steering Committee, Rutgers University (1992 - 1993)
Member, Publications Committee, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University (1992 - 1993)
Member, Colloquium Committee, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University (1991- 1992)

Member, Departmental Review Committee, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University (1988 - Present)

Visiting Appointment, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University (1986 -

2015)
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Sociology Department, Rutgers University (1986 - 1987)

Member, The Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research, Rutgers University (1979

- 2002)
Member, Rutgers Council on Youth Development (1977 - 1981)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1/17 – 4/17 Course Co-organizer and Co-teacher, Byrne Seminars for First Year Students, Rutgers University.

1/16 – 4/16 Course Organizer and Co-teacher, Byrne Seminars for First Year Students, Rutgers University.

9/09 - 5/10 Mentor, Aresty Research Program for Sophomores and Juniors, Rutgers University.

9/08 - 10/13 Co-teacher, Byrne Seminars for First Year Students, Rutgers University.

6/07 - 8/07 Mentor, Project L/Earn, Rutgers University.
9/05 - 5/08 Mentor, Aresty Research Program for Sophomores, Rutgers University.
10/81 - Present Member (Associate Member 1981-1988), Graduate Faculty in Sociology, Rutgers University.
3/79 - 6/82 Instructor, Predoctoral/Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Proseminar, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University.
12/78 - 12/81 Instructor, Minicourse on Alcoholism, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry.
1/77 - 12/83 Assistant Professor (quarter-time), Department of Sociology, Rutgers University.
6/77 - 6/95 Instructor and lecturer, Summer School of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University.

8/76 Instructor, New Jersey Summer School of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Studies.

9/72 - 6/74 Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University.
Courses Taught Introductory Sociology, Social Problems, Social Deviance, The Sociology of Alcohol Problems, Societal Aspects of Alcohol Use, Research and Evaluation, Foundations of Alcohol Studies, The Social Psychology of Alcohol Use, Independent Study in Sociology, Supervisor Honors in Sociology

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Alcohol and drug studies

Delinquency/crime

Violence (street violence, intimate partner violence, child maltreatment)

Longitudinal and survey methodology

Prevention and evaluation research