Alison J. Boyd–Ball, Ph.D.
Short Biography Curriculum Vitae Publications Phone: (541)346-4088 Email: aball@uoregon.edu

Alison Ball received her Ph.D. in special education and rehabilitation from the University of Oregon. Her interests include understanding posttraumatic events and how they relate to substance abuse in adolescents and their families, as well as designing effective interventions and prevention programs specifically for American Indians. She and colleagues have examined the contribution of family and community dynamics to escalations in adolescent substance use, delinquency, and violence. Her intervention research focuses on the effectiveness of family-centered interventions and the need for cultural integration and adaptation of local cultural practices into intervention models and research practices. She is a research associate at the Child and Family Center, co-director for the Sapsik’walá Project, and multicultural coordinator for the University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, all at the University of Oregon.

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