March 15, 2002
RICHARD CHARLES STEPHENS
ADDRESS
The University of Akron
Institute for Health and Social Policy
Akron, Ohio 44325-1915
Office: (330) 972-6787
Office Fax: (330) 972-8675
117 Wymore Avenue
Akron, Ohio 44319
Home: (330) 645-1720
PERSONAL
Birthplace: Redlands, California. November 25, 1942.
Family Status: Married (Barbara), Children (Keturah and Benjamin)
EDUCATION
1957-1960
Benjamin Franklin Senior High School, New Orleans,Louisiana, Diploma - June,
1960.
1960-1961
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
1961-1964
Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana (Sociology) B.A. - June,
1964.
1966
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (Sociology) M.A. - June, 1966.
1968-1971
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (Sociology) Ph.D. - January, 1971.
Dissertation: "Relapse Among Narcotic Addicts: An Empirical Test of Labelling
Theory." (Major Professor: Marshall B. Clinard)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching
1964-1967
Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Was
assistant in various courses including "Introduction to Sociology," "Social
Disorganization," and "Methods of Sociological Research."
January 1978
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
to June 1980
September 1980
to July 1984
University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
Associate Professor, Department of Urban Studies
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio.
September 1981
to July 1984
March 1982
to June, 1986
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology,
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Acting Chair, Department of Sociology, Cleveland
State University, Cleveland, Ohio.
July, 1985 to
September, 1987
Chair, Department of Sociology, Cleveland State
University, Cleveland, Ohio.
July, 1984
to Aug. 1993
Professor, Departments of Sociology and Urban Studies,
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Aug. 1993 to
Akron, Ohio.
February, 1999
to present
Professor, Department of Sociology, University of
Present
Akron,
Director, Institute for Health and Social Policy, The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio.
Areas of Teaching Interest
Criminology, Drug Abuse, Deviant Behavior, Methods, Social Psychology and Applied Sociology.
RESEARCH
Research Experience
June 1968 to
February 1972
NIMH Clinical Research Center, Lexington, KY, Staff Sociologist -Conducted a number of specialized studies in various aspects of drug abuse.
Served as consultant to treatment staff in design of various treatment- oriented
research projects. Participated in revision of questionnaires and conducted
general in-house research projects. Supervised activities of three interviewers.
February 1972 to
September 1972
NIMH Clinical Research Center, Lexington, KY, Chief, Sociology Unit -Directed one other Ph.D. Sociologist, three interviewers and one computer
programmer. Coordinated the collection and storage of sociological data
systematically collected on each patient. Conducted specialized studies on drug
abuse which included the collection and analysis of data and preparation of
professional publications.
October 1972
August 1976
New York State Office on Drug Abuse Services, Assistant to Director
of Research -- Assisted the director in operation of the research unit and was in
full charge of scientific research; approved, modified or disapproved studies
suggested by subordinate employees; supervised all research studies with
scientists in other units and organizations; kept abreast of current research
developments in his field; selected and trained subordinate personnel; published
technical articles or books; edited and assisted in the publication of technical
papers of other scientists.
August 1976 to
January 1978
Institute for Urban Studies, University of Houston, Director of Research -Directed and coordinated wide range of interdisciplinary research studies in
urban related subject including large scale survey studies.
Areas of Research Interest
Drug Abuse, Criminology, Methodology, Social Psychology, Program Evaluation.
Research Grants and Contracts
2001-2002
Principal Investigator - ADevelopment of Comprehensive Drug & Alcohol
Treatment Systems for Homeless Persons.@ $137,141 awarded through Stella
Maris by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(S.A.M.H.S.A.).
2001
Principal Investigator - AOhio Needs Assessment - Scioto County.@ $13,000
awarded by the Ohio Department of Alcohol & Drug Addiction Services
(ODADAS).
2000-2001
Principal Investigator - AContemporary Drug Problems.@ $93,550 awarded thru
Westat by HHS.
1999-2002
Principal Investigator - APersistent Effects of Treatment Study.@ $2,221,401
awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(S.A.M.H.S.A.).
1999-2002
Principal Investigator - ASoftware Support for the Cleveland Comprehensive
Intake and Assessment Instrument (CCIAI). $306,405 awarded by the Alcohol
and Drug Addiction Services Board of Cuyahoga County.
1999-2005
Co-Principal Investigator - AStudy of School-Based Substance Abuse Prevention
Interventions.@ Grant awarded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
$15,188,613 awarded from 11/1/99-12/31/05.
1998-2001
Principal Investigator - AOhio Needs Assessment - Years 2 & 3.@ Grant awarded
from Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS).
$555,822 awarded from 7/1/98 thru 9/30/01.
1998-2002
Principal Investigator - AOhio Needs Assessment.@ Grant awarded by Wright
State University as a subgrant of Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug
Addiction Services (ODADAS). $270,043 awarded from 8/4/98-6/30/02.
1998-2002
Principal Investigator - AIndividual Research Challenge Matching Award.@
Grant awarded by Ohio Board of Regents to be used on AOhio Needs Assessment
- Years 2 & 3.@ $20,000 awarded from 9/30/98-9/29/02.
1997
Principal Investigator - AAssessing Drug and Alcohol Treatment Needs Among
Incoming Prisoners.@ Grant awarded from Ohio Department of Alcohol and
Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS). $136,515 awarded from 4/1/97 thru
6/30/97.
1996-1997
Principal Investigator - AStatewide Needs Assessment Project.@ Grant awarded
by Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS).
$86,345 awarded from 10/11/96 thru 5/30/97.
1996-1997
Project Director - ACIAI-C Installation, Training & Support for the Target Cities
Project.@ Grant awarded by the Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of
Cuyahoga County (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment grant). $23,225
awarded from 8/1/96 thru 5/31/97.
1996-1997
Project Director - AModify the CIAI-C Instrument for the Target Cities Project.@
Grant awarded by the Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of Cuyahoga
County (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment grant). $25,000 awarded from
8/1/96 thru 5/31/97.
1993-2000
Principal Investigator - "Evaluation Component for Target Cities" subcontract
awarded from the Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of Cuyahoga
County (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment grant). $5,688,917 award (1
U95 TI00672).
1994-1997
Co-Principal Investigator - "Neighborhood Centered AIDS Education."
Subcontract awarded from Case Western Reserve University (National Institute
of Nursing Research grant), $262,576 total award (1 R01 NR03690-01).
1994-1997
Principal Investigator - "Reducing AIDS in Black Mothers: Comparison of
Three Programs." Grant awarded by the National Institute on Mental Health,
$1,624,753 total award (1RO1 MH49975).
1993-1994
Evaluator -"Cleveland CSAT AIDS Education Outreach Program." Subcontract
awarded from the Cleveland Treatment Center (Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment grant) First year award - $51,232.
1993-1994
Project Director - "The Operation of a Mini-Drug Use Forecasting System in the
State of Ohio." Subcontract awarded by the Ohio Department of Alcohol and
Drug Addiction Services. Total award of $168,289 (Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment grant to State of Ohio)
1993-1998
Evaluator - "Project IWO SAN." Subcontract awarded from Project IWO SAN
(Center for Substance Abuse Treatment grant). Total five year award of
$147,570.
1990-1994
Co-Principal Investigator - "Extended Case Management of Cocaine Addicted
Pregnancy." Grant awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse, $2,130,127
(direct cost) (IR18 DA06913).
1991-1992
Principal Investigator - Fourth year extension of "AIDS Education to I.V. Drug
Users and Sexual Partners." Grant awarded by National Institute on Drug
Abuse, $398,571 (total award) (IR18 DA05754).
1988-1991
Principal Investigator - "AIDS Education to I.V. Drug Users and Sexual
Partners." Grant awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse, $2.6 million
(total award) (IR18 DA05754).
1987-1989
Principal Investigator - "An AIDS Prevention Program for I. V. Drug Abusers."
Grant awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, $306,787 (direct cost)
(IROI DA 05151).
1977-1978
Co-Principal Investigator - "Texas: Study of Problems of the Aged." $466,127
contract awarded by the Texas Department of Human Resources (Contract
527-02-4-00).
1977-1978
Co-Principal Investigator - "Aging Texans: Policy Analysis." $89,978 grant
awarded by Texas Department of Human Resources.
1978-1980
Co-Principal Investigator - "A Study of Drug Abuse Among the Elderly."
$288,140 awarded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, (H81DA01953-01).
Principal Investigator - "Evaluation of a Drug Abuse and Alcoholism Workers'
Assistance Program." Two-year evaluation subcontract with the Texas
AFL-CIO, ($107,659).
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Richard C. Stephens. Mind - Altering Drugs: Use, Abuse and Treatment. Beverly Hills, California: Sage,
1987.
Richard C. Stephens. The Street Addict Role: A Theory of Heroin Addiction. Albany: State University of New
York Press, 1991.
Judith A. Levy, Richard C. Stephens and Duane C. McBride, Editors. Emergent Issues in the Field of Drug
Abuse. Stamford, CT: JAI Press, Inc, 2000.
Richard C. Stephens, Christy K. Scott and Randolph D. Muck, Editors. Clinical Assessment and Substance
Abuse Treatment: The Target Cities Experience. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2002 (in
press).
Edited Journals
Richard C. Stephens, Special Editor of Youth and Society on "Ethnicity and Adolescent Drug Use," June, l980.
Chapters in Books
Stephen Levine and Richard C. Stephens. "Types of Narcotic Addicts," a chapter published in Drug Addiction
and Rehabilitation, edited by Richard E. Hardy and John G. Cull. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas,
1972. (Portions of this chapter are also reprinted in Drug Abusers and Their Abuses, edited by Richard E.
Hardy and John G. Cull, Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, l973).
Richard C. Stephens and Stephen Levine. "Crime and Narcotic Addiction." In Applied Psychology in Law
Enforcement and Corrections, edited by Richard E. Hardy and John G. Cull. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C.
Thomas, 1973.
Richard C. Stephens, et.al. "Sniffing from Suffolk to Syracuse: A Report on Youthful Solvent Abuse" to be
published in Voluntary Inhalation of Industrial Solvents, ed. by Charles Sharp and L. Thomas Carroll, U.S.
Government Printing Office, 1978.
Richard C. Stephens. "The Hard Drug Scene" a chapter in Drugs and the Youth Culture, ed. Frank R.
Scarpitti and Susan K. Datesman, Sage Press, 1980.
Richard C. Stephens, George T. Oser, and Zena Smith Blau, "To Be Aged, Hispanic and Female, The Triple
Risk," in Twice A Minority: Mexican-American Women, ed. Margerita Melville, Mosby Press, 1980.
Zena S. Blau, George T. Oser and Richard C. Stephens. "Patterns of Adaptation in Retirement: A
Comparative Analysis," in Coping with Aging, ed. by Aliza Kolken and Paul Ahmed. New York: Elsevier,
1981.
Richard C. Stephens. "Psychoactive Drug Use in the United States Today: A Critical Overview," in Drugs and
Crime Reader, ed. Thomas Mieczowski. New York: Allyn and Bacon, 1991.
Thomas E. Feucht, Richard C. Stephens and T. Shawn Sullivan. "Drug Use Patterns among Injection Drug
Users and Their Sex Partners." a chapter published in Handbook on Risk of AIDS: Injection Drug Users and
Sexual Partners, edited by B.S. Brown and G.M. Beschner. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993
Richard C. Stephens, Thomas E. Feucht and Brian H. Gibbs. "Needle Use Behavior." A chapter published in
Handbook on Risk of AIDS:Injection Drug Users and Sexual Partners, edited by B.S. Brown and G.M.
Beschner. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
Richard C. Stephens, D. Dwayne Simpson, Susan L. Coyle, Clyde B. McCoy, and the National AIDS Research
Consortium. "Comparative Effectiveness of NADR Intervention." Handbook on Risk of AIDS: Injection Drug
Users and Sexual Partners, edited by B.S. Brown and G.M. Beschner. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
Farrokh Alemi and Richard C. Stephens. AElectronic Communities of Patients: Computer Services Through
Telephones@ in Information Networks for Community Health, edited by Patricia Flatley Brennan, Sid J.
Schneider, Elizabeth Tornquist. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 1997.
Russell S. Kaye, Richard C. Stephens, Huey T. Chen and William J. Bruno. ADevelopment and Use of
Information Systems in the Cleveland Target Cities Demonstration Project.@ The History and Function of the
Target Cities Management Information Systems, edited by Matthew G. Hile. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth
Press, Inc., 1998.
Richard C. Stephens, Duane C. McBride, and Judith A. Levy. AIntroduction: Future Directions in Research,
Intervention, and Prevention in the Field of Drug Abuse. Emergent Issues in the Field of Drug Abuse, edited
by Judith A. Levy, Richard C. Stephens and Duane C. McBride. Stamford, CT: JAI Press, Inc., 2000.
Richard C. Stephens, Carol F. Kwiatkowski, and Robert E. Booth. AThe Impact of the NIDA Cooperative
Agreement Programs on HIV Risk Among Crack and Injection Drug Users.@ Emergent Issues in the Field of
Drug Abuse, edited by Judith A. Levy, Richard C. Stephens and Duane C. McBride. Stamford, CT: JAI
Press, Inc., 2000.
Peter J. Leahy, Richard C. Stephens, Heather Huff, and Russell Kaye, . AMethodological Issues in the
Development of the Target Cities Multi-Site Databases.@ In Richard C. Stephens, Christy K. Scott and
Randolph D. Muck (Ed), Clinical Assessment and Substance Abuse Treatment: The Target Cities Experience.
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press., 2002 (in press).
Joseph Guydish, Richard C. Stephens, and Randolph Muck, ALessons Learned from the National Target
Cities Initiative to Improve Publicly Funded Substance Abuse Treatment Systems.@ In Richard C. Stephens,
Christy K. Scott and Randolph D. Muck (Ed), Clinical Assessment and Substance Abuse Treatment: The
Target Cities Experience. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press., 2002 (in press).
Articles
Carl D. Chambers, James Inciardi and Richard C. Stephens, "A Critical Review of Pentazocine Abuse."
HSMHA Health Reports, 86 (July, 1971), pp. 627-636.
Richard C. Stephens and Stephen Levine. "The Street Addict Role: Implications for Treatment." Psychiatry,
November, 1971, pp. 351-357.
Stephen Levine and Richard C. Stephens. "Games Addicts Play." Psychiatric Quarterly, Vol. 45 (1972), pp.
1-11.
Richard C. Stephens and Emily Cottrell. "A Follow-Up Study of 200 Narcotic Addicts Committed for
Treatment Under the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act." British Journal of Addictions, Vol. 67 (1972), pp.
65-73.
Richard C. Stephens. "The Truthfulness of Addict Respondents in Research Projects." International Journal
of the Addictions, Vol. 7, No. 3 (1972),pp. 549-558.
Robert Weppner, Richard C. Stephens and Harold Conrad. "Methadone: Some Aspects of Its 129:4, October,
1972, p. 111-115.
Harwin Voss and Richard C. Stephens. "Criminal History of Narcotic Addicts." Drug Forum, Vol. 2, No. 2
(1973), pp. 191-202.
Richard C. Stephens and Robert S. Weppner. "Patterns of Cheating Among Methadone Patients." Drug
Forum, Vol. 2, No. 4 (1973), pp. 357-366.
Robert Weppner and Richard C. Stephens. "The Illicit Use and Diversion of Methadone on the Street as
Related by Hospitalized Addicts." Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Winter, 1973), pp. 42-47.
Richard C. Stephens and Robert Weppner. "Legal and Illegal Use of Methadone One Year Later." American
Journal of Psychiatry, 130:12, December, 1973, pp. 1391-1394.
Richard C. Stephens and Gerald Slatin. "The Street Addict Role: Toward A Definition of a Type." Drug
Forum, 1974, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 375-389.
Richard C. Stephens and Rosalind Ellis. "Narcotic Addicts and Crime: Analysis of Recent Trends."
Criminology, February, 1975, pp. 474-488.
Rosalind Ellis and Richard C. Stephens. "The Arrest History of Narcotic Addicts Prior to Admission: A
Methodological Note." Drug Forum, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1976-1977, pp. 211-224.
Michael Agar and Richard C. Stephens. "The Methadone Street Scene: The Addict's View." Psychiatry,
November, 1975, pp. 381-387. (This paper was also read at the North American Congress on Alcohol and
Drug Problems, San Francisco, CA, December 12-18, 1974).
Richard C. Stephens, Stephen Levine and Wesley Ross. "Street Addict Values: A Factor Analytic Study."
Journal of Social Psychology, August 1976, pp. 273-281.
Richard C. Stephens, Harold Meiselas and Leon Brill. "The Uses of Urinalysis: Results in New York City Drug
Treatment Programs." Drug Forum, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1977-1978, pp. 101-115.
Harold Hendler and Richard C. Stephens. "The Addict Odyssey: From Experimentation to Addiction."
International Journal of the Addictions, Vol. 12, No. 1, 1977, pp. 25-42.
Richard C. Stephens and Robinson B. Smith. "Copping and Caveat Emptor: The Street Addict as Consumer."
Addictive Diseases. 2(4), 1976, pp. 583-600.
"A Survey of Substance Use Among Junior and Senior High School Students in New York State."
(co-authored with other colleagues) in American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, IV, No. 2, (July, 1977)
pp. 132-164.
Douglas S. Lipton, Richard C. Stephens, Elizabeth Kaestner, Sharon Diamond, and Carol Spielman. "Current
Problems in Large Scale Drug Abuse Surveys." Paper read at Second National Drug Abuse Conference, New
Orleans, LA, April 4-7, 1975 and published in American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.
Robinson B. Smith and Richard C. Stephens. "Drug Use and Hustling: A Study of Their Inter-Relationships."
Criminology, Vol. 14, No. 2, (Aug., 1976), pp. 155-176. Reprinted in Readings in Criminology, ed. by Peter
Wickman and Phillip Whitten, D.C. Heath, 1978.
Glendel J. Provost, William R. Smolensky, Richard C. Stephens, and Yvonne F. Freedman. "Alcohol or Drug
Use on the Job: A Study of Arbitration Cases." Employee Relations Law Journal. Vol. 5, No. 2, Fall, 1979,
pp.245-257.
Richard C. Stephens and Duane McBride. "Becoming A Street Addict." Human Organization, 1975, Vol. 35,
No. 1, Spring, 1976, pp. 78-94.
"Drug Abuse Prevention: A Survey of Student's Awareness of and Attitudes Toward Drug Abuse Programs in
New York State." International Journal of Addictions, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 311-328, (co-authored with other
colleagues).
Richard C. Stephens, Zena Smith Blau, George T. Oser, Melaine D. Millar. "Aging: Social Support Systems
and Social Policy." Journal of Gerontological Social Work, Fall, 1978, pp. 33-45.
Glendel J. Provost, Richard C. Stephens, Yvonne F. Freedman, and William R. Smolensky. "Alcohol in the
Workplace: A Review of Recent Arbitration Cases." Employee Relations Law Journal, Winter, 1978, pp.
400-417.
Zena Smith Blau, George T. Oser and Richard C. Stephens. "Aging, Social Class and Ethnicity." Pacific
Sociological Review, 22 (October, 1979), pp. 501-525.
Richard C. Stephens and Michael H. Agar. "Red Tape-White Tape: Federal Indian Funding Relationships,"
Human Organization, 38, (Fall, 1979), pp. 283-293.
A. Gary Dworkin and Richard C. Stephens. "Mexican-American Adolescent Inhalant Abuse: A Proposed
Model," Youth and Society, June, 1980, pp. 493-506.
Morris Forslund, Ellen S. Rose, Barry S. Brown and Richard C. Stephens. "Characteristics of Heroin Users in
Cheyenne Wyoming." Journal of Drug Education, Vol. 10, 1980, pp. 239-248.
C. Allen Haney, Richard C. Stephens, H. Paul Cooper, George T. Oser and Zena Smith Blau. "A Measure of
Health Status in an Elderly Population," in Health Values: Achieving High Level Wellness, 5 (2), MarchApril, 1981, pp. 61-66.
Richard C. Stephens, C. Allen Haney and Suzanne Underwood. "Psychoactive Drug Use and Potential Misuse
Among Persons Aged 55 and Older." Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 13 (2), June, 1981, pp. 185-194. (The
special issue of the Journal was published as a book Drugs, Alcohol, and Aging, ed. by David Peterson and
Frank J. Whitington, Dubuque: Kendall-Hunt, 1981.
Richard C. Stephens. "The Concept of 'Self' in Adolescent Drug Abuse Theories." Youth and Society, 14 (2),
1984, pp. 213-234.
Richard C. Stephens. "The Sociocultural View of Heroin Use: Toward a Role-Theoretic Model." Journal of
Drug Issues, Fall, 1985, pp. 433-446. (This was an invited article in a special issue of their journal.)
Feucht, Thomas, Richard C. Stephens, and Shadi W. Roman. "The Sexual Behavior of Intravenous Drug
Users: Assessing the Risk of Sexual Transmission of HIV." Journal of Drug Issues. 20(2) Spring, 1990; 195213.
Stephens, Richard C., Thomas E. Feucht, and Shadi Roman. "The Effects of an Intervention Program on
AIDS-Related Drug and Needle Behavior Among Intravenous Drug Users." American Journal of Public
Health. 90(5), May 1991, pp. 568-571. Abstracted in Italian by the United Nations Interregional Crime and
Justice Research Institute and abstracted in Spanish by the Rhode Island Project/AIDS.
Feucht, Thomas E., Richard C. Stephens, and Brian H. Gibbs. "Knowledge About AIDS Among Intravenous
Drug Users: An Evaluation of an Education/Intervention Program." Journal of AIDS Education and
Prevention. Spring, 1991, pp. 10-20.
Richard C. Stephens. "Has The Time Come to Legalize Drugs?" The Gamut, Winter, 1991, pp. 34-45.
Farrokh Alemi, Richard C. Stephens, and John Butts. "Case Management: A Telecommunication Practice
Model. Progress and Issues in Case Management. ed. Rebecca Sager Ashery, N.I.D.A. Research Monograph
127, 1992.
Thomas E. Feucht, Richard C. Stephens, and Michael L. Walker. "Drug Use Among Juvenile Arrestees: A
Comparison of Self-Report, Urinalysis and Hair Assay." Journal of Drug Issues, Winter, 1993 24 (1).
D. Dwayne Simpson, L. Mabel Camacho, Kenneth N. Vogtsberger, Mark L.Williams, Richard C. Stephens,
Adelbert Jones and Deena D. Watson. "Reducing AIDS Risks Through Community Outreach Interventions
for Drug Injectors." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 1994, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 86-101.
Richard C. Stephens and Thomas E. Feucht. "Reliability of Self Reported Drug Use and Urinalysis in the Drug
Use Forecasting System."The PrisonJournal. September/December, 1993 Vol 73, No. 1, pp. 279 - 289.
Farrokh Alemi, Richard C. Stephens, Theodore Parran, Shirley Llorens, Pallav Bhatt, Ali Ghadiri, Eric
Eisenstein. "Automated Monitoring of Outcomes: Application to Drug Abuse Treatment." Medical Decision
Making. 1994, Vol 14,pp. 180-187.
Farrokh Alemi, Richard C. Stephens, Shirley Llorens and Benjamin Orris. AThe Expected Treatment Outcome
Scale: A Review of Factors for Predicting Relapse.@ American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 1995, 21(4)
483-509.
Harvey A. Siegal, 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 Pyschoactive Drugs, Vol 26 (3) July - September, 1994.
Deren, Sherry, Richard C. Stephens, W. Rees Davis, Thomas E. Feucht, and Stephanie Tortu. "Incentives for
Attendance at AIDS Prevention Sessions: Impact and Issues." Public Health Reports. July-August, 1994.
Stephens, Richard C. and Sonia A. Alemagno. "Injection and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Male
Heterosexual Injection Drug Users." in The Context of HIV Risk Among Drug Users and Their Sexual
Partners. National Institute on Drug Abuse Technical Review Monograph 143, 1994, pp. 9 - 25.
Alemi, Farrokh and Richard C. Stephens. AComputer Services for Patients: Description of Systems and
Summary of Findings.@ Supplement to Medical Care, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. OS1-OS9, 1996.
Alemi, Farrokh, Richard C. Stephens, Rajshekhar G. Javalghi, Hayne Dyches, John Butts, and Ali Ghadiri. AA
Randomized Trial of a Telecommunications Network for Pregnant Women who Use Cocaine.@ Supplement to
Medical Care, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. OS10-OS20, 1996.
Alemi, Farrohk, Richard C. Stephens, Kevin Muise, Hayne Dyches, Maghboeba Mosavel and John Butts.
AEducating Patients at Home: Community Health Rap.@ Supplement to Medical Care, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp.
OS21-OS31, 1996.
Alemi, Farrokh, Maghboeba Mosavel, Richard C. Stephens, Ali Ghadiri, Jaikumar Krishnaswamy, and Hetal
Thakkar. AElectronic Self-Help and Support Groups.@ Supplement to Medical Care, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp.
OS32-OS44, 1996.
Alemi, Farrokh and Richard C. Stephens. AEpilogue: Application to Other Disease Management Efforts.@
Supplement to Medical Care, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. OS52-OS55, 1996.
Alemagno, Sonia A., Deborah cochran, Thomas E. Feucht, Richard C. Stephens, John M. Butts and Stephanie
A. Wolfe. AAssessing Substance Abuse Treatment Needs among the Homeless: A Telephone-Based
Interactive Voice Response System.@ American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 86, No. 11, pp. 1626-1628,
1996.
Jackson, Mary S., Richard C. Stephens, and Robert L. Smith. AAfrocentric Treatment in Residential Substance
Abuse Care.@ Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 87-92, 1997.
Chen, Huey-tsyh, Richard C. Stephens, Deborah C. Cochran, and Heather K. Huff. AProblems and Solutions
for Estimating the Prevalence of Drug Abuse among Arrestees.@ Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp.
689-701, 1997.
Kaye, Russell S., Richard C. Stephens, Huey T. Chen and William J. Bruno. ADevelopment and Use of
Information Systems in the Cleveland Target Cities Demonstration Project.@ Computers in Human Services,
Vol. 14, No. 3/4, pp. 9-28, 1998.
Booth, Robert E., Carol F. Kwiatkowski, and Richard C. Stephens. AEffectiveness of HIV/AIDS Interventions
on Drug Use and Needle Risk Behaviors for Out-of-Treatment Injection Drug Users.@ Journal of Psychoactive
Drugs, Vol. 30 (3), pp. 269-278, 1998.
Sloboda, Zili, Richard C. Stephens, and Sonia Alemagno. APostscript: Where Do We Go From Here?@
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Vol. 30 (3), pp. 307-314, July-September, 1998.
Stephens, R. C., Russell S. Kaye, and Huey-tsyh Chen. 1999. AEstablishing a Target Cities Model in
Cleveland.@ Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. Vol. 31, pp. 219-224.
Toltzis, Philip, Richard C. Stephens, Ina Adkins, Emilia Lombardi, Shobhana Swami, Andrea Snell and
Victoria Cargill. 1999. AHIV-Related Risk Taking Behaviors in Women Attending Inner City Prenatal Clinics
in the Mid-West.@ Journal of Perinatology. Vol. 10(7)l, pp. 483-487.
Lo, Celia C. and Richard C. Stephens. 2000. "Drugs and Prisoners: Treatment Needs upon Entering Prison."
American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Vol. 26(2), pp. 229-245.
Siegal, Harvey A., Robert G. Carlson, Deric R. Kenne, Sanford Starr and Richard C. Stephens. 2000. AThe
Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring Network: Constructing and Operating a Statewide Epidemiologic
Intelligence System.@ American Journal of Public Health. Vol. 90(12), pp. 1835-1837.
Roxburgh, Susan, Richard C. Stephens, Philip Toltzis and Ina Adkins. 2001. AValues of Children, Parenting
Strains, and Depression Among Urban African-American Mothers.@ Sociological Focus. Vol. 16(1), pp. 5572.
Other Publications
Stephens, Richard C. (among many others). Outreach/Risk Reduction Strategies for Changing HIV-Related
Risk Behaviors Among Injection Drug Users. National AIDS Demonstration Research (NADR) Project.
National Report Published by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. 77 page report published in 1994.
Consortium Publications
Weissman, Gloria and the National AIDS Research Consortium. "AIDS Prevention for Women at Risk:
Experience from a National Demonstration Research Program." The Journal of Primary Prevention. Vol. 12,
(1), 1991.
Book Reviews
Richard C. Stephens. A review of The Heroin Solution by Arnold S. Trebach in The Journal of Criminal Law
and Criminology, Vol. 74, (2), 1983.
Richard C. Stephens. A review of Life With Heroin by Bill Hanson, et al. in The Journal of Psychoactive
Drugs Vol. 18, (2), 1986, 169-170.
Richard C. Stephens. A review of Substance Abuse and Gang Violence, ed. by Richard C. Cervantes in
Addiction, May, 1993.
Richard C. Stephens. A review of Heroine in the Age of Crack Cocaine, ed. by James A. Inciardi in Criminal
Justice Review, Vol. 25(1), Spring, 2000, 126-127.
Recent Presentations
Speaker at Opiod Addiction Treatment Improvement Project, Milwaukee, WI. April 38-29, 1997.
Discussant on AInterdisciplinary and Related Studies on Alcohol and Drug Use.@ American Sociological
Association Meeting, Toronto, Canada. August, 1997.
Richard C. Stephens and Susan Roxburgh, et. al. Section on Sociology of Mental Health, Social Support and
Well-Being. American Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada. August, 1997.
Richard C. Stephens and Emilio Lombardi, et. al. Section on Medical Sociology Individuals and Systems
Coping with AIDS. American Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada. August, 1997.
Lo, Celia C., and Richard Stephens. APrevalence of Substance Use and Dependence: Comparing Incoming
Prisoners and Arrestees.@ The Heroin and Other Opioid Treatment: Best Practices and Futuristic Models for
the New Millennium Conference. Cleveland, Ohio. October, 1999.
Lo, Celia C., and Richard Stephens. APrevalence of Substance Use and Dependence: Comparing Incoming
Prisoners and Arrestees.@ The 1999 Ohio Criminal Justice Research Conference. Columbus, Ohio. October,
1999.
Stephens, Richard C., and Celia C. Lo. AThe Role Played by Drugs in Crimes Committed by a Group of
Incoming Prisoners.@ American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada. November, 1999.
Stephens, Richard C., with Carol Foltz (Deltametrics); Peter J. Leahy and Heather Huff (University of Akron);
and Russ Kaye (Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of Cuyahoga County). AEffects of Treatment
Services on Longer-Term Outcomes of Alcohol and Other Drug Users@, Paper presented at the National
Conference, College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Scottsdale, Arizona, June 18, 2001. Part of the panel:
AFirst Results from the Persistent Effects of Treatment Studies (PETS): A Longitudinal Perspective on
Treatment Outcomes.@
Stephens, Richard C., with Matthew Lee, Peter J. Leahy and Heather Huff, University of Akron; and Carol
Foltz, Deltametrics, AThe Relationship of Alcohol and Other Drug Outpatient Treatment to Criminal Justice
Involvement: A 12 Month Analysis.@ Paper presented at the Annual Meeting, American Evaluation
Association, St. Louis, MO. November 2001
Stephens, Richard C., with James R. McKay (University of Pennsylvania); Carol Foltz (Deltametrics); and,
Peter Leahy (University of Akron) ARelation of Post Treatment Factors to Alcohol and Cocaine Outcomes
over 36 Months@, Paper presented at the Annual meeting, American Evaluation Association, St. Louis, MO.,
November 2001.
Research Reports Distributed Nationally
Richard C. Stephens, C. Allen Haney and Suzanne Underwood. "Drug Use and Potential Misuse Among
Those Aged 55 and Older." Research report published by the National Institute of Drug Abuse, 1982.
"Aging, Social Class and Ethnicity: A Comparative Study of Anglo, Black and Mexican-American Texans."
Paper presented at the first Leon and Josephine Winkleman Lecture at the School of Social Work, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 19, 1978, (co-authored with other colleagues). To be published in a
collection of papers.
Research in Progress: Research Summaries from the Midwest Regional Research Group (NIDA), October
1991, Associate Editor.
Richard C. Stephens, Thomas E. Feucht and Brian H. Gibbs. "The Impact of the Level of Program
Intervention on the Risk Behavior of IVDUs in Cleveland." Published in Research in Progress (NIDA),
October, 1991.
Other Reports
"Occupational Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Programs: An Annotated Bibliography." May, 1978, (co-authored
with other colleagues).
"Drug Use in New York State: A Report on the Non-medical Use of Drugs Among the New York State
Household Population." New York State Division of Substance Abuse Services, December, 1978. (Published
with other colleagues.)
Morris A. Forslund, Ellen S. Rose and Richard C. Stephens. "The Drug Abuse Problem: Attitudes of
Cheyenne Residents," report prepared for the National Institute of Drug Abuse.
Morris A. Forslund, Ellen S. Rose, Barry S. Brown, and Richard C. Stephens. "Characteristics of Heroin Users
in Cheyenne, Wyoming," report prepared for the National Institute of Drug Abuse.
"A Survey of Substance Use Among Junior and Senior High School Students in New York State -- Report No.
1: Prevalence of Drug and Alcohol Use" (co-authored with other colleagues).
"School Bells and Work Whistles -- Sounds That Echo a Better Life for Women in Later Years," paper
published by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Aging. May, 1978, pp. 61-85
(co-authored with other colleagues).
Richard C. Stephens. "The Lessons of History: A Century of American Drug Use Problems, "Understanding
the Enemy: An Informational Overview of Substance Abuse in Ohio, published by the Governor's Office of
Criminal Justice Services. November, 1989, pp. 48-49.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Consultant Activities
National Prevention and Evaluation Resource Network, Madison, Wisconsin 1981-1982
Battell Institute, 1979
University of Wyoming (Study of heroin user population in Wyoming), 1977-1979
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Member of Ad Hoc Committee for Review of Research and Service Demonstration Grants, mid-1970's
Member of Regular Committee for Review of Research and Service Demonstration Grants, 1976-1979
Member of various Ad Hoc Committees to Review Contract Proposals 1970s's and 1980's)
Member Epidemiology, Prevention and Services Research Review Committee (1985 - 1988)
National Institute on Mental Health
Member of Ad Hoc Committee to Review Demonstration Research Grants,1973-1974
Member of Ad Hoc Committee to Review Initiation and Development Grants, 1972
National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago
Institute of Behavioral Research, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
National Indian Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
National Institute on Justice - Project Director, Cleveland Drug Use Forecasting Project
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Member of CSAT Knowledge Development Standing Committee for the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
Manuscript Referee
Youth and Society
Criminology
Deviance
Criminal Justice Review
Sociological Perspectives
Journal of Clinical Psychology
Editorial Advisory Board
Youth and Society
Sage Annual Reviews of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Memberships
American Sociological Association
American Society of Criminology
Society for Prevention Research
SPECIAL HONORS
University Fellow (Ford Split TA Award), University of Wisconsin, Spring, 1967
Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award, University of Wisconsin, Spring, 1966
Distinguished Faculty Research Award, Cleveland State University, 1993.
1997-1998 Secretary Treasurer of ASA section on Drugs/Alcohol
Outstanding Researcher of the Year, The University of Akron, 1998.
Chair Elect, Section on Alcohol and Drugs, American Sociological Association, 2000-2001.