Pamela Chiang

Pamela Chiang

Associate Professor
Phone: (603) 535-3077
Office: Health & Human Enrichment, Samuel Read Hall Rm 228, MSC 57, Plymouth, NH 03264

About Dr. Chiang (she/her):

PhD: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Social Work
MSW:  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Social Work
LLM: School of Laws, National Chengchi University (Taipei, Taiwan)
BSW: National Taiwan University (Taipei, Taiwan)

Dr. Chiang teaches child welfare courses at PSU and serves as the coordinator of the Title IV-E Child Welfare Educational Collaboration Partnership between the PSU & DCYF. She taught macro social work practice courses for years before joining PSU and still frequently serves as a reviewer of social work textbooks and journals in immigrant studies, research methods, statistics, and social policies. Her research focuses on immigrant population’s oppressed experiences, mental health service use, and service delivery in the child welfare system. Her prior practice experience includes in the fields of child welfare, public assistance, domestic violence, and public policy domestically and internationally. She is an active member of the CSWE (Council on Social Work Education), SSWR (Society for Social Work Research), CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) in New Hampshire and a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Massachusetts.

Courses Taught

SW 3130          Child Welfare and Family Services
SW 3150          Child Maltreatment
SW 3490          Diversity & Oppression

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications & Presentations 

Chiang, P.P., Yang, Cc. & Tsai, JY. (2022). Emotional response and behavioral Coping associated with experienced and media discrimination among Asians and Asian Americans in the United States. Race and Soc Problems (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-022-09362-7 

Chiang, P. P. & Lin, H. (2022). Demographics. In C. Franklin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Macro Social Work. National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Press & New York, NY: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.103 

Chiang, P. P. (2020). Anti-Asian racist attacks and the impact on Asian-Americans’ Lives: A social-ecological perspective. In J. M. Ryan (Eds.), COVD-19: Social consequences and cultural adaptations (pp. 215-229). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003142065  

Lin, C., Chiang, P. P., Lux, E. A., & Lin, H. (2018). Immigrant social worker practice: An ecological perspective on strengths and challenges. Children and Youth Services Review, 87, 103-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.02.020 

Chiang, P.P., Yang, C., & Tsai, J. (January 2022). Emotional and behavioral impacts of experienced racial discrimination and media discrimination among Asians/Asian Americans. Society for Social Work Research (SSWR), Washington, DC, USA.    

Chiang, P.P., Yang, C., & Tsai, J. (November 2021). Impacts of personal and vicarious discrimination on the emotions and coping responses. Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Orlando, FL, U.S.A. 

Chiang, P. P. (May 2021). “Did you bring virus back during winter break?” Responses to and impact of anti-Asian microaggression during pandemic in the United States. The 17th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry Conference (ICQI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL., U.S.A. 

Lin, H. & Chiang, P. P. (November 2020). Reflections from Asian Educators in Promoting Diversity Teaching. Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Denver, CO, U.S.A.  

Chiang, P. P. (November 2020). Enhancing Undergraduate Students’ Research Competency in Social Work Curriculum: Filling the Missing Pieces of Implementation & Dissemination. Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Denver, CO, U.S.A.    

Walls, T., Chiang, P. P., Donnelly, O., & Cash, L. (November 2019) Knowledge Is Power? Factors Influencing the Knowledge of Opioid Use and Treatment among Residents in a Rural Town of High Poverty Rate in Connecticut. New England Psychological Association (NEPA) 2019 Annual Meeting. Manchester, NH, U.S.A.  

Chiang, P. P. (November 2018). Enhancing Policy Practice with a Social Action Initiative in Baccalaureate Education. Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Orlando, FL, U.S.A.   

Chiang, P. P., Lin, C., Lux, E., & Lin, H. (May 2017). Beyond Cultures and Languages: Lessons from Working with Chinese Immigrant Families in Child Welfare. Social Work Day, the 13th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry Conference (ICQI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL., U.S.A.