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Ethan J. Evans

Phd. University of California, Davis

  • OVERVIEW
  • RESEARCH
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • TEACHING
  • WORK EXPERIENCE
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      Background

      I am serving as assistant professor with the Division of Social Work at California State University, Sacramento. This is the same department where I earned a Masters of Social Work in 2002. In the coming semester, I am teaching SWRK 151, Health Services and Systems and SWRK 261, graduate-level Grant Writing and Fund Development.


      I continue to research aspects of healthcare systems and policy reform, as research affiliate with the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research.

       

      Prior to returning to graduate studies, I served as executive director to the Sacramento Housing Alliance, where we led a campaign to ensure that affordable housing is an integrated part of new communities. Then, I studied international housing and homeless policy as an Alexander von Humboldt German Chancellor Fellow. I earned a BA with honors in Sociology and Political Science at Kent State University.

      Areas of Interest

      Health Disparities, Policy and Systems Reform; Social Welfare and the Welfare State; Organization Studies

      Education

      PhD, Sociology. University of California, Davis. August 2016

      MA, Social Work. California State University. Sacramento. June 2002

      BA, Sociology & Political Science (summa cum laude). Kent State University. December 1997

    • RESEARCH

      I study health and health care policy, exploring structural inequality and

      processes transforming American systems of social welfare and their governance.

      Disparities Research

       

      FINDINGS

      Generation status of immigrant children entrenches racial/ethnic health disparities, especially in terms of their access to services.

      Family Structure

      & Health

      FINDINGS

      Instability in the structure of the family experienced during childhood impacts whether or not adults go to the doctor when sick.

      Dissertation

      Project

      FINDINGS

      The ACA represents a transformation in welfare state governance that will impact health outcomes and access for decades.

      Future work

       OVERVIEW

      Extend institutional analysis to explore impacts on patient health.

    • Publications

      Refereed Journal Articles

       

      Melnikow, J., Evans, Ethan J., Xing, G., et. al. (2020). New Patient Access to Primary Care for California Medicaid Enrollees: A Simulated Patient Call Study. Annals of Family Medicine. 18(3):210-17.

       

      Moulin, A. K., Evans, Ethan J., Xing, G., & Melnikow, J. (2018). Substance Use, Homelessness, Mental Illness and Medicaid coverage: A set-up for High Emergency Department Utilization. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 19(6), 902-906.

       

      Evans, Ethan, B. McCarthy, C. Benoit, and M. Jansson. (2018) "Early Trouble, Long-term Consequences: Does Family Instability Keep People from Doctors?" Social Science Quarterly. 99(2):599-615. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12448.

       

      Evans, Ethan and Caren Arbeit. (2017). “What’s the difference? Health Insurance Coverage and Care Service Access: Disparities and Varied Barriers for Immigrant Children in the U.S.” International Migration. 55(5):8-30.

       

      Editor Reviewed Column

      Evans, E.J. (2020). Post-Election: Where do we stand on health care? Health & Social Work. 45(4). Full File

       

      Reed, S., Evans, Ethan J., Hooyman, N. (2020). "Social Work: Leading the Move Upstream to Improve the Nation’s Health." Health & Social Work. 45(2), 77–79.

       

      (2019). “Toward a Socially Oriented Model of Health: Institutionalize Help for Patients to Overcome Particular Social Difficulties.” Health & Social Work. 44(3), 145-148.

       

      (2019). “Health Policy in 2019: Hot Topics and a Call for Social Workers to Pursue Elected Office.” Health & Social Work. 44(2), 72-73.

       

      (2019). “The No-Wrong-Door Approach: Antidote to Boundaries within the American Welfare State.” Health & Social Work. 44(1), 8-12.

       

      (2018). “Get Out the Vote: Social Work and the Midterm Elections.” Health & Social Work. 43(3), 145-146.

       

      (2018). “Happy Birthday, National Health Line: A Long History and Solid Foundation for the Future.” Health & Social Work. 43(3), 145-146.

       

      Other

      2018. Review of Social Work Practice and Social Welfare Policy in the United States: A History by
      Philip R. Popple. Spring 2018 - Part 4. https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/pageId/1355/m/464

       

      2017. "Even if Obamacare is Repealed, Institutional Changes Will Persist and Lessons can be Learned." Scholars Strategy Network, Policy Briefs. May.

       

      2013. "Unequal Access: Insurance Coverage and Immigrant Generational Status of Diverse Children." Pp. 102-27 in Health Care and Immigration: Understanding the Connections, edited by P. Fernandez-Kelley and A. Portes. New York, NY: Routledge.

       

      Hamilton, Erin and Ethan Evans. 2012. "State Health Insurance Policy and Insuring Immigrant Children." Policy Brief: UC Davis Center for Poverty Research. Vol. 1, Number 4.

       

      2008. “Yes we do! Blick auf die Sozialleistungen und Wohnungslosenhilfe in den USA.” Wohnungslos. BAG W – Verlag. 4:139-42.

    • Teaching

      “what they need…is a quality of mind that will help them to use information and to develop reason in order to achieve lucid summations of what is going on in the world and of what may be happening within themselves.”

       

      C. Wright Mills

      The Sociological Imagination

      Instructor of Record

       

      Social Policy in America, Fall 2018.

      "Values are at the root of understanding the history, philosophy and functioning of social welfare policies and programs in the United States."

       

      Intermediate Statistics, Spring 2016.

      "Familiarity with statistics allows students to be better-informed, more engaged citizens."

       

      Intro to Quantitative Research Methods, Summer 2015; Winter 2018.

      "Statistical tools help us understand the information that we encounter in the course of daily life and make us more informed, critical consumers of knowledge."

       

      Urban Society, Summer 2014.

      “How we live our lives is shaped by where we live our lives.”

       

    • WORK EXPERIENCE

      Division of Social Work, California State University, Sacramento

      Assistant Professor, August 2018 - present

      The mission of the Division of Social Work is to prepare individuals aspiring to become Social Work professionals who can both lead and serve the region in the development and delivery of human services which promote the value of humankind and improve the quality of life.

      UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research

      Research Affiliate, October 2016 - Present

      Project: Evaluating Medi-Cal Access to Primary Care in the Greater Sacramento Area: A “Mystery Shopper” Study.

      PI: Joy Melnikow, CHPR Director.

      Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) Germany Chancellor Fellowship

      Fellow, 2007 - 2009

      Project Title: Homelessness: An International Comparison of Service and Policy.

      Local Affiliations: Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Wohnungslosenhilfe, e.V. Bielefeld, Germany; Evangelische Gesellschaft. Stuttgart, Germany.

      Sacramento Housing Alliance

      Executive Director, 2002-2007

      SHA is a regional coalition working to ensure that all people in the Sacramento region have safe, decent, accessible and affordable housing in healthy neighborhoods, supported by equitable public policies and practices.


      Accomplishments:

      • Led successful community campaign to require a percentage of housing in new development be affordable.
      • Developed and coordinated broad policy principles strategic agenda for 65 member organizations.
      • Increased operating budget by 300% in five years through expanding grants, appeals and fundraising events.

       

    • Professional Affiliations

      Scholars Strategy Network

      MISSION STATEMENT

      The Scholars Strategy Network seeks to improve public policy and strengthen democracy by organizing scholars working in America's colleges and universities, and connecting scholars and their research to policymakers, citizens associations, and the media.

      Society for the Study of Social Problems

      MISSION STATEMENT

      SSSP is an interdisciplinary community of scholars, practitioners, advocates, and students interested in the application of critical, scientific, and humanistic perspectives to the study of vital social problems.

      National Association of Social Workers

      MISSION STATEMENT

      NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies.

      American Sociological Association

      MISSION STATEMENT

      ASA is dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good.

    • GET IN TOUCH

      ethanjevans [at] mac [dot] com

      Sacramento, CA 95826

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