Theda Rose
Dr. Theda Rose, Associate Professor
Contact Information:
Phone: (410) 706.4127
E-mail: trose@ssw.umaryland.edu
Room: 3W07
Rose, Theda CV
Mailing Information:
UM School of Social Work
525 West Redwood Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Theda Rose, PhD is an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Social Work. She earned her PhD in Social Work from the National Catholic School of Social Service, Catholic University, an MSW from Stony Brook University in New York, and a BA in Psychology from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Using an asset-based approach, Dr. Rose’s research centers on 1) comprehensively assessing adolescent mental health, using wellbeing and pathology; 2) exploring contextual correlates of mental health and wellbeing among Black adolescents; 3) developing, adapting, and evaluating culturally relevant school- and community-based interventions that promote mental health, wellbeing, and positive youth development among Black adolescents; and 4) incorporating youth perspectives in research and intervention development and delivery.
MSW, SUNY-Stony Brook
PhD, Catholic University of America
Expertise and Research Interests ▾
Research Interests: Adolescent Mental Health Promotion
Measurement of Adolescent Mental Wellbeing
School and Community-based Adolescent Mental Health Promotion Interventions
Positive Youth Development
Program Evaluation
Public Health Social Work
Harley, D., Rose, T., Clark-Goings, T., & Canfield, J. (2021). Photovoice as a tool for exploring perceptions of marijuana use among Appalachian adolescents. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, , https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2021.1908922
Rose, T., Hope, M. O., Powell, T., & Chan, V. (2021). A very present help: The role of religious support for Black adolescent girls’ mental wellbeing. Journal of Community Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22595
Lambert, S., Rose, T., Saleem, F., & Caldwell, C. (2020). Ethnic-racial socialization, perceived neighborhood quality, and psychosocial adjustment among African-American and Caribbean Black adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 31(1), 120-138. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12586
Rose, T., Hope, M., Thurman, D., Forrester,P., & Rose, R. (2020). Non-organizational religious involvement and psychosocial wellbeing among African American and Caribbean Black youth. Journal of Black Psychology, 46(5), 388-422. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095798420937856
Rose, T., McDonald, A., Von Mach, T., Witherspoon, D., & Lambert, S. (2019). Patterns of social connectedness and psychosocial wellbeing among African American and Caribbean Black adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48(11), 2271-2291. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-01135-7