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• Provost’s Faculty Fellow for Community-Engaged Scholarship - The University of Texas at El Paso (09/01/2023)
• College of Health Sciences Dean's Faculty Fellow in Scholarship and Research - The University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2023)
• New Grant Award Recognition for Outstanding Efforts in Securing Extramural Funding - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (02/10/2022)
• New Grant Award Recognition for Outstanding Efforts in Securing Extramural Funding - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (09/16/2021)
• Mentoring Award - College of Health Science and UTEP BUILDing SCHOLARS, The University of Texas at El Paso (07/29/2020)
• Awardee, Summer Sabbatical Program, UTEP BUILDing SCHOLARS NIH Award RL5GM118969. - University of Texas at El Paso (06/01/2019)
• Awardee, Summer Sabbatical Program, UTEP BUILDing SCHOLARS NIH Award RL5GM118969. - University of Texas at El Paso (06/01/2018)
• New Grant Award Recognition for Outstanding Efforts in Securing Extramural Funding - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (05/31/2017)
• Awardee, Summer Sabbatical Program, UTEP BUILDing SCHOLARS NIH Award # 1RL5MD009592. - University of Texas at El Paso (06/01/2015)

• MPS in Data Analytics, Pennsylvania State University (2018)
• Ph D in Sociology, University of Oklahoma (2012)
• MSW in Social Work, University of Oklahoma (2004)
• BSW in Social Work, Western Michigan University (2003)

• An integrated ecological approach to countering targeted violence on the US-Mexico Border: Insights and lessons learned Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community (in press), Yok-Fong Paat, Luis R. Torres-Hostos, Diego D. Garcia Tovar, Elizabeth Camacho, Hector Zamora, Nathan W. Myers.
• A Socio-Ecological Approach to A Community-Based Health Promotion Intervention on the US-Mexico Border: Insights and Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Applied Social Science (2023), Yok-Fong Paat, Elizabeth Camacho, Sarah Ruiz, Diego Garcia Tovar, Gina Núñez-Mchiri, Duarte Maria, Guadalupe Corral, Sandra Oviedo Ramire, Christine Markham, Torres-Hostos Luis, Karim C. Singh, Hector Zamora, Nathan W. Myers.
• Predictors of General Deviance in the Context of COVID-19 International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (2023), Yok-Fong Paat, Trina Hope, Hector Zamora, Eddie Hernandez.
• Physical and Psychological Intimate Partner Violence among Hispanic Origin Emerging Adults: Co-Occurrence, Bidirectionality, and Persistence Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma (2023), Yok-Fong Paat, Trina Hope.
• Racial Health Disparities and Black Heterogeneity in COVID-19: A Case Study of Miami Gardens Journal of Applied Social Science 17 2 (2023), Yok-Fong Paat, Max Orezzoli, Chun-Kit Ngan, Jeffrey Olimpo.
• Hesitancy or resistance? Differential changes in COVID-19 vaccination intention between Black and White Americans Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2022), Danielle X. Morales, Yok-Fong Paat.
• A universal mental health promotion program that demonstrates psychosocial benefits for elementary school students who perceive low emotional self-efficacy Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention (2022), Mei-Ling Lin, Yok-Fong Paat, Alyse Cooper, Cayla Molina, Emma Smith, Kristina Millar, Cecilia Fierro.
• Risky sexual behavior among Mexican-origin emerging adults in Los Angeles. Social Work in Public Health 37 8 (2022), Yok-Fong Paat, Christine Markham, Thenral D. Mangadu.
• HDSS: A healthcare decision support system on combining domain knowledge and data analytics for predicting potential risk of mental health International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences 15 4 (2022), Chun-Kit Ngan, Yok-Fong Paat, Rachel Green.
• Factors facilitating and hindering volunteering practices among ethnic-racial minority immigrants on the US-Mexico border Journal of Civil Society 18 1 (2022), Yok-Fong Paat.
• Risky Sexual Behaviors among Emerging Adults in Los Angeles. Social Work in Public Health. (2022), Yok-Fong Paat, C Markham, Thenral D. Mangadu.
• Substance use behavior among Hispanic emerging adults in Los Angeles, California Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse (2021), Yok-Fong Paat, Trina Hope, Salvador Dominguez.
• Insights from the shelter: Homeless shelter workers’ perceptions of homelessness and working with the homeless Journal of Progressive Human Services 32 3 (2021), Yok-Fong Paat, Jessica Morales, Aaron Escajeda, Ray Tullius.
• A life course approach to understanding volunteering practices among ethnic-racial minority immigrants on the US-Mexico border Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 43 3 (2021), Yok-Fong Paat.
• Interpersonal and Structural Complexities among Women Experiencing Homelessness in the U.S.-Mexico Border Community Ehquidad International Journal of Welfare and Social Work Policies 16 (2021), Lourdes Perez, Eva M. Moya, Yok-Fong Paat, Maissa Khatib, Ryan Floresca, Silvia M. Chavez Baray.
• Partner violence among female students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in emerging adulthood. Victims & Offenders (2020), Yok-Fong Paat, Max C. Orezzoli, Thenral D. Mangadu.
• Digital crime, trauma, and abuse: Internet safety and cyber risks for teens and emerging adults in the 21st century. Social Work in Mental Health (2020), Yok-Fong Paat, Christine Markham.
• How I became homeless: Stories of homeless shelter residents in El Paso, Texas USA Journal of Comparative Social Work 15 1 (2020), Yok-Fong Paat, Jessica Morales, Dwain Pellebon, Ray Tullius, Aaron I. Escajeda, Ruben Alcantara.
• Immigrant family socialization: Perspectives from adult children of Mexican origin and their parents in the United States Journal of Comparative Social Work 15 1 (2020), Yok-Fong Paat, Monica Chavira, Rosemarie De La Hoya, Mitsue Yoshimoto.
• Co-occurrence of dating violence victimization subtypes: Assessing the influence of family factors, dating attitudes, risky behaviors, and the moderating effect of gender among school-aged teens Violence and Victims 35 4 (2020), Yok-Fong Paat, Christine Markham, Melissa Peskin.
• “Going solo” or joining gangs while doing time: Perceptions of prison gangs among the formerly incarcerated Justice System Journal 41 3 (2020), Yok-Fong Paat, Eddie Hernandez, Trina Hope, Jennifer Munoz, Hector Zamora, Michael H. Sanchez, Sonny Contreras.
• Diseases don’t need passports: A life course approach to understanding high-risk sexual behaviors and transmission of diseases among international travelers Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment 30 6 (2020), Yok-Fong Paat, Luis Torres.
• Sensation seeking and impulsivity as predictors of high-risk sexual behaviors among international travelers. Current Issues in Tourism 23 21 (2020), Yok-Fong Paat, Luis R. Torres, Xiaodan Morales, Satish Srinivasan, Sheralyn Sanchez.
• Psycho-emotional violence, its association, co-occurrence, and bidirectionality with cyber, physical and sexual violence Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma (2019), Yok-Fong Paat, Christine Markham, Melissa Peskin.
• A Life Course Approach to Understanding Homelessness of Shelter Residents Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless (2019), Yok-Fong Paat, Jessica Morales, Ray Tullius, Eva M. Moya, Ruben Alcantara.
• Pathogens without borders: Ecological determinants of sexual risk-taking behaviors among international travelers across the life course Journal of Health Research (in press), Yok-Fong Paat, Luis R. Torres.
• The roles of family factors and relationship dynamics on dating violence victimization and perpetration among college men and women in emerging adulthood Journal of Interpersonal Violence (2019), Yok-Fong Paat, Christine Markham.
• Disease and the environment: A health disparities CURE incorporating civic engagement education Science Education and Civic Engagement: An International Journal 11 1 (2019), Jeffrey T. Olimpo, Jennifer Apodaca, Aimee A. Hernandez, Yok-Fong Paat.

• Building effective community partnerships: Insights from Healthy Families Healthy Kids Initiative (2024), Volume San Antonio, Yok-Fong Paat, Sarah L. Ruiz, David A. Perez, Diego E. Garcia Tovar, Angela Dorado, Brenda Ramirez Vara, Nathan W. Myers, Elizabeth Camacho, Polanco Rosa, Karim C. Singh, Gina G. Nunez-Mchiri, Maria O. Duarte-Gardea, Sandra Oviendo Ramirez, Guadalupe Corral, Hector Zamora.
• Colaboraciones académicas transnacionales como vehículos para apoyar los derechos humanos, erradicar la violencia, y promover la paz: El Proyecto REACH en El Paso, Texas (Transnational Academic Collaborations as Vehicles to Support Human Rights, Eradicate Violence, and Promote Peace: The REACH Project in El Paso, Texas) (2023), Volume Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México, Luiz Hostos-Torres, Yok-Fong Paat.
• Understanding mental health related factors and high-risk sexual behaviors among emerging adults. (2023), Volume San Diego, CA, Sheralyn Sanchez, Zuber Mulla, Yok-Fong Paat.
• Community Perspectives on Rural Border Communities’ Cancer Disparities. (2023), Volume San Diego, CA, Thenral Mangadu, Adrian Billings, Shrikanth Gadad, Stephanie Flores, Yok-Fong Paat, , .
• Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Prevention in Texas Region 10 Communities. (2022), Volume Albuquerque, NM, Thenral Mangadu, Vivian Daher, E Gonzalez, Yok-Fong Paat, A Rascon, L Rivera Alva.
• Proximal, distal, and personal factors associated with adolescents’ disruptive behaviors. (2022), Volume Virtual, Yok-Fong Paat.
• Volunteering practices among ethnic minority immigrants (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Yok-Fong Paat.
• Computer and internet risks for teens and emerging adults in the digital age (2020), Volume Las Vegas, NV, Yok-Fong Paat, Christine Markham.
• Intersectionality of ethnicity, gender and homelessness in El Paso, Texas: An (2019), Volume Chicago Midway, IL, Lourdes Perez, Eva M. Moya, Yok-Fong Paat, Layla Townsend, Ryan Floresca, Rubi Gonzalez, Adriana Escajeda.
• Sensation seeking and impulsivity in high-risk sexual behaviors among international travelers (2019), Volume New York , Yok-Fong Paat.

• REACH (Resilience, Education, Action, Commitment, and Humanity): Using Critical Media Literacy, Civic Learning, and Arts-Based Approaches to Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence on the US-Mexico Border Region and Beyond
• Targeting Early Intervention Personnel Turnover through Proven Retention Strategies
• Healthy Families Healthy Kids Initiative
• US-Mexico Border Rural Communities Response to Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence