Title
              Professor of Social Welfare
          
            Department
                        School of Social Welfare
              
      
            Faculty URL
              http://socialwork.berkeley.edu/Faculty/people.php?first=Kurt&last=Organista
          
                  Email
              drkco@berkeley.edu
          
            Phone
              (510) 643-6671
          
                    
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                  Research Expertise and Interest
                            social welfare,                  race/ethnicity,                  HIV prevention,                  social behavior              
      
            Research Description
              Chicano/Latino psychosocial problems; acculturation and adjustment of ethnic minorities to American society; minority mental health; cognitive-behavioral therapy; depression in Latinos; HIV prevention with Mexican/Latino migrant laborers.