Join Yessenia Castro, associate professor and associate dean for doctoral education in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin, for our November 2022 IAS Speaker Series event!

An abundance of published research supports the utility of social-cognitive theories and interventions for substance use, but the majority of this research has historically been conducted with non-Latino white samples. Castro will discuss her program of research aimed at addressing three major knowledge gaps resulting from a lack of research on commercial tobacco use among Latino populations: 1) testing the generalizability of known determinants of substance use and cessation to Latino smokers; 2) identifying culturally relevant variables that influence substance use and cessation among Latino smokers, and; 3) ensuring the cultural and linguistic appropriateness of assessment tools.