Dori Gilbert
Home Department: Social Work
Office: SSB 3.130M
Phone: 512 471 8229
dgm@mail.utexas.edu
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Prevention and intervention with women and people of color living with HIV/AIDS, psychosocial adjustment in persons coping with social stigma, child and adolescent welfare and counseling, multicultural practice issues; and cultural diversity curriculum development.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
MSSW, The University of Texas at Austin
BBA, The University of Texas at Austin
ABOUT
Dorie J. Gilbert, Ph.D., L.M.S.W., is Associate Professor of Social Work and African, Women's & Gender Studies, and African American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research investigates the cognitive, behavioral, and developmental challenges for socially stigmatized populations, with a special focus on women and persons of color living with HIV or AIDS.
She has provided community-based counseling and advocacy for women living with HIV/AIDS, and has served as a consultant on several community-based funded projects. Her current project, Project Mother-Daughter Talk investigates the lives of young African American girls whose mothers are living with HIV/AIDS. Dr. Gilbert is co-editor of the book, African American Women and HIV/AIDS: Critical Responses. This book is unique in that it combines the intellectual with the practical, and represents academicians joining practitioners in an effort to reach multiple audiences through scholarly analyses of the problem and down-to-earth discussions of working solutions that meet the specific needs of African American women. The book is used in education and training for Africentric HIV-prevention programs, such as the Institute for the Advanced Studies of Black Family Life in Oakland, CA.
Dr. Gilbert has received funding to study the impact of race/ethnicity and cultural mistrust on antiretroviral medication adherence among HIV-positive individuals. She has additionally received HIV related research grants to conduct research on the life experiences of women living with HIV, AIDS service utilization among African American HIV-positive persons, and the psychosocial concerns HIV-positive parents with AIDS who have latency-age children. Her publications related to HIV/AIDS and vulnerable populations have appeared in journals and edited books. She is co-editor of the Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services.
Dr. Gilbert is married and enjoys traveling, gardening, and spending time with husband, Peter, and ten-year old, awesome daughter, Sarah. Sarah is a regular performer at the School's Fall Follies Talent Show.