Jan Gryczynski Research Associate Degree: M.A., Applied Sociology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Phone: 410-837-3977 Email: jgryczynski@frisrc.org

Research Interests

Jan Gryczynski’s research has focused on the social contexts of substance use, abuse, intervention, and policy from various stakeholder perspectives using quantitative and qualitative approaches.  His research interests include human services policy, program evaluation, deviant behavior, and the social and policy ramifications of substance use.  Currently, Mr. Gryczynski is working on a community-based participatory research project aimed at improving behavioral health and service access among urban American Indians.  His role on the project includes community service needs research and the evaluation of a substance abuse, HIV, and hepatitis prevention program targeting at-risk American Indians living in Baltimore, Maryland.  He is currently a doctoral student in the Department of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Selected Publications

Ward, B., & Gryczynski, J. (2007). Alcohol use and participation in organized recreational sports among university undergraduates. Journal of American College Health 56(3), 273-280.

Johnson, J. L., Gryczynski, J., & Wiechelt, S. (2007). HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and hepatitis prevention needs of Native Americans living in Baltimore: In their own words. AIDS Education & Prevention, 19(6), 531-544.

Gryczynski, J., Johnson, J. L., & Coyhis, D. (2007). The healing forest metaphor revisited: The seen and unseen world of substance use. Substance Use & Misuse 42(2-3), 475-484.

Marsella, A., Watson, P., Johnson, J., & Gryczynski, J., Eds. (2007). Ethnocultural perspectives on disaster and trauma: Foundations, issues, and applications. New York: Springer.

Johnson, J. L., Baldwin, J., Haring, R. C., Wiechelt, S. A., Roth, S., Gryczynski, J., & Lozano, H. (2007). Chapter 4: Essential information for disaster management and trauma specialists working with American Indians. In (A. Marsella, P. Watson, J. Johnson, and J. Gryczysnki, Eds. ) Ethnocultural perspectives on disasters and trauma: Foundations, issues, and applications. New York: Springer.