Sandra (Sandy) L. Momper

Assistant Professor of Social Work

Sandra (Sandy) L. Momper

Degrees

  • BS, Social Work, 1973, University of Slippery Rock, Slippery Rock, PA;
  • MSW, 1991, University of Pittsburgh, PA;
  • PhD, Social Work, 2005, University of Pittsburgh, PA

BioSketch

Sandra Momper, assistant professor of social work, completed her PhD and MSW in social work at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Momper's research interests include gambling, substance abuse, PTSD, mental health, and health disparities among rural and urban American Indians. Her dissertation research on Maternal Gambling, Parenting in the Home Environment, and Child Outcomes in Native American Families was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). She recently completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center (UMSARC) that was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), where she studied substance abuse from a multidisciplinary perspective. While at UMSARC Dr. Momper received funds from the University of Michigan Tobacco Research Network to conduct a study entitled Potential Association of Tobacco Use and Gambling among Native American Populations. She is presently an investigator on a large population-based study of ecological stressors, PTSD, and drug abuse in the City of Detroit. The project, entitled "Detroit Neighborhood Health Study," is funded by NIDA and NIMH.

Dr. Momper is active in the American Indian community at the University of Michigan and is a board member of American Indian Health and Family Services of Detroit. She brings to her work 20 years of direct practice experience with African American families and children in urban settings, as well as extensive experience in community organizing. Dr. Momper's goals are to extend her present research to further understand the impact of ecologic stressors on the risk of gambling, substance abuse, and long-term mental and physical health among American Indians.


Personal Information
Email smomper@umich.edu
Mailbox  59
INDI  288
 Location
Room: 2734 SSWB
Phone: (734) 763-6578
Fax: (734) 763-3372
 University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Selected Publications

Momper, S., Delva, J., Grogan-Kaylor, A., Sanchez, N., & Volberg, R. A. (in press). The association of at risk, problem and pathological gambling with substance use, depression, and arrest history. Journal of Gambling Studies.
Momper, S., Delva, J., & Reed, B. G. (in press). OxyContin abuse on a reservation: Qualitative reports by American Indians in talking circles. Substance Use & Misuse.
Momper, S. L., Nandi, V., Ompad, D. C., Delva, J., & Galea, S. (2009). The prevalence and types of gambling among undocumented Mexican immigrants in New York City. Journal of Gambling Studies, 25(1), 49-65.
Momper, S. L., & Jackson, A. P. (2007). Maternal gambling, parenting, and child behavioral functioning in Native American families. Social Work Research, 31(4), 199-209.