Eric Rice, PhD

Assistant Professor
University of Southern California
School of Social Work
1149 S. Hill St
Suite 360
Los Angeles, CA
USA 90015
Email: ericr@usc.edu

Biographical Sketch: ERIC RICE, Ph.D. is an assistant professor at the USC School of Social Work. He is an expert in social network theory, social network analysis, and the application of social network methods to HIV prevention research. Rice’s current projects focus on the social networks of homeless youth and how they impact HIV risk taking behaviors. He has also been working on how homeless youth utilize the internet, social networking websites, and cell phone technologies to access home-based peers and family, and how such relationships promote healthy behaviors. As an outgrowth of this line of research Rice has been developing an online social networking, HIV prevention program for homeless youth funded through a grant from National Institute of Mental Health.

Papers:
3203.0 Pro-pregnancy attitudes, history of pregnancy, and contraceptive service utilization influence homeless youths' effective contraception use 3204.0 Middle school sexting and sexual activity 3280.0 Homeless youths' use of the internet for HIV information and testing locations 3311.0 Latina mothers living with HIV: Psychological distress and multidimensional challenges in the process of acculturation 3396.0 Recent substance use & mental disorder symptoms among homeless youth 3419.0 Homelessness and sexual identity among middle school students 4070.0 A two way street: Prevalence of cyberbullying among middle school students 4095.0 Development of a social network website to prevent HIV in a young adult homeless population 4115.0 HIV risk among homeless adults transitioning to permanent supportive housing 4115.0 Substantial differences in risk behaviors of homeless youth in two large networks of homeless youth in los angeles 4152.0 Sexual trauma and PTSD symptoms among female homeless youth 4429.0 Benefits of pet ownership among homeless youth 5199.0 Intimate partner violence and the social networks of female homeless youth