Co-Director Academic Research

Dr. Vickie Coleman Gallagher - Select Publications & Works in Progress

Gallagher, V.C., Baranik, L., Hamdani, M.R., Valcea, S., Kiratikosolrak, P. & Wheeler, A. (2021). Multi-Dimensional (Mis)Fit: A Systemic View of the Refugee Employment Journey, Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, Eds. Buckley, M., Halbesleben, J., & Wheeler, A.R. (39, 241-290).

Gallagher, V.C., Kiratikosolrak, P., Torio, L., Kim, J., Stead, G., & Philips, W. (Revise & Resubmit 2026). Entrepreneurial Intentions and Career Outcome Expectations Among Refugees and Immigrants: The Roles of Social Support and Career Adaptability. Poster presented at the APA, August 2025, Denver, CO. (CSU FRD grant $24,500)

Kiratikosolrak, P., Phillips, W., Torio, L., Bantle, B., Kim, J. & Gallagher, V.C. (Revise & Resubmit, 2026). Vocational Interests as internal resources for navigating unfamiliar labor markets: RIASEC and newcomer career adaptability. (CSU FRD grant $24,500)

Kiratikosolrak, P., Phillips, W. & Gallagher, V.C. (Revise & Resubmit, 2026; Dissertation PK.) How organizational politics shapes job satisfaction and turnover intentions: Configurational evidence from foreign workers in Vietnam.

Sengupta, A. & Gallagher, V.C. (2026) Sparking a Feminine Organizational Culture: Insights from Spiritual Wisdom Traditions. Management Research Review. 49, 173–190  

Baran, B., Valcea, S., Porter, T., & Gallagher, V.C. (2018). Survival, Expectations, and Employment: An Inquiry of Refugees and Immigrants to the U.S. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 105, 102-115.

Gallagher, V.C, Huang, G., Eckliff, M., & Nasende, L. (2026). Refugee Community Center Wellbeing, Satisfaction, & Unmet Needs. Undergrad Research Poster, CSU, Sept., 2026, Cleveland, OH. [Best Poster]

Torio, L., Gallagher, V.C., Dunwoodie, K., Valcea, S., Lupi, L., & Garrosa, E. Replication of Refugee Experience; JVB Publication - compare US / Spain / Australia; Poster presentation European Association of Work & Organizational Psychology, Katowice, Poland, 2023.

Gallagher, V.C., Kiratikosolrak, P.,, Wheeler, A.R. & Torio, L. (Pedagogy) Multi-dimensional-Fit (MDF): Student Empathy-Building - Refugee Employment Journey.  Presented at MOBTS conference.

Gallagher, V.C. & Torio, L. Empathy Building for the Refugee Experience: Same Same but (Very) Different. Reflection on international experiences. (Gallagher – Fulbright at UAM $20,000; Torio – Scholarship & UG Practicum research at CSU). 

Hamdani, M.R., Gallagher, V.C., Huang, G., Liao, Y.H. (Data collection ongoing.)  Psychological Flexibility & Adaptive Job & Family Behaviors: refugees & immigrants.  $2000 grant - Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS); $2000 COB.

Dr. Grace Huang - Select Publications & Works in Progress

Huang, G., & Gallagher, V.C. Teacher Preparedness for Refugee Education in Ohio: Exploratory Research. Thematic analysis in progress. CSU Diversity Institute, $5,000; USRA at CSU; $5,746).

Serafine, M. E., Huang, G. H. C., Gallagher, V. C., Breault, R. A., & Scoufield, A. M. (2024). The landscape of newcomer education in northeast Ohio: Insights from educators and non-profits [Outstanding Poster Award]. Presented at the Undergraduate Summer Research Poster Session (USRA), September, 2024, Cleveland, OH.

Gallagher, V.C., Torio, L., & Huang, G. (2024). Community engagement to support the wellbeing of newcomers through art, sports, and music.  Community engagement case studies presented at The European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Rome, Italy, June 2024.

Zeitz, K., Mohan, A., Huang, G. H. C., & Lam, E. T. C. (2021).  Revised Parenting Style and Practices Scale (R-PSPS): Examining parenting practices of resettled refugees. UGSR. 

Huang, H. C. G., Miller, M. M., & Paul, A. N. (2022). Examining a community-based program for newly resettled refugee adolescents. Multicultural Education, 8(10), 1-8.

Russo, O., Huang, G. H. C., & Lam, E. T. C. (2022).  A mixed method approach to examine resettled refugees’ parenting practices. 2022 (USRA), CSU, OH. [Best Poster Award] 

Huang, G. H. C., & Lam, T. C. (2022). Resettled refugee families: Parenting practices and educational involvement. Open Journal of Social Science, 10(6), 181-195

Huang, G. H. C., & Miller, M. M. Fostering newly resettled refugee adolescents’ self-efficacy and advocacy in a community-based youth program.  Intercultural Education Journal [ready to submit]

Huang, G.H.C., Gove, M., Kolosionek, D., & Lam, E.T.C. (2018). What fosters Chinese American students’ learning and education? Exploring the key ingredients of Chinese parenting styles & their association with Chinese American students’ learning & academic performance. Education, 139(2), 81-95.

Dabydeen, N. V., Huang, G. H. C., & Lam, E. T. C. (2019). "They say this is America, not Africa."  Views of parenting challenges from Congolese resettled refugee families. 2019 CSU UGSR, Cleveland, OH.

Breault, R., & Huang, G. H. C. (in review). Teaching refugee background students: A review of the literature. Submitted to Mid-Western Educational Researcher.