Tonya L. Schuster, Lecturer

Email: tonya.schuster@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-141

Main Courses:

• Social Psychology (SOC 335)
• Introduction to Research Methods (SOC 270)
• Quantitative Research Methods (SOC 355)
• Sociology of Health and Medicine (SOC 462)

Research & Teaching Interests:

• Social Relationships and Health, Wellness and Alternative Medicine

Education:

• PhD, Sociology

Publications:

• Schuster, Tonya L. 2018. “Conceptual Framework of Wellness.” Technical Report: Development of the Definition of Wellness, World Health Organization, Project on Wellness, Well-being, and Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine.
• Liu, Michael A, Ngoc-Tram Huynh, Michael Broukhim, Douglas H. Cheung, Tonya L. Schuster, and Wadie Najm. 2014. “Determining the Attitudes and Use of Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine Among Undergraduates.” The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 20(9) 718-726.
• Schuster, Tonya L., Marnie Dobson, Maritza Jauregui, and Robert H. I. Blanks. 2004. “Wellness Lifestyles I: A Theoretical Framework Linking Wellness, Health Lifestyles, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine.” The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 10(2) 349-356.

Awards/Honors/Grants:

• National Institute on Aging – Individual National Research Service Award F32 AG-5624-02: Network Relationships – Survival and Health in Later Life. School of Social Ecology. University of California, Irvine.
• National Institute of Mental Health – Institutional Research Training Grant T32 MH168006: Psychosocial Factors in Mental Health and Illness. Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research. The University of Michigan.