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Research Overview
Dr. Diamond is a cultural anthropologist whose research aims to reduce racial and gender disparities in health and strengthen communities through mixed-methods that include ethnography, social marketing for health promotion, arts-based interventions, and participatory action research. Her research interests cover the following topics: 1. internet-based interventions 2. social marketing and branding for health promotion 3. substance use, outcome expectancies and risky sexual behavior among urban youth; 4. the role of the media and entertainment business in youth cultural trends; 5. gender/power relations and risky sexual behavior. Dr. Diamond is currently Co-PI and Scientific Director of "Xperience," a CDC-funded drug prevention intervention study that involves youth performing artists in the creation of drug-free entertainment cds and live concerts. This innovative study utilizes techniques of social marketing and branding for drug prevention (www://Xperiencehartford.org). Dr. Diamond is also Co-PI of a NIDA-funded qualitative study concerning MDMA and STI/HIV risk among hidden networks of ecstasy users in Hartford (http://incommunityresearch.org/programs/mdma.htm). Past research projects include a mixed-methods epidemiological study of club drug use among 16-30 year olds in Hartford, and an ethnographic study of gender and sexual politics among marginalized folk artists in Southern India. Dr. Diamond is also involved with drug policy reform efforts in CT as a volunteer with the Clean Slate Committee and A Better Way Foundation.
Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1999 (Anthropology)
B.A., University of Chicago, 1989 (Anthropology)
Featured Publications
Diamond, S., Schensul, J., Sneider, L., Bermudez, R. Morgan, D.S. (2008) “Xperience” as a multilevel intervention. (2008) American Journal of Community Psychology, edited by J. Schensul and E. Trickett (pending review).
Diamond, S., Bermudez, R., Schensul, J. (2006) “What’s the Rap about Ecstasy? Popular music lyrics and drug trends among American youth.” Journal of Adolescent Research. Volume 21 (3): 269-298.
Eiserman, J., Diamond, S., Schensul, J. (2005) “‘Rollin’ on E’: A Qualitative analysis of ecstasy use among Inner city Adolescents and Young Adults” Journal of Ethnicity and Substance Abuse (special issue). Volume 4 ( 3): 9-38.
Schensul, J., Diamond, S., Disch, Bill, Pino, R. , Bermudez, R. (2005) The Diffusion of Ecstasy through Urban Youth networks. Journal of Ethnicity and Substance Abuse (special issue). Volume 4 (3): 39-71.
Diamond, Sarah (1997) “State Patronage and Performers: Negotiating Nationhood, Community Identity and Cultural Value in South India.” In Polar: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Special Issue. The Forms of Civil Society in Postcolonial Contexts, Vol. 20, no.1 (May): 93-99.
Edited Volumes
Mills, M., Claus, P., Diamond, S., eds. (2004) South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge, Inc.
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