ROCHELLE DALLA, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies
Ash 102, 60 & Dodge
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Omaha, Nebraska 68182
(402) 554-2356
Biography
Rochelle Dalla received her MS in 1993 and her PhD in 1996 from the University of Arizona. Both degrees are in Family Studies. She came to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies, upon graduation in 1996.
Her research focuses on marginalized, female populations. Research for her MS and PhD focused on teenage parenting on the Navajo Reservation. Currently, she is invested in two different research projects. The first focuses on the developmental trajectories and familial dynamics (including intergenerational transmission) of female street-level prostituted women. The second focuses on immigrant Latinas residing in rural Nebraska communities.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Dalla, R. L. (2006). “You can’t hustle all your life”: An exploratory investigation of the exit process among street-level prostituted women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 276-290.
Dalla, R. L., MoulikGupta, P., Lopez, W., & Jones, V. (2006). “It’s a balancing act!”: An exploration of the school/work/family interface among rural Nebraska, bilingual para-professional educators. Family Relations (Special Collection: Working with Latino Families in the United States), 55, 390-402.
Carter, D. J., & Dalla, R. L. (2006). Application of transactional analysis: Street-level prostituted women as mental health care clients. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 13, 95-119.
Dalla, R. L., Lopez, W., Jones, V., & Xia, Y. (2006). Individual and familial stressors among rural Nebraskan, bilingual paraprofessional educators. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 5, 127-141.
Dalla, R. L., Ellis, A., & Cramer, S. C. (2005). Immigration & rural America: Latinos’ perceptions of work and residence in three meat-packing communities. Community, Work & Family, 8, 163-185.
Dalla, R. L., & Christensen, A. (2005). Latino immigrants describe residence in rural Midwestern meat-packing communities: A longitudinal assessment of social and economic change. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 27, 23-42. (J. Series No. 14607)
Dalla, R. L., Villarruel, F., Cramer, S., & Gonzalez-Kruger, G. (2004). Rural community change, strengths, and challenges: Long-term residents describe impacts of rapid immigration. Great Plains Research / Special Issue– New Immigrants in the Great Plains: Strengths and Challenges, 14, 231-252. (J. Series No. 14028)
Dalla, R. L. (2004). "I fell off [the mothering] track": Barriers to 'effective mothering' among street-level prostituted women. Family Relations/Special Issue - Complexity of Family Life Among Low Income and Working Poor, 53, 190-200.
Bischoff, R., & Dalla, R. L. (2003). Responding to the need for training in positive youth development: The Great Plains Idea. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 95, 19-22.
Dalla, R. L. (2003). When the bough breaks: Examining intergenerational parent-child relationship patterns among street-level sex-workers & their parents & children. Applied Developmental Science, 7, 216-228.
Dalla, R. L., Xia, Y., & Kennedy, H. (2003). "You just give them what they want and pray they don't kill you": Street-level sex workers' reports of victimization, personal resources and coping strategies. Violence Against Women, 9, 1367-1394.
Dalla, R. L. (2002). Night moves: A qualitative investigation of street-level sex work. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 26, 63-73.
Dalla, R. L., Cramer, S., & Stanek, K. (2002). Long-term residents' and immigrants' perceptions of economic strain and community issues: Survey results from three rural, meat-packing Nebraska communities. Rural America, 17, 20-25.
