Professional Interests
- Public housing
- Foreclosure
- Minority adolescent wellbeing
Teaching
- Community Practice
- HBSE
Practice Experience
Youth Specialist - Missouri Division of Youth Service
Youth Program Coordinator - St. Louis Housing Authority
Director - Cochran Community Center, St. Louis Housing Authority
Selected Recent Publications
1. Nebbitt, V. E., Lombe, M. L. & Williams, J. H. (2008). Assessing the Moderating Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity on Antisocial Behavior among Urban African American Youth. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 19, 277-293
2. Nebbitt, V. E. & Lombe, M. (2008). Assessing the Moderating Effects of Depressive Symptoms among Urban Youth in Public Housing, Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 2 (5), 409-424
3. Nebbitt, V. E., (2009). Self-Efficacy in Urban African American Male Adolescents, Journal of Black Psychology, 35(3), 295-316
4. Nebbitt, V. E. & Lambart, S. F. (2009). Environmental Correlates of Anxiety Sensitivity among Urban African American Adolescents Living in Public Housing. Journal of Community Psychology, 37(2), 268-280
5. Nebbitt, V. E., Lombe, M., LePoint, V., & Bryant, D. (2009). Individual and social correlates of academic performance among urban African American youth, Journal of Negro Education, Winter, 78(1), 29-41
6. Lombe, M., ManSoo, Y., & Nebbitt, V. (2009). Assessing Effects of Food Stamp Program Participation on Food Security in Female-headed Households: Do Informal Supports Matter? Journal of Policy Practice. 8(4), 301-316.
7. Lombe, M., Nebbitt, V. E., & Mapson, A. (2009). Correlates of Self-efficacy in African American Adolescent Females Living in Public Housing, Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, Special Issue on the Working Poor. 90(4), 353-358
8. Lombe, M., ManSoo, Y., & Nebbitt, V. (2009). Assessing Effects of Food Stamp Program Participation on Child Food Sufficiency in Female-headed Households: Do Informal Supports Matter?, Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services. 90(4), 447-453
9. Williams, J., H., Van Dorn, R., A., Bright, C., L., Jonson-Reid, M., & Nebbitt, V. E. (2010). Child Maltreatment and Delinquency onset among African American Adolescents Males, Research on Social Work Practice, 20(3), 253-259
10. ManSoo, Y., Lombe, M., & Nebbitt, V. (2010). Food Stamp Program Participation, Informal Supports, Household Food Security and Child Food Security: A Comparison of African American and Caucasian Households in Poverty, Children and Youth Services Review. 32, 767–773.
11. Nebbitt, V. E. & Lombe, M. (2010). Urban African American Adolescent and Adultification, Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, Special Issue on the Working Poor, 91(4), 234 - 240
12. Lindsey, M. A., Joe, S., & Nebbitt, V. E. (2010). Family Matters: The Role of Mental Health Stigma and Social Support on Depressive Symptoms and Subsequent Help-seeking among African American Boys, Journal of Black Psychology, 36(3), doi:10.1177/0095798409355796
13. Nebbitt, V. E., Lombe, M., Sanders-Phillips, K. & Stokes, C. (2010). Correlates of Age Onset of Sexual Intercourse. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, 21(4), online first
14. Nebbitt, V. E., Tyuse, S. W., Vaughn, M. G., & Perron, B. E., (2010). Conceptual Tools for Research on Race and Social Problems: An Overview of Dynamic Theory and Model Development, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 20, 909-923
Affiliations, Associations, & Consultations
Board Member - SSWR 2008 - 2011
Member - CSWE 2002 to current
Member - APHA 2003 - 2005
Consulting Editor - Social Work Research (NASW)
Consulting Editor - Children and Schools (NASW)
Editorial Reviews
Journal of Adolescent Health
Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Journal of Child and Family Studies
Social Work Research
Grant Reviews
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institutes of Health - Population Studies