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(Sarasota, FL, April 18, 2002) – Dr. Mary Cuadrado, an Assistant Professor of Criminology and resident faculty member at the University of South Florida Sarasota/Manatee campus, has been named a Fulbright Scholar.  Dr. Cuadrado researches issues related to alcoholism, substance abuse and gambling, ethnicity and crime (in particular among Hispanics), women in criminal justice, Hispanic immigration problems and public sector productivity.  As a Fulbright Scholar, she will be studying outreach and retention approaches used by drug and alcohol treatment programs in Mexico.  Her research will take place from spring to summer 2003.  She has been with USF since 1997.

Though born in New York, Dr. Cuadrado spent her childhood years in Puerto Rico before moving back to the New York area.  She received her master’s in Criminal Justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the City University of New York.  She recently published a book with her husband, Dr. Louis Lieberman, called “Traditional Family Values and Substance Abuse:  The Hispanic Contribution to an Alternative Prevention and Treatment Approach.” 

“I am obviously very pleased to be chosen as a Fulbright Scholar,” says Dr. Cuadrado.  “A good part of my professional life is devoted to understanding, and in turn helping others understand, the cultural influences involved in addiction, especially within the Hispanic population.  Historically, most alcohol and drug treatment agencies in the United States have been oriented toward white and English speaking persons.  The increase in minorities, especially from Latin American, Asian, and other countries, makes it imperative to understand cultural differences in their attitudes and responses toward seeking treatment, the treatment modalities themselves, and the post-treatment rehabilitation process.”

There are 75 Fulbright scholars out of the approximate 2,000 USF faculty members.  Dr. Cuadrado is one of the first resident faculty members at the Sarasota/Manatee campus named to this prestigious group.

The Fulbright Scholar Program for college faculty and professionals is administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars under a cooperative agreement with the United States Department of State.  It is funded through an annual appropriation by Congress to the Department of State; the appropriation for fiscal year 2001 was $118.7 million.  Each year, the program sends some 800 U.S. faculty and professionals to 140 countries to lecture, do research or participate in seminars, and some 800 foreign faculty come to the U.S.

The University of South Florida Sarasota/Manatee Campus offers 25 degree programs for students to complete at the undergraduate and graduate levels.  Currently serving 2,300 students annually, the campus is located at the Sarasota/Manatee County line on 140 acres, touching the shoreline of Sarasota Bay and adjacent to the Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport.  It is part of the University of South Florida, the second largest university in Florida with more than 37,000 students, a Research I institution, and one of the top 20 largest universities in the United States.

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Media contact:  Ellen Wile (941) 359-4749; e-mail ewile@sar.usf.edu