Nare Galstyan, Ph.D. has joined the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University as a Senior Research Associate. She will implement BBI’s evaluation of new web-based technology supporting access and use of psychiatric advanced directives (PADs) by people with mental health challenges across seven California counties.

She is a researcher with a multidisciplinary background in sociology, political science, and anthropology with a significant number of research studies published in peer-reviewed journals. She specializes in applied research from international development to humanitarianism and is experienced in program design, qualitative and quantitative methodology, monitoring and evaluation, and managing large research teams.