Dick has many publications in the fields of anthropology and sociology. His main research interests include visual anthropology and the use and meaning of home media – family snapshots and home videos.

View	Chalfen, Richard (1981) "A sociovidistic approach to children's filmmaking: The Philadelphia Report" Studies in Visual Communication 7(1) 2-33
View	Chalfen, Richard (2005) "Looking at Japanese society: Hashiguchi George as visual sociologist" Visual Studies 20(2) 140-158
View	Chalfen, Richard; Haley, Jay (1971) "Reaction to socio-documentary film research in a mental health clinic" American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 41() 91-100
View	Chalfen, Richard; Rich, Michael (2004) "Applying visual research: Patients teaching physicians about asthma through visual illness narratives" Visual Anthropology Review 20(1) 17-30
View	Rich, Michael; Chalfen, Richard (1999) "Showing and telling asthma: Children teaching physicians with visual narratives" Visual Sociology 14() 51-71
View	Rich, Michael; Lamola, Steven; Chalfen, Richard (1998) "Video Intervention/Prevention Assessment (VIA): An innovative methodology for understanding the adolescent illness experience" Journal of Adolescent Health 22(2) 128
View	Rich, Michael; Lamola, Steven; Gordon, Jason; Chalfen, Richard (2000) "Video Intervention/Prevention Assessment: A patient-centered methodology for understanding the adolescent illness experience" Journal of Adolescent Health 27(3) 155-165
View	Rich, Michael; Patashnick, Jennifer L.; Chalfen, Richard (2002) "Visual illness narratives of asthma: Explanatory models and health-related behavior" American Journal of Health Behavior 26() 442-453
View	Rich, Michael; Ruth, Adrienne Lyons; Chalfen, Richard (2000) "Explanatory models of asthma: Are beliefs about management more important than knowledge of disease?" Journal of Adolescent Health 26(2) 101
	Chalfen, R. (1981). A sociovidistic approach to children's filmmaking: The Philadelphia report. Studies in Visual Communication, 7(1), 2-33.
	Chalfen, R. (1992). Picturing culture through indigenous imagery: A telling story. In P. Crawford & D. Turton (Eds.), Film as ethnography (pp. 222-241). Manchester: University of Manchester Press.
	Chalfen, R. (1977). Perspectives on children's filmmaking: The Minnewaska Symposium. Film Library Quarterly, 10(1-2), 6