Expertise

Areas of Interest and Expertise

  • Child Welfare Training
  • Disaster Mental Health
  • Parenting Interventions
  • Spirituality and Religion

Dr. Cain has 24 years of experience in clinical social work practice and 17 years of experience in social work education, nine of those years in administration. Her areas of scholarship, funding and research interests include disaster mental health, parenting interventions with high-risk and vulnerable families, religion/spirituality and social work practice and child welfare training.

Affiliations

Professor, School of Social Work, University of Alabama
2018

Women's and Gender Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Louisiana State University

Associate Dean, School of Social Work, University of Alabama

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Louisiana State University (past)

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Louisiana State University (past)

Communities
Women's Studies, Gender Studies
Degrees
PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Social Work, 2002
MSW, East Carolina University, 1995
BA, North Carolina State University, Psychology, 1992