Expertise

Areas of Interest and Expertise

  • Child & Family Social Policy
  • Child Maltreatment
  • Housing
  • Neighborhood Effects
  • Parenting
  • Poverty & Inequality

Research interests: Geographic disparities in the incidence rates of child maltreatment, poverty and inequality, life span outcomes of children involved in the child welfare system, mental health, trauma-informed systems of care, social policy

Her research interests include geographic disparities in the incidence rates of child maltreatment, poverty and inequality, life span outcomes of children involved in the child welfare system, mental health, trauma-informed systems of care, and social policy.

Affiliations

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Alabama
2021

Past Affiliations

PhD Student, School of Social Work, University of Georgia (past)

Communities
Social Work
Degrees
PhD, University of Georgia, 2020
MSW, University of Georgia, 2006
BA, Tulane University, Psychology, 2004