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Doctoral Faculty Research Interests

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Stephanie Boddie

Assistant Professor of Church and Community Ministries

  • Faith, social innovation and entrepreneurship
  • Faith-based social services and policies
  • Asset-based development
  • Race and psychology of difference
  • Community-based participatory research

Juan Carlos Esparza Ochoa
Director, Program on Religion/Latin American Studies

  • Religion in Latin America
  • Global Religious Change and Impact

    Brianna Lemmons

    Assistant Professor

    • Predictors Non-Resident Father Involvement
    • The Role of Spirituality in Fathering
    • Evaluation of Fatherhood Programs
    • Effective Delivery of Research Related Curriculum Content in Social Work Programs
    • Assessment, Outcomes, and Accreditation Processes in Social Work Education Programs

    Elissa Madden
    Associate Professor

    • Foster Care
    • Adoption (Public and Domestic Private)
    • Trauma and Child Maltreatment
    • Permanency for Children in Foster Care
    • Post-Secondary Education for Youth Who Have Aged Out of Care

    Jocelyn Shealy McGee

    Assistant Professor

    • Contemplative Science
    • Culture and Diversity
    • Positive Aging
    • Human Flourishing
    • Spiritual Diversity

    Sung Seek Moon
    Professor, Carl and Martha Lindner Endowed Chair for Global Studies

    • Mental Health Among Racial Minority Groups
    • Influence of Social Contexts and Environments
    • Addictive Disorders
    • Substance Abuse Prevention in Adolescents

    Dennis Myers
    Professor, Danny and Lenn Prince Endowed Chair for the Residential Care of Older Adults

    • Family Caregiving
    • Technology & Health Care
    • Academic Leadership & Administration of Social Work Education Programs
    • Older Adults & Poverty
    • Social Work & Leadership of Senior Living Environments
    • Military & First Responder Family Relationships
    • Intergenerational Relations
    • Congregational & Community Engagement of Boomers & Older Adults

    Holly Oxhandler
    Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development
    Associate Professor

    • Religion and Spirituality in Clinical Practice
    • Mental Health
    • Evidence-Based Practice Process
    • Scale Development
    • Mentoring and Professional Development

    Danielle Parrish
    Professor

    • Evidence-Based Practice
    • Intervention & Implementation Research
    • Prevention of Substance-Exposed Pregnancy
    • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
    • Transtheoretical Model and Behavior Change
    • Integrated Behavioral Health
    • Social Anxiety Disorder in Youth
    • Juvenile Justice Populations
    • Motivational Interviewing

    Edward C. Polson
    Associate Professor

    • Civil Society
    • Organizations
    • Religion
    • Diversity
    • Civic Engagement

    David Pooler
    Professor

    • Clergy Perpetrated Sexual Abuse of Adults
    • Joy in Social Work
    • Professional Ethics and Professional Development of Social Workers
    • Professional Functioning and Impairment of Social Workers
    • Organizational Development, Leadership, and Change
    • Organizational Justice

    Rob Rogers
    Associate Professor
    PhD Program Co-Director

    • Career Resilience of Leadership in Senior Living Communities
    • Social Work and Long-Term Care
    • Congregational Community Engagement
    • Family Literacy
    • Workforce Development

    Laine Scales
    Professor
    PhD Program Co-Director

    • Social Welfare History
    • Settlement Houses (Historical and Contemporary)
    • Baptists and Social Work (Historical)
    • Doctoral Education as a Process for Formation

    Jon Singletary
    Dean
    Professor, Diana R. Garland Endowed Chair of Child & Family Studies

    • Strengthening Congregational Community Ministries
    • Community Development
    • Advocacy and Social Justice

    Gaynor Yancey
    Professor, Lake Family Endowed Chair in Congregational & Community Health
    Director, Center for Church & Community Impact (C3i)

    • Congregational and Community Health
    • Congregational-based Community Organizing & Community Development
    • Religiously Affiliated Organizations
    • Advocacy and Social Justice
    • Social Welfare
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