Student-Faculty Collaboration and Contributions

Student-Faculty Collaboration and ContributionsFSU College of Social Work

Doctoral Program

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KEY n Faculty | n Students

TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Letter from Dean James Clark

4 Letter from Dr. Stephen Tripodi, Doctoral Program Director

5 Doctoral Program Description College of Social Work Doctoral Faculty

FACULTY AND DOCTORAL STUDENT COLLABORATIONS

6 Danielle Groton

7 Dr. Stephen Tripodi Stephanie Kennedy

8 Dr. Dina Wilke Annelise Mennicke

9 Dr. Karen Randolph Leah Cheatham

10 Dr. Neil Abell Dr. Melissa Radey

11 Dr. Shamra Boel-Studt Dr. Eyitayo Onifade Dr. Lisa Schelbe

12 Dr. Jeffrey Lacasse Dr. La Tonya Noel

13 Dr. Bruce Thyer Stephanie Grace Prost

14 Dr. Tom Smith Jaclyn Williams

Program Contact Information

College of Social Work 3

What is the purpose of doctoral education? The purpose is to educate and prepare those who can be entrusted with the vigor, quality, and integrity of the field. This person is a scholar first and foremost, in the fullest sense of the term—someone who will creatively generate new knowledge, critically conserve valuable and useful ideas, and responsibly transform those understandings through writing, teaching and application.

— The Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate

While there are myriad definitions

for the purpose of doctoral education, the formulation proposed by the Carnegie Foundation is one of my favorites.

I am sure that we could have a wonderful conversation discussing their belief that doctoral students are preparing to become “stewards” of their disciplines and professions. Such preparation not only requires a strong personal maturity and a burning desire to advance the profession, but a commitment to a new and rigorous educational experience so that a person can fulfill the tasks of “stewardship” through a lifetime of scholarship, service, and teaching.

We are excited that you are taking your time to learn more about the Florida State University College of Social Work Doctoral Program. If you are reading this booklet, you have probably already discovered that there are many fine doctoral programs across the country. Why should an aspiring doctoral student choose Florida State University? Certainly, one important reason is that the FSU College of Social Work is fortunate to have some of the most accomplished teachers and researchers in the Nation on faculty. (And this booklet will provide an engaging overview of what our faculty and students are up to.) It is also true that we have a great track record of preparing students for successful careers in academia, public policy, and advanced practice.

Those reasons are sufficient for prospective students to consider and choose our doctoral program. But the most important reason lies elsewhere, especially if one is considering relocating from another part of the nation or the world to work with us. The most important reason to come here is to work with a particular faculty member or group of faculty who help students develop as a researchers, educators, and scholars. So read carefully and intentionally!

We invite prospective students to FSU for a transformational experience that can only happen in a program that is interested in students as persons who are making one of the greatest professional commitments of their lives. We take that seriously. We take our students’ visions of their future as a scholar seriously. Our program is entering a new era, and we are looking for intelligent and committed students who want to join us in fulfilling our vision of the social work doctorate for the twenty-first century. We welcome your interest and conversation!

Jim Clark, Ph.D., LCSWDean & Professor


Thank you very much for your interest in the Florida State University College of Social Work Doctoral Program. I recently started as the director of the

program during a very exciting time here at FSU. Our faculty members are involved in numerous cutting-edge research projects. The quality and productivity of our doctoral students is at an all-time high as evidenced by their meaningful research agendas. Dr. James Clark was recently hired as Dean and brings innovative ideas, along with decades of experience, in building and enhancing

research and scholarship infrastructures. We believe that we have one of the most productive doctoral programs in the country. And we continue to strive towards our goal of becoming a recognized “Top 20” doctoral program.

The FSU College of Social Work faculty is committed to continuing to place our graduates at research extensive programs throughout the country. We collaborate very closely with students throughout their entire program of study, usually leading to their numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals, as well as developing their initial grant applications. We are very proud of the quality and quantity of professor-student collaborations and publications. That is what this booklet highlights.

See for yourself the exciting research projects going on here at FSU. Read what professors have to say about their research agendas and their commitment to collaborating with doctoral students. And hear from our doctoral students about the importance of collaborating and publishing with professors and how those important experiences impact their overall education at the College. You will also see lists of selected publications written by professors and students in collaboration. We encourage you to contact the professor or student if you are interested in learning more about their work.

As you can see, we are very committed to doctoral education here at the FSU College of Social Work. Students have an excellent opportunity to collaborate and publish with professors throughout their entire program of study. We believe deeply in mentoring our students to become professors at research-extensive universities, and we do so in a relational manner that makes it possible for our graduates to launch exciting careers.

Stephen Tripodi, Ph.D.Doctoral Program Director


College of Social WorkDoctoral Program Description

The College of Social Work Doctoral Program at Florida State University offers a Ph.D. that emphasizes training in research methods and adult pedagogy. Students get opportunities for experiential learning in systematic methods of inquiry that foster independence in research and scholarship, particularly in quantitative research, qualitative research, statistics, and measurement. During the first year of the program students learn the foundations for excellence in research and begin to develop a substantive area of interest. In the second year of study, students get an in-depth training in measurement while applying the foundation of knowledge to their individualized areas of study. Students are also assigned to doctoral faculty members for work and to collaborate on current research projects, allowing them to take an integral role in an active research team.

In addition to training students to become leading researchers, the College of Social Work also provides students with ample teaching experience through a teaching practicum focused on adult pedagogy, teaching assistantships, and opportunities for independent teaching. Graduates of the FSU College of Social Work Doctoral Program are prepared to engage as serious scholars in the field of social work.

DR. NEIL ABELL, Professor, HIV/AIDS stigma; Mindfulness

DR. AMY AI, Professor, Integrated medicine; Aging

DR. SHAMRA BOEL-STUDT, Assistant Professor, Youth group care; Victimization & Trauma

DR. JAMES CLARK, Dean and Professor, Forensic social work; Legal & ethical issues

DR. TOMI GOMORY, Associate Professor, Mental health research and practice; Homelessness

DR. JEFFREY LACASSE, Associate Professor, Mental health; Psychotropic medication

DR. NICK MAZZA, Professor, Arts in social work

DR. JEAN MUNN, Associate Professor, Well-being of frail elderly

DR. LA TONYA NOEL, Associate Professor, Health disparities

DR. EYITAYO ONIFADE, Assistant Professor, Juvenile justice; Community participatory research

DR. PHILIP OSTEEN, Assistant Professor, Interventions in suicide prevention

DR. MELISSA RADEY, Associate Professor, Poverty and single mothers

DR. KAREN RANDOLPH, Agnes Flaherty Stoops Professor in Child Welfare, Child welfare

DR. LISA SCHELBE, Assistant Professor, Child welfare; Youth aging out of foster care

DR. TOM SMITH, Professor, Financial literacy

DR. BRUCE THYER, Professor, Evidence-based practice; Clinical social work

DR. STEPHEN TRIPODI, Associate Professor, Corrections; Women prisoners and victimization

DR. DINA WILKE, Associate Professor, Intimate partner violence; High-risk drinking

Doctoral Faculty


Danielle GrotonDoctoral [email protected]

“Collaborations with the faculty at the College of Social Work (CSW) have been one of the highlights of my time here, and I cannot overstate how beneficial these experiences have been in my growth as an instructor and researcher. Since entering the program, I have felt faculty-student collaborations were strongly encouraged and supported by the CSW. In some cases these collaborative efforts are built directly into the curriculum, such as the manuscripts and presentations I have worked on with faculty as a result of my class projects in systematic reviews and qualitative methods. Beyond classroom collaborations, I have the privilege of working with faculty members on two program evaluations in the local community. Both these experiences show real application of course concepts, and additionally provide exposure to the real world politics and obstacles in conducting community-based research, as well as different principal investigator styles among the faculty. These observations have been immensely beneficial, although perhaps secondary to the technical skills obtained while working comfortably alongside seasoned researchers. I was fortunate enough to be involved from the inception of several of these projects and thus participated in the instrumentation, data collection, analysis, dissemination, and write-ups related to these projects, as well as had contact with community stakeholders.”

GROTON

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS WITH DOCTORAL FACULTYREFEREED ARTICLE

Gomory, T., Gromer, J., Groff, S., Ellsworth, M., Groton, D., Duncan, M., Harris, R., & Chaviano, C. (under review). What clients report about services offered at an innovative one-stop service center for people experiencing homelessness: A case study.


TRIPODI & KENNEDY

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

REFEREED ARTICLES

Kennedy, S. C., Tripodi, S. J., Pettus-Davis, C., & Ayers, J. (2015). Examining the dose-response relationships between childhood victimization, depression, psychosis, and substance misuse for women prisoners. Women and Criminal Justice, 1-40 pages, DOI: 10.1080/08974454.2015.1023486

Kennedy, S. C., & Tripodi, S. J. (2015). Childhood abuse and postpartum psychosis: Is there a link? AFFILIA: Journal of Women and Social Work, 30, 96-105.

Kennedy, S., Kim, J. S., Tripodi, S. J., Brown, S. M., & Gawdy, G. (2014). Does parent-child interaction therapy reduce future physical abuse?: A meta-analysis. Research on Social Work Practice, 1-28.

Kennedy, S. C., Tripodi, S. J., & Pettus-Davis, C. (2013). The relationship between childhood abuse and psychosis for women prisoners: Assessing the importance of frequency and type of victimization. Psychiatric Quarterly, 84, 439-453.

INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS

Springer, D. W., Tripodi, S. J., & Kennedy, S. C. (in press). Assessment protocols and rapid

assessment instruments with troubled adolescents. In Al R. Roberts, & Kevin Corcoran (Eds.), Social workers’ desk reference (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Kennedy, S. C., & Tripodi, S. J. (2014). Family-based interventions for juvenile offenders. In Wesley T. Church, David W. Springer, & Albert. R. Roberts (Eds.), Juvenile Justice Sourcebook (pp. 439-462). Oxford University

SELECTED GRANT

Kennedy, S.C., & Tripodi, S. J. (2015). Trauma Informed Care. Funded by Florida Institute for Child Welfare. Total award $5,000.

Dr. Stephen TripodiDoctoral Program Director, Associate [email protected]

“My general research interests are corrections, prisoner reentry, juvenile justice, and adolescent substance misuse. Over the past five years my research has primarily been on victimization and subsequent mental health/substance misuse problems with women prisoners. I received a grant in 2010 to collect data on 230 women who were within three months of release from prison. Data includes information on their childhood and adulthood victimization, informal social support, mental health, and substance use. I received another grant in 2015 to test a trauma-focused intervention. Both of these projects involved great collaboration with students. I work extensively with doctoral students on grant writing, implementation, project management, conceptualization and dissemination. My research agenda wouldn’t be nearly as successfully and productive without the help of our doctoral students.”

Stephanie KennedyDoctoral [email protected]

“Through my Research Assistantship, Dr. Tripodi encouraged me to conceptualize a paper using data from his NIH funded project. He helped me craft research questions, define variables, run analyses, and situate the project in the current literature. Additionally, the faculty members at the College of Social Work have been extremely supportive of my research interests, working with me to identify new paths of inquiry and to communicate these ideas through manuscripts and book chapters. I have been encouraged to take a leadership role in projects, and have had the support to successfully shape my ideas into tangible, publishable manuscripts.”


Dr. Dina WilkeAssociate [email protected]

“My current research area is focusing on workforce development. I am the principal investigator on a state-wide study of the child welfare workforce to examine individual and organization factors that impact worker retention in the field. This project will provide significant opportunities for doctoral students to engage in the research and dissemination process. I have also been the lead researcher on studies that evaluate the efficacy of online education in social work. I have had the opportunity to work with doctoral students in the area of substance use and mental health related issues among college students, and several projects involving secondary data analyses of intimate partner violence data.”

Annelise Mennicke2015 [email protected]

“During my time at Florida State, I have collaborated with many faculty members on research projects, providing valuable experiences that have provided me with a well-rounded education. As a Research Assistant, I worked on several on-going intervention research projects with Dr. Wilke. Through these experiences I learned the importance of maintaining the integrity of data and how to sort through real world research challenges. As our relationship grew, we began to develop collaborative research ideas, leading to us create a national data set of domestic violence service providers to be hierarchically analyzed. During this project we conceptualize variables, I learned how to manage and organize a research team, and overcome the challenges of working with national data. Engagement with Dr. Wilke was thoughtful in that she took care to ensure that the tasks were developmentally appropriate, conceptually challenging, and aligned with my substantive and methodological interests in a way that would adequately prepare me to become an independent scholar.”

WILKE

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS WITH DOCTORAL STUDENTSREFEREED ARTICLES

Stephens, S., & Wilke, D. J. (In press). Sexual violence, weight perception, and eating disorder indicators in college females. Submitted to Journal of American College Health.

Wilke, D. J., King, E. A., Ashmore, M. A. & Stanley, B. C. (In press). Can clinical skills be taught online? Comparing skill development between online and F2F students

using a blinded review. Journal of Social Work Education.

Wilke, D. J., Mennicke, A., Howell, R. L., & Magnuson, A. M. (2014) A peer-facilitated intervention to reduce risky drinking among fraternity and sorority members. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 14, 1-22. DOI: 1080/1533256X.2014.873323

MENNICKE

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS WITH DOCTORAL FACULTYREFEREED ARTICLES

Mennicke, A., Anderson, D., Oehme, K., & Kennedy, S. (2014).

Law enforcement officers’ perception of rape and rape victims: A multimethod study. Violence and Victims, 29(5), 814 - 827.

Mennicke, A., & Wilke, D. J. (In press) Predicting bidirectional intimate partner violence: Factors that influence perpetration among men and women victims. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. Oehme, K.

Donnelly, E. A., & Mennicke, A. (2012). Alcohol abuse, PTSD, and officer-committed domestic violence. Policing, 6(4), 1 – 13.


Leah CheathamDoctoral [email protected]

“During my time in the FSU doctoral program, I have had a number of opportunities to work intimately with faculty on various research projects; through both structured research assistantships and classwork extending beyond the classroom, as well as opportunities to work with faculty (in some cases, for competitive pay) on external/community-based evaluation projects. During my research assistantship I worked closely with faculty through the entire process of producing publishable research. I assisted in reviewing literature, formulating

research questions, researching publically available data and securing data access, analyzing data and writing the manuscript.

In addition to this research assistantship, the curriculum provides ample opportunity for student-faculty collaboration. I was able to meaningfully collaborate with professors outside of the classroom on my personal projects and was able to generate two first-author publications and several presentations as a direct result of the coursework within the curriculum. My interactions with Dr. Randolph during the first semester of required coursework led to a productive and lasting professional collaboration. Working together (and with other team members), we have authored two manuscripts, made nine presentations, completed two program evaluations (one of which I had the opportunity to serve as co-PI), secured my dissertation funding.”

Dr. Karen RandolphAgnes Flaherty Stoops Professor in Child [email protected]

“My area of study is youth at risk. My current research focuses on 1) the well-being of youth who have emancipated from the child welfare system and 2) employment opportunities for young adults with disabilities. Along with doctoral candidate Leah Cheatham, I am the Co-PI of an evaluation study to determine employment experiences and outcome among young adults with disabilities who completed employment placement programs in Florida. I am highly committed to mentoring doctoral students in the development of their research skills and

scholarship. I have offered numerous opportunities for students to participate in my research projects, co-authorship, and conference presentations, as well as individual-based supervision and mentoring.”

RANDOLPH

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS WITH DOCTORAL STUDENTS

REFEREED ARTICLES

Lee, J., & Randolph, K. A. (2015). Effects of Parental Monitoring on Aggressive Behavior among Youth in the United States and South Korea: A Cross-National

Study. Children and Youth Services Review, 55, 1-9.

SELECTED GRANT

Randolph, K. A. & Cheatham, L. P. (2015). Evaluation of employment and other outcomes among

Floridians with disabilities. Funded by the Able Trust Foundation. Total award $72,980.33.

CHEATHAM

SELECTED PUBLICATION WITH DOCTORAL FACULTYREFEREED ARTICLE

Cheatham, L. P., Abell, N., Kim, H. (2015). Development and validation of the social worker’s attitudes toward disabilities scale. Journal of Social Work Education, 510,379-397. DOI: 10.1080/10437797.2015.1012939


Dr. Melissa RadeyAssociate [email protected]

“My experiences as a social worker were critical in helping me to shape my specific research interests. I conduct policy-relevant research, relating government welfare policy issues to the social and economic reality that disadvantaged families face. I examine the supports that families have in order to build on these strengths. As welfare reform quintessentially eliminated the public safety net, regardless of a child’s age, it is imperative to uncover and represent the needs of poor mothers and their families. In addition to focusing on low-income families, I am interested in youth aging out of foster care who are also parents.”

Dr. Neil [email protected]

“My research interests are in scale development and validation, HIV/AIDS provider stigma, international social work, mindfulness, and human rights. My most recent work regards revalidation of the HIV/AIDS Provider Stigma Inventory (HAPSI) on a cross section of service providers in AIDS service organizations, with projected development of an intervention addressing this dynamic. I have also worked on scales addressing social workers’ endorsement and implementation of human rights principles in practice, and on a survey assessing the impact of study abroad experiences on students’ endorsement of such principles, enhancement of empathy, and cultural sensitivity. I am currently drafting a proposal to examine the application of mindfulness principles in training social work interns to engage compassionately with community members identified with both sides of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.”

ABELL

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS WITH DOCTORAL STUDENTSREFEREED ARTICLES

Cheatham, L., Abell, N., & Kim, H. (2015). Development and validation of the Attitudes Toward Disability in Social Work Scale. Journal of Social Work Education, 51, 379-397. doi:10.1080/10437797.2015.1012939

Lee, J., Abell, N., & Holmes, J. (2015). Validation of Measures

of Cyber Bullying Perpetration and Victimization in Emerging Adulthood. Research on Social Work Practice, 1-12. doi:10.1177/1049731515578535

Kennedy, S., Abell, N., & Mennicke, A. (2014). Initial validation of the Mental Health Provider Stigma Inventory. Research on Social Work Practice, 1-13. doi:10.1177/1049731514563577

McPherson, J., & Abell, N. (2012). Human rights engagement and exposure: Two new scales and a

challenge to social work education. Research on Social Work Practice, 22(6), 704-713.

RADEY

SELECTED PUBLICATION WITH A DOCTORAL STUDENTREFEREED ARTICLE

Radey, M., & Cheatham, L. P. (2013). Do single mothers claim their share? FAFSA completion among aid-eligible female students. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 6, 261-275


Dr. Shamra Boel-StudtAssistant [email protected]

“My areas of expertise include intervention research in child welfare and developmental victimization and trauma, with a focus on understanding the causal pathways and consequences of child victimization. My research has largely focused on family/children engagement in the treatment process, effective treatment of trauma-affected youth, and delineating cultural distinctions in childhood victimization to inform culturally-relevant prevention and treatment. In my most recent work, I was the lead investigator in an evaluation of

a trauma-informed model of residential treatment and a lead member of the evaluation team for a Children’s Bureau funded randomized evaluation of an Intensive Family Finding and Engagement model.

Dr. Eyitayo OnifadeAssistant [email protected]

“My primary research arc covers delinquency prevention and child welfare programming. The interdisciplinary nature of my work has served as a vehicle for introducing needed insights from community science and practice in the alleviation of social problems. The stretch of my translational research to date has been focused on informal and formal responses to crime and social justice utilizing quantitative research methods and a participatory methodological approach. I have

had the opportunity to work with many doctoral students, and am currently closely mentoring three students I have appointed as research coordinators on my various projects.”

Dr. Lisa SchelbeAssistant Professor [email protected]

“I am dedicated to collaborating with students on my research projects and have worked with several doctoral students. In my first year at FSU, I served as Principal Investigator on a pilot evaluation of an academic retention program for first generation college students. My doctoral student Research Assistant was involved in collecting and analyzing data as well as writing two manuscripts. This upcoming year, I have two interdisciplinary research projects, which will provide opportunities to work with doctoral students. The first project is intervention research focused on adapting an empirically supported parent education curriculum to meet the needs of parents aging out of the child welfare system. Students will have opportunities to be involved in the adaptation process. The second project, a mixed methods evaluation of Medicaid intervention, provides my students the opportunity to be involved with every step of the project from recruiting and interviewing participants through writing reports and a manuscript.”


Dr. La Tonya NoëlAssociate [email protected]

“My research interests include understanding cultural, social, and structural influences on detection, treatment engagement, and outcomes of health and mental health of populations of color (Integrative Healthcare). I am also interested in the development and evaluation of the effectiveness of psychological interventions to improve detection, treatment engagement and outcomes for depression in populations of color in primary care, schools, and in rural settings.”

Dr. Jeffrey LacasseAssistant [email protected]

“My research agenda is largely focused on knowledge dissemination in mental health practice, in particular, efforts to increase the use of evidence-based information in clinical practice. I recently received a grant from the Florida Institute of Child Welfare to study the use of CriticalThinkRX, an educational curriculum on psychiatric medications for child welfare professionals. This grant included funding for 2nd-year doctoral student Angela Lieber, who will be an integral part of the project. Like other professors here at the College of Social Work, I see doctoral students as both essential and important members of my research team.”

NOËL


REFEREED ARTICLES

Noël, L., Gromer, J., & Deichen, M. (2014). A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Depression Prevention Curriculum for Rural Middle School Girls: Initial Findings

and 6-Month Follow-up. Journal

of Child & Adolescent Behavior,

2, 1-10.

Noël, L., Rost, K. M., & Gromer, J.

(2013). Depression Prevention

Program for Rural Adolescent

Girls: A Randomized Control Pilot

Study. School Social Work,

38, 1-18.

Noël, L., Rost, K., & Gromer, J.

(2013). A depression prevention model for rural adolescents: Design and implementation. Children & Schools, 35, 199-211.

Lee, J., Onifade, E., Teasley, M., & Noël, L. (2012). The Effects of Risk and Protective Factors on Juvenile Delinquency in Korea. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 10, 316-329. doi:10.1080/15377938.2012.732880


Dr. Bruce [email protected]

“I have had the opportunity to serve as major professor for over 20 social work Ph.D. students. I welcome supporting students in pursing empirical research in practices areas of their interest, and serves as a methodological resource as they pull together their prospectus and undertake the design and conduct of their dissertation research. Over the years I have collaborated with students on a very wide array of quantitatively-oriented dissertation topics. Additionally, I enjoy collaborating with students in their research endeavors and regularly co-authors conference papers, book chapters, and articles in

professional journals with students in our program. My own personal professional interests center around evidence-based practice, evaluation research, clinical social work, and behavior analysis, but I am happy to collaborate in undertaking quality social work research in virtually any area.

THYER


REFEREED ARTICLES

Kim, H. & Thyer, B. A. (2015). Does transitional care prevent older adults from rehospitalization? A review. Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work, 12, 261-271.

Lee, J. & Thyer, B. A. (2013). Does music therapy improve mental health in adults: A review. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 23, 1-13.

Dunleavy, D. J. & Thyer, B. A. (2014). Is hyperbaric oxygen therapy an effective treatment for autism: A review. Journal of Adolescent and Family Health, 6, Article 5. http://scholar.utc.edu/jafh/

PROST

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS WITH DOCTORAL FACULTY

REFEREED ARTICLES

Clem, J. M., Prost, S. G. & Thyer, B. A. (2015). Does Wilderness Therapy reduce recidivism in delinquent adolescents? A review. Journal of Adolescent and Family Health, 7, Article 2. Available at

http://scholar.utc.edu/jafh/vol7/iss1/2

Prost, S. G., Lemieux, C., &, Ai, A. L. (R&R). Post-disaster substance use as a negative coping mechanism in social work students. Submitted to Social Work Education: The International Journal.

Prost, S. G., Ai, A. L., Ainsworth, S. E., & Ayers, J. (in press). Mental health professionals and behavioral interventions for adult obesity: A systematic review. Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work. Advanced doi: 10.1080/23761407.2015.1031418

Stephanie Grace ProstDoctoral [email protected]

“My research assistantship with Dr. Amy L. Ai involved spearheading a federally funded randomized clinical trial examining the use of willpower self-training on hypertension in adults (NCT 01770756). During this assistantship, I also had the opportunity to collaborate with Dr. Ai and another doctoral student to co-facilitate a round-table discussion at the 2014 Society for Social Work and Research Conference (SSWR) regarding interventions for childhood obesity. Dr. Ai supported my efforts to author a systematic review on behavioral health interventions for adults facing obesity and provided me additional support when drafting the project’s abstract for submission as an oral paper presentation for the SSWR 2016.


SMITH


BOOKS

Smith, T. E., Shelton, V. M., & Richards, K. V. (2014). More than numbers: Everyday financial therapy. Seattle, WA: Southeastern Professional Books

Smith, T. E., Nelson, R., Richards, K. V., & Shelton, V. M. (2012). Financial therapy: Five steps to financial freedom. Tallahassee, FL:

Southeastern Professional Books.

REFEREED ARTICLES

Smith, T. E., Shelton, V. M., Richards, K. V., Maliespin, T., & Nelson, R. J. (in press). Sirens’ call: Understanding poor financial decision-making and credit card misuse. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.

Nelson, R. J., Smith, T. E., Shelton, V. M., & Richards, K. V. (In press). Three interventions for financial therapy: Fostering an examination of financial behaviors

and beliefs. Journal of Financial Therapy

WILLIAMS

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS WITH DOCTORAL FACULTY

REFEREED ARTICLE

Richards, K., Williams, J. M., Smith, T. E. & Thyer, B. (2015). Financial video games: A financial capability tool fo r social workers. International Journal of Social Work, 2, 22-35. Available at: http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/ijsw/article/view/7130/6274

Jaclyn WilliamsDoctoral [email protected]

“As a doctoral student at FSU there are a number of opportunities for faculty collaboration. My first opportunity for collaboration came in my first year in the program when I worked as a research assistant for Dr. Randolph. This was an opportunity to engage in research on a wider scale and provided the opportunity to author several technical reports and present at a conference. I continued to work with Dr. Randolph throughout my years at FSU, even after my research assistantship ended. As I moved through the program and developed relationships with other faculty members I was able to collaborate in other areas. I have worked on several journal articles, and have two more under review. These collaborations were great mentoring opportunities for me and I really appreciate how the College of Social Work at FSU has structured their program so that they were easy to form.”

Dr. Tom [email protected]

“I have been a professor at Florida State University for over 25 years, have chaired over 20 dissertation committees, and have published frequently with doctoral students. Most recently, I have formed a research team and we are working in the area of financial therapy. We have manualized an innovative, theory-based intervention and have piloted the intervention with individuals and couples. From this project, my team and I have published two manuscripts in the area of financial therapy, and have several more in progress.”


DOCTORAL PROGRAM CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Stephen Tripodi, Ph.D.Doctoral Program Director

Associate [email protected]

850-645-1572

Emily JoyceAcademic Program Specialist

[email protected]

Florida State University College of Social WorkUniversity Center Building C

296 Champions WayTallahassee, FL 32306-2570

csw.fsu.edu

csw.fsu.edu

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Student-Faculty Collaboration and Contributions