Family Issues
Brian Chu
Professor
Department of Clinical Psychology
Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
Key topics: Behavioral interventions to address child and adolescent anxiety, mood, and school attendance problems. Transdiagnostic processes and interventions; values-based social action; community engagement; training and continuing education.
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Rebecca Davis
Associate Professor of Professional Practice
Office of Global Social Work Programs
School of Social Work
Key topics: Global Child Welfare and Protection; social service workforce strengthening, global social work.
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Danielle Dick
Director of the Rutgers Addiction Research Center, Greg Brown Endowed Chair of Neuroscience
Psychiatry
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Key topics: Parenting:
-The Child Code: Learn Why One-Size-Fits-All-Parenting Doesn't Work and How to Tailor Your Parenting to Your Unique Child
-How to Talk to Teens about Substance Use
-Why Your Toddler is Driving You Crazy: How to Navigate the Toddler Years and Keep your Sanity
-Why Your Teenager is Driving You Crazy: How to Navigate the Teenage Years and Keep your Sanity
Addiction/Substance Use:
-Genes and Addiction: Who's at Risk and Why
-What Causes Addiction? How to Know if Your Child/Friend/Loved One is At Risk
-Preventing Substance Use Problems in Youth
Genetics:
-How Genetic Advances Will Change the World Over the Next 30 Years
-Prevent the Bad and Bring Out the Good by Understanding Your Genetic Disposition
Danielle Dick, Ph.D. is the Greg Brown Endowed Chair of Neuroscience and a Professor of Psychiatry at Rutgers University, where she directs the Rutgers Addiction Research Center. She is an internationally recognized and award-winning expert on…
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Maurice Elias
Professor
Department of Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Social-emotional learning, character development, meaning, purpose, and significance, parenting, emotional intelligence, education reform, the achievement gap, prevention of bullying, violence, substance abuse, and related problem behaviors, impact of media on children, Jewish education and Jewish identity.
Maurice J. Elias, Ph.D., is Professor, Psychology Department at Rutgers University, Director, Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab ([http://…
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Colleen Georges
Part Time Lecturer II
Department of Educational Psychology
Graduate School of Education
Key topics: Positive psychology, career development, women's leadership
Dr. Colleen Georges is part-time lecturer in Educational Psychology and Women's & Gender Studies. She is a NJ Licensed Professional Counselor and holds over a dozen certifications in positive psychology, parenting with positive discipline,…
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E. Goldblatt Hyatt
Associate Professor of Professional Practice for Reproductive Justice
Director of DSW Program
School of Social Work
Key topics: Pregnancy loss; reproductive justice; death and dying; thanatology; bereavement
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Michael LaSala
Associate Professor and Director, Doctorate of Social Work Program
Department of Social Work
School of Social Work
Key topics: LGBT Issues; Family Issues; Psychotherapy; LGBT Health
Michael C. LaSala, PhD, LCSW is associate professor and Director of the Doctorate of Social Work (DSW) Program at the School of Social Work at Rutgers University, where he has won several awards for innovation in teaching. He has been a…
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Lenna Nepomnyaschy
Associate Professor
Department of Social Work
School of Social Work
Key topics: Child support; Nonresident fathers; Fathers' involvement with children; Poverty and social policy; Child well-being; Single-parent families; Material hardship; Food insecurity; Economic insecurity; Income & wealth inequality; Health disparities; Infant health; Parental debt
Lenna Nepomnyaschy is an associate professor at Rutgers School of Social Work. She received her PhD from Columbia University in 2003 and an MSW from Rutgers in 1991. Her research is broadly focused on how poverty, inequality, and social policies…
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Jennifer Theiss
Assistant Professor
Communication
School of Communication and Information
Key topics: Challenges in dating relationships and marriage, sexual intimacy in committed and noncommitted relationships, features of interpersonal conflict, jealousy, communicating about relational issues and problems
Jennifer A. Theiss, Ph.D. studies the role of interpersonal communication in negotiating and maintaining romantic relationships. Her research focuses on factors that can affect communication in relationships, such as uncertainty and interference…
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Abigail Williams-Butler
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
Key topics: Child and adolescent development; the child welfare system; the juvenile justice system; racial disparities within the child welfare and juvenile justice systems; intersectionality within the child welfare and juvenile justice systems
Abigail Williams-Butler received her PhD from the University of Michigan in the Joint Social Work and Developmental Psychology program. Her research agenda is informed by her practice experience as a residential counselor for adolescents with…
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