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Emily Douglas is a Professor in the Department of Social Work & Child Advocacy. Douglas joined the Montclair State faculty in fall 2020 coming from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, where she was also a full professor and department head. Her research focuses on the program and policy implications of issues that address child and family well-being, largely in the areas of family violence: fatal child maltreatment, under-represented victims of partner violence and help-seeking, children’s exposure to partner violence, corporal punishment, family disruption, and the connection between research and policy.
Dr. Douglas is the author of 60+ peer-reviewed publications, 4 books, and she presents annually at domestic and international conferences. Dr. Douglas has spoken at the State Houses in Maine, Massachusetts, and Connecticut and provided invited testimony before a Congressionally-created committee focused on children’s deaths. In 2016-2017 she was a Congressional fellow in Washington, D.C., dually sponsored by the Society for Research in Child Development and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology; during this time, she held a position in the U.S. Senate where she was the lead author on an investigation concerning for-profit foster care.
Research interests
Focuses on the program and policy implications of issues that address child and family well-being, largely in the areas of family violence: fatal child maltreatment, under-represented victims of partner violence and help-seeking, children’s exposure to partner violence, corporal punishment, family disruption, and the connection between research and policy.
Scholarly Interests
Child and family well-being, with a strong focus on policy and programmatic implications. Specifically, Dr. Douglas has expertise in fatal child maltreatment, men who experience partner violence and seek help, divorced families, and corporal punishment, and is especially interested in the use of research to inform policy-making.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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US Child Welfare Practice During the COVID Pandemic: An Exploratory Study of Working Conditions, Practice Experiences, and Concerns
Douglas, E., Gushwa, M., Hernandez, A. & Ammerman, M., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Public Child Welfare.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Examining Men’s Experiences of Abuse From a Female Intimate Partner in Four English-Speaking Countries
Dixon, L., Treharne, G. J., Celi, E. M., Hines, D. A., Lysova, A. V. & Douglas, E. M., Feb 2022, In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 37, 3-4, p. 1311-1337 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Internal and External Barriers to Help Seeking: Voices of Men Who Experienced Abuse in the Intimate Relationships
Lysova, A., Hanson, K., Dixon, L., Douglas, E. M., Hines, D. A. & Celi, E. M., Apr 2022, In: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 66, 5, p. 538-559 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Exploratory Study of the Prosecution of Fatal Child Maltreatment: Criminal Charges Filed Against Presumed Perpetrators in the United States in 2017
Lee, K. A. & Douglas, E. M., 2021, In: Violence and victims. 36, 5, p. 638-650 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Male Victims of Female-Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence: History, Controversy, and the Current State of Research
Hines, D. A. & Douglas, E. M., Jan 1 2021, Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan: A Project of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan (NPEIV). Springer International Publishing, p. 3247-3265 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review