![]() Specifically her basic and applied research includes:īasic research on racism-based stress as an unrecognized factor in racial disparities in perinatal infant outcomes in African American women. Lewis’ program of research focuses on the development of culturally valid research methods and measures of racism-based stress during pregnancy, Colorism in African American families, and parental acceptance or rejection of children. I continually draw on my professional experience as a social worker and supervisor to inform what I teach and to guide students.ĭr. Working with students and assisting in their development as professional social workers through the internship and field courses is exciting and fulfilling and allows me to continue supporting the profession by educating future social workers. My years of experience in social work give me an appreciation of all the different ways social workers can help people when they are the most vulnerable, whether it’s through direct practice or working for structural change on a policy level. I have continued to work in the area of mental health and maintain a small practice. Prior to coming to Tulane, I worked for approximately 15 years primarily in inpatient mental health serving adults, adolescents, and children, and moved into administering a large inpatient and outpatient child and adolescent mental health program. I have been teaching at Tulane in various capacities as well as working in field education for almost 18 years. ![]() Heather Gillis, and I am the Director of Field Education at the Tulane School of Social Work and the instructor for this course. ![]() Most recently, Figley was honored by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York with an honorary degree in June 2014 in recognition of his career-long achievements in social justice for the traumatized. Figley was named lifetime Alumni Fellow by the Pennsylvania State University, the highest honor awarded to its graduates. He was awarded a senior Fulbright Research Fellowship to conduct research in Kuwait in 2004 and follow-up on work that was started in 1992, shortly after the liberation from and end of the occupation by Iraq. Figley is the recipient of numerous lectureships and other honors throughout the world including Northern Ireland, South Africa, England, Australia, Canada, and universities through the United States. He is an elected fellow of five of the leading national professional associations and received many other honors in recognition for his scholarship.ĭr. He is working on two more books with contracts from Columbia University Press and Oxford University Press, both to be published in 2019. This latest book published in 2013, First Do No Self Harm: Understanding and Promoting Physician Stress Resilience (Oxford University Press) was highly praised by the American Psychological Association. Collectively, his work reports on more than 37 research projects focusing primarily on traumatic stress and resiliency of individuals, families, and communities. He has published more than 200 scholarly works including 26 books and 130 refereed journal articles. Figley is editor of the oldest book series on trauma (established in 1978), the Psychosocial Stress Book Series. Figley is founding editor several book series (e.g., the Innovations in Psychology book series with Taylor & Francis).Ĭurrently, Dr. In 1995 became Founding Editor of Traumatology, the International Journal. Figley established the renowned Purdue University Family Research Institute and established two Journals as Founding Editor, the Journal of Psychotherapy and the Journal of Traumatic Stress. Figley attained full professor status in 1983 at Purdue University with a joint appointment as professor of psychological sciences. Figley brought his Traumatology Institute to Tulane, which was recognized as the best program of its kind by the University Continuing Education Association in 2000.ĭr. ![]() At FSU Professor Figley served as the senior professor in the area of trauma and Director of the PhD Program in Marriage and Family. Figley was named the Paul Henry Kurzweg Chair in Disaster Mental Health at Tulane University in 2008 when he joined the faculty as its senior professor from Florida State University.
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