Olivia D. Chang

PhD Student. Social Work/Psychology - Developmental Candidate

Olivia D. Chang is a PhD student in the Joint Social Work and Developmental Psychology program at the University of Michigan. She earned her Master of Social Work in Interpersonal Practice from the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Her research interests include positive parenting, child maltreatment, adverse childhood experiences, community-based interventions and resiliency.

Contact Information

  • [email protected]

  • B660 SSWB
    University of Michigan
    School of Social Work
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Education

  • 2024 MS Psychology
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • 2023 MSW Social Work - Concentration in Interpersonal Practice in Integrated Health,
    Mental Health, & Substance Abuse
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • 2022 BS Biopsychology,
    Cognition, & Neuroscience and American Culture, Minor in Community Action & Social
    Change
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Activities

Publications

Parmenter, S., Chang, O. D., Maguire-Jack, K., Chang, Y., Chiu, E., & Park, Y. (in press). Rural child welfare practice: Experiences of burnout and coping from child protective services workers and supervisors. Child Maltreatment.
Yoon, S., Chang, Y., Chang, O. D., Chen, Y., Oyeh Yeboah, P., & Hamby, S. (in press). Strengths associated with positive youth development after child maltreatment: Application of the resilience portfolio model. Child Maltreatment.
Chang, O. D., Park, Y., Maguire-Jack, K., & Jean Francois, N. (in press). Building stability: A home-visiting approach to combating financial insecurity for enhanced family well-being. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
Chang, Y., Chang, O. D., Yang, J., Sattler, K., & Yoon, S. (in press). Patterns of protective factors following childhood maltreatment and youth developmental outcomes. Child Maltreatment.
Chang, O. D. (in press). Dyadic trajectories of parental social support in low-income families and their links to child prosocial development. Development and Psychopathology.
Chang, O. D. (in press). Is early childhood a developmental period for parents? Changes in parenting strengths in low-income families. Journal of Family Psychology.
Chang, O. D., Chang, Y., & Chiu, E. (in press). Instability at transitions and within continuity: Navigating maltreatment and relational impermanence in out-of-home care. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal.
Chang, O. D., Chang, Y., & Yoon, S. (in press). Developmental trajectories of child maltreatment: Associations with internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Development and Psychopathology.
Klika, J. B., Thibodeau, E., Merrick, M., Murphy, C., Park, Y., Marçal, K. E., Chang, O. D., Machinga, R., Showalter, K., & Maguire-Jack, K. (in press). Receipt of paid family leave and intimate partner violence for women employed during the perinatal period. Violence Against Women.
Park, Y., Maguire-Jack, K., Showalter, K., Marçal, K. E., Chang, O. D., Machinga, R., Klika, J. B., Thibodeau, E., & Murphy, C. (in press). Childcare subsidy policy variations and physical intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Violence.

Honors and Awards

Year Description
2026 - Winter School of Social Work Joint Doctoral Program Grant
2026 - Winter Family Process Institute Dissertation grant
2025 - Winter Department of Psychology NICHD T32 Training Grant
2025 - Sp/Su Department of Psychology NICHD T32 Training Grant
2024 - Winter John F. Longres Award in Psychology or Sociology
2024 - Winter Department of Psychology NICHD T32 Training Grant
2024 - Sp/Su Department of Psychology NICHD T32 Training Grant
2024 - Fall W.K. Kellogg Family Endowed Fellowship
2024 - Fall Henry J Meyer Scholarship Award
2024 - Fall Department of Psychology NICHD T32 Training Grant
2023 - Winter Ford Foundation Fellowship Honorable Mention
2023 - Winter Life Paths Promising Scholar Award
2023 - Winter Regent Fellowship
2023 - Fall Department of Psychology NICHD T32 Training Grant
2022 - Fall Regent Fellowship

Presentations

Year Description
2027 Yoon, S., Chang, Y., Chang, O. D., Chen, Y., Yeboah, P. O., & Hamby, S. (2027). Strengths associated with positive youth development after child maltreatment: Applying the resilience portfolio model to youth in the child welfare system. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
2027 Chang, O. D., Chang, Y., & Chiu, E. (2027). Instability at transitions and within continuity: navigating maltreatment and relational impermanence in out-of-home care. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
2027 Eldeeb, N., Grogan-Kaylor, A., Lijian, Z., Hong, S., Chang, O. D., & Herrenkohl, T. (2027). Triangulating child abuse reports across sources: Implications for measurement [Flash talk]. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
2026 Chang, O. D. (2026). Shaping self and belonging in out-of-home care: Lessons from youth navigating (im)permanence [Poster presentation]. Council on Social Work Education Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA
2026 Chang, O. D. (2026). Growing with their children: how parental strengths evolve from toddlerhood to school entry [Oral presentation]. ResilienceCon, Nashville, TN.

Courses

Past Courses

Title Instructor Term Course Section Meeting Start Meeting End
Contexts of Life-course Development: Childhood, Adolescence, and Early Adulthood Chang, Olivia D. Winter 2026 801 06:00 pm 08:00 pm View Course
Behavioral, Psychosocial and Ecological Aspects of Health, Mental Health and Disease Chang, Olivia D. Fall 2025 003 09:00 am 12:00 pm View Course