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Ashley E. Cureton

Assistant Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, and Assistant Professor of Educational Studies, Marsal Family School of Education

Ashley E. Cureton

Dr. Ashley E. Cureton is an assistant professor in the School of Social Work and School of Education at the University of Michigan. She also serves as a faculty affiliate in the Center for Equitable Family & Community Well-Being. Prior to her current role, Cureton was a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow and lecturer in the School of Education and the Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. Cureton explores the educational and mental health needs and outcomes of refugee and migrant children and youth and their families. She seeks to understand how displacement and exploitation impact their overall academic and social development, sense of belonging and cultural identity. Her research builds on over a decade of research and practice focusing on child and adolescent development among migrant and refugee populations and other marginalized groups in global contexts like South Africa, Morocco, Peru and Ecuador, to name a few. Prior to attending graduate school Cureton worked as a research associate at Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research. She also served as a research fellow for the U.S. Department of State in Istanbul, Turkey, working with Iraqi and Syrian refugee youth in school and community settings. Cureton received a PhD and master’s degree from the Crown School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago. She also received graduate certificates in forced migration and refugee mental health from Harvard University, the University of Oxford, and Northwestern University.

Research Interests/Focus

Arts-based programs; Children & adolescents; Community-engaged research; Global social work & health; Immigration; Intervention research; Out-of-school time programs; Refugee policy & resettlement; Qualitative research methods; School-based Interventions; Urban education

Education

Year Degree   School
2019 PhD Global Social Work University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2010 MSW Internatl Social Work & Community Schools University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2008 BA Anthropology DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Winter 2024

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Critical Reflexive Global Practices SW681

Instructor: Ashley E. Cureton
Program Type: Residential
Format: In-Person
Credits Hours: 3

Past Term Courses

Fall 2023

Course # Section Course Name
SW505 003 Engaging Social Justice, Diversity, and Oppression in Social Work View Course

Spring / Summer 2023

Course # Section Course Name
SW785 001 Global Course Extension (GCE) View Course
SW789 001 Advanced Topics in Global Social Work Practice View Course

Winter 2023

Course # Section Course Name
SW680 001 Power in the Global Context View Course
SW681 002 Critical Reflexive Global Practices View Course

Fall 2022

Course # Section Course Name
SW505 002 Engaging Social Justice, Diversity, and Oppression in Social Work View Course

Spring / Summer 2022

Course # Section Course Name
SW785 001 Global Course Extension (GCE) View Course
SW789 001 Advanced Topics in Global Social Work Practice View Course

Winter 2022

Course # Section Course Name
SW680 001 Power in the Global Context View Course
SW681 002 Critical Reflexive Global Practices View Course

Fall 2021

Course # Section Course Name
SW505 002 Engaging Social Justice, Diversity, and Oppression in Social Work View Course

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