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Kathryn L. Maguire-Jack

Associate Professor of Social Work

Kathryn L. Maguire-Jack

Dr. Kathryn Maguire-Jack's research focuses on child abuse and neglect prevention, with an emphasis on communities and geographic disparities. Her work is funded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, and the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund. She has expertise in advanced statistical methods and program evaluation.

Research Interests/Focus

Child abuse and neglect; child maltreatment prevention; neighborhoods; poverty; program evaluation; social policy; parenting.

Education

Year Degree   School
2013 PhD Social Welfare University of Wisconsin, Madison
2009 MSW Social Work University of Wisconsin, Madison
2006 MPA Public Affairs University of Wisconsin, Madison
2005 BA Political Science & Social Welfare University of Wisconsin, Madison
Year Description
2025 Brdar, N. M., Bornheimer, L. A., Koo, H. J., Zheng, K., Eisenberg, D., & King, C. A. (2025, April). Latent profilesof identity characteristics, discrimination, and victimization in LGBTQ college students at heightened risk forsuicide. Poster presentation at the 2025 Mental Health on College Campuses Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.
2025 Bornheimer, L. A., Brdar, N., Koo, H. J., Li Verdugo, J., Czyz, E., Eisenberg, D., Zheng, K., Pistorello, J., Albucher,R., Coryell, W., Favorite, T., & King, C. (2025, January). Suicide risk profiles and barriers to help-seeking amongcollege students at elevated risk for suicide and not engaged in mental health services. Oral presentation at the 29thAnnual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Seattle, WA.
2025 Brdar, N., Campbell, M., Hoener, K., Florence, T., & Bornheimer, L. A. (2025, January). Innovative disseminationstrategies: Amplifying suicide prevention research through academic-community partnership. Poster presentation atthe 29th Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Seattle, WA.
2025 Brdar, N.,Tigadi, N., Pasiak, S., Wylie, A., & Bornheimer, L. A. (2025, January). Risk factors and attemptcharacteristics among transition-aged youth and young adults who attempted suicide. Poster presentation at the 29thAnnual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Seattle, WA.
2024 Yoon, S., Calabrese, J., Maguire-Jack, K., & Min, M., (Jan 2024). Longitudinal Patterns of Child Maltreatment Experiences and Adolescent Substance Use. Paper presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington DC. January 10-14, 2024
2024 Maguire-Jack, K. Park, Y., Chang, O., & Solomon, A. (Jan 2024). Increasing the Access to EITC As a Strategy to Enhance Family Protective Factors and Reduce Child Maltreatment. Poster presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington DC. January 10-14, 2024
2024 Chung, Y., Maguire-Jack, K., & Chang, OD (Jan 2024). The Association between Material Hardship and Parenting Aggravation: A Comparison of Families Experiencing Intermittent Versus Persistent Poverty. Paper presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Washington, DC, January 10-14, 2024
2024 Parmenter, S., Chang, Y., Maguire-Jack, K., & Yoon, S. (2024, May). Navigating Education in Residential Care: Insights from a Southwest Ohio CRP Project. National Citizen Review Panel Conference, San Diego, CA
2023 Maguire-Jack, K., Park, Y., Chang, O., & Solomon, A (May 2023). Strategies for increasing economic support in child maltreatment prevention. Paper presented at APSAC's 30th Annual Colloquium, May 23-26, Denver, CO
2023 Parmenter, S., Benavides, J.L., Yoon, S., & Maguire-Jack, K.. (May 2023). The Lived Experience of Youth in Congregate Care. Poster presented at APSAC's 30th Annual Colloquium, May 23-26, Denver, CO
2023 Pei F., Kleinberg J., Maguire-Jack K., Li X., Li Z., (Jan 2023). Longitudinal Changes in Perceived Collective Efficacy: A Further Analysis of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Data Set, Poster Presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Phoenix, AZ, January 11-15, 2023.
2023 Hong, S., Hardi, F., Benson, D., & Maguire-Jack, K. (March 2023). Child and Adolescent Social Skills: Examining the Role of Mothers’ Ethnoracial Identity Attachment and Birthplace. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Salt Lake City, UT, March 2021.
2023 Chang, Y. & Maguire-Jack, K. (April 2023). The Positive Early Childhood Education (PECE) Program: A Universal Population-Level Approach to the Prevention of Child Maltreatment. Paper presented at ResilienceCon, April 16-18, 2022.
2023 Chang, O., Maguire-Jack, K., & Solomon, A. (April 2023). Increasing Take-Up Of EITC To Reduce Child Maltreatment And Strengthen Families. Paper presented at ResilienceCon, April 16-18, 2022.
2023 Maguire-Jack, K. (April 2023). Innovative child maltreatment prevention strategies. Symposium presented at ResilienceCon, April 16-18, 2022.
2022 Parmenter, S., Benavides, J., Maguire-Jack, K., Yoon, S. (2022, May). Using Social Capital to Address the Behavioral Health Needs of Rural Youth in Foster Care. National Citizen Review Panel Conference, Monterey, CA
2022 Maguire-Jack, K. (presented March 2022). Adverse childhood experiences. Wisconsin Sexual Abuse Nurse Examiner Workgroup. Theda Clark Hospital, Neenah, WI, March 16, 2022.
2022 Maguire-Jack, K. (presented April, 2022). Child maltreatment prevention. Social Work Legacy Speaker Series. University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, NC, April 25, 2022.
2022 Maguire-Jack, K. & Sattler, K. (January 2022). Neighborhood poverty, family economic well-being, and child maltreatment. Paper presented as an eposter due to COVID-19 at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC, January 12-16, 2022.
2022 Maguire-Jack, K., Cao, Y., & Yoon, S. (April 2022). Are social services universally protective against child maltreatment?: Racial disparities in the effectiveness of social services. Paper presented at ResilienceCon, virtual, April 3-5, 2022.
2021 Maguire-Jack, K. (presented June, 2021). Economic supports as child maltreatment prevention. Parenting in Context Webinar Series. University of Michigan, School of Social Work. Ann Arbor, MI, June 16, 2021.
2021 Maguire-Jack, K., Greenberg, S., & Smith, R. (presented October, 2021). Economic policy and child welfare. Fedele F. and Iris M. Fauri Memorial Lecture. University of Michigan, School of Social Work. Ann Arbor, MI, October 7, 2021.
2021 Maguire-Jack, K. (presented October, 2021). Child abuse and neglect prevention: Using data to tell your program’s story. Michigan Children’s Trust Fund Annual Conference. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services: Children’s Trust Fund. Lansing, MI, October 19, 2021.
2021 Maguire-Jack, K., Wachsberger, E.S., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Gonzalez, E. (May 2021) Research and practice partnerships with Children’s Trust Funds to prevent child maltreatment. Oral presentation at National Citizen Review Panel Conference, Virtual, May 25-26, 2021
2021 Yoon, S., Maguire-Jack, K., Knox, J., & Ploss, A. “Fostering Resilience among Vulnerable Youth.” Paper presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Virtual, January 20-23, 2021.
2021 Maguire-Jack, K., Font, S.A., Dillard, R., Dvalishvili, R., & Barnhart, S. “Neighborhood poverty and adverse childhood experiences over the first 15 years of life.” Paper presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Virtual, January 20-23, 2021.
2021 Hong, S., Goetschius, L.G., Gard, A. M., Hein, T. C., Maguire-Jack, K., McLoyd, V.C., Brooks-Gunn, J., McLanahan, S.S., Mitchell, C., Lopez-Duran, N.L., Hyde, L.W. & Monk, C.S. (March 2021). An examination of childhood neighborhood violence exposure and mother-child closeness on adolescent wellbeing and frontostriatal white matter connectivity. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Virtual, March 2021.
2021 Maguire-Jack, K., Purtell, K.M., Showalter, K., Barnhart, S., & Yang, M-Y. (April 2021). Preventive Benefits of U.S. Childcare Subsidies in Supervisory Child Neglect. Paper presented at ResilienceCON, Virtual, April 11-13, 2021.
2021 Maguire-Jack, K., Wachsberger, E.S., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Gonzalez, E. (May 2021). Research and practice partnerships with Children’s Trust Funds to prevent child maltreatment. Oral presentation at National Citizen Review Panel Conference, Virtual, May 25-26, 2021.
2021 Maguire-Jack, K., Solomon, A., & Wachsberger, E.S. (August 2021). Increasing access to Earned Income Tax Credit. Oral presentation at Prevent Child Abuse America National Converence, Virtual, August 10-12, 2021.
2020 Maguire-Jack, K. (presented March, 2020). Child maltreatment as a socioeconomic problem. Kempe-Haruv Fellows Meeting, Isle of Palms, South Carolina, March 2, 2020.
2020 Beajolais, B. & Maguire-Jack, K. “Sexual Assault Prevalence and Access to Mental Health Services Among International and Domestic College Students.” Paper presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC, January 15-19, 2020.
2020 Yoon, S., Pei, F., Dillard, R., McCarthy, K.S., Beaujolais, B., Maguire-Jack, K., & Wang, X. “Defining Resilience in Maltreated Children from the Practitioners' Perspectives.” Paper presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC, January 15-19, 2020.
2020 Bunger, A., Maguire-Jack, K., Yoon, S., Mooney, D., West, K., & Kranich, C. “Do Behavioral Health Screening, Assessment, and Referral Interventions Improve Children's Outcomes? Results of a Child Welfare System Demonstration to Address Unmet Behavioral Health Service Needs.” Paper presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC, January 15-19, 2020.
2019 Maguire-Jack, K. “Using multi-level modeling to understand public health problems.” Paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, Philadelphia, PA, November 2-6, 2019.
2019 McCloskey, R. & Maguire-Jack, K. “Social Participation, Neighborhood Disorder, and Social Cohesion: Predicting Low-Income Mothers' Health and Mental Health.” Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA, January 16-20, 2019.
2019 Dillard, R.. Maguire-Jack, K., & Showalter, K. “Maltreatment Disclosures Related to Problem Sexualized Behaviors and Trauma Symptoms in Youth.” Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA, January 16-20, 2019.
2019 Wang, X., Maguire-Jack, K., Barnhart, S., & Yoon, S. “Neighborhoods and Child Internalizing Problems: The Mediating Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences.” Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA, January 16-20, 2019.
2019 Showalter, K., Maguire-Jack, K., & Yoon, S. “Dual-Victimization and Trauma Symptoms.” Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA, January 16-20, 2019.
2019 Maguire-Jack, K., Font, S.A., & Dillard, R. “Child Protective Services Decision-Making: The Role of Children's Race and County Context.” Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA, January 16-20, 2019.
2019 Maguire-Jack, K., Lanier, P., & Lombardi, B. “Investigating Racial Differences in Clusters of Adverse Childhood Experiences.” Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA, January 16-20, 2019.

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