Shawna J. Lee
Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
Shawna J. Lee, PhD '05, is associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, where she is director of the Parenting in Context Research Lab. She is a faculty affiliate at the Center for Human Growth and Development (CHGD) and at the Institute for Social Research, Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)
Lee has published more than 40 research articles and book chapters, with primary focus on child maltreatment prevention, fathers' parenting behaviors and father-child relations, and the effects of parental corporal punishment on child wellbeing. Recently she collaborated with MDRC to create the DadTime parenting app. She is pilot testing "Text4dad," a text messaging program for expecting and new fathers. You can learn more about these projects and the Parenting in Context Research Lab at parentingincontext.org. Her research has been funded by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan Health Endowment Fund, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In addition to her contributions to the social work profession through research and teaching, Lee engages in extensive professional service and community-based practice. She leads the design, implementation and evaluation of an intervention for low-income fathers, in collaboration with the Genesee County (Flint, MI) Healthy Start program. She is an active member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), where she recently helped to write the APSAC Position Statement Against the Use of Corporal Punishment.
Lee completed a joint doctoral degree in social work and psychology at the University of Michigan in 2005, where she was a National Institutes of Health pre-doctoral trainee in prevention research. She completed her postdoctoral training at the Columbia University School of Social Work. She teaches courses in research methods, program evaluation, social policy, and on specialized topics such as intervention to reduce use of corporal punishment.
Lee has published more than 40 research articles and book chapters, with primary focus on child maltreatment prevention, fathers' parenting behaviors and father-child relations, and the effects of parental corporal punishment on child wellbeing. Recently she collaborated with MDRC to create the DadTime parenting app. She is pilot testing "Text4dad," a text messaging program for expecting and new fathers. You can learn more about these projects and the Parenting in Context Research Lab at parentingincontext.org. Her research has been funded by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan Health Endowment Fund, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In addition to her contributions to the social work profession through research and teaching, Lee engages in extensive professional service and community-based practice. She leads the design, implementation and evaluation of an intervention for low-income fathers, in collaboration with the Genesee County (Flint, MI) Healthy Start program. She is an active member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), where she recently helped to write the APSAC Position Statement Against the Use of Corporal Punishment.
Lee completed a joint doctoral degree in social work and psychology at the University of Michigan in 2005, where she was a National Institutes of Health pre-doctoral trainee in prevention research. She completed her postdoctoral training at the Columbia University School of Social Work. She teaches courses in research methods, program evaluation, social policy, and on specialized topics such as intervention to reduce use of corporal punishment.
Research Interests/Focus
Father's parenting risk behaviors, child maltreatment, community-based interventions
Contact Information
| Phone | Fax | Room | Address | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (734) 763-6565 | (734) 763-3372 | shawnal@umich.edu | 4734 SSWB | University of Michigan School of Social Work 1080 S. University Ann Arbor, MI 48109 |
Education
| Year | Degree | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | PhD | Social Work and Psychology | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 2003 | MS | Psychology | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 2002 | MPP | Public Policy | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 2001 | MSW | Social Work | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 1997 | BA | Psychology | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| Year | Description |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 2017 Article of the Year by the journal Child Abuse and Neglect |
| 2018 | Fatherhood Research Practice Network |
| 2017 | Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Fellow |
| 2012-2014 | Elected Member of the Editorial Board, Research on Social Work Practice |
| 2010-2013 | Elected Member of the NSF-funded Center for the Analysis of Pathways from Childhood to Adulthood (CAPCA), Ann Arbor, MI. |
| 2008 | Young Scholar Travel Grant Recipient, NIH Translational Research on Child Neglect Consortium (TRCNC). |
| 2008-present | Elected Member of the Editorial Board, Child Maltreatment. |
| 2007-2009 | NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program Recipient, Bethesda, MD. |
| 2006 | NIH Summer Institute Fellow, Institute on Design and Development of Quantitative Research on Social Work Interventions in Health, Chapel Hill, NC. |
| 2005 | Early Career Prevention Network (ECPN) Travel Award, Society for Prevention Research (SPR). |
| 2004-2005 | Daniel Katz Dissertation Fellowship in Psychology, Institute for Social Research & Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. |
| 2003 | International Positive Psychology Fellow, The Gallup Positive Psychology Center. |
| 2002-2003 | Training grant Daphna Oyserman (7/1/2002-6/31/2003) |
| 2002-2003 | Travel Grant from the Dean for SSWR conference |
| 2002-2004 | NIH Mental Health Prevention Research Pre-Doctoral Training Fellowship, Ann Arbor, MI. |
Research and community-based intervention focusing on the role of fathers in promoting child and family wellbeing.