Leslie D. Hollingsworth
Associate Professor Emerita of Social Work
Leslie Hollingsworth retired on 5/31/2016. Her research interests have focused on circumstances surrounding the lives of vulnerable children and families across the child welfare and mental health systems and their implications for social work practice and policy. Her adoption-related research examined perspectives and experiences of members of the adoption triad - adopted individuals, adoptive parents, and birth parents. She also evaluated the effects of Africentric curricular content on students’ knowledge, values, and skills in interpersonal practice with African American families. She was licensed as a clinical social worker in Michigan and Indiana.
Research Interests/Focus
Adoption, African American families, child welfare, mental health, birth parents, adoptive parents, interpersonal practice, family therapy
Contact Information
| Phone | Room | Address | |
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| [email protected] |
Education
| Year | Degree | School | |
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| 1995 | PhD | Child Development and Family Studies | Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
| 1988 | Certification | Marriage/Family Therapy | The Family Therapy Institute, Cincinnati, OH |
| 1965 | MSW | Social Work | Syracuse University, NY |
| 1963 | BA | Sociology/Psychology | Bennett College, Greensboro, NC |