Matthew James Cuellar, PhD, MSW Assistant Professor. Yeshiva University 2495 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY (865)

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1 Matthew James Cuellar, PhD, MSW Assistant Professor Wurzweiler School of Social Work Yeshiva University 2495 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY (865) EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work 2016 University of Tennessee at Knoxville Minor in Statistics Master of Social Work 2013 Concentration: Children, adolescents, and their families Bachelor of Social Work 2011 Minor in Psychology ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor Wurzweiler School of Social Work Yeshiva University New York, New York 2016 present SCHOLARLY FOCUS My scholarly focus is on youth violence and juvenile justice. My current research interests are school safety, school-based violence prevention, and school social work. CURRENT RESEARCH Principal Investigator ( present) MSSW Student Perspectives and Experiences with Program Evaluation using R, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Study in collaboration with, Principal Investigator ( present) Investigating the effects of commonly implemented school safety strategies on school social work practitioners (Dissertation Research), University of Tennessee at Knoxville Principal Investigator ( present) School social workers and their interactions with school resource officers: A preliminary investigation, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Study in collaboration with the Department of Social Work, University of Memphis Matthew James Cuellar 1

2 PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Cuellar, M. J. & Held, M. L. (2015). Adolescent Latino immigrants: Migration and mental health. Perspectivas Sociales, 17(1), Theriot, M. T. & Cuellar, M. J. (2016). School resource officers and students rights. Contemporary Justice Review, 19(3). Cuellar, M. J. (in press). School safety strategies and their effects on the occurrence of school-based violence in United States high schools: An exploratory study. Journal of School Violence. Cuellar, M. J. & Theriot, M. T. (in press). Exploring the effects of parental and community involvement on the implementation of school safety strategies. Journal of School Public Relations. Held, M. L., & Cuellar, M. J. (in press). Social capital and wellbeing: A structural analysis of Latina mothers by origin. Maternal and Child Health Journal. Held, M. L., Cuellar, M. J. & Heffron, L. C. (accepted with revisions). A study of social workers knowledge and perceptions of Latino/a stages of immigration. Journal of Social Work Education. Cuellar, M. J., Elswick, S. E. & Theriot, M. T. (under review). School social workers and school security personnel: An investigation of school social worker perceptions towards school security personnel in Tennessee. Submitted to Children and Schools. Cuellar, M. J. & Theriot, M. T. (under review). School safety and school social work: Implications for school social work practice. Submitted to School Social Work Journal. INVITED BOOK REVIEWS Cuellar, M. J. (2015). School safety in the United States: A reasoned look at the rhetoric. [Review of the book School safety in the United States: A reasoned look at the rhetoric, by David C. May]. Criminal Justice Review. DOI: / PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Cuellar, M. J., Theriot, M. T., & Orme, J. G. (2016, November). Investigating the effects of school safety strategies on school social work practitioners. Paper presented at the Annual Program Meeting for Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Atlanta, Georgia. Held, M. L., Cuellar, M. J., & Cook-Heffron, L. (2016, November). A study of social work students knowledge and perceptions of Latino immigration. Paper presented at the Annual Program Meeting for Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Atlanta, Georgia. Cuellar, M. J., Theriot, M. T., & Elswick, S. E. (2016, March). School social workers and their interactions with school security personnel in one southeastern state. Poster presented at the annual conference of the School Social Work Association of America. Baltimore, Maryland. Cuellar, M. J. & Theriot, M. T. (2016, March). Investigating the effects of commonly implemented school safety strategies on school social work practitioners. Poster presented at the annual conference of the School Social Work Association of America. Baltimore, Maryland. Theriot, M. T., Orme, J. G., & Cuellar, M. J. (2016, January). Student safety and school resource officer interactions. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference. Washington DC. Matthew James Cuellar 2

3 Zeitlin, W., Auerbach, C., Cuellar, M. J., & Orme, J. G. (2016, January). Analyzing categorical and continuous limited dependent variables with R. Workshop Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference. Washington DC. Held, M. L. & Cuellar, M. J. (2016, January). Social capital and wellbeing: A structural analysis of Latina mothers by Origin. Oral Presentation at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference. Washington DC. Cuellar, M. J. & Theriot, M. T. (2015, October). School safety strategies and their effect on reducing school-based violence. Poster presented at the Annual Program Meeting for Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Denver, Colorado. Orme, J. G., Cuellar, M. J., & Pilkay, S. R. (2015, October). Teaching an Applied, Two-Semester, Interdisciplinary Graduate Statistics Course. Workshop presented at the Annual Program Meeting for Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Denver, Colorado. Theriot, M. T., Orme, J. G., & Cuellar, M. J. (2015, October). School resource officers and students' feelings of safety at school. Paper presented at the Annual Program Meeting for Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Denver, Colorado. Cuellar, M. J. (2015, July). Exploring the typologies of sexually abused children. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Colloquium. American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC). Boston, Massachusetts. Cuellar, M. J. & Bolen, R. (2015, January). Can symptom profiles in sexually abused children be predicted? An exploratory analysis. Poster presented at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana. Theriot, M. T. & Cuellar, M. J. (2014, October). The effects of BSW students first field placement on mental illness stigma. Poster presented at the Annual Program Meeting for the Counsel on Social Work Education (CSWE). Tampa, Florida. Cuellar, M. J. & Held, M. L. (2014, October). Adolescent Latino immigrants: Understanding the impacts of migration on psychological development. Poster presented at the Annual Program Meeting for the Counsel on Social Work Education (CSWE). Tampa, Florida. Cuellar, M. J. (2014, July). An organizational approach to implementing trauma-informed practices in the juvenile justice system. Poster presented at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Cuellar, M. J. & Bolen, R. (2014, July). Can symptom profiles in sexually abused children be predicted? An exploratory analysis. Poster presented at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Cuellar, M. J., Conners, F. A., & Loveall, S. (2013, March). Phonological Memory in Down Syndrome: a Developmental Trajectory approach. Poster presented at the Gatlinburg Conference for Intellectual and Related Disabilities. San Antonio, Texas. Bussanich, P., Cuellar, M. J., & Conners, Frances A. (2011, April). Precursors of language impairment in Down syndrome: Analysis of the AAGT. Poster presented at the Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference.,. Matthew James Cuellar 3

4 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Graduate Research Assistant, 2013 present Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Psychology Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Psychology PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PhD Committee Student Representative, 2014 present General Education Assessment Reviewer TEACHING PHILOSOPHY It is my goal to encourage students to appreciate and enjoy the Social Work profession. I aim to encourage and empower the students I work with while assisting them in the development of their critical thinking and problem-solving abilities. From my background in practice, I hope to instill a desire in every student I work with to become an effective change agent and a broker of resources. From my academic background, it is among my top priorities to ensure that students have an appropriate educational environment that will help them develop an interest in life-long learning. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Instructor Summer 2016 Course Title: SOWK 520 Foundations of Evidence-Based Practice (online) Adjunct Instructor Summer 2016 Course Title: SOWK 519 Foundational Research Methods (online) Adjunct Instructor Spring 2016 Course Title: SOWK 563 Systematic Planning and Evaluation for Interpersonal Practice (online) Adjunct Instructor Fall 2015 Course Title: SOWK 519 Foundational Research Methods (online) Matthew James Cuellar 4

5 Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall 2015 Course Title: SOWK 665 Applied Multilevel Modeling Graduate Teaching Assistant Summer 2015 Department of Statistics and Business Analytics, College of Business Course Title: STAT 531 Survey of Statistical Methods (online) Graduate Teaching Assistant Spring 2015 Course Title: SOWK 606 Analysis of Social Work Data II Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall 2014 Department of Statistics and Business Analytics, College of Business Course Title: STAT 579 Applied Multivariate Methods Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall 2014 Course Title: SOWK 605 Analysis of Social Work Data I Graduate Teaching Assistant Summer 2014 Course Title: SOWK 528 Neurophysiology for Social Work Practice PRACTICE AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Behavioral Health Group 05/13 09/13 Substance Abuse Counselor Supervisor: Cassandra McAllister Tuscaloosa County Juvenile Detention Center 01/13 05/13 Mental Health Consultant and Assistant Educational Coordinator MSW Field Placement Supervisor: Cathy Wood Tuscaloosa s One Place: A Family Resource Center 08/11 12/11 Program Coordinator and After-School Assistant Supervisor BSW Field Placement Supervisor: Teresa Costanzo Stony Creek Elementary School 08/08 05/09 After-School Program Coordinator (Assistant to Program Director) Greater Philadelphia YMCA After-School Program Volunteer Blue Bell, Pennsylvania Matthew James Cuellar 5

6 RECENT AWARDS AND GRANTS Summer Graduate Research Assistantship Grant 2014 Scholarly and Research Incentive Funds (SARIF) Recipient John G. Borkowski Diversity Award 2013 Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Vanderbilt University Lori K. Herbert Student Endowed Scholar 2012 School of Social Work PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS Member, School Social Work Association of America Member, National Association of Social Workers Member, Council on Social Work Education Member, Society for Social Work and Research 2015 present 2015 present 2014 present 2014 present Matthew James Cuellar 6