CHERYL SPRINGER, M.S.W., PH.D. CURRICULUM VITAE Current Position Education Director Salem State University School of Social Work 352 Lafayette Street Salem, Massachusetts 01970 (978) 542-6628 email address: cspringer@salemstate.edu Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Massachusetts Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Social Work University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California Master of Social Work University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Bachelor of Science, Education Academic Appointments Salem State University School of Social Work 2005-present Director 2004-2005 Interim Director 2002-2004 MSW Program Coordinator 2001-2002 Co-Chair, Self-Study for CSWE Reaccreditation 1998-present Associate Professor New York University School of Social Work, New York, New York 1991-1998 Assistant Professor Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Massachusetts 1988-1991 Adjunct Research Faculty, MSW Program 1988-1995 Summer Adjunct Faculty, MSW Program 1996-2003 Faculty, Continuing Education Program Clinical Positions Center for the Family in Transition, Corte Madera, California 1984-1989 Associate Director 1980-1989 Senior Clinician
Lucinda Weeks Center/Edgewood Children s Home, San Francisco 1979-1980 Clinical Social Worker in Day Treatment Program for Children and Adolescents Children s Hospital of San Francisco 1976-1978 Clinical Social Worker, Teen Pregnancy and Parenting Service Medical Social Worker, Youth Services Publications Slayter, E. and Springer, C. (2011) Foster children with intellectual disabilities: Pathways, placements and implications for prevention. Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities. 49(1), 423-429. Springer, C. (2010). [Review of the book Psychotherapy with adolescent girls and young women: Fostering autonomy through attachment]. Clinical Social Work Journal, 38, 153-154. Springer, C. (2007). [Review of the book Working with traumatized youth in child welfare]. Clinical Social Work Journal, 35(1), 71-73. Hudson, C.G., Cedeno-Zamor, P., Springer, C. et al. (2006). Adoption Crossroads: The development of post-adoption services in Massachusetts. In M.M. Dore (Ed.), The Post Adoption Experience: Adoptive Families Service Needs and Service Outcomes (pp. 135-157). Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America. Springer, C. (2004). [Review of the book Smart and sassy: The strengths of inner-city black girls]. Clinical Social Work Journal, 32(3), 361-363. Springer, C. (2003). Lynn Public Schools Early Childhood Mental Health Project Summary Report to the Massachusetts Department of Education. [Monograph]. Salem, MA: Salem State College. Springer, C. & Padgett, D. (2000) Gender differences in young adolescents exposure to violence and rates of PTSD symptomatology. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 70(3), 370-379. Springer, C. (1999). No Way! You know? Whatever : Clinical Work with Adolescents. In T.B. Northcut & N.R. Heller (Eds.), Enhancing Psychodynamic Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Techniques (pp.184-214). Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson. Springer, C. (1997). Female adolescents, the experience of violence, and the meaning of the body. Clinical Social Work Journal, 25(3), 281-296. Springer, C. (1995) Lessons of divorce: The intersection of private dilemmas and public issues. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 65(2), 167-179. 2
Springer, C. (1991). Clinical work with adolescents and their parents during family transitions: Transference and counter-transference issues. Clinical Social Work Journal, 19(4), 405-415. Springer, C. and Wallerstein, J. (1983). Young adolescents responses to their parents divorces. In L.A. Kurdek (Ed.), Children and Divorce: New Directions for Child Development, No. 19, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Fellowships, Grants, Awards, Contracts, and Research 2009-2014 Principal Investigator (Lisa Johnson, Ph.D., co-investigator), Salem State University Child Welfare Five-Year Traineeship Project (aka BSW Child Welfare Scholars Project), funded by the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute and U.S. Children s Bureau ($110,000 per year) 2010 National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work Delegate to the 2010 Social Work Congress in Washington, DC 2009-2010 Leadership Academy in Aging, member of second cohort of twelve social work deans and directors selected for leadership academy funded by the New York Academy of Medicine Social Work Leadership Institute and designed to advance social work leadership in geriatric social work 2008-2009 Co-Principal Investigator (with Yvonne Ruiz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Salem State College School of Social Work), Fostering Cultural Competence for Mental Health Practitioners in Suicide Prevention and Intervention with Latino/a Adolescents, funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health ($56,000) 2007-2008 Co-Principal Investigator (with Yvonne Ruiz, Ph.D.) Implementing the Integration of Suicide Prevention and Intervention in Master of Social Work Degree Programs, funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health ($42,000) Jan-June 2007 Principal Investigator (co-investigators: Carol Owen, Ph.D., and Yvonne Ruiz, Ph.D., Assistant Professors, Salem State College School of Social Work) Planning for the Integration of Suicide Prevention and Intervention in Master of Social Work Degree Programs, funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health ($12,000) 2004 Co-Facilitator, Salem State College Academic Affairs Award for Interdisciplinary Faculty Summer Workshop on Web-Enhanced Teaching and Learning (with Chris Mauriello, Ph.D., Professor, History) 3
2003-present Salem State College Project Manager for the Interdepartmental Service Agreement (ISA) between Salem State College School of Social Work and the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (formerly Department of Social Services) for the Massachusetts Child Welfare Institute ($182,000 per year) 2003 Project Coordinator, Lynn Public Schools Early Childhood Mental Health Project, Massachusetts Department of Education Pilot Study Grant 1999-2003 Co-Investigator, Adoption Crossroads Project, Salem State College School of Social Work (Principal Investigator: Chris Hudson, Ph.D.) 1999-2000 Salem State College Faculty Research Support Grant ($3,000) 1996-1997 New York University Research Challenge Fund Grant ($10,000) (Deborah Padgett, Ph.D., co-investigator) 1994-1995 New York University Goddard Fellowship Award ($5,000) Juried Presentations 2011 Integrating Content on Suicide Behavior among Latino/Latina Adolescents into Social Work Curricula (Roundtable with Yvonne Ruiz, PhD), Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting (APM), Atlanta, Georgia 2011 Moving Beyond Supervisory Leadership: Fostering Alternative Leadership Skills among Child Protection Workers (Panel with Mary Byrne, PhD; Elspeth Slayter, PhD; and Carol Masshardt, MSW), CSWE APM, Atlanta, Georgia 2011 Suicidality in Child Protection Settings: Implications for Social Work Education (Panel with Elspeth Slayter, PhD, LaShanda Rhea Stone, MSW; Marcela Blue, MSW; and Cheryl Springer, PhD), CSWE APM, Atlanta, Georgia 2010 Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Child Welfare Education Research (Roundtable with Elspeth Slayter, Ph.D.), CSWE APM, Portland, Oregon 2010 Culturally Competent Suicide Prevention/Intervention with Latino/a Adolescents (with Yvonne Ruiz, Ph.D.), National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Massachusetts Chapter Biennial Symposium, Framingham, MA 4
2009 Fostering Cultural Competence in Suicide Prevention and Intervention with Latino/a Adolescents (with Yvonne Ruiz, Ph.D.), CSWE APM, San Antonio, Texas 2009 Are Social Workers Ready for Suicide Prevention? Reports from MSW Programs in Massachusetts (with Yvonne Ruiz, Ph.D.), 8 th Annual Massachusetts Suicide Prevention Conference 2008 Integrating Suicide Prevention and Intervention in MSW Education: Lessons from Students and the Field (with Yvonne Ruiz, Ph.D.), CSWE APM, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2008 Integrating Suicide Prevention and Intervention in MSW Education: Lessons from Students and the Field (with Yvonne Ruiz, Ph.D.), National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Massachusetts Chapter Biennial Symposium, Newton, MA 2002 Adolescents Involved with Crime and Violence NASW Massachusetts Chapter Biennial Symposium, Marlborough, MA 2000 Preventing and Treating Adolescent Violence NASW Massachusetts Chapter Biennial Symposium, Marlborough, MA 1998 Gender Differences in Young Adolescents Experience of Violence and Posttraumatic Stress, American Orthopsychiatric Association Annual Meeting Arlington, Virginia 1997 Young Adolescents Experience of Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptomatology, Third Conference of Caribbean and International Social Work Educators, Trinidad, West Indies 1996 Female Adolescents Experience of Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptomatology, American Psychological Association Women s Health Conference, Washington, D.C. 1995 Domestic Violence Training and Asian/Asian American Women: Ethnocultural and Feminist Perspectives (co-presenter: Hali Lee, MSW) New York University Asian/Asian American Conference 1995 Female Adolescents and Cultures of Violence Second Conference of Caribbean and International Social Work Educators, Georgetown, Guyana 1989 Clinical Work with Adolescents During Family Transitions: Transference and Countertransference, American Orthopsychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New York City 5
1988 The Adaptation of Adolescents to Parental Divorce: Interpersonal and Intrapsychic Perspectives, American Orthopsychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco Community Service and Professional Consultation (pro bono) [Service activities prior to 2000 available upon request] 2012 Member, Board of Directors, North Shore Elder Services, Danvers, Massachusetts 2011-present 2009-present 2007-present 2006-present 2005-present Member, NASW Massachusetts Chapter Health Care Payment Reform Advisory Group Member, Children s Behavioral Health Initiative Workforce Pipelines and Pathways Working Group, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Boston Co-Chair (with Gary Anderson, Ph.D., Michigan State University), Child Welfare Task Force, National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work Member, Board of Directors, The Salem Award for Human Rights and Social Justice Foundation, Salem, Massachusetts Co-Chair (with Alberta Ellett, Ph.D., University of Georgia), Child Welfare Interest Group, Society for Social Work and Research 2008-2011 Member, Board of Directors, Comprehensive School-Age Parenting Program, Boston 2009-2010 Co-Chair, Development Committee, The Elder Justice Network of the Greater North Shore, Greater Lynn Senior Services, Lynn, Massachusetts 2005-2010 Member, Child Welfare Workforce Policy Group, Children s Defense Fund, Washington, D.C., and Children s Rights, New York City 2007-2009 Member, Children s Behavioral Health Initiative Higher Education Working Group, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Boston 2006-2008 Member, Advisory Board, Children s Bureau Grant on Supervisory Training to Enhance Permanency Planning, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Center for Adoption Research, Worcester, Massachusetts 2004-2008 Member, Statewide Continuous Quality Improvement Steering Committee, Massachusetts DSS 6
2003-2008 Member, Advisory Committee, Massachusetts DSS Teaming Initiative 2000-2002 Clinical Consultant, The Children s Connection, Beverly, Massachusetts Professional Organizations Council on Social Work Education National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work National Association of Social Workers Society for Social Work and Research Professional Licensure 2000-Present Massachusetts Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) #110169 7