Dina Wilke is a professor at the College of Social Work and has served in several administrative positions within the college, including as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2007 until 2014. Her research interests include child welfare, domestic violence, social work education, quantitative research methods and well-being. She is also a faculty affiliate of the Florida Institute for Child Welfare. 

AREAS OF FOCUS

• Domestic Violence 
• Social Work Education 
• Child Welfare

EDUCATION

• PhD, 2000, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Social Welfare
• MSW., 1985, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Social Work
• BA, 1982, Indiana University, Sociology/Journalism

SELECTED PUBLICATION

Wilke, D. J., Rakes, S., & Randolph, K. A. (2019).  Predictors of early departure among recently hired child welfare workers.  Social Work, 64, 188-197. DOI: 10.1093/sw/swz020

Kennedy, S. C., Spinelli, C., & Wilke, D. J. (2019). Development and validation of the child welfare provider stigma inventory.  Journal of Social Work. Published online 3/29/19.  DOI: 10.1177/1468017319837518

Langenderfer-Magruder, L., Olson, C., Wilke, D. J., & Alven, L. (2019). RISE up: Facilitating frontline responder collaboration on co-occurring child welfare and intimate partner violence cases. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Published online 3/2/19. DOI: 10.1177/0886260519832921

Radey, M. & Wilke, D. J. (2018).  Client-perpetrated violence among frontline child welfare workers.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Published online 11/18/18. DOI: 10.1177/0886260518812792

Wilke, D. J., Radey, M., King, E. A., Spinelli, C., Rakes, S., & Nolan, C. R. (2017).  A multi-level conceptual model to examine child welfare worker turnover and retention decisions.  Journal of Public Child Welfare, 12, 204-231. DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2017.1373722

Wilke, D. J., Radey, M., & Langenderfer-Magruder, L. (2017). Recruitment and retention of child welfare workers in longitudinal research: Successful strategies from the Florida Study of Professionals for Safe Families.  Children & Youth Services Review, 78, 122-128.  DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.05.013

SELECTED GRANTS

Principal Investigator: Florida Study of Professionals for Safe Families.  With Melissa Radey (co-PI).  Grant funded by the Florida Institute for Child Welfare for a 5-year longitudinal study, 2015-2020 ($1,134,500).

Principal Investigator: A Qualitative Sub-study on Training and Transition of the Florida Study of Professionals for Safe Families.  With Melissa Radey (co-PI). 9-month contract funded by the Florida Department of Children & Families, 2016 ($75,000).