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.
Lisa Schelbe is a professor at Florida State University College of Social Work and a faculty affiliate at the Florida Institute for Child Welfare. She serves as co-editor-in-chief of the Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. Lisa received a Doris Duke Fellowship for the Promotion of Child Well-Being (2011-2013). Her primary research interest focuses broadly on child welfare, child maltreatment prevention, and child well-being.
Melissa Radey is a professor and Agnes Flaherty Stoops Professor in Child Welfare with the College of Social Work and is a faculty affiliate of the Florida Institute for Child Welfare. Her policy-driven, interdisciplinary research focuses on understanding how social environments contribute to the economic, social, and physical well-being of families. She examines those involved in public service delivery by (1) investigating the role of support systems in families’ survival and well-being and (2) considering the demands and well-being of frontline workers who serve them.
As a researcher at Florida State University since 1998, Karen has been the director of the FSU Institute for Trauma & Resilience Studies (formerly the Institute for Family Violence Studies) since 2007. In 2011, she was named an FSU Distinguished University Scholar.
Nicholas Mazza, Ph.D., is dean emeritus, and Patricia V. Vance Professor of Social Work Emeritus. He served as a faculty member from 1981 through 2015, the last seven years as dean (2008-2015). He is a published poet, and the founding (1987) and continuing editor of the Journal of Poetry Therapy. He is currently serving a second term as president of the National Association for Poetry Therapy (2022-2024). He holds Florida licenses in clinical social work, psychology, and marriage and family therapy.
Carol Campbell Edwards is an associate teaching professor and director of the BSW Program and Professional Development with the College of Social Work. She is also a licensed clinical social worker and approved clinical social work supervisor with expertise in child welfare. She is a Florida Board Certified Child Welfare Trainer and certified as a facilitator by True Colors International. She is also a private consultant on foster care and adoption, child welfare training, and curriculum development.
Shamra Boel-Studt is an assistant professor with expertise in child welfare. She is also a faculty affiliate of the Florida Institute for Child Welfare. Her research interests include interventions related to at-risk youth, family-centered practice, residential youth care, youth trauma and victimization, intervention research, social policy, improvement of measurement and evaluation of children’s services and quantitative methods.
