教师目录

Ed-Dee G. 威廉姆斯, PhD, MSW, joined the faculty at 太阳城网赌平台社会工作学院 in 2023. He obtained his PhD in Social Work and Sociology from the University of Michigan Joint PhD program in 2021. He also received his MSW from the University of Michigan School of Social Work in 2014. 在加入BCSSW之前，Dr. 威廉姆斯 completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Level Up Employment Simulation Skills Lab and was a 太阳城官网 Associate in the Vivian A. 詹姆斯·L. Curtis Center for Health Equity 太阳城官网 and Training, where he received training in developing and evaluating technology-based mental health interventions.

Dr. 威廉姆斯’s research centers on the mental health needs and experiences of Black youth and Black autistic youth, with a particular emphasis on examining depression and related mental health help-seeking behaviors. 在他最近的工作中. 威廉姆斯 has begun developing an innovative simulation-based mental health help-seeking intervention to support Black autistic youth in gaining positive mental health help-seeking skills for depression and depressive symptoms.

He is part of a collective of Black male scholars that is currently examining Black male well-being and resiliency as a mechanism of positive health and mental health outcomes. He is also part of a new network of Black Autism scholars and scientists called the Black Empowerment in Autism (BEAM) network that looks to make autism research more inclusive and examine the ways that autism impacts Black children and their families.

Dr. 威廉姆斯 has a passion for supporting and serving Black youth and their families. He utilizes engaged community participatory research methods, 混合方法方法, and a socio-ecological and sociocultural approach in his research to ensure his work allows the voices of Black youth and their families to lead.

在攻读博士学位之前. 威廉姆斯 worked as a clinical social worker providing therapy and counseling services to adjudicated youth in residential facilities. 虽然目前他的临床工作有限, 他继续提供临床支持, as well as work as a consultant for clinical services that target Black individuals.

最终, his goal is to improve the mental wellness of Black youth and their families through rigorous innovative research, 社区参与, 有效的政策改变, 直接服务.