Research and scholarship are among the ways I make sense of the world.
My scholarship is rooted in social work and guided by a commitment to understanding the complexity of human experience. I believe social work is uniquely positioned to bring together psychological, social, spiritual, and environmental perspectives in ways that deepen both research and practice.
My research focuses on trauma, behavioral health, spirituality, moral injury, identity, and the ways people make meaning after life’s most significant disruptions. I am especially interested in resilience, posttraumatic growth, religious identity, affiliation, and transition, clinician well-being, and social work education.
While my work is grounded in rigorous scholarship, I care deeply that it remains connected to the lives of real people. I am passionate about helping ideas travel—from scholarship to practice and from the classroom into everyday life. I believe the best scholarship doesn’t stay on the page; it changes the way we understand ourselves and care for one another.
Areas of Interest
- Trauma and resilience
- Spirituality and mental health
- Religious transition and identity reconstruction
- Moral injury
- Attachment and relational healing
- Burnout and clinician well-being
- Behavioral health practice
- Social work education
- Qualitative and mixed-methods research
Selected Publications
My work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals, scholarly reference works, and collaborative research projects spanning trauma-informed care, spirituality and mental health, behavioral health, and social work education.
