Ellen DeVoe

Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Trauma Specialization Coordinator

Specialties

• Trauma and parenting

• Military families

• Child maltreatment and gender-based violence

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Bio

Ellen DeVoe is a nationally recognized expert in trauma and families. She is interested in developing and disseminating community-driven and culturally responsive prevention and intervention programs to mitigate the impact of violence exposure on families and children. Her work has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, Centers for Disease Control, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. For more than a decade, DeVoe has directed the Strong Families Strong Forces program, an intervention research project funded by the Department of Defense focused on developing a parenting program to support military parents with very young children throughout cycles of deployment and reintegration.

At BUSSW, DeVoe is currently associate dean for academic affairs and has previously served as associated dean of research, director of Trauma & Violence specialization, and was the inaugural director of the PhD Program in Social Work. At the national level, DeVoe is a member of the consensus study team for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Strengthening the Military Family Readiness System for a Changing American Society. In 2019, DeVoe contributed to two policy briefs for the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, Center for Child Policy. She also was an invited member of two Council of Social Work Education’s Curriculum Task Forces on Military Social Work and Trauma-Informed Care.

Education

BA (Social History & Women’s Studies)

Princeton University

MSW (Clinical Social Work & Mental Health)

University of Denver

PhD (Social Work & Psychology)

University of Michigan

NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship (Family Violence Research Training)

University of New Hampshire

Courses

CP 759 Introduction to Clinical Social Work Practice
CP 781 Clinical Social Work Assessment and Intervention
CP 803 Clinical Practice and Trauma
CP 804 Trauma Practice with Children & Adolescents
IS 805 Integrated Seminar in Trauma-Informed Systems and Care

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Publications

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Professional Activities and Certifications

Certified Social Worker (CSW), New York State #063204-1, 2001
Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW), 1993

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Awards and Honors

Recent Awards & Honors:
2017-2019 Member, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Committee on the Wellbeing of Military Families
2018 Diane E. Davis Invited Lecture at Smith College School of Social Work, Centennial Celebration
2016 Joining Forces and Military Child Education Coalition Workshop (with Dr. Jill Biden), Special Invitation to Operation Educate the Educators, The White House

Teaching Excellence Award, Boston University School of Social Work, 2008

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