Allison Dunnigan
Assistant Professor
Title IV-E Program Director
- Ph.D., Social Work Washington University in St. Louis
- MSW, Washington University in St. Louis
- B.A., DePauw University
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Contact
279 Williams Street Athens, GA 30602 - Email: allison.dunnigan@uga.edu
- Phone: (706) 542-5409
“My research focuses on the impact of macro- and mezzo- level child welfare structural factors of youth and family outcomes. This research seeks to explore opportunity points for policy and practice interventions that facilitate permanency, decrease placement disruption, and improve service delivery within the child welfare system.”
Teaching Specialties
Child maltreatment; social work practice; policy analysis; quantitative methods
Research Interests
Impact of macro- and mezzo- level child welfare structural factors of youth and family outcomes