Ashley Givens University of Missouri, USA

Ashley Givens, PhD, LCSW, is a professor of social work at the University of Missouri. Her work centers around criminal legal involvement and its intersection with mental health and traumatic experiences. Dr. Givens also studies families, parent-child relationships, and social support. Dr. Givens has conducted research with individuals and staff associated with community supervision (i.e., probation and parole) as well as correctional institutions. Her work aims to provide meaningful interventions to reduce the amount of mental health needs, trauma symptoms, and social separation for individuals who interact with the criminal legal system. She teaches research methods, community and organizational health, social sciences measure development, and policy.