Brown, Adam | MSW | PhD

Assistant Professor
Phone: (212) 396-7553
Office: 422
Email: ab4056@hunter.cuny.edu
Areas of Expertise:
Sexual abuse prevention
Intersection of child welfare and juvenile justice
Assessment and treatment of problem sexual behaviors among youth and young adults
Clinical practice with youth and families

Education:
Ph.D., The University of Chicago
M.S.W., Smith College School for Social Work

Courses:
Clinical Practice I & III
Human Behavior in the Social Environment III

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Scholarship

Brown, A. and Glickman, J. (2024). What Master of Social Work students with a child welfare focus need to know about youth who sexually harm. Child Welfare.


Brown, A. (2023). When kids hurt kids: Working with youth who have sexually harmed. In T. Huizar & P. DiLorenzo (Eds.) Child Sexual Abuse Prevention and Investigation (pp. 45 – 72). Washington D.C.: Child Welfare League of America Press.


Gau, J., Zilberstein, K., Brown, A., and English, M. (2023). The Quality of Collaboration with Child Welfare Scale (Q-CCW): Development and Validation. Developmental Child Welfare, 5(4), 161 – 172.


Brown, A. and Yoder, J. (2022). Symptoms of post-traumatic stress and sexual concerns: The intermediary effects of executive functioning on profiles of youth who have sexually harmed. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 37(21-22), NP20236 – NP20258.


Brown, A. and Gardner, E. (2022). Families, mental health, and delinquency: Testing sexual crime typologies of youth who sexually harm.Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 20(3), 250 – 275.



Research

Dr. Brown’s current research focuses on reducing interpersonal violence and sexual abuse.


Department of Homeland Security (DHS-22-TTP-132-00-01) - September 2022-September 2024
Drama Club: Sparking Creative Problem-Solving for Violence Prevention
Co-Investigator
Principal Investigator for sub-award
P.I.s: Drs. Heather McCauley & Joanne Smith-Darden


National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U01CE003395) - September 2021-September 2025
Mobilizing Communities to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Co-Investigator
P.I.s: Drs. Heather McCauley & Joanne Smith-Darden


Professional Staff Congress- CUNY Research Award (62803-00-50) - July 1, 2019-December 2022 (protracted timeline due to pandemic)
Drama Club Apprentices: Sparking a Vision for Leadership
Principal Investigator