Lalayants, Marina | MPA | PhD

Interim Associate Dean for Research & Professor
Phone: (212) 396-7550
Office: 451
Email: mlalayan@hunter.cuny.edu
Areas of Expertise:
Parent Advocacy/Peer Support in Child Welfare
Parent Engagement in Child Welfare
Multidisciplinary Practices in Child Protection
Child Welfare and Child Protection in Developing Countries

Education:
Ph.D., Graduate Center, City University of New York
M.P.A., University of Nebraska at Omaha
M.A., Yerevan State University

Courses:
Child Welfare Platform Course
Research Methods I & II
International Social Welfare Policies & Services
Social Work Administration
Professional Seminar

Download CV (PDF)

Scholarship

Lalayants, M., & Merkel-Holguin, L. (2024). Navigating the child welfare system: The role of enhanced parent advocacy supports in child protection. Journal of Public Child Welfare. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2315133

Lalayants, M. (2021). Secondary traumatic stress among parent advocates in child welfare. Journal of Family Social Work, 24(5) 341-362.https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2021.2003921

Lalayants, M., Wyka, K., & Saitadze, I. (2021). Outcomes of the Parent Advocacy Initiative in child safety conferences: Placement and repeat maltreatment. Children & Youth Services Review, 130, 106241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106241

Lalayants, M. (2020). Peer support services in family reunification process in child welfare. Journal of Family Social Work, 23(5), 449-471. https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2020.1754314

Lalayants, M. (2015). Partnership between child protective services and parent representatives. Child and Family Social Work, 22(54), 40-50.  https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12217