Bragin, Martha | LCSW | PhD (Fellowship Leave)

Professor
Phone: (347) 204-1242
Office: 427
Email: mbragin@hunter.cuny.edu
Office 612

Areas of Expertise:
Psychosocial interventions that support well-being in communities affected by conflict, disaster and adversity
Social work capacity exchange with countries in crisis
Participatory research methods
Developmentally and culturally informed interventions

Education:
Ph.D., New York University
M.S.W., Hunter College School of Social Work

Courses:
Introduction to Global Social Work and Practice with Immigrants and Refugees
Professional Seminar
Advanced Clinical Practice

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Scholarship

Bragin, M. (2022). Community Based Psychosocial Support- Lessons from the Global South. In J. Midgely,


Hokenstad, & A. Roberts, (Eds., 2nd Edition) Lessons from Abroad. Adapting International Social Welfare Innovations (pp. 103-127). Washington: DC: NASW Press

Susan C. Warshaw, Editor-in-Chief and Co-Editor, Martha Bragin, Guest Co-Editor, and Kirkland Vaughans, Guest Co-Editor. (2022). Special Anniversary Issue: Cultural, Racial and Structural Adversities in Childhood and Adolescence: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Development and Treatment Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy. Volume 2, Issue 2.

Bragin, M.  (2021) The Paradox of Hope: A Psychodynamic Approach to Understanding the Motivations of Young People Engaged in Violent Extremism, Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 20 (4), 411-424 DOI: 10.1080/15289168.2021.2007685


Bragin, M., Akesson, B., Ahmady, M., Akbari, M., Ayubi, B., Faqiri, R., Faiq, Z., Oriya, S., Rasooli, H. Zaffari, R., Azizi, B.,Barakzai, F., Ahmadi, J., Sharifi, K., Wolfson, H., Karimi, B., & Sediqi, S. (2021).    Peace, love and justice: A Participatory Study of Psychosocial Wellbeing in Afghanistan International Social Work 65 (3), 457–479. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872820969781


Bragin, M. (2019) Myth, memory & meaning: understanding and treating adolescents experiencing forced migration. Journalof Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy 18 (4), 319- 329.


Bragin, M. (2019) Pour a libation for us: Restoring the sense of a moral universe to children affected by violence Journal ofInfant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy 18 (3), 201- 2011.



Research

Principal Investigator, “Developing and Contextualizing a Model Best Practices Protocol to Insure Learning from and with Diverse Families with Children in Care.” Forestdale, 2018 – 2019

Principal Investigator, “Developing Participatory Indicators of Psychosocial Well-being with Internally Displaced Persons in Wau South Sudan.” International Organization for Migration, 2017-2018

Principal Investigator, “University Support and Workforce Development Partnership: Kabul University/Herat University – U.S. Counseling Degree Partnership. FHI -360 in Partnership with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 2016-2018

Principal Investigator, “Claiming Rights, Promoting Peace: Women’s Empowerment in Conflict-Affected Areas (Uganda, Burundi and Nepal). Understanding Women’s Psychosocial Well-being in Cultural Context.” CARE Österreich, 2010–2013

Principal Investigator (with Michael Lewis), “Development of a Classroom-Based Instrument to Measure the Effectiveness of Psychosocial Interventions Designed to Improve an Aspect of Cognitive Functioning Amongst Adolescents Affected by War and Community Violence.” Research Advisory Board: International Psychoanalytic Association.


Community Partnership(s)


  • Partnering with a community-based child protection agency in Queens on two interrelated projects

    • Partnering on the development of “Best Practice Casework” a manualized intervention with family experience at the center

    • PI of a qualitative study to learn how parents understand the effects of 18 months of Unconditional Guaranteed Income on child and family wellbeing



  • Member of the steering committee of the NASW New York City Immigration Committee, developing white papers and policy positions for the organization

  • Senior Advisor to the IASC Reference Group (UN-NGO) on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings that sets and publishes the global standards in the field

  • Senior Advisor to the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Emergencies where I bring a social work perspective to global standards on Community led Practice with Children in Emergencies as well as participatory methods in Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation, and setting standards for evidence.

  • Represent the International Association of Schools of Social Work at the United Nations



Links

The SEE_PET - A Participatory Method for Developing and Measuring the Effectiveness of Psychosocial Programs

Users Guide For The Community Participatory Evaluation Tool A Participatory Method for the Design, Monitoring, And Evaluation of Community Level Programs For Children in Emergencies- 2020

Bragin, M., Savino, R., Eckardt, E., Hajjar, R. & Lewis, M. (2024). What does cash have to do with it? Learning from the experience of child welfare-affected families receiving a time limited unconditional cash transfer? Forestdale, Inc. & Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, CUNY.
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