
Brown, Adam | LCSW | PhD
Phone: (212) 396-7553
Office: 422
Email: ab4056@hunter.cuny.edu
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
Yoder, J., Brusman-Lovins, L., Brown, A., Berry, S., Bauerschmidt, T., Morgan, A., Tucholski, N., Haar, J., Wilson, D., and Butler, G. (2024). Evolving in Typological Research: The Development, Validation, and Utility of a Typology Tool for Adolescents with Problematic Sexual Behaviors. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice.
Zilberstein, K., Gau, J., Brown, A., Burton, J., & Hatcher, A. (2024). Interprofessional collaborations in child welfare: providers’ experiences. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 1–18.
Zilberstein, K., Brown, A., Hatcher, A., Burton, J., and Gau, J. (2024). Providers’ experiences collaborating with child welfare workers: The good, the bad, and the impacts. Child Abuse & Neglect, 152.
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, 101(5), 23 – 42.
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.
Research
Professional Staff Congress- CUNY Research Award (July 2024 – June 2025)
Drama Club Apprentices: Sparking a Vision for Leadership Part II
Principal Investigator
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 2025
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