De Bellis, Bianca | M.Ed | LCSW | PhD
Assistant Professor
Phone: (212) 396-7764
Office:
Email: bianca.debellis@hunter.cuny.edu
Phone: (212) 396-7764
Office:
Email: bianca.debellis@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: 431
Areas of Expertise:
Examining effective community and school-based supports for children with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Designing and evaluating targeted trauma-responsive mental health interventions within restorative practice frameworks.
Assessing how trauma intersects with racial and gender disproportionalities in school disciplinary policies and practices.
Exploring the ways in which caring educator relationships can ameliorate the pathways between exposure to traumatic stimuli and PTSD outcomes in school-aged youth.
Education:
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
M.Ed., Hunter College,
M.S.W., Rutgers University
B.A., Boston College
Courses:
Clinical Practice with Individuals Families, and Small Groups I & II
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Areas of Expertise:
Examining effective community and school-based supports for children with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Designing and evaluating targeted trauma-responsive mental health interventions within restorative practice frameworks.
Assessing how trauma intersects with racial and gender disproportionalities in school disciplinary policies and practices.
Exploring the ways in which caring educator relationships can ameliorate the pathways between exposure to traumatic stimuli and PTSD outcomes in school-aged youth.
Education:
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
M.Ed., Hunter College,
M.S.W., Rutgers University
B.A., Boston College
Courses:
Clinical Practice with Individuals Families, and Small Groups I & II
Download CV (PDF)
Scholarship
De Bellis, B. R., Huguley J. P., Vaughn-Coaxum, R., Henderson, M., & Hunter-Rue, D. (2025). Trauma-Responsive Restorative Practices: Developing Relational, Emotional, Adaptive Minds Program (DREAMs). Children and Schools.
De Bellis, B.R., & Huguley, J.P. (2025). Exclusionary discipline: The independent and
intersecting roles of race, gender, and disability. In E.E. Blair & S. Deckman (Eds.), The
Sage Encyclopedia of Education and Gender.
Huguley, J.P., Davis, C.D., Stief, E.M., Haynik, R.H., Henderson, M.A., De Bellis, B. R., Blair, S.O., et al. (2023). From Practice-to-Research-to-Practice: Leveraging Reciprocal Partnerships to Advance Racial Justice in Education Across Contexts and Ecological Levels. Journal of Community Practice, 1-22.
Huguley, J. P., Fussell-Ware, D. J., McQueen, S. S., Wang, M. T., & De Bellis, B. R. (2022). Completing the Circle: Linkages Between Restorative Practices, Socio-Emotional Well-Being, and Racial Justice in schools. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 30(2), 138-153.
Huguley, J. P., Fussell-Ware, D. J., Wang, M. T., Haynik, R., McQueen, S. S., & De Bellis, B. R. (In press). Suspensions Rates, Race, and Overall School Performance across High Schools. Urban Education.
De Bellis, B.R., & Huguley, J.P. (2025). Exclusionary discipline: The independent and
intersecting roles of race, gender, and disability. In E.E. Blair & S. Deckman (Eds.), The
Sage Encyclopedia of Education and Gender.
Huguley, J.P., Davis, C.D., Stief, E.M., Haynik, R.H., Henderson, M.A., De Bellis, B. R., Blair, S.O., et al. (2023). From Practice-to-Research-to-Practice: Leveraging Reciprocal Partnerships to Advance Racial Justice in Education Across Contexts and Ecological Levels. Journal of Community Practice, 1-22.
Huguley, J. P., Fussell-Ware, D. J., McQueen, S. S., Wang, M. T., & De Bellis, B. R. (2022). Completing the Circle: Linkages Between Restorative Practices, Socio-Emotional Well-Being, and Racial Justice in schools. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 30(2), 138-153.
Huguley, J. P., Fussell-Ware, D. J., Wang, M. T., Haynik, R., McQueen, S. S., & De Bellis, B. R. (In press). Suspensions Rates, Race, and Overall School Performance across High Schools. Urban Education.