Lalayants, Marina | MPA | PhD

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

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Scholarship

Lalayants, M. (forthcoming). Parent engagement in child safety conferences: The role of parent representatives. Child Welfare.

Lalayants, M. (2013). Differential program evaluation model in child protection. Child Welfare, 91(4), 9-40.

Lalayants, M., Epstein, I., & Adamy, D. (2011). Multidisciplinary consultation in child protection: A clinical data-mining evaluation. International Journal of Social Welfare, 20(2), 156-166.

Tripodi, T., & Lalayants, M. (2008). Factors Associated With Reverse-Migration Separation Among a Cohort of Low-Income Chinese Immigrant Families in New York City. NY: Oxford University Press.

Lalayants, M. (2008). Bridging disciplines in child protection: Guidelines for successful collaboration. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 2(5), 147-155.