Mallon, Gerald | LCSW | DSW

Julia Lathrop Professor of Child Welfare
Phone: (212) 396-7562
Office: 702
Email: gmallon@hunter.cuny.edu
Areas of Expertise:
Child Welfare
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans Children, Youth, & Family Issues
Animal Assisted Therapy

Education:
D.S.W., Graduate Center City University of New York
M.S.W., Fordham University

Courses:
Social Work Practice with LGBT People
Child Welfare Practice and Policy
Practice Issues in Child Welfare

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Scholarship

Books

Mallon, G.P. (2022).  The adventures of Bruno & Frida – The French Bulldogs – Bruno & Frida Go to Paris.  (A children’s book).  New Orleans, LA: GPM Press.

Mallon, G.P. (2021).  The adventures of Bruno & Frida – The French Bulldogs – Bruno & Frida Go to New York City.  (A children’s book).  New Orleans, LA: GPM Press.

Mallon, G.P. (2021).  The adventures of Bruno & Frida – The French Bulldogs – Bruno & Frida Go to Mardi Gras.  A children’s book).  New Orleans, LA: GPM Press.

Mallon, G.P. (2021). Strategies for child welfare professionals working with transgender and gender expansive youth. London: Jessica Kingsley.

Shelton, J. & Mallon, G.P (Eds.).  (2021).  Social work practice with transgender and gender variant youth (3rd ed.).  New York: Routledge.

 

Chapters

Mallon, G.P., Paul, J., López López, M., Cossar, J., Paulsen, V., & González Álvarez R. (In Press). LGBTQ+ youth in foster care.  In R. Denby-Brinson and  C. Ingram, (Eds). Child and family-serving systems: A compendium of policy and practice.  Washington, DC: CWLA Press.

González Álvarez, R., ten Brummelaar, M., van Mierlo, K., Mallon G. P., & López López, M. (2022). A space to be myself, support and a trusting relationship: Participation of LGBTQIA children and youth in out-of-home care. In K. Križ & M. Petersen (Eds.), Children’s Participation in Child Protection: International Research and Practice Approaches. New York: Oxford University Press.

Mallon, G.P., Paul, J., & López López, M. (2022). Child protection for LGBTQ+. In J.E. Korbin & R. Krugman (Eds.) Handbook of child maltreatment, 2nd ed. (pp. 575-591). New York: Springer.

López López, M., Mallon, G.P., & Wieldraaijer-Vincent, L. (2022). In J.K., Whitaker, L. Holmes,  J. Fernandez Del Valle, & S. James (Eds.) Revitalizing residential care for children and youth cross-national trends and challenges (pp. 215-229).  New York: Oxford University Press.

Mallon, G.P. (2021). Protegiendo a la infancia y adolescencia LGBTQ+. In López López, M., Paredes, H., & Vizcarra, B. (Eds).  Sistemas de protección infantil en América Latina y Europa (pp. 124-131). Mexico City: UNAM Press

 

Articles

Mallon, G.P. (2022). Why are all the kids Black and the staff are white: Anti-racism work in child welfare??  Child Welfare (100)1, v-vii.

Mallon, G.P. (2022). Child protection what all children and youth need.  Child Welfare (99)3, 5-7.

Mallon, G.P. (2022). Black and Brown children and families lives matter: Addressing racial bias and oppressive policies and practices in the U.S. child welfare system.  Child Welfare (98)1, 5-7.

Mallon, G.P. (2021). The ebb and flow of policy actors in child welfare systems.  Child Welfare (97)4, 5-7.

Mallon, G.P. (2021). Child welfare practice with LGBTQ youth and families.  In Oxford Bibliographies in Social Work. Edward J. Mullen, (Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

 


Research

Focus on LGBTQ children, youth, and families
Child Welfare
Animal Assisted Therapy


Community Partnership(s)


  • Child Welfare League of America - Senior Fellow; Senior Editor of the Child Welfare journal

  • Advisory Board Member, Turning Point for Women, Queens, NY

  • State of Louisiana - Cinical Case Consultation with Foster Care; LGBTQ+ children, youth, and family issues; Supervisory Issues

  • Government of the Province of Cantabria, Spain - LGBTQ+ policy, practice, and clinical issues



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