ACF NEWS
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Friday, September 29, 2000
Contact: Pamela Carter, (202) 401-9215
ACF AWARDS FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCH ON CHILD MALTREATMENT
The Administration for Children and Families today announced the award
of almost $344,000 to five universities to support research in child abuse
and neglect. The purpose of the fellowships is to encourage the growth of
university-based research capacity for child abuse and neglect and to encourage
doctoral-level students and faculty to pursue careers in child abuse and
neglect research. This is the fourth time these awards have been made in
the last eight years.
"In 1993, the National Academy of Sciences recommended that ACF should
encourage young researchers to work in this very important field," noted
Olivia A. Golden, assistant secretary for children and families. "With the
award of these fellowships we are continuing to show our commitment to supporting
advances in knowledge that will lead to a decline in child maltreatment."
This year, one of the faculty members who will receive funds is Kerry Bolger,
Ph.D. at the University of Miami at Coral Gables. In 1994, Dr. Bolger, then
a graduate student at the University of Virginia, received an ACF-funded
student stipend to apply to her dissertation research on peer relationships,
behavior and self-concept among maltreated children. In 1997, while at Cornell,
she won an ACF research grant to study the consequences of childhood maltreatment
as children grow into adulthood. This year Dr. Bolger will receive funds
to explore how maltreated individuals manifest the consequences of their
childhood trauma. She also will supervise a student, Nicole Shiloff, whose
dissertation research concerns neglected children.
"We are extremely gratified that these fellowships are doing what we hoped
they would—developing a cadre of researchers devoted to child maltreatment,"
said Pat Montoya, commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth
and Families. "Dr. Bolger is a shining example of a scholar who is dedicating
her career to studying abused and neglected children. We’re proud that our
stipends have enabled her to pursue a consistent line of research starting
as a student and continuing as a faculty member."
The list of successful applicants follows:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, The Jane Adams School
of Social Work, Champaign, Illinois $100,000
James Gleason, Ph.D., Faculty
Christina Bruhn, Student
Leslie Ford, Student
Reginald Richardson, Student
Maristela Zell, Student
The Regents of the University of California, Davis, California $65,008
Gail Goodman, Ph.D., Faculty
Ingrid Cordon, Student
Robin Edelstein, Student
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $81,243
John R. Schuerman, Ph.D., Faculty
Sandra Lyons, Student
Joseph Ryan, Student
Cheryl Smithgall, Student
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida $43,750
Kerry Bolger, Ph.D., Faculty
Nicole Shiloff, Student
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma $81,925
Jane Silovsky, Ph.D., Faculty
Shelli Shultz, Student
Misty Boyd, Student
Melissa Blundell, Student
Tatiana Balachova, Student
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