Natasha Bowen receives research award

Dr. Natasha Bowen, an assistant professor at the School of Social Work, has received a Junior Faculty Development Award from the University’s Committee on Faculty Research and Study Leaves.

Bowen’s award of $5,000 will be used to finance a supplemental component of her ongoing research to develop the Elementary School Success Profile (ESSP). The ESSP aims to assess the social environment and functioning of children in the third through the fifth grades.

Bowen teaches courses on research, health and mental health of children and adolescents, and individual and family development in the School of Social Work’s master’s program. Her research interests include mental health of children and adolescents, risk and protection, behavior problems, school social work, and developmental psychopathology.

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