Tonya Van Deinse, Ph.D., MSW, is a Research Associate Professor at the UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work and is a mental health services and implementation science researcher who uses community-engaged approaches to develop, implement, and evaluate interventions that span the mental health and criminal legal systems. Her current research projects focus on developing and testing tailored implementation strategies to enhance collaboration networks between behavioral health service providers and mental health probation officers, evaluating an expanded mental health court model, disseminating an implementation strategy to enhance workforce capacity for specialized mental health supervision (i.e., probation and parole), and evaluating cross-sectoral and cross-agency approaches to addressing intimate partner violence and sexual violence.
Contact
Degrees
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMSW, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BS, Hamilton College
Research and Professional Interests
Implementation ScienceMental Health Services
Criminal Legal Systems
Community Practice Social Work
Interorganizational Networks
Co-Investigator
Reducing recidivism and improving outcomes among probationers with mental illnesses: Combining mental health probation with supported employmentRe-assessing the Reliability and Validity of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety’s Risk and Needs Assessment for Offenders
Selected Presentations
Implementation science and translation: Disseminating innovations across probation contextsDemocratizing knowledge: Application of community-engaged methods to examine crime victim service accessibility across underserved and minoritized populations.
Are they all just bridging factors? Distinguishing between EPIS constructs within the context of co-located cross sectoral services for interpersonal violence.
Addressing Mental Illness among People on Probation in the United States.
The Application of Implementation Science Methods in Correctional Health Intervention Research
Probation supervision for people with mental illnesses: Challenges and supervision approaches
Courses
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SOWO 570 Social Work Practice with Organizations and Communities |
Fall MSW, CMPP |
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SOWO 712 Research and Evaluation |
Summer Advanced Standing, MSW |
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SOWO 810 Evaluation of Social Work Interventions |
Spring MSW |
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SOWO 875 Interorganizational and Community-Level Theory and Practice |
Fall MSW, CMPP |
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SOWO 941 Doctoral Teaching Practicum |
Fall Ph.D. |
