Dr. Judith C. Scott

Dr. Judith C. Scott is an Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Social Work. Her research focuses on how trauma such as physical child maltreatment and racism (interpersonal and structural), protective processes including ethnic-racial socialization and coping, and contextual factors affects parenting and mental health among families across cultures. An interdisciplinary researcher, Dr. Scott uses community-based participatory approaches and qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods in her work. Her current and past research focuses on Black and Asian children and families with consideration of ethnic variation and immigrant experiences. Her secondary research interest is providing program evaluations to small and medium non-profit community organizations serving families. Dr. Scott is a Review Editor for Frontiers in Psychology and a Consulting Editor for the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. She also is a member of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Office of Youth and Young Adult Services Racial Equity Movement Advisory Board and the Boston University School of Public Health Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Advisory Board. 

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