Margaret Hughes
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Margaret Hughes, Ph.D., MSW |
Dr. Margaret Hughes received her MSW from CSUSB in 1993. She received her Ph.D. in 1995 from Brandeis University , the Florence Heller Graduate School, Waltham, Massachusetts, where she was a recipient of the PEW Health Policy Fellowship. She was a recipient of the Bertha Reynolds Dissertation Fellowship from Smith College, School of Social Work, Northhampton, Massachusetts and taught courses as an Adjunct Professor through 1998. Her dissertation was a qualitative research study exploring the factors facilitating a positive behavioral transition from violent crime in young adult Black and Latino males. She taught as a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Jane Addams College of Social Work, Chicago, Illinois, from 1995 through 1997. She taught full time at San Diego State University School of Social Work from 1997 through 2004, where she received tenure and retired as Associate Professor in 2004. She is a lecturer at California State University, San Bernardino since the 2004-05 school year.
Dr. Hughes has taught in MSW and BASW programs. Her expertise is social welfare policy, in which she received her Ph.D. Her research expertise is youth and domestic violence prevention. Dr. Hughes currently teaches the two required Social Welfare Policy courses in the BASW program for general and Title IV-E students. She is the Pre-Social Work Student Advisor for the BASW program.
Professional Specialties
- Gang Violence
- Motivational Interviewing with Domestic Violence Survivors
- Community Activism
- Political Advocacy
Selected Publications
Hughes, M. J., & Rasmussen, L. A. (2007). The Utility of Motivational Interviewing in Domestic Violence Shelters:A Qualitative Exploration. (In Process).
Rasmussen, L. A., Hughes, M. J., & Murray, C. A. (2007). Applying Motivational Interviewingin a Domestic Violence Shelter: A Pilot Study Evaluating the Training of Shelter Staff. (In Process).
Hughes, Margaret J. (2004). Perceptions and responses of schools of social work to the youth violence problem: A national survey. Social Work Education , 23(1), 63-75.
Hughes, Margaret & Harrison-Thompson, Jenee (2002). Prison Parenting Programs: A National Survey. Social Policy Journal, 1(1), 57-74.
Jones, Loring, Hughes, Margaret, & Unterstaller, Ulrike (2001). Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in victims of domestic violence: A review of the research. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2(2), 99-119.
Barrio, Concepcion & Hughes, Margaret. (2000). Kinship care: Cultural resources of African American and Latino families dealing with parental substance abuse. In J. Delva (Ed.) Substance abuse issues among families in diverse populations (pp. 15-31). NY: Hayworth Press, Inc.
Hughes, Margaret J. (2000). Intervention versus punishment: Efficacy in juvenile desistance from crime. Offender Programs Report, 4(1), 3-10.
Hughes, Margaret J. & Jones Loring (2000). Women, domestic violence, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Sacramento, CA : Center for California Studies, California State University.
Hughes, Margaret & Jones, Loring (2000). Women, domestic violence, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Family Therapy, 27(3), 125-139.
Hughes, Margaret J. (1999). Turning points in the lives of young inner-city men forgoing destructive criminal behaviors: A qualitative study. In P. Ewalt, E. Freeman, A. Fortune, D. Poole , & S. Witkin (Eds.), Multicultural issues in social work: Practice and Research (pp. 213-226). Washington, DC: NASW Press.
Barrio, Concepcion & Hughes, Margaret. (1999). Kinship care: Cultural resources of African American and Latino families dealing with parental substance abuse. Journal of Family Social Work, 4(4), 15-31.
Hughes, Margaret J. (1998). Turning points in the lives of young inner-city men forgoing destructive criminal behaviors: A qualitative study. Social Work Research, 22(3), 143-151.
Hughes, Margaret J. (June 1997). An exploratory study of young adult Black and Latino males and the factors facilitating their decisions to make positive behavioral changes. Smith College Studies in Social Work (Special Issue),Theoretical, Policy, Research and Clinical Perspectives for Social Work Practice with African Americans, 67(3), 401-414.
Affiliations, Associations, Consultations
- Young Women's Empowerment Foundation, President/CEO
