Professor
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro, PA, United States
Dr. Molly Wolf earned her PhD in Social Welfare from the University of Buffalo, State University of New York in 2014. She is a tenured Professor in the Social Work Department at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She is also a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) who has worked with trauma survivors using the “Seeking Safety” protocol pioneered by Dr. Lisa Najavits, as well as experience facilitating parenting groups with mandated clients who had lost custody of their children due to abuse/neglect, and supervised visits with families.
Dr. Wolf’s research focuses on survivors of child sexual abuse, trauma, trauma-informed care, and individuals who cause sexual harm. Dr. Wolf has published about trauma symptoms in child sexual abuse survivors, as well as the ways that sex offenders have groomed children into abuse. Her groundbreaking research concerning the effects of grooming in child sexual abuse on trauma symptoms of adult survivors has made her an international expert on this matter, as vetted by the Canadian government for the purpose of being an expert witness for the Crown Prosecution.
In 2019, Dr. Wolf’s article ‘‘We’re Civil Servants’: The Status of Trauma-Informed Care in the Community’ (Wolf et al., 2014) was one of the top three most downloaded articles that were published and downloaded in 2014 in the Routledge Health and Social Care journal collection. In 2016, 2018, and 2019, Dr. Wolf was nominated for the Edinboro University “Faculty of the Year” Award”, and in 2017, was nominated for the “Scholar of the Year” Award. In 2019, Dr. Wolf won the University at Buffalo School of Social Work Distinguished Ph.D Alumni Award.
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Sunday, October 23, 2022
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM US Eastern Time