Profile

Dr. Tina Maschi is an assistant professor at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service in New York City. She is a 2010 recipient of the competitive Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars Program Award, which is funded by the Hartford Foundation and the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). She is the principal investigator for the research project, "Trauma, coping resources, and well-being among older adults in prison".  She also has received intramural research grants and fellowships for her research. Dr. Maschi also is a 2009 recipient of the Council on Social Work Education’s Faculty Scholar’s Award for the research project for Promising Practices in Social Work Research Education. Dr. Maschi also has over 15 years of clinical social work and research experience in juvenile and criminal justice settings and community mental health settings. She also is a professional musician and integrate the use of creative arts intervention on increasing well-being among diverse populations, such as older adults and social work students and professionals. She currently teaches both research and practice courses at the Lincoln Center Campus at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service.  Her website can be visited at: http://www.practitionerasresearcher.net/ 

Research Interests and Publications

Dr. Maschi’s research interests and publications are in the following areas:

·      Examining Life Course Trauma, Life Events Stressors, Coping Resources, and Well-Being

·      Mechanisms Underlying the Links between Psychosocial Stress on Aging, Health, Mental Health, and Criminal Justice Involvement

·      Intervention Research on the Use of Group Drumming for Stress Reduction and Well-Being

·      Social Work and Interdisciplinary Practice / Forensic Social Work

·      Social Work Education

Select Peer Reviewed Publications (In Press)

Maschi, T. & Killian, M. (in press). The evolution of forensic social work in the United States: Implications for 21st century practice. Journal of Forensic Social Work.

Maschi, T., & Schwalbe, C. (in press). Unraveling probation officers’ practices with youth with histories of trauma. Social Work Research.

Maschi, T. & Gibson, S. (in press). Schema behind bars: Trauma, age, and ethnicity and offenders’ world assumptions. Traumatology.

Maschi, T. & Gibson, S. (in press). Trauma and life event stressors among young and older adult prisoners. Journal of Correctional Healthcare.

Maschi, T., Perez, R., & Tyson, E. (in press). Exposure to violence, perceptions of neighborhood safety, and children’s adaptive functioning: Clinical and community implications. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.

Haugebrook, S., Zgoba, K., Maschi, T., Morgen, K., & Brown, D. (2010). Trauma, stress, health and mental health issues among ethnically diverse older adult prisoners: A correctional health care concern. Journal of Correctional Healthcare.

Schwalbe, C., & Maschi, T. (in press). Probation practice with parents of juvenile justice involved youth. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation.

Schwalbe, C., & Maschi, T. (in press). Confronting delinquency: Probation officers use of coercion and client centered tactics to foster youth compliance. Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency.

Select Peer Reviewed Publications:

Maschi, T., & Perez, R., & Gibson, S. (2010). Examining gender differences in service utilization among children: Nature, nurture, or social network? Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 27(3), 177-191.

Maschi, T., & Bradley C. (2010). Recreational drumming: A creative arts intervention strategy for social work teaching and practice. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 15, 53-66.

Maschi, T., Probst, B., & Bradley, C. (2009).Mapping social work students’ perceptions of the research process: A qualitative exploration. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 14(2), 63-78.

Schwalbe, C., & Maschi, T. (2009). Investigating probation strategies with juvenile offenders: The influence of officers’ attitudes and youth characteristics. Law and Human Behavior, 33, 357-367.

Maschi, T., Morgen, K., & Smith-Hatcher, S.; Scotto Rosato, N., & Violette, N. (2009). Maltreated children’s thoughts and emotions as behavioral predictors: Evidence for social work action. Social Work 54, 135-143.

Maschi, T., Schwalbe, C., Morgen, K., & Gibson, S., & Violette, N. (2009). Exploring the influence of gender on adolescents’ service needs and service pathways. Children and Youth Services Review, 31(2), 257-264.

Smith Hatcher, S., Maschi, T., Morgen, K., & Toldson, I.A. (2009). Exploring the impact of racial and ethnic differences in the emotional and behavioral responses of maltreated youth: Implications for including cultural factors in the discussion. Children and Youth Services Review, 31, 1042-1048.

Schwalbe, C., Smith-Hatcher, S., & Maschi, T. (2009). The effects of treatment needs and prior social services utilization on juvenile court decision making. Social Work Research, 33, 31-40.

Maschi, T., Smith Hatcher, S., Schwalbe, C., & Scotto Rosato, N. (2008). Mapping the social service pathways of youth to and through the juvenile justice system: A comprehensive review. Children and Youth Services Review, 30(12), 1376-1385.

Maschi, T., & Bradley, C. (2008). Exploring the moderating influence of delinquent peers on the link between trauma, anger, and violence among male youth: Implications for social work practice. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 25(1), 125-138.

Maschi, T., Bradley, C., & Morgen, K. (2008). Unraveling the link between trauma and delinquency: The mediating role of negative affect and delinquent peer exposure. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 6(2), 136-157.

Maschi, T., Morgen K., Bradley, C., & Smith Hatcher, S. (2008).  Exploring gender differences in internalizing and externalizing behavior among maltreated youth. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 25, 531–547.

Maschi, T., Bradley, C., & Youdin, R., Killian, M., Cleaveland, C., & Barbera, R. (2007). Social work students and the research process: The thinking, feeling, and doing of research. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 13(1), 1-12.

Bradley, C., Maschi, T., & Gilmore, K. (2007). One woman’s life journey: A case study of spirituality and activism. The Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work, 26(4), 21-47.

Maschi, T. (2006).  Exploring the link between trauma and delinquency: The cumulative versus differential risks. Social Work, 1, 59-75.

Maschi, T. (2006).  Trauma and delinquent behavior among males: The moderating role of social support. Stress, Trauma, and Crisis: An International Journal, 9(1), 45-72.

Hirschfield, P., Maschi, T., White, H.R., Goldman-Traub, & Loeber, R. (2006). The effect of mental disorders on juvenile justice involvement. Criminology, 44(3), 1-31.

Baer, J., & Maschi, T. (2003).  Random acts of delinquency: Trauma and self-destructiveness in juvenile offenders. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 20(2), 85-99.

Books Published

Maschi, T., Bradley, C., & Ward, K. (Eds). (2009). Forensic social work: Psychosocial and legal issues in diverse practice settings. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Select Book Chapters:

Maschi, T., & Brown, D. (2010). Professional self-care and prevention of secondary trauma. In N.B. Webb (Ed.). Helping bereaved children: A handbook for practitioners (4th ed.). New York: Guilford Press (pp. 335-355).

Maschi, T., & Killian, M.L. (2009). Defining collaborative forensic social work with diverse populations. In T Maschi, C. Bradley & K. Ward, (Eds.). Forensic social work: Psychosocial and legal resources across diverse practice settings (pp. 3-11). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Maschi, T., & Killian, M.L. (2009). Visualizing forensic social work and collaborative practice: A social justice systems approach. In T Maschi, C. Bradley & K. Ward, (Eds). Forensic social work: Psychosocial and legal resources across diverse practice settings (pp. 21-34). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Killian, M.L. & Maschi, T. (2009). A history of forensic social work in the United States. In T Maschi, C. Bradley & K. Ward, (Eds). Forensic social work: Psychosocial and legal resources across diverse practice settings (pp. 11-21). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Maschi, T., Violette, N., Scotto Rosato, N., & Ristow, J. (2009). Juvenile justice and social work. In T Maschi, C. Bradley & K. Ward, (Eds). Forensic social work: Psychosocial and legal resources across diverse practice settings (pp. 231-254). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Select Media

Fordham University (2009). GSSS Professor NABs 100k Award. Fordham Blogspot on April 22, 2010 at http://fordhamnotes.blogspot.com/2009/10/gss-professor-publishes-social-service.html

Fordham University (2009). GSSS Professor Publishes Social Service Text. Fordham Blogspot on October 29, 2009 at http://fordhamnotes.blogspot.com/2009/10/gss-professor-publishes-social-service.html

Flaherty, N. (2009). “Trauma and Juvenile Delinquency”. Interview on WFUV Fordham Conversations Radio Show on January 24, 2009 in the Bronx, New York (podcast at http://wfuv.streamguys.us/archive/8768.asx  )

Faller-Sassi, J. (2008). “Professor charts pathways to delinquency with an eye on intervention”. My Fordham Faculty Profile on September 29, 2008. Available at: http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/enewsroom/inside_fordham/inside_fordham_archi/20082009/september_29_2008/in_focus_faculty_and/professor_charts_pat_30970.asp