Melissa Singh

Expert on sexual orientation- and gender identity-related disparities in violence, suicide prevention and social determinants of health
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Field Education
  • Social Change and Innovation
  • USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work

Expertise

  • Social work education
  • Social Justice
  • Online Teaching
  • Educational Equity
  • Environmental Justice
  • Medical Social Work
  • Integrated Behavioral Health
  • Trauma Informed Care
  • Violence Against Women

Languages

  • English
  • Creolese

Additional Information

Brown, D. E., Hess, S. L., & Singh, M. I. (2020). Trauma-Informed interview coaching: An innovative approach to achieve equal opportunity and social justice in field education. The Field Educator, 10(1). Retrieved from https://fieldeducator.simmons.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-247-1.pdf

Brown, D., Baron, M.W., Cardinal, L, Hess, S., & Singh, M.I. (2019). When the past is present in the classroom: Utilizing a trauma-informed approach in the virtual setting. In R.P. Maiden (Ed.), The Transformation of Social Work Education through Virtual Learning. Cambridge Scholars Publishing: London.

Prakash, N., Singh, M. I., Prevot, J., Gopie, S., Vorster, J., & Averkiou, P. (2019). Leave me
alone: Violence against women in Trinidad and Tobago. In Zaleski, K. L., Enrile, A.,
Weiss, E.L., & Wang, X. (Eds.), Women’s journey to empowerment in the 21st century:
A transnational approach. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.