Rosemary Sullivan, M.S.W., Ph.D. '09

Rosemary Sullivan completed her doctorate at the Smith College School for Social work in 2009. She is an assistant professor of social work at Westfield State University, primarily teaching in the HBSE sequence and diversity and social justice classes.

Sullivan’s research and teaching interests include identity development among trans people, mandated treatment of family violence offenders, integrating trauma theory into clinical practice, utilizing forensic evaluation techniques in cases of suspected child abuse, and social worker preparation for expert witness testimony in criminal and civil trials.

Before completing her Ph.D. she worked as a victim advocate in residential treatment programs with adolescent girls with severe emotional and behavioral problems, as a group therapist for male batterers and for women in substance abuse treatment programs.

At SSW, Sullivan has taught Developmental Deviations in Childhood and Adolescence, Crisis Intervention and Problems in Biopsychosocial Functioning, Child Development and has served as a thesis adviser.