Grady Vitae 1
Melissa D. Grady, Ph.D., M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.
The National School of Social Service
The Catholic University of America
Shahan Hall
Washington, DC 20064
202-319-4387;
EDUCATION
PhDSmith College School of Social Work.Northampton, MA.1999-2004.
Dissertation Title: Effects of an empathy-focused group treatment program
for incarcerated sex offenders
MSWSmith College School of Social Work.Northampton, MA. 1994-1996.
Master’s Thesis: Efficacy in cross-cultural psychotherapy
BAUniversity of Vermont.Burlington, VT.1988-1992. Major: Psychology
Dean’s List
HONORS AND AWARDS
Young Faculty Scholar’s Awardfor significant scholarship,The Catholic University of America, 2014.
Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Teachers’ Academy Fellow of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 2011
Overall Outstanding Professor, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina, 2011, 2010, and 2006.
Most Supportive Faculty Member, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina, 2009, and 2008.
Teaching Excellence Award, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005.
EMPLOYMENT
Associate Professor, National Catholic School of Social Service, The Catholic University of America. 2015-present.
Clinical Social Worker.Private practice clinician, Washington DC. October 2012-present.
Assistant Professor, National Catholic School of Social Service, The Catholic University of America. August 2012-2015.
Clinical Assistant Professor, National Catholic School of Social Service, The Catholic University of America. August 2011-July 2012.
Clinical Assistant Professor.School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.August 2005 to July 2011.
Clinical Social Worker.Private practice clinician, Durham, NC.January 2002-2011.
Adjunct Instructor.School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.August 2000 to April 2005.
Adjunct Research Instructor.Smith College School of Social Work.August 2003 to 2009.
Clinical Social Worker.Orange Person Chatham Area Program, Chapel Hill, NC.October 1996 to May 2001.
PUBLICATIONS
Publications in REFEreed Journals
Grady, M. D., Hurt, C., Cronin, K., Bolder, T., & Vidrine, S. (under review). Perceptions of Current Sex Offender Management: A Cross-sectional Study in North Carolina. Criminal Justice Policy Review.
Grady, M. D., Levenson, J. S., & Bolder, T. (under review). Linking adverse childhood effects and attachment: A theory of etiology for sexual offending. Trauma and Violence.
Grady, M. D., Swett, L, & Shields, J. J. (revise and resubmit under review). The relationship between attachment styles and criminogenic needs in sexual offenders. Victims and Offenders.
Grady, M. D., Edwards, D., & Pettus-Davis, C. (in press). Does treatment work? An evaluation of an intensive sex offender treatment program for incarcerated sex offenders.Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Practice.doi: 10.1177/1079063215585731
Grady, M. D., Hurt, C., Cronin, K., Bolder, T., & Vidrine, S. (in press). The State of the State: Childhood sexual abuse prevention efforts in North Carolina. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention.
Schneider, D.A., & Grady, M. D. (2014). Conscious and unconscious use of self: An evolutionary process. Psychoanalytic Social Work. On-line release, 1-19. doi: 10.1080/15228878.2013.869177
Grady, M. D., Swett, L., & Shields, J.J. (2014). The impact of a sex offender treatment program on the attachment styles of incarcerated male sexual offenders. Journal of Sexual Aggression.doi: 10.1080/13552600.2014.894148
Grady, M. D., & Keenan, E.K. (2014). Beyond the manual: Using research and evidence in social work practice. Clinical Social Work Journal, 42, 101–106. doi: 10.1007/s10615-014-0494-1
Keenan, E.K., & Grady, M. D. (2014). From silos to scaffolding: Engaging and effective social work practice. Clinical Social Work Journal, 42, 193-204.doi: 10.1007/s10615-014-0490-5
Grady, M. D., & Drisko, J.W. (2014). Thorough clinical assessment: The hidden foundation of evidence-based practice. Families in Society, 95(1), 5-14.doi: 10.1606/1044-3894.2014.95.2
Bledsoe, S.E., Bellamy, J.L., Wike, T., Grady, M. D., Dinata, E., Killian, C. & Rosenberg, K. (2013). Agency-university partnerships for evidence-based practice: A national survey of schools of social work. Social Work Research.
Grady, M. D.,Sheard-Howe, A., & Beneke, E. (2013). Increasing retention rates in sex offender treatment: Learning from expert clinicians. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 20, 171-191. doi: 10.1080/10720162.2013.786660
Grady, M. D., Edwards, D., Pettus-Davis, C., & Abramson, J.M. (2013). Does volunteering for treatment matter? Using propensity score analysis to understand the effects of volunteerism and treatment on recidivism.Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Practice, 25, 319 - 346.doi: 10.1177/1079063212459085
Wike, T.L., Bledsoe, S.E., Bellamy, J., &Grady, M. D. (2013). Examining the public face of social work education: A study of training program Websites’ inclusion of evidence-based practice. Journal of Social Work Education, 49, 439-450. doi: 10.1080/10437797.2013.796791
Grady, M. D., & Cantor, M. D. (2012). Strengthening the professional selves of social workers through the lens of self-psychology.Smith College Studies in Social Work, 82, 401-417. doi: 10.1080/00377317.2012.717027
Hayes, S.W., Grady, M. D., & Brantley, H.T. (2012). Emails, statutes, and personality disorders: A contextual examination of the processes, interventions, and perspectives of parenting coordinators.Family Court Review, 50, 429-440. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2012.01458.x
Grady, M. D., & Rose, R.A. (2011). The Empathy Index: An evaluation of the psychometric properties of a new empathy measure for sex offenders.Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26, 3790-3814. doi: 10.1177/0886260511403755
Grady, M. D., Powers, J., Naylor, S.M., & Despard, M. (2011). Measuring the implicit program: Initial development and results of an MSW survey.Journal of Social Work Education, 47, 463-487. doi: 10.5175/JSWE.2011.200900119
Pettus-Davis, C., Grady, M. D., Cuddeback, G.S., & Scheyett, A.S. (2011).A practitioner’s guide to sampling in the age of evidence-based practice: Translation of research into practice.Clinical Social Work Journal, 39, 379-398. doi: 10.1007/s10615-011-0345-2
Grady, M. D., Brodersen, M., & Abramson, J.M. (2011). The state of psychological measures for adult sex offenders. Aggression and Violence.16, 227–240.doi: 10.1016/j.avb.2011.03.001
Werkmeister Rozas, L., &Grady, M. D.(2011). Making room for dynamics in evidence-based practice: The role of psychodynamic theory in client centered approaches. Journal of Teaching in Social Work Education, 31, 210-223.
Nageswaran, S., Parish, S.L., Rose, R.A., &Grady, M. D. (2011). Do children with developmental disabilities and mental health conditions have greater difficulties using health services than children with physical disorders? Maternal & Child Health Journal, 15, 634-641. doi: 10.1007/s10995-010-0597-4
Grady, M. D.,& Strom-Gottfried, K. (2011). No easy answers: Ethical issues in the treatment of sex offenders.Clinical Social Work Journal, 39, 18-27. doi: 10.1007/s1061s-010-0270-9
Grady, M. D. (2010). The missing link: The role of social work schools and evidence-based practice. The Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 7, 400-411. doi: 10.1080/15433711003591101
Grady, M. D., WerkmeisterRozas, L., & Bledsoe, S.E. (2010). Are curriculum decisions based on the evidence? How social work faculty members make choices in curriculum decisions. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 7, 466-480. doi: 10.1080/15433714.2010.494976
Grady, M. D., & Abramson, J.M. (2010). Has social work heeded the call? Sex offender content in MSW programs.Social Work Education.doi: 10.1080/02615479.2010.500659
Rose, R.A., Parish, S.L., Yoo, J., Grady, M. D., Powell, S.E., Hicks-Sangster, T.K. (2010). Suppression of racial disparities for children with special health care needs among families receiving Medicaid. Social Science & Medicine, 70, 1263–1270. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.031
Grady, M. D.,& Mr. S. (2009). Gatekeeping: Perspectives from both sides of the fence. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 79, 51-64. doi: 10.1080/00377310802634616
Grady, M. D.(2009). Sex offenders part I: Theories and models of etiology, assessment and intervention.Social Work in Mental Health, 7, 353-371.doi: 10.1080/15332980802052456
Grady, M. D.(2009). Sex offenders part II: Policies that address sex offenders.Social Work in Mental Health, 7, 372-384.doi: 10.1080/15332980802052514
Grady, M. D.,Brodersen, M. (2008). In their voices: Perspectives of incarcerated sex offenders on their treatment experiences. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 15, 320-345.doi: 10.1080/10720160802516310
BookS and edited journals
Grady, M. D., & Dombo, E.A. (in progress). Moving beyond hello: A practical guidebook for beginning clinicians. Oxford University Press.
Grady, M. D., & Keenan, E.K. (Eds.). (2014). Beyond the manual: Incorporating evidence in to social work practice.Clinical Social Work Journal: Special Issue.
Drisko, J.W., &Grady, M. D. (2012).Evidence-based practice in clinical social work: Essential clinical social work series. New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
PUBLISHED Book Reviews
Grady, M. D.(2013). H.R. Heller and A. Gitterman (Eds.): Mental health and social problmes: A social work perspective. Clinical Social Work Journal, 41, 215-217.doi: 10.1007/s10615-012-0433-y
Grady, M. D.(2012). Falling through the cracks: Psychodynamic practice with vulnerable and oppressed populations. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 32, 224-226. doi:10.1080/08841233.2012.669672
Grady, M. D.(2007).Treating self-injury: A practical guide.Clinical Social Work Journal, 35(1), 69-70.
Grady, M. D.(2005). Invisible heroes:Survivors of trauma and how they heal.Clinical Social Work Journal, 33, 369-371.
Contributor
Darity, W.A. (Ed.). (2008). International encyclopedia of social sciences (2nded.). Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference.(John Bowlby and Post-traumatic stress).
MEDIA
Achenbach, J. (2012, December 14). Grim news of young victims shatters a season of joy. The Washington Post, A12. (Quoted)
Grady, M. D. (2010, February 4). Mental illness and sex offenders [Op-ed].Herald Sun.Retrieved from:
Grady, M. D. (2010, February 2). Focusing on sex offenders [Op-ed].News and Observer, 7A.
Grady, M. D. (2008, December 5). More harm than good [Op-Ed].News and Observer, 7A.
Other
Grady, M. D., Coburn, L., Duncan-Daston, R., Lane, D., Paradiso, S., & Rochman, R. (2011). Who will teach psychodynamics in the future? The American Psychoanalyst, 45(2), 26-27.
Grady, M. D. (2009, September). Fact versus fiction: What do we know about sex offenders and how to prevent sex crimes? North Carolina Prevent Child Abuse Update.
Professional Presentations
INTERNATIONAL REFEreed CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Maimone, S. (Chair). Bolder, T., & Grady, M.D. (2015, October). Exploring the link between childhood victimization and sexual offending. Symposium, The 34th Annual 2015 Research and Treatment ATSA Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Grady, M. D., Edwards, D., Pettus-Davis, C., & Abramson, J.M. (2012, September). Recidivism and volunteerism: Does volunteering for treatment matter? Paper, International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders, Berlin, Germany.
Morris-Jones, M. (Chair). Panelists: Grady, M. D., Eugenio, E., Bellamy, J., Klonsky, D., Ekblad, A., & Chorpita, B. (2011, November). Bridging the gap: Dissemination of evidence-based practices from the lab to the clinic. Clinical Round Table, Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, Toronto, Canada.
NATIONAL Refereed Conference Presentations
Grady, M. D., Edwards, D. D., Pettus-Davis, C. (2015, October). Dissecting what did not work: A case for treating high risk offenders. Paper Presentation, The 34th Annual 2015 Research and Treatment ATSA Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Putzu, C., Grady, M. D., Wike, T. L. (2015, October). Recent MSW graduates' experiences in using EBP in practice. Oral Presentation. Annual Program Meeting, Council for Social Work Education, Denver, CO.
Wike, T. L., Grady, M. D., & Putzu, C. (2015, October). Barriers and promoters for using EBP among newly trained social work practitioners. Interactive Poster, Annual Program Meeting, Council for Social Work Education, Denver, CO.
Powers, J., Grady, M. D., & Swick, D. (2015, October). Measuring the implicit curriculum: Psychometric properties of the Implicit Curriculum Survey. Oral Presentation. Annual Program Meeting, Council for Social Work Education, Denver, CO.
Grady, M. D., & Swett, L. (2015, January). Using CBT to reduce risk factors linked to recidivism in sex offenders. Oral Paper, Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, 18th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Grady, M. D., & Swett, L. (2014, October). Attachment styles and changes in criminogenic needs. Paper, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, 33rd Annual Research and Treatment Conference, San Diego, CA.
Grady, M. D., & Swett, L. (2014, October). Can general attachment styles change in the course of CBT treatment?Paper, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, 33rd Annual Research and Treatment Conference, San Diego, CA.
Swett, L., & Grady, M. D. (2014, October). Attachment styles and risk factors: Implications for the therapeutic relationship. Paper, Annual Program Meeting, Council for Social Work Education. Tampa, FL.
Grady, M. D., &Swett, L. (2014, October). Can general attachment styles change in the course of CBT treatment?Paper, Annual Program Meeting, Council for Social Work Education. Tampa, FL.
Grady, M. D., & Swett, L. (2014, January). Effects of CBT treatment on attachment styles of incarcerated sex offenders. Oral Paper, Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, 18th Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Bellamy, J.L., Bledsoe-Mansori, S.E., Wike, T., Dinita, E., Grady, M. D., Killian-Farrell, C. (2014, January). Models for implementing university-agency partnerships for evidence-based practice in social work: Results from a national mixed methods study.Oral Paper, Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, 18th Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Wike, T. L., Bledsoe-Mansori, S. E., Grady, M. D., Dinata, E., Bellamy, J., Killian, C., Doernberg, A., & Rosenberg, K. (2013, November).University-agency partnerships for EBP: New directions for social work research and practice. Think Tank, Annual Program Meeting, Council for Social Work Education. Dallas, TX.
Bledsoe-Mansori, S.E., Bellamy, J.L., Wike, T., Dinata, E., & Grady, M. D. (2013, April). Bridging the gap through university-agency partnerships: A multi-stage national study. Bridging the Research and Practice Gap: A Symposium on Critical Considerations, Successes and Emerging Ideas. Houston, TX.
Dinata, E., Bellamy, J.L., Bledsoe, S.E., Wike, T.,Killian, C., Doernberg, A., & Grady, M. D. (2013, January). Advancing social work practice throughuniversity-agency EBP partnerships: Results from anational study. Oral Paper, Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, 17th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
Grady, M. D., Powers, J.D., Naylor, S.M., & Swick, D.C. (2012, November).Measuring the implicit curriculum: Survey development, pilot results and psychometric properties. Administrative and Curriculum Workshop, Council on Social Work Education 58th Annual Program Meeting, Washington, DC.
Keenan, E., & Grady, M. D. (2012, November). From silos to scaffolding: Integrating EBP, ESI, Common Factors and Common Elements. Think Tank, Council on Social Work Education 58th Annual Program Meeting, Washington, DC.
Werkmeister Rozas, L.M., & Grady, M. D. (2012, November). The best from both worlds: Empirically supported psychodynamic theory and evidence-based practice. Think Tank, Council on Social Work Education 58th Annual Program Meeting, Washington, DC.
Wike, T., Bledsoe, S.E., Bellamy, J., Dinata, E., Grady, M. D., Killian, C., & Rosenberg, K. (2012, January).Predicting coordinated agency-university partnerships to promote evidence-based practice and empirically supported interventions: Results from a national survey. Paper, Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, 16th Annual Conference “Research That Makes a Difference: Advancing Practice and Shaping Public Policy”, Washington, DC.
Grady, M. D., Bennett, S., Duncan-Daston, R. (2011, October). Dynamics and social work: Teaching empirically supported psychodynamic therapy to MSW students.Think Tank,Council on Social Work Education 57th Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Drisko, J.W., & Grady, M. D. (2011, October). Thorough clinical assessment: The hidden foundation of evidence-based practice (EBP). Paper, Council on Social Work Education 57th Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Collins, K., Grady, M. D., & Bledsoe, S.E. (2011, October).Evidence-based Practice in SW Education: Can common elements move us forward? Think Tank,Council on Social Work Education 57th Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Bledsoe, S.E., Bellamy, J.L., Wike, T., Grady, M. D.,& Dinata, E. (2011, October).Partnering with community agencies to advance evidence-based social work practice: Can we identify a triple-win model? Think Tank,Council on Social Work Education 57th Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Pettus-Davis, C., Grady, M. D., Edwards, D., & Guo, S. (2011, January). Does sex offender treatment work? Using propensity score analysis to understand the effects of volunteerism and treatment on recidivism. Symposium, Society for Social Work and Research 15th Annual Conference: Emerging Horizons for Social Work Research, Tampa, FL.
Pettus-Davis, C., Guo, S., &Grady, M. D. (2011, January).Corrective statistical modeling in program evaluation: A comparison of propensity score methods and a conventional covariate control analysis using a sample of treated and untreated volunteers for a sex offender treatment program. Oral Presentation, Society for Social Work and Research 15th Annual Conference: Emerging Horizons for Social Work Research, Tampa, FL.
Grady, M. D., Powers, J.D., & Despard, M. D. (2010, October).The Implicit Factors Survey: Measuring the implicit curriculum in social work education. Poster, Council on Social Work Education 56th Annual Program Meeting, Portland, OR.
Chapman, M.V., Bledsoe, S.E., Brigham, R.B., &Grady, M. D. (2010, October).Teaching empirically supported practice: Overcoming real-world barriers in social work education. Think Tank, Council on Social Work Education 56th Annual Program Meeting, Portland, OR.
Wike, T.L., Bledsoe, S.E., Bellamy, J., Grady, M. D., Dinata, E., & Rosenberg, K. (2010, October).Training program Web sites’ inclusion of evidence-based practice: Implications for social work practice.Paper, Council on Social Work Education 56th Annual Program Meeting, Portland, OR.
Grady, M. D., & McCreary, M. (2010, May).Navigating to the polestar: With parents suffering from diseases of mental illness, alcoholism, substance abuse or other addictive disorders.North Carolina Annual Family Law Conference, Charleston, SC.
Grady, M. D., & Bledsoe, S.E. (2008, March). Mental health assessments.Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina’s 26th Statewide Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Winston-Salem, NC.
Invited Presentations
Grady, M. D. (2015, April). Ethical challenges when implementing research in clinical practice. Presented at the North Carolina Society for Clinical Social Work’s Annual Ethics Conference. Raleigh, NC.
Grady, M. D. (2013, February). The best from both worlds: Empirically supported psychodynamic theory and evidence-based practice. Presented at the Winter Faculty Meeting of Smith College School for Social Work. Northampton, MA.
BrintzenhofeSzoc, K., Mayer, L.M., & Grady, M. D. (2012, October).Evidence-based practice to practice-based evidence. Presented at the Ninth Annual Skills Development Workshop: Retreat at the Beach. Association of Healthcare Social Workers— Metro DC, Inc., Ocean City, MD.
Grady, M. D. (2012, June). Evidence-based practice in the real world: Clinical and ethical challenges. Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work, Silver Spring, MD.
Grady, M. D. (2012, February). NC Prevent child sexual abuse: The state of the state. Preliminary results of a statewide survey. North Carolina Prevent Child Abuse, Raleigh, NC.
Grady, M. D. (2011, March). Panelist. Careers in mental health. UNC Department of Psychology, Chapel Hill, NC.
Grady, M. D. (2010, December).Translating EBP in the real world: Ethical challenges for social workers and evidence based practice. Duke University Medical Center Department of Social Work, Durham, NC.
Grady, M. D. (2010, August).Vicarious trauma: Its impact on mental health workers.Annual Children's Services State of the Art Conference, Morehead City, NC.
Grady, M. D. (2010, May).Between a rock and a hard place: Ethical challenges for social workers and evidence based practice. Keynote Speaker for UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work Field Supervisors, Chapel Hill, NC.
Grady, M. D. (2010, February).Panelist. Case review: Consideration of PTSD in trauma patients.21st Annual Trauma Symposium, Wilmington, NC.
Grady, M. D. (2009, April).Between a rock and a hard place: Ethical challenges for social workers and evidence based practice. UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work Alumni Lecture, Chapel Hill, NC.
Grady, M. D. (2009, March).Panelist. The current state of SORNA: Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.North Carolina Association for the Management and Treatment of Sex Offenders, Greensboro, NC.