Rachel A. Fusco

Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs

UGA Athletic Association Professor in Health and Well-Being

Director, Northern Ireland Studies Abroad Program

Rachel A. Fusco
Rachel A. Fusco

Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs

UGA Athletic Association Professor in Health and Well-Being

Director, Northern Ireland Studies Abroad Program

 

 

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279 Williams Street
Room: 153A
Athens, GA 30602

“My work focuses on the mental health and well-being of young children and their mothers, especially in families experiencing child maltreatment and/or intimate partner violence. My current research involves supporting new mothers with opioid use disorders to increase treatment adherence so they can engage in loving and safe parenting. The primary goal of this work is to promote attachment and decrease the likelihood of child welfare system entry.”

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Education
  • Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
  • MSW, University of Texas
Research Interests

Interventions focused on improving sleep and reducing both substance use and experiences of violence, especially in pregnant and parenting women.

Teaching Specialties
  • Practice with Children and Families
  • Family Therapy
  • Doctoral Research Practicum

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