(2020-2022) 

Dr. Shipe has a Ph.D. in social work from the University of Maryland and formally completed her postdoctoral fellowship in CMT32 in the summer of 2022. Following completion of the postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Shipe accepted a position as research analyst at the Child and Family Research Center (CFRC), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. In 2023, she returned to Binghamton University as an assistant professor and Chair of the Social Work department.  Dr. Shipe’s mentors in the PADS and PAT Tracks were Christian Connell (HDFS), Max Crowley (HDFS), and Jennie Noll (HDFS). In the past year (2023-2024), she has 10 co-authored papers published or in-press, 1 first authored paper under review, 3 additional co-authored papers under review, and 1 co-authored policy brief and co-wrote two annual reports with the CFRC. She was lead author and presenter on three papers at the 27th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research in Washington DC. Dr. Shipe is currently revising an R03 grant to NICHD for re-submission in 2024 to investigate child wellbeing outcomes among single parent households involved in the child welfare system. She is also developing an R21 grant for the National Institue on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) focused on access to and use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among minority identifying foster youth.