Chair and Assistant Professor
Education
PhD 2017 University of Maryland, Baltimore; Social Work
MSc 2004 University of Oxford; Evidence Based Social Work
MSW 2003 New York University; Social Work
BA 1998 University of Washington; Psychology
Expertise
As an administrator in an urban child welfare system, Shipe’s research focuses primarily on organizational culture and its influence on the decision making of front line caseworkers and how these decisions ultimately impact family outcomes.
Research Interests
Public and private child welfare, administrative data, service utilization, caseworker decision making, policy making and interpretation among front line child welfare workers, systemic/institutional racism in child serving systems, custodial/single fathers and welfare systems, and cost analyses of social interventions