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Pam Richmond, PhD

Professor

Pam Richmond, PhD

Degrees

  • PhD, Ohio State University
  • MSW, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • BSW, University of Saint Joseph

Bio

Dr. Richmond has experience working with youth in residential treatment, a group home, psychiatric hospital and community-based settings. Further, she has several years of experience working with children and youth implementing restorative justice practices.

Research Interests

Professional boundaries, youth in out-of-home placements, restorative justice

Other Activities

  • Certified Mediator
  • Restorative Justice Facilitator
  • Editorial Review Board--Journal of Child and Youth Care Work
  • Organizer of the yearly Holocaust Day of Remembrance on Campus

Publications

Piazza, D. J., Richmond, P. A., Massey, D. M., Peters, D. T., Wiley, D. R., & Knight, D. L. (2025). A Pirate Turns 40: Creating Movement within a Shipwrecked System. Journal of Child and Youth Care Work, 30. https://doi.org/10.5195/jcycw.2023.15

Richmond, P. (2025). Professional Boundaries: Questions for Success in Child and Youth Care Work. Journal of Child and Youth Care Work, 30. https://doi.org/10.5195/jcycw.2025.456

Richmond, P.A. (Fall/Winter 2017). I don’t know if I can do this: Survival suggestions for new child welfare workers. NASW Specialty Practice Section (Child Welfare).

Richmond, P.A. and Piazza, J.A. (2016). Velvet sleeves: A letter of lessons learned in the Ivory Tower. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 22 (2), 17-22.

Courses Taught

SW100 - Introduction to Social Work
SW205 - Social Welfare History in the U.S.
SW322 - Intervention I: Individuals
SW 323- Intervention II: Groups and Families
SW324 - Intervention III: Agencies and Communities
SW327 - Child Welfare
SW481/488 - Field Seminar and Placement I
SW482/489 - Field Seminar and Placement II
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