Emily Murphy
Contact
- MaH 107
- emurphy4@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7556
Emily Murphy
About
Professor Emily Murphy joined the Social Work Program as a full-time faculty member in August 2015. She has over thirteen years of experience working directly with children and families in the New York City child welfare system. She was the supervising social worker of the Kathryn A. McDonald Education Advocacy Project (EAP) at the Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Practice (JRP), which provides early intervention and special education advocacy for children. Prior to joining the EAP team, she was a Social Work Supervisor for the Brooklyn JRP office and a forensic social worker in the Bronx JRP office. Emily was a field advisor for master’s in social work students at Fordham Graduate School of Social Service. Emily is currently the Education Chair of NASW Westchester. She became SIFI certified in 2007.
- 2020- Present:The Development of a Trauma Scale for Emerging Adulthood and Mindfulness/Exercise Intervention for College Students with a history of Adverse Childhood Experiences
- The goal of this research project is to create and validate a Trauma Experiences Scale for Emerging Adulthood, assessing Adverse Childhood Experiences, Benevolent Childhood Experiences and life satisfaction.
- 9/22-Present: Dissertation: An Exploratory Study: The Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Field Education among Social Work Students
Murphy, E. (2021). APSAC Research to Practice Brief “Cascades of Risk Linking Intimate Partner Violence and Adverse Childhood Experiences to Less Sensitive Caregiving during Infancy.” https://www.apsac.org/_files/ugd/4700a8_8c5f776ea40a48a29697ef5224d67a98.pdf
Murphy, E (2022). A Reflection on Social Work Students as the “Wounded Healer.
Relational Social Work, 6(1), 73-83.
Dill, K. Murphy, E (2022). The Impact of Mental Health Challenges on Field Education.
Field Finds, The Field Educator (Fall 2022).