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Kerri Evans

Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Kerri Evans, Ph.D., LCSW, is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and earned her Ph.D. from Boston College School of Social Work. Dr. Evans' research stems from her social work experience with refugees and unaccompanied immigrant children in the US. She has held many roles including an in-home bilingual case manager, a program manager for immigrants in foster care, a cross-border permanency specialist for immigrant families impacted by the child welfare system, a community organizer working to increase access to higher education for immigrants, and an ESL teacher. Dr. Evans remains a licensed social worker. Utilizing partnerships with nonprofit organizations, Dr. Evans works to answer service providers' questions to improve service delivery and make policy recommendations that will improve the lives of immigrants and refugees in the US. Topically, most of her research focuses on unaccompanied and refugee children's well-being, school welcome for immigrants in K-12 settings, and higher education access. Dr. Evan’s also does research around teaching pedagogy and hopes to increase knowledge gain and satisfaction among university students.