Gina Fedock | Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

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Gina Fedock is an Assistant Professor in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. Her work focuses on improving women's mental health and spans the boundaries of public health, criminal justice, law, and social work. Her research includes implementing, testing, and evaluating interventions that are designed to improve the quality of women's health in the community and within correctional settings.

In addition, her work expands a trauma-informed framework of understanding and addressing women's health needs. She integrates women's experiences of gender-based violence, such as sexual violence and intimate partner violence, into her research. Through a human rights framework, her work incorporates advocacy for addressing social injustices in order to improve women's health and wellbeing.

Currently, she is working on several studies, including examining women’s experiences of staff sexual misconduct in prisons and on parole and investigating racial and gender disparities in suicide attempts by prisoners. Through a faculty grant from the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, she is investigating how human rights standards influence women's imprisonment (https://humanrights.uchicago.edu/humanrightsstandardsforwomen).

She was a practicing clinical social worker prior to her doctoral work. Her clinical work encompasses trauma-informed practices, violence prevention, and the modalities of cognitive behavioral practice, interpersonal therapy, and motivational interviewing.

Her research is in journals such as: Trauma, Violence, & Abuse; Cognitive and Behavioral Practice; Research on Social Work Practice; Journal of Interpersonal Violence; and the Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research.

She earned her MSW in Interpersonal Practice and Community Organizing from the University of Michigan and her doctorate in social work from Michigan State University.

Publications

Fedock, G., Kubiak, S.P., & Bybee, D. (2017). Testing a new intervention with incarcerated women serving life sentences. Research on Social Work Practice. doi:10.1177/1049731517700272

Fedock, G. (2017). Life before “I killed the man that raped me”: Pre-prison life experiences of incarcerated women with life sentences and subsequent treatment needs. Women & Criminal Justice. doi:10.1080/08974454.2017.1294131

Kubiak, S.P., Brenner, H.J., Bybee, D., Campbell, R., Cummings, C.E., Darcy, K.M., Fedock, G., & Goodman-Williams, R. (2017). Sexual misconduct in prison: What factors affect whether incarcerated women will report abuses committed by prison staff? Law and Human Behavior. doi:10.1037/lhb0000239

Fedock, G. & Sarantakos, S. (2017). Physical and mental health disparities for young women with a history of arrest. Health & Social Work, 42(2),e102-e110.

Fedock, G. (2017). Women’s psychological adjustment to prison: A review for future social work directions. Social Work Research, 41(1), 31-42.

Kubiak, S. P., Brenner, H. J., Bybee, D., Canpbell, R., Cummings, C., Darcy, K. M., & Fedock, G. (2016). Do sexually victimized prisoners perceive justice in litigation process and outcomes? Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 23(1), 39-52.

Kubiak, S., Fedock, G., Kim, W.J., & Bybee, D. (2016). Long-term outcomes of a RCT intervention study for women with violent crimes. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 7(4), 661-679.

Kubiak, S., Kim, W.J., Fedock, G., & Bybee, D. (2016). Examining perpetration of physical violence by women: The influence of childhood adversity, victimization, mental illness, substance abuse and anger. Violence and Victims, 31(1), 22-45.

Alvarez, C., & Fedock, G. (2016). Addressing intimate partner violence for Latina women: A call for research. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 1524838016669508.

Alvarez, C., Fedock, G., Grace, K.T., & Campbell, J. (2016). Provider screening and counseling for intimate partner violence: A systematic review of practices and influencing factors. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 1524838016637080.

Kubiak, S., Brenner, H, Bybee, D., Campbell, B., & Fedock, G. (2016). Reporting sexual victimization during incarceration: Using ecological theory as a framework to inform and guide future research. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 1524838016637078.

Brenner, H., Darcy, K., Fedock, G., & Kubiak, S. (2016). Bars to justice: The impact of rape myths on women in prison. Georgetown Journal of Gender and Law, 17(2), 521-574.

Fedock, G., Kubiak, S., Campbell, R., Darcy, K., & Cummings, C. (2016). Prison rape reform: Perspectives from women with life sentences on the impact of a class action lawsuit. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 1(3), 131-142.

O’Mahen, H., Karl, A., Moberly, N.J., & Fedock, G. (2015). The association between childhood maltreatment and emotion regulation: Two different mechanisms contributing to depression? Journal of Affective Disorders, 174, 287-295.

Kubiak, SP., & Fedock, G. (2015). Women offenders, trauma, and reentry. In H.A. Dlugacz (Ed.), Reentry planning for offenders with mental disorders. Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute.

Kubiak, S., Kim, W.J., Fedock, G., & Bybee, D. (2014). Testing a violence prevention program for women using a randomized control trial. Research on Social Work Practice, 25(3), 334-348.

Fries, L., Fedock, G., & Kubiak, S. (2014). The role of gender, substance use and serious mental illness in anticipated post-jail homelessness. Social Work Research, 38(2), 107-116.

Kubiak, S.P., Fedock, G., Tillander, E., Kim, W.J., & Bybee, D. (2014). Assessing the feasibility and fidelity of an intervention for women with violent offenses. Evaluation and Program Planning, 42, 1-10.

Fedock, G., Fries, L., & Kubiak, S. (2013). Services needs for incarcerated adults: Exploring gender differences. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 52(7), 493-508.

Kubiak, S., Kim, W.J., Fedock, G., & Bybee, D. (2013). Differences among incarcerated women with assaultive offenses: Isolated versus patterned use of violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 28(12), 2462-2490.

O’Mahen, H., Himle, J., Fedock, G., Henshaw, E., & Flynn, H. (2013). A pilot randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for perinatal depression adapted for women with low incomes. Depression and Anxiety, 30(7), 679-687.

Kubiak, S., Kim, W.J., Fedock, G., & Bybee, D. (2012). Assessing short-term outcomes of an intervention for women convicted of violent crimes. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 3(3), 197-212.

O’Mahen, H., Fedock, G., Henshaw, E., Flynn, H., Himle, J., & Forman, J. (2012) Modifying CBT for perinatal depression: What do women want? A Qualitative Study. Cognitive Behavioral Practice Journal, 19(2), 359-371.

Palladino CL, Fedock, G., Forman J, Davis M, Henshaw E, & Flynn H. (2011). OB CARES: Providers’ Perceptions of Addressing Perinatal Depression. General Hospital Psychiatry, 33(3), 267-278.

Henshaw, E., Flynn, H., Himle, J., O’Mahen, H., Forman, J., and Fedock, G. (2011). Patient preferences for clinician interactional style in treatment of perinatal depression. Qualitative Health Research, 21(7), 936-951.

Courses

30100 Social Intervention: Direct Practice
Semester: Fall
Offered: 2016
Offered Autumn and Winter, Mondays 9:00 – 11:50 am.

This two-quarter course emphasizes the design and practice of social work interventions at the individual, family, and group levels. Students are introduced to the values, theories, concepts, skills, and empirical evidence that form the base for direct social work practice and develop competencies related to this area of practice. Complementing 30000, material is presented to examine needs, resources, and potential for change at the individual, family, and group levels, as well as to provide students with an understanding and appreciation of various options for intervention. Students will develop skills in identifying and defining problems, implementing and refining intervention strategies, evaluating the impact of clinical interventions, and weighing the ethical considerations of various choices. Particular attention is given to developing intervention approaches for working with underserved groups.

Semester: Fall
Offered: 2016

40922 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Theory and Practice
Offered Autumn and Winter, Thursdays 1:30 – 4:20 pm.

Cognitive Behavioral Theory is a major practice theory that integrates the theoretical perspectives and therapeutic techniques of Cognitive Theory and Behavioral Theory. As such, CBT focuses on changing cognitions, changing behavior and on supporting clients to develop coping skills. This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of CBT and to assist students with implementing CBT perspectives and techniques in their own practice. Lectures and course readings will review different considerations and applications of CBT with children, adolescents, adults, and vulnerable populations. Through lectures, readings and assignments, students will learn skills to conduct assessment, intervention and evaluation of clients from a CBT perspective. The relationship between theory and practice is emphasized, as is the empirical evidence supporting the use of CBT to effectively address a range of emotional and behavioral problems with diverse populations. Critiques of CBT will be discussed. Course assignments will emphasize the practical application of CBT techniques in practice. Students will be expected to implement CBT methods with a selected client and to record the therapeutic process. For clinical students completing a concentration requirement.

Offered: 2015

Degree:

PhD

Gina Fedock, PhD

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