Rate My Professor Sean Newsome

W. Sean Newsome, Ph.D., is Interim Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Family Science and Social Work at Miami University. He received his Ph.D. in Social Work from The Ohio State University in 2002, focusing his dissertation on testing the efficacy of solution-focused treatment with at-risk junior high school students. He holds a Master of Social Work from Wayne State University (1996) and dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and Philosophy from the University of Michigan (1994). Newsome's research specializations include the use of solution-focused brief therapy with at-risk adolescents, the impact of school liaisons with low-income families, and the effects of grandparents raising grandchildren in K-12 educational settings. His peer-reviewed publications feature "The impact of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) with at-risk junior high school students" (Children & Schools, 2005), "Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) with at-risk junior high school students: Enhancing the bottom-line" (Research on Social Work Practice, 2004), "Grandparents raising grandchildren: A solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) approach in school settings" (Social Work with Groups, 2004, with M. Kelly), and "Participation in boys and girls clubs and relationships to youth outcomes" (Journal of Community Psychology, 2003, with D. Anderson-Butcher and T. Ferrari). He has contributed book chapters on Appalachian families and poverty (Sage Handbook of Families & Poverty, in press), bullying behavior and school violence (2006), and measures for family assessment from a strengths perspective (2005).