Creasie Finney Hairston, PhD
Dean and Professor
Director, Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research
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Professional Interests:
Social work, families and the criminal justice system
Higher education administration and leadership
Social policies, social programs and social justice
Research:
Impact of incarceration and community reentry on families and children
Social welfare policies and services for aging populations
Selected Publications
Hairston, C. F. (2021). Combating Gun Violence: Hospital Responders and Street Outreach Workers. Chicago, IL: Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, University of Illinois Chicago.
Hairston, C. F. (2019). Reflections and Conclusions. In J. M. Eddy & J. Poehlmann-Tyson (Eds.), Handbook on Children with Incarcerated Parents: Research, Policy and Practice. Second Edition (pp. 373-379). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Hairston, C. F. (2018). Family Relationships During Incarceration and When Fathers Return Home. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 57, 2.
Hairston, C. F. (2016). Starting All Over: Service Needs and Service Responses in an Urban Neighborhood. Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Chicago.
Hairston, C. F. (2014). Editors note: Women prisoners’ community reentry and reintegration. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 53.
Hairston, C. F. (2010). Foreword. In J.M. Eddy & J. Poehlmann (Eds.), Children of incarcerated parents: A handbook for researchers and practitioners (pp. xiii – xvi). Washington, D.C: The Urban Institute Press.
Hairston, C. F. (2010). Introduction. Special issue: Children of incarcerated parents. Scholar & Feminist Online, 8(2).
Hairston, C. F. (2009). Kinship care when parents are incarcerated: What we know, What we can do. Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Editorial Reviews:
Editor, Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
Education
BS, Bluefield State College
MSSA, Case Western Reserve University
PhD, Case Western Reserve University