Phone: 726-8859
Fax: 218-726-7185
email: mshepard@d.umn.edu

EDUCATION:

1985 Ph.D. in Social Work, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1977 M.S.S.W. in Social Work, University of Wisconsin, Madison

1976 B.S.S.W. in Social Work (with distinction), University of
Wisconsin, Madison.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Department of Social Work- University of Minnesota Duluth 1983-present

Professor (2001-present), Associate Professor (1993-2001), Assistant Professor, (1986- 1992), Instructor (1983-86)

Department Head (1993-2000)

Project Director- Child Welfare Training Project (1999-00) Evaluator (2003-05)

Director of Social Work Graduate Studies (2003-05, 2001-2002) (1988-1992)

Undergraduate Social Work Program Coordinator (1985-1987)

Praxis International
Trainer and Consultant on Domestic Violence 2005-2008

Domestic Abuse Intervention Project
Safe Haven Training Institute Evaluation (2004-05)
National Training Project (2001-04)
Evaluator-CDC funded project on domestic violence (1994-2000)
Evaluator- Domestic Violence Response Team- DOJ grant (1998)
Evaluation Projects (l985-1992)
Domestic Violence Group Facilitator (1985-1992)

Duluth Community Action Program
Evaluator for grant funded by U.S. DHHS- (1990-94), Project Evaluator 1987-88

Hennepin County Mental Health Center, Minneapolis, MN l982
Senior Psychiatric Social Worker

Merriam Park Intensive Day Treatment Program, l982
Family Therapist

Northland Mental Health Center, Grand Rapids, MN l979-l981
Chief of Emergency Services, Clinical Social Worker

St. Louis County Social Services Department, Duluth, MN l977-l979 Child Welfare Social Worker -Initial Intervention Unit

SCHOLARSHIP/ RESEARCH:

Book

Shepard, M. and Pence, E. (Eds.) (1999). Coordinating community response to domestic
violence: Lessons from Duluth and beyond. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Book Chapters

Shepard, M. & Farrell, G. (in press). The response of child welfare agencies to domestic
violence. In L. Ross (ed.) The War Against Domestic Violence. Taylor-Francis.

Shepard, M. (2008). Battered women who use force: Implications for Practice. In
J. Keeling & T. Mason. Domestic Violence: Recognition, Reaction, Involvement
and Outcome. McGraw Hill.

Pence E. and Shepard, M. (1999). An introduction: Developing a coordinated community
response. In M. Shepard and E. Pence (Eds.) Coordinating community response to
domestic violence: Lessons from Duluth and beyond. (pp. 3-23). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Shepard, M. (1999). Advocacy for battered women: Implications for a coordinated response. In M. Shepard and E. Pence (Eds.) Coordinating community response to domestic violence: Lessons from Duluth and beyond. (pp. 115-125). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Shepard, M. (1999). Evaluating a coordinated response. In M. Shepard and E. Pence (Eds.) Coordinating community response to domestic violence: Lessons from the Duluth
Model. (pp. 169-191). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Shepard, M. (1999). Site-based services for residents of single-room occupancy hotels. In
S.A. Kirk (Ed.) Social Work Research Methods (pp.112-120). NASW Press: Washington, D.C. (Reprinted from Social Work)

Shepard, M. (1993). Evaluating domestic abuse programs. In E.Pence and M. Paymar (Eds.), Education Groups for Men who Batter: The Duluth Model (pp. 163-168) New York: Springer.

Pence, E. and Shepard, M. (1988). Integrating theory and practice: The Challenge of the
Battered Women’s Movement. In Kersti Yllo and Michelle Bogarde (Eds.), Feminist Perspective on Wife Abuse. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

Journal Articles

Bye, L., Shepard, M., Partridge, J. & Alvarez, M. (2009). School social work outcomes:
Perspectives of school workers and school administrators, Children in the Schools,
31, 2, 97-108.

Shepard, M. (2005). Twenty years of progress in addressing domestic violence: An agenda
for the next 10. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Mareck, D. Uden, D, Larson, T. , Shepard, M & Reinert, R. (2004) Rural
interprofessional service learning: The Minnesota experience. Academic Medicine, 79, 672-6.

Shepard, M., Falk, D. and Elliott, B. (2002). Enhancing coordinated community responses to reduce recidvism in case of domestic. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17, 5, 551-569.

Falk, D., Shepard, M. and Elliott, B. (2002) . Evaluation of a domestic violence assessment protocol for domestic violence used by employee assistance counselors. Employeee Assistance Quarterly,17, 3, 1-15.

Shepard, M., Elliott, B., Falk, D. & Regal, R. (1999). Public health nurses’ response to domestic violence: A report from the Enhanced Domestic Abuse Intervention Project. Journal of Public Health Nursing. 16 , 5, 359-366.

Shepard, M. and Raschick, M. (1999). How child welfare workers assess and intervene
around issues of domestic violence. Child Maltreatment, 4, 2, 148-156.

Shepard, M. (1997). Site based services for residents of Single-Room Occupancy Hotels.
Social Work, 42, (6), 585-592.

Johnson, P. and Shepard, M. (1995). General assistance: The impact on housing,
employment and service utilization of former recipients.Arete, 20, 1, 16-25.

Shepard, M.(1992). Predicting batterer recidivism five years after community intervention.
Journal of Family Violence. 7, 3, 167-178.

Shepard, M. (1992). Child visiting and domestic abuse. Child Welfare. LXXI, 4,
357-367.

Falk, D. R., Shepard, M., Campbell, J. and Maypole, D. (1992). Current and
potential applications of interactive videodiscs in social work education. Journal of
Teaching in Social Work Education, 6 ,1, 117-136.

Shepard, M. and Campbell, J. (1992). The abusive behavior inventory: A measure of psychological and physical abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 7,3, 291-305.

Shepard, M. (1991). Rural Community Action Agencies: Social service or social change.
Human Services in the Rural Environment. 14, 4, 10-15.

Shepard, M. (1991). Feminist practice principles for social work intervention in wife
abuse. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 6, 2, 87-93.

Shepard, M. (1990). Education for men who batter: Focus on power and control.
Socijalini Zastita, July, 81-87.

Campbell, J. and Shepard, M. (l990). Social work education for rural practice: The
Advanced Generalist. Human Services in the Rural Environment. l3, 4, 21-24.

Shepard, M. and Pence, E. (1988). The effect of battering on the employment status of
women. Affilia: Women and Social Work, 3, 2, 55-61.

Other Publications

Shepard, M., Sadusky, J. & McNamara, B. (in press). Informing the Practice of
Supervised Visitation. Praxis International. Project supported by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice.

Shepard, M with Zelli, D. (2008, Nov.). Mobilizing communities to prevent domestic
violence. VAWnet Applied Research Forum. National On-line Resource Center on Violence Against Women.

Shepard. M. (2008). The Abusive Behavior Inventory. Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. Edited by J. Edleson, C. Ritchie. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Shepard, M. (1999). Evaluating coordinated community responses to domestic violence. Applied Research Forum. National Electronic Network on Violence Against Women.

Shepard, M. and E. Pence. (l990). Book Review of Coping with Family Violence (Edited
by G. Hotaling, D. Finkelhor, J. Kirkpatrick and M. Straus). Reviewed in Community Alternatives - International Journal of Family Care. 2, 1, 128-131.

The Abusive Behavior Inventory developed by Shepard in 1985 has been published and/or indexed in: Handbook of Family Measurement Techniques (2nd edition), Health and Psychosocial Instruments, Evaluation Guidebook for Projects Funded by S.T.O.P. Formula Grants, Clinical assessment for social workers.

Research Reports

Shepard, M. (2005). Evaluation of the Cultural Competence Project. Department of Social
Work. University of Minnesota Duluth.

Shepard, M. (2004). Evaluation of Safe Haven Training Institute. Duluth Family Visitation Center.

Shepard, M. (2003, 2004). Evaluation of the Title IV-E Project. University of Minnesota
Duluth.

Shepard, M, Falk, D. with Raschick, M. (2000). CDC Final Report on the Enhanced Domestic Abuse Intervention Project Evaluating Community Responses to Domestic Violence Submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Grant no: U50/ccu511327

Shepard, M. and Falk, D. (1998). Domestic Violence Response Team Evaluation. (DOJ grant.)

Shepard, M. (1994). Growth and achievement project. In Homeless and Youth at Risk:
Summary of Final Evaluation Findings from 1990. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, Monograph Series 300-90, Contract Number: HHS-105-92-8204

Shepard, M. (1991). Visitation Center Evaluation. Report submitted to Minnesota Program Development, Inc.

Shepard, M. (1988). Evaluation of the Educational Curriculum: Power and Control Tactics of Men who Batter. Report submitted to the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project.

Grant Activity

2009 The Impact of a Proposed Presumptive Joint Custody Statute on Rural Battered Women- UMD Center for Community and Regional Research

1998-05 Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant- author of grant (1998), PI (1999-2000)
Evaluation (2002-05)

1994-99 Enhanced Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, 5-year project funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Co- Investigator Years 1 and 2, Principal Research Investigator Years 3, 4 and 5

1999-01 Collaborated on a Quentin Burdick Rural Health Interdisciplinary Training
Grant with the Minnesota Rural Health School

1994 Multidisciplinary Program Grant for Professional Education about Violence and Abuse, Minnesota Education and Coordinating Board

1990 “Violence Against Women: The Career of the Female Police Officer.”
UMD Center for Community and Regional Research

1990 Evaluation of the “Residential-Based Services Program.” Program grant award to
the Duluth Community Action Program by the Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Community Services, Demonstration Partnership

1989 “A Matter of Culture.”-Video Center for Community and Regional Research.