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About the speaker

Qiana Cryer-Coupet is an associate professor of Social Work in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. Her program of research explores drivers of health and wellness among fathers and the impacts of father involvement and engagement on child, caregiver, and community wellbeing. Dr. Cryer-Coupet’s work has been funded by the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. She has served Mathematica Policy Research as a technical work group member for the Fathers and Continuous Learning in Child Welfare Project and the KEEP Fathers Engaged Project. She also served as a member of the Father Wellbeing and Involvement Working Group with the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing at Princeton University. Dr. Cryer-Coupet directs the Whole Dad Lab and is co-editor of the textbook, Social Work Practice with Fathers: Engagement, Assessment, and Intervention.

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Qiana R. Cryer-Coupet, PhD, MSW, reports being a consultant for A Call to Men. She will not discuss any products, services, or off-label uses in this presentation. All relationships have been mitigated through review.

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