Tadros has published 105 research articles in scholarly journals. Her research focuses on incarcerated relationships. She has also written articles for magazines, edited collections such as The Advocate and Family Therapy Magazine, and is the assistant editor for the public health journal Child: Care, Health and Development. Through her writing, she has advocated for the rights of MFTs and has spoken to government officials on Capitol Hill regarding pressing issues faced by MFTs. Tadros works with the Empowering Woman program at Northeastern University, where she mentors women of color in achieving their academic and personal goals. She is presently the Illinois Family TEAM leader and was formerly the Ohio Family TEAM leader.

Prior to joining ���ϲ�����, Tadros was an assistant professor and marriage and family counseling track leader in the Division of Psychology and Counseling from 2020-2023 and a faculty affiliate in the Gender and Sexuality Studies program at Governors State University in University Park, Illinois.

Pilkay’s research interests include trauma, early-life adversity, inter-generational transmission of adversity, adversity and trauma mechanisms for risk and resilience in human development. She is published in the Journal of Social Work Education, the Journal of Social Service Research, and has given several peer-reviewed presentations, most recently at the 64th Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education in Orlando, FL, Connecting for Children’s Justice Conference in Murfreesboro, TN, the International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect in Prague, Czech Republic, and the 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry in New York, NY. Pilkay’s work has been supported by the National Institute of Health/National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and the University of Tennessee Health and Science Center.

Pilkay earned a Ph.D. in social work with a minor in graduate statistics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2017. She holds a M.S. in social work, an evidence-based interpersonal practice major with trauma treatment graduate certification, and a B.S. in social work with majors in honor’s social work and psychology, earned in 2014 and 2013, respectively, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Genovese has presented for the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Professional Symposium in Chicago, IL and for NASW’s Annual Meeting. She was previously employed by St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center as the outpatient clinic manager of the Mental Health Services Department. Genovese formerly served on the board of directors for Girls Inc. and the Mohawk Valley Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. She was the co-host of two long-running radio programs in ���ϲ�����, NY: Teen Talk on 93Q FM and Parenting Matters on 570 AM and 88 WAER FM.

Genovese completed a Ph.D. in child and family studies and M.S.W. at ���ϲ�����’s Falk College, as well as a B.A. in sociology from the State University of New York College at Cortland.

Brown is the Principal Investigator of Early Identification of Cognitive Impairment among Vulnerable Adults Living at Home, a community collaboration with SUNY Upstate Medical University’s Department of Geriatrics and Southwest Community Connections, which is funded by the Health Foundation of Western and Central New York. She is co-Investigator of the Genesis Health Project’s African American Dementia Caregiver Support Program (Principal Investigator: Luvenia W. Cowart), funded by a 2016-2021 grant from the New York State Department of Health. She has published her research in Supportive Care in Cancer, Women & Health, the Health Education Journal, Gerontology, Research on Aging, Children & Youth Services Review, the Journal of Family Issues, the Journal of Gerontological Social Work, The Gerontologist, and the Journal of Sexuality Research and Social Policy. Dr. Brown is the author of a chapter on LGBT Lives and Military Service, in Life Course Perspectives on Military Service, and co-author of chapters on Chronic Illnesses and Conditions in Gender and Sexual Minorities (with Jane. A McElroy) in LGBT Health: Meeting the Health Needs of Gender and Sexual Minorities, Addressing Behavioral Cancer Risks from a LGBT Health Equity Perspective (with Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen and Charles P. Hoy-Ellis) in Cancer and the LGBT Community: Unique Perspectives from Risk to Survivorship, and Gerontological Social Work (with Deborah J. Monahan), in Gerontology: Perspectives and Issues.

A social gerontologist who uses the life course perspective to research the later-life experiences of socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals, women, and racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities, Dr. Brown is also interested in dementia caregiving, the long-term care experiences of cognitively disabled older adults and their caregivers, and the treatment and survivorship experiences of breast cancer patients.

Childhood bullying, adolescent development, school violence, school shooting.

In addition to her recent research on childhood bullying, Dr. deLara was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY where she conducted research with Dr. James Garbarino on child maltreatment at home and at school.

Education

Ph.D., Educational Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

M.S.W., Master of Social Work, ���ϲ�����, ���ϲ�����, NY

Bachelor of Science, Human Development and Family Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY