Research Interests______________________________________________________________________

• Social and Economic Outcomes of Adolescents
• Community Organizational Impact
• Faith-Based Impact on Social Outcomes
• Strategic Planning for Complex Issues

Research Experience____________________________________________________________________

2016               Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

                        School of Social Policy & Practice

                        Principal Investigator: Ram Cnaan, PhD

2016               Research Lab Coordinator, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

                        Race & Opportunity Lab, George Warren Brown School of Social Work

                        Principal Investigator: Sean Joe, PhD

2015               Graduate Research Assistant, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

                        Race & Opportunity Lab, George Warren Brown School of Social Work

                        Principal Investigator: Sean Joe, PhD

Academic Experience____________________________________________________________________

2016               Graduate Teaching Assistant, Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO

Constructive Theology

Faculty: Damayanthi Niles, PhD

2015               Graduate Teaching Assistant, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Interrogating Health, Race, and Inequalities: Public Health, Medical Anthropology, and History

Faculty: Vetta L. Sanders Thompson, PhD and Shanti Parikh, PhD

2015               Graduate Teaching Assistant, Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO

Black Lives Matter: An Immersion Course in STL Reflecting Theologically on the Anniversary of the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO

Faculty: Deborah Krause, PhD

Published Manuscripts for Peer Reviewed Journals____________________________________________

Scott, M.L., Heist, D., & Cnaan, R. (2017). The clergy as a director of a voluntary local association. Hevra V’Revacha (in Hebrew).

Joe, S., Scott, M. L. , Banks, A. (2017). What works for adolescent black males at risk of suicide: A review. Research on Social Work Practice. doi:10.1177/1049731517702745

 Lindsey, M., Banks, A., Cota, C. F., Scott, M.L., Joe, S. (2017). A review of treatments for young black males experiencing depression. Research on Social Work Practice. doi.org/10.1177/1049731517703747

Banks, A., Fields, L., O’Dwyer, C., Scott, M.L. & Joe, S. (2017). What Works for Adolescent Black Males at Risk of Suicide: A review. Research on Social Work Practice. doi.org/10.1177/1049731517702745

Manuscripts Submitted for Peer Reviewed Journals____________________________________________

Scott, M. L. & Cnaan, R. (under review).  The faith community and poverty alleviation in the age of new public management. Nonprofit Policy Forum.

Technical Report________________________________________________________________________

Lawrence, M. & Wheeler, C. (2014) Community needs assessment for O’Fallon, Penrose and the Ville neighborhoods of North City St. Louis. Incarnate Word Foundation, St. Louis, MO.

Conference Presentations________________________________________________________________

Scott, M.L. & Cnaan, R. (2017). Global Citizenship as Poverty Alleviation for the Next Generation. Paper presented at Northeast Conference on Public Administration (NECOPA) Public Administration, Policy, and Community Development: Managing a Changing Landscape, Burlington, VT.

 Scott, M.L. & Cnaan, R. (2017). At the Center: Valued Members of Religious Congregations. Paper presented at Society for Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) conference on Going Public: The Social Impact of Scientific Research on Religion, Washington, DC.

 Scott, M.L. & Cnaan, R. (2017). Global Citizenship as Poverty Alleviation: NPOs Work             with Youth. Paper presentation at Association for Nonprofits and Social Economy Research (ANSER) conference on Nonprofits and Social Economy: From Far and Wide, Toronto, ON.

Lawrence, M. (2015). Judges 4:1-21:When Women Lead. Paper presented within the Gender Issues and Religious Studies section of the Regional Society for Biblical Literature, St. Louis, MO.

Lawrence, M. & Wheeler, C. (2014). Community needs assessment for O’Fallon, Penrose and the Ville neighborhoods of North City St. Louis. Poster presented at George Warren Brown School of Social Work Research Without Walls, St. Louis, MO.

Guest Lecturers________________________________________________________________________

Scott, M.L. (2017). The Recession of All Recessions. History and Philosophy of Social Work and Social Welfare, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA).

Scott, M.L. (2017). Political Social Work: From Ferguson to the Future. Political Social Work, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA).

Scott, M.L. (2016). Living with Meaning and Purpose. Praxis Master Class, Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO).

Scott, M.L. (2015). Diversity in Religion. Social Justice & Human Diversity, Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO).

Scott, M.L. (2015). BE Encouraged: A Word for the Upper Classmen. Career Camp, Washington University in St. Louis, MO

While studying for her Masters in Social Work, the passion for facilitating difficult conversations within diverse groups was exposed. The ability to facilitate and create curriculums that assess both the issues, goals, and group dynamics of various groups become evident in the creation of the curriculum, Sacred Conversations on Race (+Action), after the events of Ferguson, in 2014. With over 50 religious congregations in the Saint Louis region, Scott facilitated multiple group sessions with congregants of various faiths, as they processed issues of systemic racism and its effects within their congregations, neighborhoods, and city.

For Marquisha Lawrence Scott, the goal of each facilitation is to have discussions that lead to ACTION. As a facilitator, in community and corporate settings, Scott seeks to open up the discussion and provoke thought that in-group participants would limit without the buffer of a facilitator.

Recent Articles

Scott, M.L., Heist, D., & Cnaan, R. (2017). The clergy as a director of a voluntary local association. Hevra V’Revacha (in Hebrew). 

Joe, S., Scott, M. L. , Banks, A. (2017). What works for adolescent black males at risk of suicide: A review. Research on Social Work Practice. doi:10.1177/1049731517702745 (Abstract)

Lindsey, M., Banks, A., Cota, C. F., Scott, M.L., Joe, S. (2017). A review of treatments for young black males experiencing depression. Research on Social Work Practice. doi.org/10.1177/1049731517703747 (Abstract)

Banks, A., Fields, L., O’Dwyer, C., Scott, M.L. & Joe, S. (2017). Treating mental illness among diabetic Black male adolescents: A review. Research on Social Work Practice. doi.org/10.1177/1049731517702746 (Abstract)

 CONTACT

Marquisha Lawrence Scott

marquishalawrence@gmail.com

615.509.0789