Lauren Ricciardelli

• Position: Assistant Professor
• Department: Social Work
• Office Location: Building 85, Room 140
• lricciardelli@uwf.edu
• Campus: 850.474.2381
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Biography

Dr. Ricciardelli is a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor and graduate faculty member in the Department of Social Work at the University of West Florida. Ricciardelli teaches research methods/ evaluation, theory, social policy, and practice. She has professional experience working with Department of Juvenile Justice-involved youth and their families; youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance in the school setting; adults with Intellectual/ Developmental Disabilities in the community setting; and experience in the renal dialysis setting. She has additional experience with program evaluation and policy practice.

Her primary research agenda uses mixed methods to examine criminal legal systems policy, disability policy, and their intersection. Her secondary area of research focuses on the professional and ethical standards of macro-social work practice within the global context of digital information and communications technology. Both lines of inquiry have implications for criminal legal systems and related policy, including the distribution and recognition of rights. She has published her research in peer-reviewed journals across the arenas of social work, criminal justice, disability, and public policy. She has presented her research at professional regional and national conferences. She has served as an invited speaker for the Office of the Georgia Capital Defender and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Degrees & Institutions

Dr. Ricciardelli earned an undergraduate degree in philosophy, a Master of Social Work, and PhD in Social Work, all from the University of Georgia.

Keywords: public policy, criminal legal systems, death penalty, sociology of disability, technology and rights, professional ethics, social exclusion