Dr. Robin Hernandez Mekonnen

Associate Professor

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Biography

Robin Hernandez-Mekonnen is an Associate Professor at Stockton University in the field of Social Work with over 25 years of experience in child welfare. Her research interests include child welfare, systems reform, and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), particularly addressing the intersection of child welfare and immigration. She is dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration in her work. Robin's primary teaching areas encompass Social Welfare Policy, Research Methods, Trauma Informed Child Welfare Practice, and the social construction of child maltreatment. She also teaches courses related to child migration and immigration, including an international course with a study component in Guatemala. Additionally, she participates in advisory boards such as Pueblos Unidos Atlantic City, the Center for Immigration Child Welfare, and the United Philly Soccer Club. Robin earned her undergraduate degree in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed her master's and doctoral degrees in Social Welfare from the University of Pennsylvania.

Research Interests

Courses

PUBH 5050 Public Health Policy & Administration