Dr. Cavanagh was awarded funding from the College of Social Science to examine the impact of the COVID19 global pandemic on the experiences of the parents of justice-involved youth. These families tend to experience many health and financial disadvantages that may be exacerbated by the pandemic. Doctoral students Amanda Osuna and Alyssa Fredericks, along with post-bacc fellowship student Marina Heinke are involved in the project.
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See AllMarina Henke, a recent graduate of Bowdoin College, was awarded a post-baccalaureate fellowship to work with Dr. Cavanagh during summer 2020. Marina will conduct interviews with the parents of youth w
Dr. Cavanagh and co-PI Dr. April Thomas (UTEP) were awarded an NSF RAPID grant to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on justice-involved children's mental health, sleep, and delinquency. Read m
Dr. Cavanagh's latest article, Lesson learned? Mothers’ legal knowledge and juvenile rearrests, was recently published in Law and Human Behavior. Mothers of justice system involved-children's legal kn