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Sherri Y. Simmons-Horton, PhD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH, United States

Dr. Sherri Simmons-Horton is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Simmons-Horton has over 25 years of practice experience in the child welfare system, with a focus on addressing racial disparities present for Black children, youth, and families. Her practice experience ranges from case management to supervision and consulting with private child-placing agencies in Texas. Dr. Simmons-Horton’s research focuses on youth involved in the juvenile justice and foster care systems (crossover youth), systemic race inequities in the child welfare system, and the empowerment of Black youth and families. Dr. Simmons-Horton is a board member with the Black Administrators in Child Welfare, and a staunch child, family, and youth advocate, with a strong interest in practice and policy strategies to dismantle racial inequities oppressive practices in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

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