Associate Professor
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL, United States
Morgan Cooley earned her Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2014 and MSW in Social Work in 2009 from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. She taught as an Assistant Professor between 2014-2018 at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Currently, Dr. Cooley is a social work faculty member at Florida Atlantic University. She is a licensed clinical social worker with practice experience in individual, couple, and family therapy, working primarily with families impacted by child welfare, mental health, substance use, family adversity, and trauma. Dr. Cooley’s research is greatly influenced by a background in both social work and family science and focuses on examining the relationships between child mental health, foster parenting, and shared parenting among birth families, foster families, and the child welfare system. Specifically, her research is focused on promoting and supporting well-being among families and children impacted by foster care and child welfare systems and enhancing training for foster caregivers, child welfare professionals, and allied service professionals.
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Saturday, October 26, 2024
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT