Stephanie Holt
Associate Professor
Social Studies
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
Stephanie Holt graduated as a qualified social worker from the University of Ulster (Magee College, Derry) in 1991, remaining in the North of Ireland for a number of years working with children in care and in the aftercare system before returning to work in child protection and welfare in Dublin. After five years co-ordinating a family support service, Stephanie joined the School of Social Work & Social Policy in 2000 as a lecturer. Her primary research interests include children's experiences of domestic violence, child homicide and femicide. Her main teaching responsibilities include child welfare & research methods. In 2006 Stephanie was awarded a three year Health Research Board Research Fellowship to enable her to conduct research leading to the award of PhD. Her PhD was awarded in 2010. Stephanie returned to her lecturship in January 2010 and to Director of the Masters in Social Work Programme in July 2010.She was appointed as Director of Teaching and Learning, Postgraduate,and to the School Executive of the School of Social Work and Social Policy in July 2011.
Research Interest
My primary research interest in are located in the field of child welfare with a particular focus on aspects of domestic violence, including;the impact on exposure to domestic abuse on children; the impact of domestic abuse on fathering and mothering; post separation contact; & intimate partner homicide. I have also conducted research and evaluation on family support and social work practice.
Publications
-
Holt, S., A Matter of Life and Death: Intimate Partner Homicide in Ireland, Irish Journal of Family Law, 10, (4), 2007, p12 - 20
-
Holt, S., Buckley, H., Whelan, S., The impact of exposure to domestic violence on children and young people: A review of the literature, Child Abuse & Neglect, 32, 2008, p797 - 810,
-
Domestic Violence and Child Contact: Issues and Dilemmas for Child Protection and Welfare Practice in, editor(s)Kenneth Burns and Deborah Lynch , Child Protection and Welfare Social Work: Contemporary Themes and Practice Perspectives, Dublin, Ireland, A & A. Farmer, 2008, pp180 - 197
-
Holt, S., Dolan, P., Great Expectations: The Tension between what Service Users Need and Practitioners can Deliver, Administration, 58, (2), 2010, p99 - 123,
-
Outrageous Provocation: Media Reporting of Intimate Partner Homicide in Ireland in, editor(s)Perry Share & Mary P. Corcoran , Ireland of the Illusions: A sociological Chronicle 2007-2008, Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 2010, pp275 - 289,
-
Holt, Stephanie, Domestic Abuse & Child Contact: Positioning Children in the Decision-Making Process., Child Care in Practice, 17, (4), 2011
-
Holt, S, A Case of Laying Down the Law: Post-Separation Child Contact and Domestic Abuse, Irish Journal of Family Law, (4), 2011, p87 - 97,
-
Holt, S. & Kirwan, G., The Key to Successful Transitions for Young People Leaving Residential Child Care: The Role of the Keyworker, Child Care in Practice, 18, (4), 2012, p371 - 392,
-
Holt, S., Post-separation fathering and domestic abuse: challenges and contradictions, Child Abuse Review, 24, (3), 2015, p210 - 222
-
Holt, S. & Kirwan, G., Groupwork for Women and Children Experiencing Domestic Violence, Groupwork, International Groupwork Conference, Boston, June 2013, edited by McLoughlin, D. & Gianino, M. , Whiting & Birch, 2015,
