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Dr. Amy Malorie Alberton

  • Assistant Professor - School of Social Work

Biography and education

Dr. Amy Alberton was thrilled to join Texas State University’s School of Social Work as an Assistant Professor in 2023. She received her undergraduate degree in Criminology (with a minor in political science) in 2010, her MSW in 2016, and her PhD in Social Work in 2021, all from the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Her clinical experience has been in the areas of mental health and addictions in both private and non-profit practice settings. Notably, Dr. Alberton served as the principal writer and researcher for the First Nations Youth Suicide Prevention Curriculum, which was funded by Indigenous Services Canada.

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Alberton, Amy Malorie. Relative Risk of Homicide for Indigenous Peoples in Oklahoma, Texas State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $8000. (Submitted: October 5, 2023, Funded: January 1, 2024 - Present). Grant.
  • Alberton, Amy Malorie (Principal), Percent Contribution: %95, Gorey, Kevin M. (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %5. Intersecting effects of ethnicity, gender, structural violence, child welfare involvement, childhood victimization, and neighbourhood income on arrest among Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous White people in Canada, Canadian Research Data Centre Network and Justice Canada, Federal, $13000. (Funded: September 15, 2023 - September 15, 2025). Grant.
  • Alberton, Amy Malorie (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %15, Mohanty, Jayashree (Principal), Percent Contribution: %20, Barrett, Betty (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %15, John-Langba, Johannes (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %15, Chokkanathan, Srinivasan (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %15, Hertzog, Jodie (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %10, Khalema, Ernest (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %10. Community-based responses to gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic: What works?, New Frontiers in Research Fund, Federal, $320000. (Funded: February 1, 2023 - May 31, 2024). Grant.
  • Shamrova, Daria P (Principal), Alberton, Amy Malorie (Co-Principal). Scaling Up the 8 Doors Experiment: Evaluation of the Neighboring Intervention Effects on Children and Youth Mental Health, Poverty, Participation and Well-Being, United Methodist Health Fund/Lilly Endowment, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $104332. (Funded: January 2021 - December 2025). Grant.
  • Alberton, Amy Malorie. Relative risks of Indigenous Peoples being reported missing and murdered across the USA: Rapid review and meta-analysis, Wichita State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $4458. (Funded: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022). Grant.
  • Alberton, A. M., Gorey, K. M., & Williams, N. G. (2025). Individual and community predictors of arrests in Canada: Evidence of over-policing of Indigenous Peoples and Communities. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 34(1), 5–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313204.2023.2211785
  • Alberton, A. M., McMurphy, S., Angell, G. B., McCue, H., & Grenier, S. (2025). The contributions of knowledge and trust involving the use of child car seats among Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Traffic Injury Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2025.2471552
  • Shamrova, D. P., Tolchinsky, J., Boppre, B., Alberton, A. M., & Williams, J. R. (n.d.). The Perspectives of Black Youth on Risk and Protective Factors for Peer Involvement in the Juvenile Legal System. Child and Adolescent Social Work.
  • Angell, G. B., McMurphy, S., Alberton, A. M., & Grenier, S. (2023). Factors associated with booster seat use among Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Traffic Injury Prevention, 24(8), 700–706. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2023.2245514
  • Alberton, A. M., Hawks, G. K., Williams, N. G., & Gorey, K. M. (2023). Indigenous Peoples’ relative risk of homicide in the USA: A systematic and meta-analytic review. Race and Justice, 15(3), 510–537. https://doi.org/10.1177/21533687231202049
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    PhD/Doctoral Committee (Writing)

  2. Other

    School Curriculum Committee

  3. Member

    Tenure Track Faculty Committee

  4. Member

    Reaffirmation Committee

  5. Member

    MSW Committee

  6. Editorial Review Board Member

    Critical Social Work: An Interdisciplinary Journal Dedicated to Social Justice

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