Faculty Profile for Dr. Amy Malorie Alberton

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Dr. Amy Malorie Alberton
Assistant Professor — School of Social Work
ENC ENC153
phone: (512) 245-2593
Scholarly/Creative Work
Grants
Service

Biography Section

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

 Dr. Alberton has experience teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the USA and Canada related to policy, leadership, social welfare, direct and indirect social work practice, research, and statistics.

Research Interests

 Dr. Alberton’s research agenda is focused on the pursuit of social justice through anti-oppressive practices, programs, and policies. Particularly, the foundation of her area of interest is the elimination of structural violence, including colonialism, or systemic barriers as they relate to contacts with the criminal legal system.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Alberton, A. M., Gorey, K. M., & Williams, N. G. (2023). 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, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313204.2023.2211785
  • 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. https://doi.org/10.1177/21533687231202049
  • Lee, K. H., Alberton, A. M., Roh, S., & Jun, J. S. (n.d.). Important factors influencing prostate cancer screening among Indigenous American Men. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work.
  • Shamrova, D. P., & Alberton, A. M. (2024). What Works and What Does Not in the GNE and FAN Programs: A Qualitative Evaluation Report of the Neighboring Interventions.

Selected Grants

  • 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), Gorey, Kevin M. (Supporting). 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), Mohanty, Jayashree (Principal), Barrett, Betty (Co-Principal), John-Langba, Johannes (Co-Principal), Chokkanathan, Srinivasan (Co-Principal), Hertzog, Jodie (Supporting), Khalema, Ernest (Supporting). 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.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Tenure Track Faculty Committee
September 2024-Present
Member
Reaffirmation Committee
September 2024-Present
Member
MSW Committee
August 2023-Present
Editorial Review Board Member
Critical Social Work: An Interdisciplinary Journal Dedicated to Social Justice
July 2023-Present
Reviewer / Referee
American Journal of Qualitative Research
September 24, 2024