National Catholic School of Social Service

 

Laura G. Daughtery, Ph.D
Assistant Professor

 

   

 

Phone:  202 319 5782

Email:  Daughtery@cua.edu

 

Education:

Ph.D., Social Work, National Catholic School of Social Service, The Catholic University of America

M.S.W., Social Work, Howard University

B.A, English Literature, Morgan State University summa cum laude

 

Biographical Information:

Dr. Daughtery has ten years of practice experience as a licensed clinical social worker providing direct services to for mothers and their children recovering from substance abuse in residential treatment in Washington, D.C., and adolescents in foster care, teen mothers, and reunification of families and children in foster care in Maryland.  Daughtery who is also an adjunct professor at the Howard University School of Social Work, joined the faculty in September 2005 after completing dissertation research on African American female adolescents in foster care in January 2005.

Formal social work practice is actually a second career for Daughtery. Her lifelong interest in social change and social justice led initially to the field of journalism where she worked for two decades --- first as a reporter for The Baltimore Sunday Sun and then as a broadcast news producer for local television stations in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. and a national cable network. As a member of a national media organization, she taught short courses in broadcast journalism at North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina for nearly a decade. 

Dr. Daughtery was born in 1954, the year the Supreme Court issued Brown v. Board of Education. She believes there is a relationship between being born that year, being the first member of her family to complete college, her academic journey, and her current pursuits. 

 

Courses taught at NCSSS:

Introduction to Social Work 101

Generalist Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families and Groups

 

Research interests:  Public Child Welfare, African American Adolescents, Mental Health, Child Development

Honors:

The William Benton Fellowship in Broadcast Journalism at The University of Chicago, 1993-1994

Professional interests:

Member: NASW

NASW-MD

 

Licensure/certifications

LCSW-C by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners

LICSW by the Board of Social Work Examiners of the District of Columbia

Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work by the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work