Scott Ryan

Associate Dean, Associate Professor
Director, Institute for Social Work Research
sryan@mailer.fsu.edu

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Education

Ph.D. 2001, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Social Work
M.B.A. 1995, Howard University, Washington, D.C.; Business
M.S.W. 1992, Columbia University, New York, New York; Social Work

Research Interests

Child Welfare (adoptions)
Developmentally-sensitive interventions with children and families.

Courses Taught

Undergraduate

Social Work Practice
Statistics
Introduction to Social Work Research

Graduate

Field Education
Introduction to Social Work Research
Social Work with Children and Adolescents

Doctoral

Research Issues in Direct Practice

Select Publications

Ryan, S. (2000). Examining social workers’ placement recommendations of children with gay and lesbian adoptive parents. Families in Society, 81(5), 517-528.

Cash, S., Ryan, S., & Glover, A. (2002). Changing tides and changing focus: Mapping the challenges and successes of one State’s implementation of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997. Family Preservation, 6(2), 15-39.

Groza, V., & Ryan, S. (2002). Pre-adoption stress and its association with child behavior in domestic special needs and international adoptions. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 27, 181-197.

Ryan, S., & Groza, V. (2003). Romanian adoptions: A cross-national comparison. International Social Work, 47(1), 53-79.

Ryan, S., & Nalavany, B. (2003). Adopted children: Who do they turn to for help and why? Adoption Quarterly, 7(2), 29-52.

Howard, J., Smith, S., & Ryan, S. (2004). A comparative study of child welfare adoptions with other types of adopted and birth children. Adoption Quarterly, 7(3), 1-30.

Ryan, S., & Cash, S. (2004). Adoptive families headed by gay or lesbian parents: A threat…or hidden resource? Journal of Law and Public Policy, 15(3), 443-466.

Ryan, S., Pearlmutter, S., & Groza, V. (2004). Coming out of the closet: Opening agencies to gay men and lesbian adoptive parents. Social Work, 49(1), 85-96.

Ryan, S., Bedard, L., & Gertz, M. (In Press). The influence of gender on the placement of children with gay or lesbian adoptive parents. Journal of GLBT Family Studies.

Smith, S., Garnier, P., & Howard, J., & Ryan, S. (In Press). Adoption Disruption Before and After ASFA: Are children at greater risk? Adoption Quarterly.

Grants

Florida Department of Children and Families (subcontract via Florida Atlantic University School of Social Work)
$384,694 Grant (awarded January 2006)
Principal Investigator
Title IV-E Child Welfare Education Program (5 years)

W.K. Kellogg Foundation
$75,000 Grant (awarded May 2005)
Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Jeanne Howard & Hollee McGinnis,
MSSW) Transcultural Adoption & Identity: Adult Adoptee Experiences and
the Formulation of Multicultural Families & Communities

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoptions
$165,000 Grant (awarded February 2002)
Principal Investigator
Florida's Adoptive Families: A Longitudinal Look at Family Development (4
years)

Florida Department of Children and Families
$24,896 Grant (awarded December 2001)
Principal Investigator
Playing for Keeps: Utilizing Filial Family Play Therapy with Post-Adoptive
Families

Florida Department of Children and Families
$95,525 Grant (awarded March 2001)
Principal Investigator
Mapping the Path to Post-Adoption Service Utilization: Examining the
Facilitators and Barriers

Florida Department of Children and Families
$19,005 Grant (awarded March 2001)
Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Scottye Cash)
Adoption and Safe Families Act Focus Group/Concept Mapping Project

Florida State University First Year Assistant Professor Research Award
$10,000 Grant (awarded January 2001)
Principal Investigator
Special Needs Adoption: The Impact of Early Childhood Trauma

Florida Department of Children and Families
$128,500 Grant (awarded November 2000)
Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Mary Kay Falconer and Dr. Scottye
Cash) Evaluate the Sarasota/Manatee YMCA Community-Based Foster
Care Initiative