Faculty Profiles
Nikki Wooten
Assistant Professor
Clinical Practice
Phone: 617-353-4116
nwooten@bu.edu
Education
BS (administration of justice, women's studies) University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
MSW (social work), Howard University
PhD (social work), University of Maryland
Courses Taught
Scholarly and Practice Interests
Risk and protective factors related to military service and deployments; deployment resilience; post-deployment mental health; deployment resilience; gender differences and posttraumatic stress; posttraumatic stress disorder and mental health comorbidities; trauma and victimization over the life course; family violence; child sexual abuse; child and group therapy.
Selected Publications
Wooten, N. R., Fakunmoju, S. B., Kim, H. J., & LeFevre, A. L. A. (in press). Factor structure of the Job-Related Tension Index among social workers. Research on Social Work Practice.
Selected Presentations
Wooten, N. R. (2009). Deployment stressors and posttraumatic stress symptoms among ARNG women: The mediating effect of resilience. Presentation at the 12th Annual Force Health Protection Conference. Albuquerque, NM. 19 August 2009. Videotaped for the DoD/VHA Shared Training Partnership Initiative for on-demand computer-based training for DoD and VHA employees.
Wooten, N. R. (2009). Social work practice with military populations: Research, outreach, advocacy, and intervention. Invited presentation for the Social Work Department, Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore campus. 8 April 2009.
Wooten, N. R. (2008). Deployment risk and resilience: A conceptual model. Poster presentation at the 54th Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education. Philadelphia, PA. 30 October – 2 November 2008.
Wooten, N. R. (2008). Deployment risk among women veterans: Traumatic experiences and mental health outcomes. Presentation at the 24th Annual Conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Chicago, IL. 13-15 November 2008.
Consulting and Professional Activities
Abstract Reviewer, Disaster and Traumatic Stress Track, 55th Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education
Awards and Honors
Department of Veterans Affairs Social Work Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore Campus; 2008-2009
Council on Social Work Education Minority Fellowship, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Fellowship Program,sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA); 2007-2009
Research Fellow, Consortium Research Fellows Program, U. S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI); 2006-2009
Letter of Appreciation from Staff Judge Advocate, U. S. Army, 1st Infantry Division (Germany) for forensic case consultation and expert testimony for military courts-martials; 2003
Letter of Appreciation from Rear Admiral D. C. Arthur, Commander, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, for child maltreatment services to Department of Defense dependents; 2003
Certificate of Appreciation from Department of Social Work, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC for 6-part lecture series, “Social Work Issues in the Response to Child Physical and Sexual Abuse” Fall 2003
Licensing and Certification
Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C), Maryland
