Astraea Augsberger

WP 707 Social Welfare Policy and Programs on Children
CP 759 Introduction to Clinical Practice with Individuals, Families, and Groups
CP 770 Clinical Practice with Individuals
SR 906 Qualitative Research Methods

(Underlined denotes community partner co-author; * denotes graduate student co-author, ** denotes undergraduate student co-author)

Augsberger, A., Collins, M., & Howard, R. (2024). The global context of youth engagement: A scoping review of municipal youth councils. Children and Youth Services Review. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107349

Augsberger, A., Carroll, M., Howard, R., Ng, G., Maldonado-Reis, T., Amador, A., Morabito, M.S., & Green, J. G. (2023). Youth Mental Health Crisis Response: A Mixed Methods Study to Map Resources and Identify Facilitators and Barriers to Service Access. School Mental Health.

Augsberger, A., Young, A., Toraif, N., Morris, M., Gergen Barnett, K. (2023). Youth engagement to achieve health equity: Are health care organizations and leaders prepared? American Journal of Community Psychology. DOI:10.1002/ajcp.12656

Collins, M. E., Augsberger, A., & Levine, B. (2023). Opportunity Youth in Urban Areas: Can Youth Councils Enhance Connection to School and Work? Journal of Applied Youth Studies. DOI:10.1007/s43151-023-00107-w

Collins, M.E., Augsberger, A. & Howard, R., (2023). Post-Secondary Vocational Education for Youth Leaving Care: Examining A Potential Pathway to Successful Outcomes. British Educational Research Journal. http://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3933

Zeitlin, W., & Augsberger, A. (2023). Mothers in the community: The relationship between parental intellectual functioning and child welfare involvement. Family Trauma, Custody and Child Development. doi: 10.1080/26904586.2023.2259382

Bettis, A. H., Vaughn-Coaxum, R. A., Lawrence, R., Hamilton, J. L., Fox, K. R., Augsberger, A., & The REACH Youth Advisory Board (2023). Editorial: Key Challenges and Potential Strategies for Engaging Youth with Lived Experience in Clinical Science. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Augsberger, A., *Toraif, N., *Young, A., *Dimitri, N., Garcia, S., Idahor, O., Pierre, J., Lee, C., Jusme, C. & Gergen Barnett, K. (2022). COVID-19 shines a light on health inequities in communities of color in the greater Boston area: A youth-driven photovoice inquiry. Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22866

Augsberger, A., Collins, M., & **Levine, B. (2022). Family engagement in child welfare system-level change: A review of current models. Families in Society: Journal of Contemporary Social Services. https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894211067855 (Awarded FIS 2022 Best Quantitative Article).

Augsberger, A. Carroll, M., Howard, R., Ng, G., Maldonado-Reis, T., Amador, A., Morabito, M.S., & Green, J. (2024). Youth Mental Health Crisis Response: A Mixed Methods Study to Map Resources and Identify Facilitators and Barriers to Service Access. Oral presentation, 28th Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Augsberger, A. Collins, M. & Levine, B (2024). The promise of municipal youth councils: Exploration of mission, structure and the need for outcome data. Poster presentation, 28th Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Augsberger, A., Martone-Levine, K., Zeitlin, W.,Doyle, S., Levine, B., & Tuchman, S. (2024). Family engagement in early intervention services: Exploration of family experiences and outcomes. Poster presentation, 28th Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Augsberger, A., Zeitlin, W., Marton-Levine, K., Doyle, S., Levine, B., & Tuchman, S. (2023). Engaging family stories in analysis and perceived impact of early intervention services. Poster presentation, American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Augsberger, A., Collins., & Howard., R. (2023). The global context of youth engagement: A scoping review of youth councils in municipal government. Oral presentation, 27th Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Zeiltin, W., Mertens, M., Augsberger, A., & Mason, S. (2023). Parenting at the intersection of disability and race: Prevalence and child welfare involvement. Oral presentation, 27th Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Morris, M., Augsberger, A., & Gergen Barnett, K., (2023). Youth advisory boards in healthcare settings: Perspectives from adults. Poster presentation, 27th Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Collins, M.E., Augsberger, A., & Levine, B. (2023). Opportunity youth in urban areas: Can youth councils enhance connection to school and work? Urban Affairs Association Conference. Nashville, TN.

Augsberger, A. (2022). Overview on the importance of youth engagement in research: benefits and barriers. Youth Suicide Research Consortium, Third National Conference, Broadcast virtually.

Augsberger, A., Collins, M., & **Levine, B. (2022). Engaging family voice in child welfare program and policy change: Understanding current practice. Poster presentation, 26th Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Washington D.C.

Augsberger, A., *Toraif, N., *Young, A., **Murillo, H., & Gergen Barnett, K. (2022). Youth advisory boards in healthcare settings: An ethnographic study of youth participation in an accountable care organization. Poster presentation, 26th Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference, Washington D.C.

2023-2025 Co-Principal Investigator. Youth-Driven Social Capital Project. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. $1,192,076 (PI: Zaff).

2023-2024 Director. Community Engagement Core. The Boston University Clinical & Translational Science Institute (BU CTSI). National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, (1UL1TR001430.) $38,300,000.

2023-2024 Co-Investigator (Qualitative Expert). Can a youth civic leadership, engagement, and mindfulness program reduce structural racism and support functioning and well-being for youth of color? National Institutes of Health. 1UG3AT012530-01. $852,878 (PI: Green).

2023-2024 Principal Investigator, Boston University Subcontract. Understanding the Effects of a Family Preservation Program for Parents with Intellectual Disability. National Institute of Health (R03HD110761). $87,549. (PI: Zeitlin/Montclair University).

2022-2023. Principal Investigator. Examination of Family Leadership and Support Programs.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition, Office of Family Initiatives. $29,016.

2022-2023. Co-Principal Investigator. Understanding the Experiences of Post-Secondary Vocational Education among System-Involved Youth. Boston University School of Social Work, Deans Grant. $10,000. (PI: Collins).

2021-2022. Co-Principal Investigator. Youth Emergency Mental Health Response in Boston. Boston University Initiative on Cities, Pilot Grant. (PI Green). $10,000.

2020-2021. Principal Investigator. A Data Driven Youth Led Health Promotion Strategy for a Safety Net Accountable Care Organization. National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through Boston University-Clinical & Transitional Science Institute, (1UL1TR001430.) (Co-PI Gergen Barnett). $50,000.

2019-2020. Principal Investigator. Social Mobility and Research Training (SMART): A workforce development and youth participatory action research program for youth with lived experiences of homelessness. Liberty Mutual Foundation. $75,000.

2019-2020. Principal Investigator. County Child Welfare and University Collaboration:
Building Evidence for a Preventive Parenting Intervention for Clients with
Intellectual Disabilities. Boston University Center for Innovation in Social Work
and Health. $15,000.

2018. Co-Principal Investigator. My Summer in the City, Youth Led Evaluation. Boston University School of Social Work, Boston MA. The Boston Foundation and MassHousing. (PI Sprague Martinez). $44,148

2022-present. Board of Directors, Executive Committee Secretary. Youth MOVE National.

2021-present. Advisory Board Member. Comprehensive Behavioral Health Model (CBHM) Research Team. Boston Public Schools Behavioral Health Department.

2019-present. Co-Convener & Advisory Board Member. Coalition on Boston’s Youth Mental Health and Crisis Response. BU Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, BU Wheelock School of Education, and Boston Medical Center Department of Psychiatry.

2019-present. Faculty Affiliate. BU Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health.

2015-present. Faculty Affiliate. Boston University Initiative on Cities.

2018-present. Advisory Board Member. Youth MOVE National. Best Practices Committee; Research & Evaluation Subcommittee.

2019-2020. Expert Advisor. Trauma Pamphlet Project. Family Resources Center, Boston, MA.

2018-2019. Advisory Board Member. Community-based Culture of Health Accelerator (CoHA), Boston Medical Center, Family Medicine Department, Boston, MA

2018. Expert Advisor. Youth Engagement in Federally Funded Projects, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

2024 - Society for Social Work and Research Fellow

American Journal of Community Psychology, Top Cited Article (Years: 2020-2021 & 2021-2022), “Participatory research approaches with youth: Ethics, engagement, and meaningful action.”

Families in Society: Contemporary Journal of Social Services, Best Quantitative Article 2022. “Family engagement in child welfare system level change: A review of current models.”