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PhD, Northeastern University Telephone: 617-287-7624 Email: Melissa.Pearrow@umb.edu |
Dr. Melissa Pearrow is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology and Senior Research Associate at the Center for Social Development and Education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She obtained her specialist degree at the University of Central Arkansas. After working as a school psychologist for ten years, she completed doctoral training at Northeastern University where she trained in hospital, community, and school-based settings.
Dr. Pearrow currently serves on the National Association of School Psychologists Strategic Planning Committee and the NASP Convention Committee and the State Department of Education’s Interdisciplinary Health and Human Services Committee. She is the past-President of the Massachusetts School Psychologists Association. In addition to her focus on youth empowerment programs, her academic work has focused on issues of urban education, prevention program implementation, and school-based mental health services.
Published Scholarship
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
Pearrow, M., & Pollack, S. (2009). Youth empowerment in oppressive systems: Opportunities for school consultants. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 19, 45-60.
Pearrow, M., & Cosgrove, L. (2009). The aftermath of combat-related PTSD: Toward an understanding of transgenerational trauma. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 30, 77-82.
Pearrow, M. (2008). A critical examination of an urban-based youth empowerment strategy: The Teen Empowerment program. Journal of Community Practice, 16, 509 - 525.
Cosgrove, L., Pearrow, M., & Anaya, M. (2008). Toward a new paradigm for psychiatric diagnoses and clinical research in sexology. Feminism and Psychology, 18, 457-465.
Pearrow, M., & Sanchez, W. (2008). Personal epistemology of elementary school teachers. Education and Urban Society, 40, 226-242.
Chapters in Books
Harvey, V., Pearrow, M., & Seaver, A. (in press). Fostering resiliency: A handout for teachers and parents. In A.S. Canter, L. Paige, & S. Shaw (Eds.), Helping Children at Home and School: Handouts from Your School Psychologists (3rd ed.). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.
Pearrow, M. (in press). School-community mental health centers. In C.S. Clauss-Ehlers (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Cross Cultural School Psychology. Berlin, Germany: Springer.
Pearrow, M. & Wheeley, P. (2007). School-based mental health services for children and adolescents. In W. Fisher (Ed.), Research in Community and Mental Health: Community Based Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents (vol.14) (pp. 33-51). England: Elsevier Sciences.
Taub, J. & Pearrow, M. (2005). Resilience through school wide violence prevention. In S. Goldstein & R. Brooks (Eds.), Handbook of Resilience in Children (pp. 357-371). Boston: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
Pearrow, M., Desai, S., Irwin, B., & McCabe, D. (2008). Empowering youth to facilitate change. Massachusetts School Psychologists Association Newsletter.
Pearrow, M. (2008). Cultural competence of an ethical school psychologist. Training module for The Ethical Practitioner online professional development series.
Macklem, G., & Pearrow, M. (2008). The school psychologists are coming! Communique, 37, 28-29.
Pearrow, M. (2008). Empowerment of individuals and families during national crisis and disaster: Sociopolitical considerations. The Family Psychologist: Bulletin of the Division of Family Psychology (43), 24, 42, 36-37.
Taub, J. & Pearrow, M. (2007). School functioning for children enrolled in community based wraparound services. In C. Newman, C.J. Liberton, K. Kutash & R. Friedman, (Eds.), The 19th Annual Research Conference Proceedings: A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base (pp. 323-326). Tampa: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.
Short, R., Kaufman, J., Desrochers, J., Fournier, C., Hazel, C., Hess, R., & Pearrow, M. (2006). Public health and school psychology: The Future of School Psychology Goal 5 working group. The School Psychologist, 60, 36.