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Jeffrey L. Edleson, PhD

Bio

Jeffrey L. Edleson, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School and Harry & Riva Specht Chair Emeritus in Publicly Supported Social Services in the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. He served as Dean of Berkeley Social Welfare from August 1, 2012, to September 1, 2019. He is also Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work and was the founding director of the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse. Edleson is one of the world’s leading authorities on children exposed to domestic violence and has published over 130 articles and 12 books on domestic violence, group work, and program evaluation.

Education

PhD, 1979, University of Wisconsin-Madison


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