Dr. Lisa Schelbe serves as the interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and an Associate Professor at Florida State University, College of Social Work. She is a faculty affiliate at the Florida Institute for Child Welfare and co-Editor-in-Chief of the Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. Her primary research interest focuses broadly on child welfare, child maltreatment prevention, and child well-being. Specifically, her research examines the experiences of young people “aging out” of foster care. She is interested in research dissemination and the formation of research-policy-practice partnerships.

Dr. Schelbe is a qualitative methodologist with experience working on interdisciplinary teams. She has an extensive publication record including more than 50 referred journal articles. She is co-author of The Handbook on Child Welfare Practice and Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment. Her most recent book, Some Type of Way, is an ethnography that follows five young people aging out of foster care.