viola vaughan-eden, PhD, mj, msw - Immediate past president

Viola Vaughan-Eden, PhD, MJ, MSW, is Associate Professor and PhD Program Director with The Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work at Norfolk State University in Southeastern Virginia. As a clinical and forensic social worker, Dr. Vaughan-Eden serves as a consultant and expert witness in child maltreatment cases – principally sexual abuse. She lectures nationally and internationally on child and family welfare to multidisciplinary groups of professionals. Dr. Vaughan-Eden is President Emerita of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), President of the National Organization of Forensic Social Work (NOFSW), and on the board of directors of Darkness to Light-End Child Sexual Abuse. She also serves as Editorial Advisor for the Journal of Social Work Education and on the editorial board of numerous other national research journals. Dr. Vaughan-Eden is the recipient of several honors including the 2012 NASW-Virginia Chapter Lifetime Achievement Award. See www.violavaughaneden.com