Howard University Scholar Honored for Her Research on Intimate Partner Violence

Tricia Bent-Goodley, chair of the Community, Administration, and Policy Practice Sequence at the Howard University School of Social Work, received an award for Distinguished Recent Contributions in Social Work from the Council on Social Work Education. Dr. Bent-Goodley was honored for her book, The Ultimate Betrayal: A Renewed Look at Intimate Partner Violence (NASW Press, 2011). She is the third African American to win the award.

Dr. Bent-Goodley holds a master of social work degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in social policy, planning, and analysis from Columbia University.