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VITHYA MURUGAN SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY

3550 LINDELL BOULEVARD SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63103

EMAIL: MURUGAN.VITHYA@GMAIL.COM PHONE: (732) 239-6695

EDUCATION

2017 Ph.D. Washington University in St. Louis George Warren Brown School of Social Work Dissertation: IPV among South Asian Women: Prevalence and Help- Seeking Behaviors 2010 MSW Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Social Work Concentration: Violence against Women and Children 2009 BA Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Double Majored in Social work and Journalism Minored in Psychology

ACADEMIC POSITION 08/2017-Present Assistant Professor Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri School of Social Work

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Interests: Violence against minority women, including immigrants and refugees; Gender Empowerment; Cross-Cultural Research; Community-Based Research 2015-2017 Research Assistant Principal Investigator: Carrie Pettus-Davis, PhD

Project Title: Support 4 Families Funded by: Lutheran Foundation • Supported the fidelity testing of an intervention study; collected pre

and post quantitative and qualitative intervention data; managed data

2015-2017 Research Assistant Principal Investigator: Molly Metzger, PhD

Project Title: Housing Choice Voucher Study Funded by: St. Louis Housing Authority • Analyzed qualitative data; Co-authored manuscripts

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2015-2017 Research Assistant Principal Investigator: Enola Proctor, PhD

Project Title: St. Louis Mental Health Board Needs Assessment Funded by: St. Louis Mental Health Board • Co-created qualitative interview guide; collected and analyzed

qualitative data; collected and analyzed secondary quantitative data; co-authored a report presented to the Mental Health Board

2014-2017 Consultant Principal Investigator: Kahru Sumino, MD, MPH Project Title: Preferences and Effectiveness of Symptom-Based Adjustment of Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy in African American Children

Funded by: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute • Co-created qualitative focus group guide; co-facilitated qualitative

focus groups; conducted qualitative data analysis; co-authored manuscript

2014-2017 Research Assistant Principal Investigator: Carrie Pettus-Davis, PhD Project Title: Social Support Intervention for Former Prisoners

• Conducted qualitative analysis; co-authored manuscript 2012-2017 Research Assistant Principal Investigator: Shanta Pandey, PhD

• Co-authored manuscripts utilizing data from the Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) from India and Nepal

2013 Visiting Research Scholar Principal Investigator: Lakshmi Lingam, PhD Project Title: Evaluating the Status of Girl Children in Andhra Pradesh, India

• Co-developed qualitative interview guide; collected qualitative data; collected and analyzed secondary quantitative data from the United Nations Children’s Fund-India; authored report submitted to Dean of Tata Institute of Social Science Hyderabad

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed

1. Murugan, V., & Pandey, S. (Under Review) Predictors of female sterilization in Bihar.

2. Dy, C.J., Makhni, E.C., Lewis, E.M., Murugan, V., Bozic, K.J., Macaulay, W. (Under Review). How has the Affordable Care Act affected the practicing orthopaedic surgeon?

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3. Lewis, E., Murugan, V., Gehlert, S., Taylor, J., Garbutt, J., Bacharier, L. B., ... & Dy, T. (2016). Caregiver perspectives on symptom-based inhaled corticosteroid therapy in asthma. In A36. Clinical Problems in Asthma and Allergy (pp. A1387-A1387). American Thoracic Society.

4. Pandey, S., Murugan, V., Karki, Y. B., & Mathur, A. (2017). In-home Smoking in Households with Women of Reproductive Age in Nepal: Does Women's Empowerment Matter? Health & Social Work, 42(1), 32-40.

5. Bender, A., Metzger, M., Murugan, V., & Ravindranath, D. (2016). Housing Choices as School Choices: Subsidized Renters’ Agency in an Uncertain Policy Context. City & Community, 15(4), 444-467.

6. Atteraya, M. S., Murugan, V., & Pandey, S. (2017). Intersection of caste/ethnic affiliation and poverty among married women in intimate partner violence: the case of Nepal. Global social welfare, 4(2), 81-90.

7. Pandey, S., Karki, Y. B., Murugan, V., & Mathur, A. (2016). Mothers’ risk for experiencing neonatal and under-five child deaths in Nepal: The role of empowerment. Global Social Welfare, 1-11.

8. Pettus-Davis, C., Howard, M. O., Murugan, V., Roberts-Lewis, A., Scheyett, A. M., Botnick, C., & Vance, M. (2015). Acceptability of a social support intervention for re-entering prisoners. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 6(1), 51-89.

9. Windsor, L. C., & Murugan, V. (2012). From the individual to the community: Perspectives about substance abuse services. Journal of social work practice in the addictions, 12(4), 412-433

Non-Refereed

1. Community Mental Health Needs Assessment (2015). Washington University in St. Louis.

2. Powell, K.G., Murugan, V., & Peterson, N.A. (2012) Strategic Prevention Enhancement (SPE) Report on Potential Environmental Strategies: Recommendations to PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System). Technical report submitted to the Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology NJ Department of Health and Human Services, Trenton, NJ.

3. Murugan, V., Powell, K.G., Morton, C.M. & Peterson, N.A. (2012). Performance Assessment on the Evaluation of the New Jersey State Prevention Framework. Technical report submitted to New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Addiction Services, Trenton, NJ.

PRESENTATIONS Refereed

1. Murugan, V., Bender, A., & Metzger, M. (2017). Housing processes and preferences: subsided renters’ experiences in an uncertain policy context. Society for Social Work and Research. New Orleans, LA.

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2. Murugan, V. (2016). Predictors of help-seeking among women experiencing IPV in India. South Asian Womanhood and Girlhood Conference. Chicago, IL.

3. Pandey, S., Karki, Y., Murugan, V., & Mathur, A. (2016). Did the community based newborn care program reduce neonatal and under-five child mortality in Nepal? Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.

4. Murugan, V. (2015). The prevalence and correlates of spousal sexual violence among women in India. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Phoenix, AZ.

5. Murugan, V. & Kumar, P (2015). Help-seeking behaviors among women experiencing IPV in Bihar. Society for Social Work Research, New Orleans, LA.

6. Murugan, V. & Pandey, S (2014) predictors of female sterilization in Bihar. Washington University St. Louis Graduate Student Symposium, St. Louis, MO.

7. Pettus-Davis, C., Williams, E., Grier, A., & Murugan, V (2014) Supporting prisoners after release: Strategies families use to prevent re-incarceration. Society for Social Work and Research, San Antonio, TX.

8. Murugan, V. & Pandey, S (2014) Predictors of female sterilization in Bihar. Society for Social Work and Research, San Antonio, TX.

9. Windsor, L. & Murugan, V. (2010) Community Wise: Using concept mapping in community based participatory research. National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse, New Orleans, LA.

10. Murugan, Windsor, Dunlap, & Benoit (2010, June). Predicting and explaining multiple and simultaneous intimate relationships among African Americans in distressed households in New York City. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Scottsdale, AZ.

Non-refereed

11. Murugan, V. (2013). Intimate Partner Violence among South Asian American Women. International Women’s Issues Symposium, St. Louis, MO.

12. Murugan, V. (2010). The Outsider Looking In: Ethical Dilemmas in Understanding Oppression within international, cross-cultural contexts. Verizon Wireless Scholars Colloquium, New Brunswick, NJ.

HONORS AND AWARDS 2015 NIDA Women and Sex/Gender Differences Travel Award 2013-2016 CSWE Minority Fellowship Award 2012 New Leader’s Council Fellowship 2010 Dean’s Achievement Award for Overall Outstanding MSW Student 2010 Primm-Singleton Travel Award

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2010 National Hispanic Science Network Travel Award 2009-2010 Verizon Wireless Hopeline Scholarship

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Spring 2017 Instructor University of Missouri St. Louis Course: Research Design in Social Work Fall 2016 Instructor Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Course: Methods of Social Work Research II (online) Fall 2016 Teaching Assistant Washington University in St. Louis Course: Social Work Practice with individuals, Families, and Groups Summer 2016 Teaching Assistant/SPSS Lab Instructor Washington University in St. Louis Course: Introduction to Statistics Fall 2015 Teaching Assistant Washington University in St. Louis Course: Social Work Practice with individuals, Families, and Groups Spring 2015 Teaching Assistant/Excel Lab Instructor Washington University in St. Louis Course: Social Policy Analysis and Evaluation Fall 2014 Teaching Assistant/SAS Lab Instructor Washington University in St. Louis Course: Foundations of Data Analysis (Doctoral-Level) Spring 2014 Teaching Assistant/SAS Lab Instructor Washington University in St. Louis Course: MSW Research Seminar II Fall 2013 Teaching Assistant/SAS Lab Instructor Washington University in St. Louis Course: MSW Research Seminar I Spring 2013 Teaching Assistant Washington University in St. Louis Course: Core Concepts in Trauma Treatment for Children and Adolescents

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PROFESSIONAL/CLINICAL EXPERIENCE 2010-2012 Prevention Coordinator SAFE in Hunterdon

Flemington, New Jersey • Developed and facilitated trainings for Domestic Violence Response

Team and Sexual Assault Response Team volunteers and medical professionals; assisted in the implementation and evaluation of the Green Dot violence prevention program; designed and developed domestic violence and sexual assault awareness material disseminated throughout Hunterdon County

2009-2010 Co-Facilitator Dorothy B. Hersh Child Protection Center, New Brunswick New Jersey

• Co-facilitated a therapy group for sexually abused girls; provided crisis counseling to abused children and their families; conducted child abuse assessments; provided referrals to community resources; assessed sexual and physical abuse cases for the county prosecutor’s office

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2017 Reviewer Affilia 2016 Guest Speaker for Doctoral Professional Development Seminar Washington University in St. Louis 2015-2017 Academic Advisor to MSW students Washington University in St. Louis 2012-2013 Graduate Student Representative Washington University in St. Louis 2013 Abstract Reviewer National Hispanic Science Network 2010 Reviewer International Social Work Journal

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS • National Association of Social Workers (2016-present) • Society for Social Work Research (2013-present) • Council on Social Work Education (2013-present) • Washington University in St. Louis Center on Violence and Injury Prevention (2012-

present)

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• National Hispanic Science Network (2010-2013)