Marquisha Lawrence Scott

Assistant Professor

marquisha.scott@du.edu

303-871-4765 (Office)

http://www.marquishalawrencescott.com

Personal

Craig Hall, 2148 South High St. Denver, CO 80208

What I do

I research and collaborate with religious congregations and community-based organization to solve social problems.

Professional Biography

Assistant Professor Marquisha Lawrence Scott centers her research, teaching and community engagement on ensuring that community and nonprofit organizations, especially religious congregations, are equipped to serve their identified communities (e.g. youth, marginalized communities). With a background in macro social work, community organizing and understanding religious congregations as organizations of faith and service, her work centers congregations as solvers of social problems.

Degree(s)

Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Pennsylvania, 2019
MDiv, Eden Theological Seminary, 2016
MSW, MSW, Washington University in St. Louis, 2016

Professional Affiliations

Society for Social Work Research (SSWR)
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
Other
Other

Featured Publications

Park, I. Y., & Scott, M. (2022). Understanding the ethnic self: A qualitative study of 1.5 generation Korean American adult immigrants. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, 9(2). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/1006

Heist, H. D., Scott, M. L., Cnaan, R. A., Moodithaya, M. S., & Bennett, M. R. (2022). The philanthropic poor: Prosocial behavior in rural India. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 51(6), 1349-1376. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640211060087

Cnaan, R. A., Scott, M. L., Heist, H. D., & Moodithaya, M. S. (2021). Financial inclusion in the digital banking age: Lessons from rural India. Journal of Social Policy, 1-22. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279421000738

Scott, M. L., & Cnaan, R. A. (2020). Youth and religion in an age of global citizenship identification: An 18-country study of youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 110, 104754. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104754

Cnaan, R., & Scott, M. (2021). Personality, prosperity, priority, productivity, and piety: Selecting congregational valued lay leaders. Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, 43(4), 382-405. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.37808/jhhsa.43.4.4

Lindsey, M. A., Banks, A., Cota, C. F., Scott, M. L., & Joe, S. (2018). A review of treatments for young black males experiencing depression. Research on Social Work Practice. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731517703747

Butler-Barnes, S. T., Martin, P. P., Hope, E. C., Copeland-Linder, N., & Scott, M. (2018). Religiosity and coping: Racial stigma and psychological well-being among African American girls. Journal of Religion and Health, 57, 1980-1995. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0644-9

Scott, M., & Cnaan, R. A. (2017). Religious congregations and poverty alleviation in the age of new public governance. Nonprofit Policy Forum, 8(4), 391-410. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1515/npf-2017-0013

Banks, A., Fields, L., O'Dwyer, C., Scott, M., & Joe, S. (2018). Treating mental illness among diabetic black male adolescents: A review. Research on Social Work Practice. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731517702746

Joe, S., Scott, M., & Banks, A. (2018). What works for adolescent black males at risk of suicide: A review. Research on Social Work Practice. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731517702745

Presentations

Scott, M. L. (2021). Preparing to Flourish in a Global Society. Children's Defense Fund: Program Strategy Task Force. Children's Defense Fund.

Scott, M. L. (2020). Social Work and Globalization: Preparing Youth for a Global Workforce. The 2020 to 2030 Social Work Global Agenda: Co-Building Social Transformation. Presented virtually due to COVID-19 (Alberta, Canada intended location): International Federation of Social Work.

Scott, M. L. (2019). Globalization's Requirements of Youth: Religious Congregations as Mediating Structures. Society for Scientific Study of Religion . Saint Louis, MO: Society for Scientific Study of Religion .