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Kingsley Chigbu serves as an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work within the Morrison Family College of Health at the University of St. Thomas. With a PhD from the University of Texas, an MSW from St. Catherine University-University of St. Thomas, and a BA from Babcock University, he brings extensive academic credentials to his role. Dr. Chigbu serves as the doctoral program assessment coordinator and teaches courses in quantitative research methods, program leadership, and clinical social work.
Education:
- PhD, University of Texas
- MSW, St. Catherine University-University of St. Thomas
- BA, Babcock University
Dr. Chigbu's research focuses on the theory, practice, and assessment of micro and macro factors that impact violence, crime, disasters, and other vulnerabilities within a preventive framework. His work spans prevention and mitigation of mental illness, substance abuse, and victimization involving children and adults. With combined backgrounds in law, diplomacy, social work, and mental health, he brings an integrative and trans-disciplinary approach to his teaching and research. His methodological expertise includes structural equations modeling, psychometric theories, and qualitative approaches, with particular interest in how we measure and assess social phenomena.
His publication record demonstrates consistent scholarly output with recent works examining crime among African immigrants, preventive models against mass destruction, pathways to arrest for serious offenses among children, and vulnerability mitigation for orphans in developing countries. These publications reflect his transnational perspective and commitment to addressing violence and vulnerability through evidence-based approaches across diverse contexts.
Dr. Chigbu actively supervises doctoral students completing their dissertation work and teaches courses including Research and Scholarship I, Program Leadership, Mentoring, and Faculty Development, and Methods of Clinical Social Work I. His teaching philosophy creates classroom environments as 'social laboratories' where new knowledge is discovered and existing knowledge is critically evaluated. He emphasizes the importance of measurement and assessment in understanding social phenomena, particularly in the areas of violence, trauma, and disaster prevention.
His professional work includes monitoring and evaluation of socio-psychological and academic programs, with applications across various contexts from community interventions to international development settings. Dr. Chigbu's research demonstrates a commitment to bridging theory with practical applications for social change, particularly through his development of the Motivation and Persuasion Process (MAP) model for community intervention.
