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Tonya Edmond is a Professor at the Brown School of Washington University in St. Louis, where she previously served as interim co-dean (2022-2023), associate dean for social work and social policy, and faculty fellow in the Office of the Provost for diversity initiatives. She co-directs the Center for Violence and Injury Prevention and is a faculty affiliate for the Center for Mental Health Services Research. Elected chair of the Faculty Senate Council for 2025-26, she represents university-wide faculty interests.
Edmond holds a PhD from the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to academia, she practiced for 15 years in clinical and administrative roles at domestic violence and rape crisis centers, grounding her research in real-world service delivery challenges.
Her research focuses on violence against women, trauma treatment, and implementation science, specifically testing interventions for survivors of childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and intimate partner violence. She advances trauma-informed systems of care and evidence-based trauma treatments through community-engaged research. Recent work explores psychedelic-assisted therapy's potential for underserved populations, where she anticipates social workers playing a pivotal role in expanding access.
Current scholarship trends emphasize implementation strategies in real-world settings, particularly her Department of Justice-funded study on Cognitive Processing Therapy adoption in rape crisis centers. Her work bridges clinical innovation with systemic change, increasingly incorporating emerging modalities like psychedelic therapy to address treatment gaps for marginalized survivors.
Scientific recognition includes:
- Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), 2023
As an educator, Edmond teaches 'Intervention Approaches to Address Gender-Based Violence' and 'Core Concepts in Trauma Treatment with Children & Adolescents,' mentoring future social workers while leading university-wide diversity initiatives. Her Department of Justice grant exemplifies her focus on translating evidence into practice through implementation science frameworks.
Edmond leads the Center for Violence and Injury Prevention and co-founded the Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies Learning Community, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration between social work, psychiatry, and public health to develop trauma-responsive care models and prepare the workforce for emerging therapeutic modalities.
