Dr. Michelle Brazeal
Associate Professor
Bio
Dr. Brazeal鈥檚 research interests include the intersection between health and mental health, the impact of social worker services in healthcare, and the effects of the social determinants of health on overall well-being. She has worked on publications that explore relationship issues and child advocacy. She has co-authored a book chapter on juvenile detention and has entries in the Social Work encyclopedia on obsessive-compulsive disorders and the relationship between compulsions, impulse control disorders, and addictions. She is also interested in exploring pedagogy in higher education and ways to utilize technology to improve learning.
- PHD - University of Alabama (2019)
- MSW - University of Alabama (2006)
- BA - University of South Alabama (2003)
- The Role of Psychological Resilience and Community Resilience in Psychological Responses to COVID-19 Among Korean College Students Entering the Post-Pandemic Era, Journal of College Student Mental Health, 2025,
- Identifying the Need for Human Trafficking Training and Response Protocols Within a Youth Services Agency, Journal of Social Service Research, 2024
- Loneliness and depression among adults living on MS Gulf Coast: individual, interpersonal, and community predictors, International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2022
- Person-centredness in the workplace: an examination of person-centred skills, processes and workplace factors among Medicaid waiver providers in the United States, International Practice Development Journal, 2022
- The Role of Mood in the Self-Care Activities of Primary Care Patients with Type 2 Diabetes, Social Work in Public Health, 2021
- Our Money, My Secrets: Why Married Individuals Commit Financial Infidelity, Contemporary Family Therapy, 2020,
- The Relationship Between Obesity and Depression Among Federally Qualified Health 黑料视频 Patients, Journal of Public Health in the Deep South, 2019
- Physical and psychosocial factors associated with depression among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus at a Federally Qualified Healthcare 黑料视频, SOCIAL WORK IN HEALTH CARE, 2018,
- Embedding a Social Work鈥揕ed Behavioral Health Program in a Primary Care System: A 2012-2018 Case Study, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2017,
- National Association of Social Workers