Dr. Sugrue’s research explores聽social, racial, and economic injustice within the public education and child welfare systems, with the goal of developing policy and practice changes that lead to meaningful individual and system-level transformation. Prior to receiving her doctorate degree, Dr. Sugrue spent 11 years as a licensed school social worker in the Twin Cities metro area.
EDUCATION
- B.A. Grinnell College
- M.S.W. University of Minnesota
- M.P.P. University of Minnesota
- Ph.D. University of Minnesota
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Sugrue, E.P. 聽(2018). A 鈥渂ad fit鈥� for 鈥渙ur鈥� kids: Politics, identity, and power in parental discourse on educational programming and child well-being.聽 Critical Discourse Studies.
Sugrue, E.P. (2017). The professional legitimation of early school social work: An historical analysis.聽 School Social Work Journal, 42(1), 16-36.
Haight, W., Sugrue, E., Calhoun, M., & Black, J. (2017). Everyday coping with moral injury: The perspectives of professionals and parents involved with child protection services.聽 Children and Youth Services Review, 82, 108-121.
Haight, W., Sugrue, E., Calhoun, M., & Black, J. (2017). 鈥淏asically, I look at it like combat鈥�: Reflections on moral injury by parents involved with child protection services.聽 Children and Youth Services Review, 82, 477-489.
Haight, W., Sugrue, E., & Calhoun, M. (2017). Moral injury among child protection professionals: Implications for the ethical treatment and retention of workers. Children and Youth Services Review, 82, 27-41.
Sugrue, E.P.聽 & Lightfoot, E. (2017). Preschool policymaking by stealth: An alternative framework for the policy process.聽Journal of Policy Practice, 16(4), 332-350.
Haight, W., Sugrue, E., Calhoun, M., & Black, J. (2016). A scoping study of moral injury: Identifying directions for social work research.聽Children and Youth Services Review,听70, 190-200.
Sugrue, E.P., Zuel, T., Laliberte, T.聽 (2016). The ecological context of chronic school absenteeism in the elementary grades. Children & Schools, 38(3), 137-145.