Department of Social Work

VICKIE D. CAUSBY, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Office  : Lauretta Taylor Building, Room 204
Phone: 910-672-1210
Fax:     910-672-1755  

1980 - 1984 Florida State University
Ph.D. - Social Work
Dissertation Title: "The Relationship of Role Sharing and Social Support to Mother-Child Interactions."

1978 - 1979 Florida State University
MSW - Social Work
Professional Paper: "Participation and Satisfaction of Services with the Leon County Teenage Parent Program."

1971 - 1975 East Carol University BSW – Social Work

Biography

Dr. Causby is an associate professor at Fayetteville State University. She earned a doctorate at Florida State University in 1984. Her dissertation research focused on bonding issues for parents of handicapped infants. In addition, Dr. Causby received her Master of Social Work at Florida State. Her master’s thesis provided an evaluation of an adolescent parenting program in Leon County, Florida. Undergraduate work of a BSW was completed in 1975 at East Carolina University.
Dr. Causby has more than 25 years of social work teaching experience. At East Carolina University she served as Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Lead Professor for the Family and Child Track of the MSW Program and Field Director. Dr. Causby has further teaching experience at Florida State University, University of North Carolina at Wilmington and at Cumberland College.
Professional international activities include a number of presentations and training sessions. Dr. Causby was asked to participate in a forum at the University of Oxford, Oxford, England regarding family and women’s issues. She has also participated in the regional planning for children and families in the eastern Caribbean. These sessions held in Barbados were the foundation for empowering families in a five year plan with the focus on a family/client centered approach to practice. Much of Dr. Causby’s commitment to social justice has been operational zed in work in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Results of these efforts include numerous training sessions as well as parenting group education and a focus on sexual abuse and domestic violence. She has aided TCI in responding to the Rights of the Child mandates.
Dr. Causby’s professional affiliations include NASW and CSWE. As an active member with CSWE she served on the Commission for the Role and Status of Women. She has also served as a consultant on the NC Department of Human Resources for Family Preservation as well as a Kellogg Foundation Health Project Advisory Board.
Her practice background includes the populations of developmental disabilities, children in residential care, adolescent parents and families with young children in the mental health system. Research interests have focused on diversity issues and practice modalities. These include publications regarding women’s issues, gay and lesbian family dynamics, family preservation and social advocacy.

Teaching Coursess

SWRK 605:  Special Topics:  Social Work with Groups

SWRK 520:  Human Behavior & The Social Environment  Social Work Practice Experience

Social Work Practice Experience

1990 - 1992: Pitt County Mental Health Center, Greenville, NC Part-Therapist/Consultant

1983 - 1984: Western Carolina Center, Morganton, NC Research Coordinator

1982 - 1984: Family Infant and Preschool Program, Morganton, NC, Research Assistant

1975 - 1978: Western Carolina Center, Morganton, NC Social Worker

Miller, D., Causby, V., Greene, K., White, B. Lockhart, L. (2001). Domestic violence in lesbian relationships, Women & Therapy, 23(3), 107¬127.

Greene,K., Causby, V., Miller, H. (1999). The nature and function of fusion in the dynamics of lesbian relationships. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 14(1), 78-97.

Causby V., Lockhart, L. White, B., Greene, K. (1995). Fusion and conflict resolution in lesbian relationships. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services: Issues in Practice, Policy & Research, 3(1), 67-82.

Kolasa, K., Homer, R., Wilson, K., Irons, T., Causby, V. (1995). Community perceptions of adolescent health and sexuality. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 149, 611-615.

Lockhart,L., White, B., Causby, V., Isaac, A. (1994). Letting out the secret: Violence in lesbian relationships. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 9(4), 469-492.

Powell, J. and Causby, V. (1994). From the classroom to the capitol¬from MSW students to advocates: learning by doing. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 9(1/2), 141-154.

Causby, V., Nixon, C., & McCall, J. (1991). Influence on adolescent mother-child interactions. Adolescence. 26(101), 619-630.

Causby, V. & York, R. (1990). Predictors of success in community placement of persons with mental retardation. British Journal of Subnormality, 37(71).

Causby, V. & York, R. (1990). Social support and success of deinstitutionalization. Journal of Applied Social Sciences.  14(12),197-219. 

Book Reviews

Causby, V. (1997). It takes a village to raise a child by Hillary Clinton in Residential Treatment for Children & Youth.

Causby, V. (1989). The woman client: Providing human services in a Changing world, by Burden,D. Gottlieb, N. in Women in Health, 15(4).

Other Publications

Causby, V., Powell, J. and Dossier, D. (1993). Family Preservation: Train the Trainer Resource Guide.

Causby,V. Influcences on adolescent mother-infant interactions. (1991). ERIC, EJ43 7183 .

Professional Affliations

Insight Health Services for Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Clients, Wilmington NC- 2007-present.

Commission on the Role and Status of Women, Council of Social Work Education, 2000-2003.

North Carolina Department of Human Resources, Division of Family Development, Family Preservation and Family Support Consultant - 1994¬2000

Kellogg Foundation Statewide Advisory Board Member for Families for Kids Project - 1994 -2001.

Kellogg Foundation Pitt County Adolescent Health Project Advisory Board Member - 1989-1993.