Jacqueline T Dyer

DR. JACQUELINE DYER is the Director of the Doctor of Social Work Program and Associate Professor of Practice at Simmons University's School of Social Work. As a social worker for more than 25 years, she has worked in direct mental health counseling practice, community outreach and advocacy, program development and leadership, and in academia. Her research and scholarly interests include clergy compassion fatigue, historical trauma, and intimate partner violence in faith communities. She has...See more

DR. JACQUELINE DYER is the Director of the Doctor of Social Work Program and Associate Professor of Practice at Simmons University's School of Social Work. As a social worker for more than 25 years, she has worked in direct mental health counseling practice, community outreach and advocacy, program development and leadership, and in academia. Her research and scholarly interests include clergy compassion fatigue, historical trauma, and intimate partner violence in faith communities. She has served as a clinical supervisor in secular and Christian agencies and as a volunteer facilitator for a Christian domestic violence support group. She presents professionally and in the community on the intersections of mental health and faith and maintains a community-based private practice. She has taught at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary and in the social work programs at Eastern Nazarene College, Wheelock College, and Salem State University. She tells people she was born a social worker and loves to teach. See less