Jay Peters

M.S.W. Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University
PhD University of Maine

Dr. Peters served as Coordinator of the BSW Program from 2008 to 2011 and taught in the areas of human behavior, psychopathology, research, and psychological trauma. His research interests center on the impact of trauma in childhood and adulthood, including the impact of domestic violence myth endorsement, the nature of self in dissociative disorders, child abuse history among college athletes, and the reactivation of trauma symptoms in elderly child sexual abuse survivors in institutional settings. In addition, Dr. Peters’ research focused in the area of child welfare workers’ attitudes, beliefs, and actions related to kinship care, strengths based approaches, motivational interviewing, and family team meetings.

Dr. Peters has 8 years of clinical experience in outpatient mental health, including 4 years working exclusively with trauma survivors at Victim’s Services in the Bronx, New York.