About
Stephanie Quiring received her Juris Doctorate from the Howard University School of Law and her PhD from Indiana University School of Social Work. Dr. Quiring has spent over 15 years as advocate, educator, and attorney across various stages of the criminal legal system. Her dissertation, Living with serious mental illness, police encounters, and relationships of power: A critical phenomenological study, was published in 2021.
Current areas of research, writing, and teaching include: abolitionist feminist praxis, critical phenomenology, interpretative phenomenological analysis, collective wellness, mental health law & policy, Crisis Intervention Teams, police, criminal legal system, state violence, power relationships, death penalty.
Education
PhD
Emphasis/Major: Social Work2021 - Indiana University
Dissertation: Living with Serious Mental Illness, Police Encounters, and Relationships of Power: A Critical Phenomenological Study
JD
Emphasis/Major: Law2005 - Howard University
BS
Emphasis/Major: Sociology2001 - Northern Arizona University
Teaching Interests
At IUSSW, Dr. Quiring teaches across both the BSW and MSW programs. She regularly teaches in the areas of policy, research, statistics, and theory.
Graduate
Research I (D502)
Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice (S507)
Social Policy Analysis and Practice (S505)
Practice Research Integrative Seminar I (S623)
Undergraduate
History and Analysis of Social Welfare Policy (S251)
Social Welfare Policy and Practice (S352)
Social Work Research (S371)
Statistical Reasoning in Social Work (S372)
Awards and Honors
- IUPUI Favorite Professor Award
2023 - IUPUI Student Athletics - IUPUI Favorite Professor Award
2022 - IUPUI Student Athletics - 2018 GADE Student Teaching Award
2018 - Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education - IUPUI Favorite Professor Award
2018 - IUPUI Student Athletics - 2017 Elite 50
2017 - IUPUI - Excellence in Teaching Award
2016 - IUSSW
Publications
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Quiring, S. Q., Boys, S. K., & Harris, E. (2019). The role of self-efficacy in employability: Implications for pedagogical change . Thurgood Marshall Law Review. Accepted.
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Kim, H.-W., Park, T., Quiring, S. Q., & Barrett, D. (2018). The anti-human trafficking collaboration model and serving victims: Providers’ perspectives on the impact and the experience . Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work, 15(2).
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McCabe, H. A., Kinney, M. K., Quiring, S. Q., & Jerolimov, D. (2017). Expanding the Base: A Case for Increased Interprofessional Collaboration in Public Health Law and Policy. Interprofessional Public Health Law and Policy Competencies, 14(1).
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Boys, S. K., Quiring, S. Q., Harris, E., & Hagan, C. A. (2015). Social Work and Law Interdisciplinary Service Learning: Increasing Future Lawyers’ Interpersonal Skills. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 35(4), 410-424. https://doi.org/10.1080/08841233.2015.1063569
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Boys, S., Quiring, S. Q., & Hagan, C. A. (2015). Social work skills can fill the gaps in legal education: Law students’ opinions of their preparation for practice with clients. United Kingdom Law Student Review, 3(1), 87-100.
Legal education focuses on case analysis, without instruction on practice with
Todd, ., Quiring, S. Q., & , M. Effects on Participant Knowledge, Situational Anxiety, and Social Distance Attitudes Following CIT Training. Community Mental Health Journal. Published. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-022-00938-6Presentations
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Quiring, S. Q. (2024). Living with serious mental illness, police encounters, and relationships of power: A critical phenomenological study.
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Quiring, S. Q. (2023). Intersectionality, Mental Health Care Policy, & Power Analysis: A Primer. United Way, Indianapolis, IN United States.
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Quiring, S. Q. (2022). Intersectionality, Mental Health Care Policy, & Power Analysis: A Primer. United Way of Central Indiana, Indianapolis, United States.
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Quiring, S. Q. (2020). Abolition feminism and Critical Race Theory: A lens and framework towards collective wellness. Loyola Law School and the National Lawyers Guild Student Chapter, New Orleans, LA United States.
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Quiring, S. Q. (2020). Living with mental illness, police encounters, and relationships of power: A critical phenomenological study and emerging findings. NAMI Indiana, Indianapolis, IN United States.
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Quiring, S. Q. (2020). Living with mental illness, police encounters, and relationships of power: A critical phenomenological study.
Cancelled due to COVID.
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Quiring, S. Q. (2020). National and state action to abolish the death penalty.
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Quiring, S. Q. (2019). On the Road to Abolition. Terre Haute Death Penalty Resistance & Death Penalty Action , Terre Haute, IN United States.
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Quiring, S. Q. (2019). Interprofessional education for social work, public health, and law students: A critical discourse analysis of collaboration and its challenges.
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Quiring, S. Q. (2019). Living with mental illness, police encounters, and relationships of power: A critical phenomenological framework. Living with mental illness, police encounters, and relationships of power: A critical phenomenological framework. International Academy of Law and Mental Health, Rome, Italy.
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Quiring, S. Q. (2018). We are connected: Using technology to connect people, improve practice, and influence policy. Latino Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence, Indianapolis, IN United States.
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Pike, C. K., Quiring, S. Q., & Arle, H. (2018). Our curriculum development story. Council on Social Work Education, Indianapolis, IN United States.
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Hutcherson, A., & Quiring, S. Q. (2018). New directions for social policy and practice in social work: Integrating science, strategy, and technology to achieve equal opportunity, equity, and justice.
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Pike, C. K., & Quiring, S. Q. (2016). Improving internal validity through using multidimensional and multimethod measures of professional compentencies. CSWE, Atlanta, GA United States.
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Quiring, S. Q., Kinney, K., McCabe, H. A., & Jerolimov, D. (2016). Student perspectives on interprofessional education: Collaboration and its challenges. IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN United States.
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Kim, H.-W., Park, T., Quiring, S. Q., & Barrett, D. (2016). The anti-trafficking collaboration model and serving survivors: Providers’ perspectives on the impact and the experience.
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Quiring, S. Q., Kinney, M., McCabe, H. A., & Jerolimov, D. (2016). Student perspectives on interprofessional education: Collaboration and its challenges. IUSSW, Indianapolis, IN United States.
Contract Fellowship Grants
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Comprehensive Counseling - Lilly Endowment Grant
Susan Larimer
Supporting Personnel: Susan Glassburn
Supporting Personnel: Stephanie Quiring
Program Director (PD)/Principal Investigator (PI): Sheila Dennis
Institutional Services
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Faculty Advisor/Mentor
2020 - Course Co-lead (S251)Co-lead faculty for course design of SWK-S251. Development and maintenance of Canvas course. -
Committee Member
2019 - IUSSW BSW Admissions CommitteeI serve on the BSW Admissions Committee, reviewing applicants’ suitability and academic readiness for formal education and training in Social Work. -
Committee Member
2019 - IUSSW BSW Curriculum Committee -
Committee Member
2016 - IUSSW Diversity Committee -
Faculty Advisor/Mentor
2020 - Course Co-lead (S352)Co-lead faculty for course design of SWK-S352. Development and maintenance of Canvas course. -
Faculty Advisor/Mentor
2020 - Course Co-lead (S505)Co-lead faculty for course update/design of SWK-S505. Development and maintenance of Canvas course. -
Committee Member
2019 - IUSSW Strategic Plan, Subcommittee: Activating Our Voices -
Committee Member
2016 - Search & Screen CommitteeMultiple search and screen committees across several years. -
Other
2019 - IUPUI Diversity Cabinet Work Group -
Other
2016 - IUSSW Office of Education Assessment -
Committee Chair
2017 - IUSSW Diversity Committee -
Committee Member
2016 - IUSSW Self-Study Committee -
Task Force Member
Justice & Public Safety Professional Learning Community, HANDS in Autism Interdisciplinary Training and Resource Center (IU School of Medicine) -
Committee Member
National Licensing Exam Ad Hoc CommitteeWas invited to serve on a committee formed to chart a path forward in response the to the ASWB test results data released. -
Committee Member
2022 - Search & Screen CommitteeSearch and Screen for IUSSW Lecturer on the IU East Campus. -
Committee Member
2022 - Search & Screen CommitteeSearch for IUSSW Lecturer - Indianapolis campus. -
Committee Member
2022 - Search & Screen CommitteeSearch for IUSSW Lecturer - Indianapolis campus. -
Committee Member
2022 - Search & Screen CommitteeSearch for IUSSW Lecturer - Indianapolis campus. -
Committee Member
2022 - Search & Screen CommitteeSearch for IUSSW Lecturer -- IUSB campus. -
Committee Member
2022 - Search & Screen CommitteeSearch for IUSSW Lecturer - IUFW campus. -
Other
IUPUI Undergraduate Affairs CommitteeAssisted the Senior BSW Director in preparing the Statistical Reasoning in Social Work (SWK-S372) course dossier for general education review by the IUPUI Undergraduate Affairs Committee earlier this year. The revised course dossier was favorably reviewed by the Undergraduate Affairs Committee and re-approved as a general education course in the analytical reasoning domain. I have done this at least twice under different BSW Directors. -
Committee Member
2023 - 2025 EPAS Curriculum Update Committee
Licensure
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law license
State of IndianaLicensed to practice law in Indiana.
Media Appearance
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Discussion of bias crime legislation in Indiana
2017 - Policy Works
Memberships
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National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
2020 to Present -
National Lawyers Guild
2020 to Present -
National Alliance on Mental Illness
2017 to Present -
Council on Social Work Education
2016 to Present -
CIT International
2016 to 2019
Professional Services
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Reviewer, Journal Article
2015 to Present - Advances in Social Work -
Reviewer, Journal Article
2014 to Present - Critical Social Work
Public Services
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President
2019 to 2021 - Indiana Abolition CoalitionElected to lead the Board of Directors in the mission and vision of the organization -- to end the death penalty in Indiana and beyond.
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Other
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Co-Director
2018 to Present - Indiana Crisis Intervention Team Technical Assistance CenterTechnical Assistance | CIT Indiana (cit-indiana.org) (website)
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Board of Directors
2017 to 2021 - Indiana Abolition Coalition -
Committee Member
2017 to 2020 - NAMI Indiana -
Participant
to 2018 - Community Innovation Lab: A National Pilot Project // Spirit & Place, The Polis Center, IU School of Liberal Arts