Stephanie K. Boys

Academic Appointments

• Associate Professor
  Indiana University, School of Social Work — 2013 – Present
• Assistant Professor
  Indiana University, School of Social Work — 2007 – 2013
• Adjunct Faculty
  Indiana University, Maurer School of Law — 2011 – Present
• Adjunct Faculty
  Indiana University, McKinney School of Law — 2010 – Present
• Assistant Professor
  Indiana University East, Division of Behavioral and Social Science — 2005 – 2007
• Adjunct Faculty
  Indiana University, School of Social Work — 2006 – 2007
• Graduate Student Instructor
  University of Michigan, Department of Political Science — 2003 – 2004
• Undergraduate Teaching Intern
  Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Psychology — 1994 – 1996

Other Appointments

• Research Assistant
  University of Michigan, Child Advocacy Law Clinic — 2002
• Research Assistant
  University of Michigan, InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research — 2001 – 2002
• Intern
  Indiana Civil Liberties Union — 2001
• Research Assistant
  Indiana University, School of Social Work — 2000 – 2001
• Intern
  Indiana University, Child Advocacy Clinic — 2000
• Public Defense Law Clerk
  Indiana Public Defender’s Office, Monroe County — 2000
• Intern
  Middle Way House Domestic Violence Shelter, Bloomington, Indiana — 1998
• Research Intern
  University of Virginia, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy — 1997
• Administrative Assistant
  University of California, Berkeley, Center for Mental Health Services Research — 1996 – 1997

• Member
  Council on Social Work Education
• Member
  International Consortium for Social Development
• Member
  American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
• Member
  American Civil Liberties Union

• Dean’s Honors
  Indiana University School of Law–Bloomington — 1997, 2000
• Scribe Award
  Indiana University School of Law–Bloomington — 1997
• A* Honors
  Indiana University School of Law–Bloomington — 1999, 2000
• Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship
  University of Michigan — 2005
• Student Choice Award Nominee
  Indiana University East — 2006, 2007
• Favorite Professor
  IUPUI Athletics Department — 2008
• Joseph T. Taylor Award for Excellence in Diversity
  Indiana University — 2010
• Director’s Award for Outstanding Leadership and Mentoring of Undergraduate Research (Nominee)
  Center for Research and Learning — 2010
• FACET (Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching)
  Indiana University — 2012
• Top Teacher Award Nomination
  MSW Student Association — 2015
• Trustees Teaching Award
  Indiana University — 2010, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2023
• Most Outstanding Adjunct Professor Finalist (Red Cane Award)
  Indiana University, McKinney School of Law — 2024
• Most Valuable Professor
  Indiana University School of Social Work Doctoral Program — 2024

Student Awards for Policy Field Unit Activities

• Indiana Senate Democrats Rick Gudal Scholarship — Julianne Miller
  Indiana Senate Democrats — 2020
• William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion — Rachel Walters
  Indiana University — 2020
• Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellowship — Rachel Walters
  Campus Compact — 2020
• Joyce L. Ribble Social Work Scholarship in Research and Public Policy — Asia Gibson
  Indiana University — 2020
• Social Policy and Research Communication Program Policy Brief Competition — Aimee Patras
  Indiana University — 2020
• Most Educational Poster at BSW Agency Expo — Samrawit Shreves
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2019

• Indiana Bans Sugary Drinks, Candy from SNAP
  Chicago Post-Tribune — 2025
• Advocates for Women’s Healthcare Have Plans for Stricter Bans: Groups Provide Abortion Access Despite Further Restrictions
  Limestone Post — 2024
• Overturning Roe: Impact on IVF Treatment Technologies
  Medical Device Network — 2023
• Will Indiana’s Abortion Law Affect Emergency Contraception Like Plan B?
  NPR Indiana Public Media — 2022
• UnPHILtered: Indiana Abortion Bill’s Affect on Fertility Industry
  Indiana News 8 — 2022
• UnPHILtered: Will Overturning Roe v. Wade Impact U.S. Fertility Clinics?
  Indiana News 8 — 2022
• What Could Happen to IVF in a Post-Roe World?
  NPR Science Friday — 2022
• If Roe Is Overturned, the Ripples Could Affect IVF and Genetic Testing of Embryos
  STAT — 2022
• The Supreme Court’s Reversal on Roe Could Endanger IVF Treatment
  Grid — 2022
• Overturn of Roe Could Make IVF More Complicated, Costly
  Washington Post — 2022

Mentoring and Advising

• Mentored two new faculty teaching S661 for the first time
  Indiana University — Fall 2009
• Academic Advisor for 10 BSW Students
  Indiana University School of Social Work — Fall 2009
• Academic Advisor for 10 BSW Students
  Indiana University School of Social Work — Spring 2010
• Mentored a Faculty Member Teaching S472 for the First Time
  Indiana University School of Social Work — Fall 2010
• Dissertation Committee Co-Chair
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2011 – 2013
• Mentor for Doctoral Student Research Project
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2010 – 2011
• Mentor for Law Student Research Project
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Summer 2011
• Mentor for Doctoral Student Research Project
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2011 – 2012
• Mentor for Doctoral Student Research Project
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2012 – 2013
• Mentor for Doctoral Student Research Project
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2013 – 2014
• Mentor for Doctoral Student Research Project
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2014 – 2015
• Indiana Educational Re-entry Facility (IREF) Clothing and Book Drive
  MSW/Law Student Initiative — 2014
• Doctoral Qualifying Exam Committee Member
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2015 – 2017
• Mentor for Doctoral Student Research Project
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2015 – 2016
• Supervised Practicum Students’ Development of Society Geek Resource Database
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2016
• Doctoral Qualifying Exam Committee Member
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2016
• Supervised Seven Students’ Advanced Writing Requirement Papers
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Fall 2016
• Mentor for Doctoral Student Research Project
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2016 – 2017
• Indiana Women’s Prison Feminine Hygiene Product Drive
  MSW/Law Student Initiative — 2017
• Out of Darkness Walk
  MSW/Law Student Initiative — 2017
• Doctoral Qualifying Exam Committee Member
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2017 – 2018
• Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2017
• Honors College Credit Contract Supervisor
  Indiana University BSW Program — Fall 2017
• Supervised Six Students’ Advanced Writing Requirement Papers
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Fall 2017
• Supervised Three Students’ Advanced Writing Requirement Papers
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Spring 2018
• Mentored a Faculty Member Teaching S251 for the First Time
  Indiana University School of Social Work — Spring 2018
• Supervised Eleven Students’ Advanced Writing Requirement Papers
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Fall 2018
• Maurer School of Law 1L Mentor
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — 2018 – 2019
• Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2018 – 2019
• Mentored Two New Faculty Teaching S505 for the First Time
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2019
• Supervisor of Doctoral Student Research Assistant
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2019
• Peer Review of Teaching for FACET Application
  Indiana University — Fall 2019
• Supervised Four Students’ Advanced Writing Requirement Papers
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Fall 2019
• Maurer School of Law 1L Mentor
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — 2019 – 2020
• Mentored Two New Faculty Teaching S472 for the First Time
  Indiana University School of Social Work — Spring 2020
• Supervised One Student’s Advanced Writing Requirement Paper
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Spring 2020
• Supervisor of Doctoral Student Research Assistant
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2019 – 2020
• Doctoral Qualifying Exam Committee Member
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2019 – 2020
• Supervised Three Students’ Advanced Writing Requirement Papers
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Fall 2020
• Supervised Five Maurer School of Law Notes
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Fall 2020
• Indiana Health Law Review Note Advisor
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — 2020 – 2021
• Maurer School of Law 1L Mentor
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — 2020 – 2021
• Supervised Two Students’ Advanced Writing Requirement Papers
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Spring 2021
• Supervised Fourteen Students’ Advanced Writing Requirement Papers
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Fall 2021
• Peer Review of Teaching for FACET Application
  Indiana University — Fall 2021
• Mentored a Faculty Member Teaching S472 for the First Time
  Indiana University School of Social Work — Spring 2022
• Maurer School of Law 1L Mentor
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — 2021 – 2022
• Supervised Fifteen Students’ Advanced Writing Requirement Papers
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Fall 2022
• Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2021 – 2022
• Maurer School of Law 1L Mentor
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — 2022 – 2023
• Mentored a Faculty Member Teaching S472 for the First Time
  Indiana University School of Social Work — Spring 2023
• Doctoral Qualifying Exam Committee Member
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2021 – Present
• Mentored a Faculty Member Teaching S505 for the First Time
  Indiana University School of Social Work — Fall 2023
• Supervised Fifteen Students’ Advanced Writing Requirement Papers
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Fall 2023
• Mentored Two New Faculty Teaching S472 for the First Time
  Indiana University School of Social Work — Spring 2024
• Supervised Two Students’ Advanced Writing Requirement Papers
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Spring 2024
• Maurer School of Law 1L Mentor
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — 2023 – 2024
• Indiana Health Law Review Note Advisor
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — 2023 – 2024
• Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2023 – Present
• Supervised Twelve Students’ Advanced Writing Requirement Papers
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Fall 2024
• Law Review Note Advisor
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Spring 2025
• Supervised Two Students’ Advanced Writing Requirement Papers
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Spring 2025
• Supervised Eleven Students’ Advanced Writing Requirement Papers
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Fall 2025
• Doctoral Qualifying Exam Committee Member (Tyler Jean)
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2024 – 2025
• Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member (Tyler Jean)
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2025 – Present
• Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member (Jackie Votapek)
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2025 – Present
• Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member (Jennifer Hippie)
  Indiana University Doctoral Program — 2025 – Present

Professional Service

• Member
  American Democracy Project — 2006 – Present
• NASW LEAD Representative
  National Association of Social Workers — 2007 – Present
• Editorial Board Member
  Journal of Teaching in Social Work — 2013 – Present
• Board of Directors Member
  Influencing State Policy (ISP) — 2014 – 2016
• Treasurer
  Influencing State Policy (ISP) — 2014 – 2016
• LEAD Preparation Panel Discussant
  National Association of Social Workers — 2009, 2010
• Legislative Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD) Moderator
  National Association of Social Workers — 2009
• Consortium Member to Develop Social Work Education in Vietnam
  International Social Work Education Initiative — 2009 – Present
• Volunteer
  Habitat for Humanity Build, Cambodia — 2009
• Faculty Advisor
  Indiana Journal of Race, Gender and Social Policy — 2010 – Present
• Instructor for Students Maintaining NASW-IN Website
  National Association of Social Workers, Indiana Chapter — 2010 – 2014
• Invited Peer Reviewer
  Advances in Social Work — 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2021
• Invited Peer Reviewer
  Critical Criminology — 2010, 2011, 2012
• Proposal Reviewer
  E.C. Moore Symposium — 2011
• Proposal Reviewer
  Council on Social Work Education Conference — 2011
• Invited Panel Chair
  Midwestern Criminal Justice Association — 2014
• Invited Peer Reviewer
  Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning — 2012 – 2015
• Invited Peer Reviewer
  Violence Against Women — 2012 – 2016
• Invited Peer Reviewer
  Journal of Teaching in Social Work — 2013 – 2025
• Invited Peer Reviewer
  Journal of Interpersonal Violence — 2017 – 2020
• Invited Peer Reviewer
  Criminal Justice Policy Review — 2017 – 2018
• Invited Panel Chair
  Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences — 2015
• Judge
  Midwest Criminal Justice Association Student Paper Competition — 2015 – 2020
• Organizer
  American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Walk — 2017
• Supervisor of Student Project
  Student reflections on the impact of COVID-19 — 2020
• Coordinator of Policy Field Unit Materials Development
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2019 – 2020
• Organizer
  Washington, DC Policy Fly-In Student Advocacy Trip — 2020
• Invited Textbook Reviewer
  Pearson — 2025
• Invited Peer Reviewer
  Yale Law Review — 2025
• Organizer
  Indiana Health Law Review Symposium — 2025

University Service

• Member, BSW Academic Program Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2007 – 2010
• Member, Social Work Faculty Senate
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2007 – Present
• Created Law, Poverty, and Inequality Course
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2008
• Member, BSW Admissions Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2008 – Present
• Member, Strategic Planning Education Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2009 – 2013
• Member, BSW PULs Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2009 – 2011
• Member, MSW Foundation Competencies Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2009 – Present
• Advisor, Bachelor of Social Work Program
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2009 – Present
• Member, Multicultural Teaching Community of Practice
  Indiana University — 2009 – Present
• Member, RISE Steering Committee
  Indiana University — 2009 – 2014
• Organizer and Facilitator, Faculty Brownbags on Teaching
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2009
• Member, Student Affairs Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2010 – Present
• Co-Chair, Committee to Select Trustees Teaching Award Recipient
  Indiana University — 2011, 2013, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2025
• Judge, Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition
  Indiana University Maurer School of Law — 2011
• Assisted with Development of S505 for MSW Direct Program
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2011
• FACET Member (Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching)
  Indiana University — 2012
• Developed Interdisciplinary Clinical Course and Practicum
  Indiana University — 2012
• Lecturer, Video Lecture for MSW Direct Program
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2012
• Member, Search and Screen Committee for Field Director
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2013 – 2014
• Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2014, 2015
• Selection Committee Member, Chancellor’s Award for Multicultural Teaching
  Indiana University — 2014 – 2018
• Invited Grant Reviewer, Research Support Funds Grant (FSFG)
  Indiana University — 2016
• Created Interdisciplinary Law and Social Work Clinic
  Indiana University — 2016
• Appointed Co-Director, Interdisciplinary Law and Social Work Clinic
  Indiana University — 2016
• Created Reproductive Technologies Law and Bioethics Course
  Indiana University — 2016
• Member, Committee to Revise S251 and Create Signature Assignment
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2017
• Member, Committee to Revise S505 and Create Signature Assignment
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2017
• Member, Search and Screen Committee for MSW Direct Lecturer
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2017
• Member, Search and Screen Committee for MSW Direct Tenure Track Positions
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2017 – 2018
• Member, Committee to Develop S661 Signature Assignment
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2018
• External Dossier Reviewer for Promotion and Tenure
  Indiana University Political Science Department — 2018
• Expert Advisor
  Department of Medical Humanities and Health Studies — 2019
• Taught Doctoral Social Work Policy Course for the First Time
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2019
• Chair, Social Policy and Research Communication Program
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2019 – 2020
• Director, Policy Field Unit
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2019 – 2020
• Created Social Work and the Law Course
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2020
• Member, Search and Screen Committee for IUSB Tenure Track Position
  Indiana University — 2021
• Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2020 – 2023
• Member, MSW Leadership Track Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2021 – 2024
• Member, IUSSW Doctoral Curriculum Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2021 – 2023
• Taught D623 with Major Revisions for the First Time
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2021
• Created Advanced Policy Practice Course
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2021 – 2022
• Led Major Revision of D505 for MSW Direct Program
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2021 – 2022
• IUSSW Graduation Marshal
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2009, 2022, 2023, 2025
• Taught Social Work and the Law for the First Time
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2022
• Judge, Social Policy and Research Communication Program
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2022
• Member, Search and Screen Committee for IUSSW Associate Dean
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2022
• Taught Advanced Policy Practice for the First Time
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2023
• Member, Doctoral Student Leave Policy Creation Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2023
• Member, IUSSW Sabbatical Leave Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2023
• Lecturer, Video Lecture for MSW Direct Program
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2024
• Lead Faculty for Revision of S505
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2024
• Lead Faculty for Revision of S618-COL
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2024
• Chair, IUSSW Sabbatical Leave Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2024 – 2025
• Member, IUI MSW Student Awards Selection Committee
  Indiana University — 2023 – 2025
• Member, Doctoral AI Use Policy Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2024 – 2025
• Member, Doctoral Admissions Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2022 – 2026
• Member, IUSSW Budget Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2020 – 2025
• Reviewer, Plater-Moore Symposium on Teaching and Learning
  Indiana University — 2024 – 2025
• School of Social Work Representative
  Reimagining Democracy Plaza Task Force — 2024 – 2025
• School of Social Work Representative
  Faculty Council Budgetary Affairs Committee — 2023 – 2025
• School of Social Work Representative
  IU Indianapolis Sabbatical Leave Committee — 2024 – 2026
• Taught S724 Social Work Teaching for the First Time
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2025
• Chair, Search and Screen Committee for IUSSW PhD Director
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2025
• Member, International Doctoral Student Guidance Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2025
• Member, IUSSW Workload Policy Committee
  Indiana University School of Social Work — 2025
• Interim Director
  IU McKinney Hall Center for Law and Health — 2025 – 2026

• FACET/Mack Center Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Travel Grant
  Indiana University — $750 — Principal Investigator — 2025
• Emergency Equity Fund for Research
  Indiana University — $2,500 — Principal Investigator — 2021
• Curriculum Enhancement Grant
  IUPUI — $5,000 — Co-Principal Investigator — 2019
• Service Learning Assistant Program
  IUPUI — $13,500 — Co-Principal Investigator — 2019
• Research Dissemination Grant
  Indiana University Center for Service and Learning — $750 — Principal Investigator — 2014
• Research Dissemination Grant
  Indiana University Center for Service and Learning — $750 — Principal Investigator — 2014
• Curriculum Enhancement Grant
  IUPUI — $12,595 — Co-Principal Investigator — 2011
• Overseas Conference Fund
  Indiana University — $650 — Principal Investigator — 2011
• Online Course Development Grant
  Indiana University School of Social Work — $5,000 — Principal Investigator — 2008
• New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities: The Death Penalty for Repeat Offenders
  Eli Lilly — $2,500 — Principal Investigator — 2007
• Overseas Conference Fund
  Indiana University — $600 — Principal Investigator — 2007
• Summer Faculty Fellowship
  Indiana University East — $4,000 — Principal Investigator — 2007

Print and Electronic Publications

Research-based refereed publications in print/electronic format

1. Boys, S. (2010). The millennials refuse to be ignored! An analysis of how the Obama administration furthers the political engagement of a new generation. International Journal of Public Participation, 4(1), 31–42.
2. Khaja, K., Lay, K., & Boys, S. (2010). Female circumcision: Toward an inclusive practice of care. Health Care for Women International, 31(8), 686–699.
3. Boys, S. (2010). Discourse on same-sex marriage: A response to Kitzinger and Wilkinson. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 10(1), 97–105.
4. Boys, S. (2010). Let’s talk about same sex: How social workers can make judges listen. Advances in Social Work, 11(2), 117–128.
5. Boys, S. (2011). The death penalty: An unusual punishment America is inflicting upon itself. Critical Criminology, 19(2), 107–118.
6. Boys, S. (2011). Economic justice exercise: Response paper to theories of why poverty exists. In C. Jumpper-Black & K. Khaja (Eds.), Seeing different views of the elephant: Exercises in appreciating diversity (p. 57). Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.
7. Boys, S. K., Hagan, C. A., & Voland, V. (2011). Lawyers are counselors, too: Social workers can train lawyers to more effectively counsel clients. Advances in Social Work, 12(2), 241–254.
8. Bigatti, S. M., Sanchez Gibau, G., Boys, S., Grove, K., Ashburn-Nardo, L., Khaja, K., & Thorington Springer, J. (2012). Faculty perceptions of multicultural teaching in a large urban university. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 12(2), 78–93.
9. Beck, V., Boys, S., Rose, C., & Beck, E. (2012). Violence against females in video games: A prequel or sequel to rape myth acceptance. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27(15), 3016–3031.
10. Beck, V., & Boys, S. (2013). Romeo & Juliet: Star-crossed lovers or sex offenders? Criminal Justice Policy Review, 24(6), 655–675.
11. Hagan, C. A., & Boys, S. K. (2015). Catching fire: A case study illustration of the need for interdisciplinary clinical case partnership and resulting student successes. Asian Journal of Legal Education, 2(1), 46–56.
12. Boys, S. K., Quiring, S. Q., & Hagan, C. A. (2015). Social work skills can fill the gaps in legal education: Law student opinions of their preparation for practice with clients. UK Law Student Review, 3(1), 87–100.
13. 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.
14. Boys, S., & Walsh, J. S. (2017). The dilemma of spare embryos after IVF success: Social workers’ role in helping clients consider disposition options. Advances in Social Work, 18(2), 583–594.
15. Beck, V., Boys, S. K., Haas, H. J., & King, K. N. (2017). How do you use experiential learning to bridge the classroom and the real world? In R. A. R. Gurung & D. J. Voelker (Eds.), Big picture pedagogy: Finding interdisciplinary solutions to common learning problems (pp. 97–115). Jossey-Bass.
16. Boys, S., Walsh, J. S., & Khaja, K. (2018). Teaching Trump: Student recommendations to ensure safe discussions in a time of polarized political divide. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 38(4), 347–362.
17. Beck, V., & Boys, S. (2019). Statutory rape laws: Protecting or criminalizing teens? In F. P. Bernat & K. Frailing (Eds.), Encyclopedia of women and crime. Wiley-Blackwell.
18. Quiring, S. Q., Boys, S. K., & Harris, E. (2019). The role of self-efficacy in employability: Implications for pedagogical change. Thurgood Marshall Law Review, 43(1), 533–550.
19. Boys, S., & Harris, E. (2019). IVF and the anti-abortion movement: Considerations for advocacy against overturning Roe v. Wade. Advances in Social Work, 19(2), 518–533.
20. Harris, E. M., & Boys, S. K. (2021). Legal education for human rights work: Social work practicum students in forensic placements. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 6(1), 41–48.
21. Pierce, B., & Boys, S. (2022). Rural social work practice. In L. Rapp-McCall, K. Corcoran, & A. R. Roberts (Eds.), Social workers’ desk reference (4th ed., pp. 979–985). Oxford University Press.
22. Boys, S., Bartholomew, J., & Patras, A. (2022). Where are the social workers? A practicum model to engage social workers in political advocacy for social justice. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 42(5), 489–500.
23. Boys, S., & Swafford, T. R. (2023). Learning from their stakeholders: Social work students’ perspectives on a university’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Advances in Social Work, 23(2), 505–517. https://doi.org/10.18060/26494
24. Boys, S., Swafford, T. R., & Shackelford, A. (2024). Teaching social justice after the Dobbs decision. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 44(4), 362–375. https://doi.org/10.1080/08841233.2024.2374241
25. Carroll, D. W., Boys, S., & Khaja, K. (2025). Ideological convergence: Exploring the intersections of the Dobbs decision and white nationalism. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 10, 606–618. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41134-024-00366-4
26. Boys, S. K. (2025). Book review: After “Dobbs”: How the Supreme Court ended “Roe” but not abortion by D. S. Cohen & C. Joffe. Affilia. https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099251392904
27. Boys, S. (In press). Three-minute elevator pitch: Engaging students in lawmaking. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
28. Boys, S., Khaja, K., & Shackelford, A. (In press). Teaching social work policy classes in a divisive era: Student suggestions to promote civil classroom dialogue.

Research-Based Refereed Oral Presentations

• Boys, S. (2003, January 16–19). An application of institutional theory to the decline of corporal punishment: Changes in “family.” 7th Annual Society for Social Work Research Conference, Washington, DC.
• Boys, S. (2006, February 15–17). The ecology of the death penalty: A punishment impacting all of us. American Association of Behavioral and Social Science Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
• Boys, S. (2007, February 8–9). Why aren’t similarly situated murderers treated alike? A comparative history of how the discourse of Michigan and Indiana’s legal system and media have impacted the states’ capital punishment legislation. American Association of Behavioral and Social Science Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
• Boys, S. (2007, June 25–27). The death penalty for repeat sex offenders: An issue reborn. International Academy of Law and Mental Health Congress on Law and Mental Health, Padua, Italy.
• Boys, S. (2008, February 7–8). The Gramm Amendment: An answer to a problem that may not exist. American Association of Behavioral and Social Science Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
• Boys, S. (2009, June 28–July 4). Marriage laws as eugenics for those deemed mentally inferior: Ways to strengthen the Loving analogy for same sex marriage advocates. International Academy of Law and Mental Health Congress on Law and Mental Health, New York, NY.
• Boys, S. (2010, June 2–5). The millennials refuse to be ignored! How the Obama administration’s use of email furthers the political engagement of a new generation. Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, HI.
• Boys, S. (2010, June 2–5). China’s offer of reprieve from a death sentence: Can America learn from the Chinese example? Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, HI.
• Khaja, K., & Boys, S. (2010, June 2–5). Female circumcision: Culturally sensitive intervention. Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, HI.
• Beck, V., & Boys, S. (2010, November 17–20). Violence against females in video games: A prequel or sequel to rape myth acceptance? American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
• Beck, V., Boys, S., & Rose, C. (2011, September 29–October 1). Video games and rape myths. Midwestern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
• Beck, V., & Boys, S. (2011, November 16–19). Romeo & Juliet: Star-crossed lovers or sex offenders? American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
• Beck, V., Boys, S., & Beck, E. (2012, March 13–17). Should age of consent laws be used by states to deter teen pregnancy? Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Conference, New York, NY.
• Beck, V., & Boys, S. (2012, September 27–29). Public opinion on age of consent laws in Wisconsin and California. Midwestern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
• Boys, S. (2017, January 30–31). The problem of too much success in IVF treatment: Social workers’ role in ensuring fully informed consent. American Association of Behavioral and Social Science Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
• Boys, S. (2017, September 28–29). IVF and the criminalization of abortion: Does life begin in a petri dish? Midwestern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
• Boys, S. (2018, April 26–27). Social work’s role in IVF services. Indiana Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care Annual Conference, Greenwood, IN.
• Boys, S. (2019, February 25–26). A legal analysis and case study of the potential impact of overturning Roe v. Wade on the practice of in vitro fertilization (IVF). American Association of Behavioral and Social Science Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
• Boys, S., & Larimer, A. (2021, April 8–9). Legal limits on abortion: Implications for the practice of in vitro fertilization (IVF). Institute for Bioethics and Health Humanities Reproductive Ethics Conference, Galveston, TX (virtual).
• Boys, S. (2022, July 3–8). Sexting among teens: Reasons to decriminalize. International Academy of Law and Mental Health Congress on Law and Mental Health, Lyon, France.
• Boys, S. (2023, April 27). Indiana’s abortion ban: Where are we now? Indiana Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care Annual Conference, Greenwood, IN.
• Boys, S. (2023, October 26–29). What will Dobbs mean for the mental health of our clients seeking fertility treatment? Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
• Boys, S. (2024, July 22–26). The end of Roe: What could it mean for the mental health of those desiring children? International Academy of Law and Mental Health Congress on Law and Mental Health, Barcelona, Spain.

Research-Based Refereed Poster Presentations

• Boys, S. (2009, March 10–14). What’s so different about Michigan? An analysis of Michigan’s capital punishment abolition since 1846. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Conference, Boston, MA.
• Boys, S. (2023, January 11–12). Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) and the genetic divide. Institute for Bioethics and Health Humanities Reproductive Ethics Conference, Galveston, TX.

Invited Research-Based Oral Presentations

• Boys, S. (2022, March 25). The deepening reproductive healthcare divide. McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Lectureship, Indiana University Schools of Medicine and Law, Indianapolis, IN.
• Boys, S. (2022, August 26). The impact of the Dobbs decision on the practice of family law in Indiana. Indiana Bar Association Advanced Family Law Roundtable, Indianapolis, IN.
• Boys, S. (2024, June 4–7). Poverty in Indiana: Numbers, causes, and experiences. Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council State Child Support Conference, French Lick, IN.