<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/people/cassidy-baker-phd-lcsw-s-acsw.html" dsn="people"><first_name>Cassidy</first_name><last_name>Baker, Ph.D., LCSW-S, ACSW</last_name><prefixes/><pronouns/><post_nominals/><title-1>Clinical Associate Professor</title-1><title-2>MSW Director</title-2><title-3/><title-4/><department>Social Work</department><type>Faculty,Staff</type><email>Cassidy.Baker@unt.edu</email><phone>940-565-2687</phone><image><img src="/images/default/files/images/facstaff/17_055_baker_cassidy_63_1.jpg" alt="Cassidy Baker, LCSW-S, ACSW"/></image><office>Chilton Hall 390A</office><address/><office-hours/><primary-research-interests><p>My primary research interests are rooted in my practice experience in the area of child welfare and family violence, specifically where those intersect. I'm interested in understanding and improving child welfare system response to the intersection of child abuse and family violence to ensure that both children and their victimized parent are protected and supported in a way that increases safety for the family system.</p></primary-research-interests><research-keywords>Child Welfare, Family Violence, Child Abuse</research-keywords><research-areas>Trauma</research-areas><advisor/><advisor-for/><advisor-to/><advising-specialty/><faculty-profile>http://facultyinfo.unt.edu/faculty-profile?query=Cassidy%20Baker&amp;type=name&amp;profile=cab0527</faculty-profile><research-page>No</research-page><other-information/><hps-expert>Yes</hps-expert><PAHS_Department>- None -</PAHS_Department><other-areas-of-expertise/><tags><tag>SOWK</tag></tags><types><type>Faculty</type><type>Staff</type></types><departments><department>Social Work</department></departments><research-areas-list><research-area>Trauma</research-area></research-areas-list><main-content>Primary Research Interests: 
My primary research interests are rooted in my practice experience in the area of child welfare and family violence, specifically where those intersect. I'm interested in understanding and improving child welfare system response to the intersection of child abuse and family violence to ensure that both children and their victimized parent are protected and supported in a way that increases safety for the family system.</main-content></item>