Dr. Stephanie Baird

Dr. Stephanie Baird

Dr. Stephanie Baird

Associate Professor

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Email: sbaird7@uwo.ca

Stephanie’s research and teaching interests build on more than twenty years of clinical and community social work experience. Her practice experience has informed her program of research, which seeks to critically examine social work practice models to ensure they address the complexity of service users’ identities and experiences, and the impacts of multiple levels of oppression and marginalization on individual experiences. Broadly, the focus of her research responds to three key areas: 1) intimate partner violence and trauma; 2) social work practice and intervention research; and 3) social work education and practicum education. 

Education

  • University of Waterloo – B.A. (Hons)
  • Wilfrid Laurier University – MSW
  • University of Toronto – PhD (Social Work)

Research

Intimate Partner Violence, Trauma & Trauma-informed Approaches, Intersectionality, Practice-based Research, Social Work Education, Practicum Education, Critical Qualitative Inquiry

Selected Publications

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Goulden, A., Baird, S. L., Romme, K., Pacheco, L., Norris, S. E., Norris, D., Faye, L., MacNeil, S., & Pittman, J. (2023). Disability and gender-based violence: A meta-synthesis protocol. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231183763

Baird, S. L., Béres, L., Sanders, J. E., Vito, R., & Lewis, V. (2023). The role of groups in teaching critical reflection on practice to MSW students. Social Work with Groups, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/01609513.2023.2203729

Baird, S. L., & Tarshis, S. (2022). Ethical and safety considerations in the use of virtual intimate partner violence (IPV) supports. Social Work & Policy Studies: Social Justice, Practice and Theory, 5(1), 1-25. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/SWPS/issue/view/1116

Baird, S. L., Tarshis, S., Messenger, C., & Falla, M. (2022). Virtual support and intimate partner violence services: A scoping review. Research on Social Work Practice, 32(8), 878-897. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315221087232

Baird, S. L., Tarshis, S., & Messenger, C. (2022). The use of neuroscience in interventions for intimate partner violence: A scoping review. Clinical Social Work Journal, 50(2), 194-206. https://10.1007/s10615-022-00840-4

Taiwo, A., Baird, S. L., & Sanders, J. E. (2022). Mutual aid on WhatsApp: Reflections on an online support group for new and pre-tenured faculty. Journal of Social Work with Groups, 45(2), 145-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/01609513.2021.1990191

Tarshis, S., & Baird, S. L. (2021). Applying intersectionality in clinical supervision: A scoping review. The Clinical Supervisor, 40(2), 218-240. https://doi.org/10.1080/07325223.2021.1919949

Baird, S. L. (2021). Reflections from applying intersectionality to a constructivist grounded theory study on intimate partner violence and trauma. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 102(4), 538-547. https://doi.org/10.1177/1044389421992296

Baird, S. L., Alaggia, R., & Maiter, S. (2021). Broadening the "survivor capsule" of intimate partner violence (IPV) services. The British Journal of Social Work, 51(7), 2517-2535. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa067

Black, T., Fallon, B., Nikolova, K., Tarshis, S., Baird, S. L., & Carradine, J. (2020). Children's exposure to intimate partner violence: Exploring subtypes in Ontario, Canada. Children and Youth Services Review, 118, 1-7.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105375

Baird, S. L., & Alaggia, R. (2019). Trauma-informed groups: Recommendations for group work practice. Clinical Social Work Journal, 49(1), 10-19. //doi.org/10.1007/s10615-019-00739-7

Baird, S. L., Alaggia, R., & Jenney, A. (2019). “Like opening up old wounds”: Conceptualizing intersectional trauma among survivors of intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1-24. doi:10.1177/0886260519848788

Tarshis, S., & Baird, S. L. (2019). Addressing the indirect trauma of social work students in intimate partner violence (IPV) field placements: A framework for supervision. Clinical Social Work Journal, 47(1), 90-102.

Bogo, M., Regehr, C., Baird, S. L., Paterson, J., & LeBlanc, V. (2017). Cognitive and affective elements of practice confidence in social work students and practitioners. The British Journal of Social Work, 47(3), 701-718.

Bogo, M., Lee, B., McKee, E., Ramjattan, R., & Baird, S. L. (2017). Bridging class and field: Field instructors’ and liaisons’ reactions to information about students’ baseline performance derived from simulated interviews. Journal of Social Work Education, 53(4), 580-594.

Baird, S. L. (2016). Conceptualizing anxiety among social work students: Implications for social work education. Social Work Education, 35(6), 719-732.

Bogo, M., Lee, B., McKee, E., Baird, S. L., & Ramjattan, R. (2016). Field instructors’ perceptions of foundation year students’ readiness to engage in field education. Social Work Education, 35(2), 204-214.

Fuller-Thomson, E., Baird, S. L., Dhrodia, R., & Brennenstuhl, S. (2016). The association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and suicide attempts in a population-based study. Child: Care, Health and Development, 42(5), 725-734.

Fuller-Thomson, E., Ramzan, N., & Baird, S. L. (2016). Arthritis and suicide attempts: Findings from a large nationally representative Canadian survey. Rheumatology International, 36, 1237-1248.

Regehr, C., Bogo, M., LeBlanc, V. L, Baird, S., Paterson, J., & Birze, A. (2016). Suicide risk assessment: Clinicians’ confidence in their professional judgment. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 21(1), 30-46.

Fuller-Thomson, E., West, K, Sulman, J., & Baird, S. L. (2015). Childhood maltreatment is associated with Ulcerative Colitis but not Crohn's Disease: Findings from a population-based study. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 21(11), 2640-2648.

Nikolova, K., Baird, S. L., Tarshis, S., Black, T., & Fallon, B. (2015). Child exposure to intimate partner violence: Examining the effect of type of exposure. International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, 3(1), 72-87.

Fallon, B., Black, T., Nikolova, K., Tarshis, S., & Baird, S. L. (2014). Child welfare investigations involving exposure to intimate partner violence: Case and worker characteristics. International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, 2(1), 71-76.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Tarshis, S., Baird, S. L., Diallo., M., & McQuaid, J. (2023, June). Building a collaborative international research group of intimate partner violence (IPV) scholars and practitioners. Workshop presented at International Association for Social Work with Groups International Symposium (Virtual).

Tarshis, S., Diallo, M., McQuaid, J., & Baird, S. L. (2022, November). Using simulation to train social workers on trauma and intimate partner violence (IPV). Workshop presented at the Council for Social Work Education Conference (CSWE), Anaheim, CA, United States.

Goulden, A., & Baird, S. L. (2022, November). Re-imagining social work education using critical disability theory and critical feminism: An analytic autoethnography. Paper presented at the Council for Social Work Education Conference (CSWE), Anaheim, CA, United States.

Goulden, A., & Baird, S. L. (2022, October). Dismantling neoliberal-ableism in clinical social work education: A practical application. Paper presented at Canadian Association of Social Work Education-Association Canadienne pour la Formation en Travail Social Conference (Virtual).

Tarshis, S., & Baird, S. L. (2022, October). Using virtual services to connect with survivors of intimate partner violence: Considering ethics and safety. Paper presented at Canadian Association of Social Work Education-Association Canadienne pour la Formation en Travail Social Conference (Virtual).

Baird, S. L., Béres, L., Sanders, J. E., Vito, R. (2022, June). The role of groups in teaching critical reflection on practice to MSW students. Discovery session presented at the International Association for Social Work with Groups, Inc. (IASWG) Annual Symposium (Virtual).

Tarshis, S., & Baird, S. L., & Messenger, C. (2022, May). The role of neuroscience in intimate partner violence interventions: Findings from a scoping review. Paper presented at the 2022 Symposium on Child and Youth Trauma (Virtual).

Baird, S. L., & Tarshis, S., & Messenger, C. (2021, September). The use of neuroscience in interventions for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV): A scoping review. Paper presented at the fourth European Conference on Domestic Violence (ECDV), Ljubljana, Slovenia (Virtual).

Baird, S. L., Sanders, J., & Taiwo, A. (2021, June). Mutual aid on WhatsApp: Creating an online support group for new/pre-tenured faculty. Discovery session presented at the International Association for Social Work with Groups, Inc. (IASWG) Annual Symposium (Virtual).

Baird, S. L., & Tarshis, S. (2020, July). An application of intersectionality theory to clinical supervision. Paper presented at International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision, University of Redlands, California (Virtual).

Baird, S. L. (2018, November). Expanding “the survivor capsule”: A qualitative study of women’s experiences with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) counselling services in Ontario. Poster presented at the Ontario Association of Social Workers' 5th Biennial Provincial Conference, Toronto, Ontario.

Baird, S. L., Tarshis, S., & Nikolova, K. (2018, November). Trauma-focused supervision: A model for intimate partner violence (IPV) field placements. Paper presented at the Council of Social Work Education’s 2018 Annual Program Meeting (APM), Orlando, Florida, United States.

Nikolova, K., Tarshis, S., & Baird, S. L. (2017, October). Impacts of policy processes on intimate partner violence (IPV): Implications for education. Interactive workshop presented at the Council of Social Work Education’s 2017 Annual Program Meeting (APM), Dallas, Texas, United States.

Regehr, C., Bogo, M., Leblanc, V., Paterson, J., & Baird, S. L. (2017, July). Suicide risk assessments: Influences on clinicians’ professional judgment and confidence in decision-making. Poster presented at the Society for the International Society for Affective Disorders Conference, London, United Kingdom.

Baird, S. L. (2017, May). Challenging Western epistemological understandings underpinning partner abuse and trauma services. Paper presented at Canadian Association of Social Work Education-Association Canadienne pour la Formation en Travail Social Conference, Toronto, Ontario.

Brien, N., & Baird, S. L. (2017, May). Two-eyed seeing: Using relational-based pedagogy to decolonize educational spaces through reconciling Indigenous and settler approaches to knowledge exchange. Workshop presented at Canadian Association of Social Work Education-Association Canadienne pour la Formation en Travail Social Conference, Toronto, Ontario.

Black, T., Nikolova, K., Baird, S. L., Tarshis, S., & Fallon, B (2017, January). Exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV): Maltreatment typology or risk factor? Poster presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Fallon, B., Nikolova, K., Tarshis, S., Black, T., Baird, S. L., Saini, M., & Deljavan, S. (2016, July). Twenty years of data: Exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and custody dispute cases in child protection services. Symposium presented at the 2016 International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.

Fallon, B., Nikolova, K., Tarshis, S., Black, T., & Baird, S. L. (2016, January). A 20 year review: Understanding the exponential increases in child protection investigations for exposure to IPV. In B. Fallon (Chair), The state of exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and custody dispute cases in child protection services: 20 years of data. Panel conducted at the 20th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Washington, D.C., United States.

Tarshis, S., Nikolova, K., Baird, S. L., Black, T., & Fallon, B. (2016, January). Child protection investigations for exposure to IPV: A comparison study of 2008 and 2013. In B. Fallon (Chair), The state of exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and custody dispute cases in child protection services: 20 years of data. Panel conducted at the 20th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). Washington, D.C., United States.

Baird, S. L., Dhrodia, R., Brennenstuhl, S., & Fuller‐Thomson, E. (2015, November). The association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and suicide attempts in a population‐based study. Poster presented at Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN) National Conference, Toronto, Ontario.

Baird, S. L., Nikolova, K., Tarshis, S., Black, T., & Fallon, B. (2015, October). The Impact of Education on Child Welfare Investigations of Intimate Partner Violence. Paper session presented at the Council on Social Work Education’s 61st Annual Program Meeting, Denver, Colorado, United States.

Regehr, C., & Baird, S. L. (2015, October). Suicide risk assessment: Comparing judgment and confidence in social workers and students. Poster presented at the Council on Social Work Education’s 61st Annual Program Meeting, Denver, Colorado, United States.

Baird, S. L., Tarshis, S., Brien, B., Fahim, M., Lacombe-Duncan., A., & Ramjattan, R. (2015, June). Intersecting feminist perspectives on contemporary issues facing marginalized women. Panel presented at Advances in Women’s Studies Conference, Toronto, Ontario.

Tarshis, S., Baird, S. L., Nikolova, K., Fallon, B., & Black, T. (2015, June). Examining the child welfare response to different forms of exposure to intimate partner violence. Paper presented at the 2015 Canadian Association of Social Work Education-Association Canadienne pour la Formation en Travail Social Conference, Ottawa, Ontario.

Nikolova, K., Baird, S. L., Tarshis, S., Fallon, B., & Black, T. (2015, January). Children's exposure to intimate partner violence: The response from child protective services. Paper presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Fallon, B., Black, T., Nikolova, K., Tarshis, S., & Baird, S. L. (2014, July). Characteristics of differences in the clinical and case characteristics for different forms of IPV. Paper session presented at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.

Baird, S. L. (2014, June). Psychoeducational groups: Do they meet the diverse needs of survivors of intimate partner violence? (2014, June). Paper session presented at the International Association for Social Work with Groups Symposium, Calgary, Alberta.