Jacqueline Corcoran has been a clinical social worker for over 30 years. Her academic journey began at the University of Texas at Arlington (4 years), then Virginia Commonwealth University (17 years), and now the University of Pennsylvania (8 years). In that time, Dr. Corcoran has written 20 books that are used in schools of social work in the U.S. and internationally. She has also published over 100 journal articles and book chapters. She was the first person in social work to publish a book on evidence-based practice, Evidence-Based Social Work Practice with Families, which she wrote in 2000 as an assistant professor.
Dr. Corcoran’s career has been devoted to the synthesis of clinical social work knowledge through systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and qualitative research synthesis. With Littell and Pillai, she published the first book in social work on systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Another area of clinical scholarship is strengths-based models, including solution-focused therapy, motivational interviewing, strengths-based assessment, and ways to make existing models more strengths-based. Dr. Corcoran is committed to continuing the compilation of knowledge to further the evidence base of social work with the mission of bringing relevant services to oppressed and vulnerable people. She has been named in the Stanford University-Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists for the past two years on the basis of career-long data.
Dr. Corcoran currently serves as the Faculty Director of the Doctor of Clinical Social Work Program. In addition to being a clinical social worker and academic, she is an author of novels. Please see JacquelineCorcoran.com for more details.
