Dr. Viola Vaughan-Eden, PhD, MJ, MSW

Associate Professor and PhD Program Director

Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work at Norfolk State University

Dr. Viola Vaughan-Eden is an Associate Professor and PhD Program Director with the Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work at Norfolk State University in Southeastern Virginia. She is also the Chief Experience Officer (CXO) at The UP Institute, a think tank for upstream child abuse solutions. As a clinical and forensic social worker, she serves as a consultant and expert witness in child maltreatment cases – principally sexual abuse. Dr. Vaughan-Eden is President Emerita of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, President Emerita of the National Plan to End Interpersonal Violence, and Immediate Past-President of the National Organization of Forensic Social Work. She lectures nationally and internationally on child and family welfare to multidisciplinary groups of professionals.