Nancy Violette
Nancy M. Violette, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, CAS
Adjunct Faculty, School of Social Work

Office: CAS Room 213
Tel: (732) 445-4260
Fax: (732) 445-3500
Email: nancyvio@rci.rutgers.edu
Mail: Center of Alcohol Studies, 607 Allison Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Current Research
  As a project director, Dr. Violette has managed primary data collection for federally and state funded addiction treatment outcomes studies at Rutgers CAS, Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute, and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ. In these roles, Dr. Violette has conducted trainings on behalf of these organizations to practitioners, researchers, program managers, administrators and policymakers. She has served as a consultant on the recruitment and retention of addiction research respondents for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Clinical Trials Network. Dr. Violette currently is a trainer for Rutgers University School of Social Work, New Jersey -National Association of Social Workers and Adelphi University, School of Social Work. Dr. Violette has taught Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Advanced Direct Clinical Practice, Research, and various addiction related courses to graduate students in social work. She currently serves as a member of the adjunct faculty of Rutgers, School of Social Work. Dr. Violette maintains a psychotherapy practice.
Education
  Ph.D Rutgers Social Work 2007
  M.S. New York University Social Work 1986
  B.S. Brooklyn College Psychology 1983
Editorial Service
2008-Present
 Peer Reviewer, Public Health Reports
2007-Present Book Reviewer, The Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
Representative Publications and Presentations

Violette, N.M., Morgan, T.J., & Redding-Raines, A. (2009). Women at risk: Legal Involvement among mothers in addiction treatment. In T. Maschi, C. Bradley & K. Ward, (Eds). Forensic social work. New York: Springer Publishing.

Maschi, T., Violette, N.M., Scotto Rosato, N., & Ristow, J. (2009). Juvenile justice and social work. In T. Maschi, C. Bradley & K. Ward, (Eds). Forensic social work. New York: Springer Publishing.

Maschi, T., Schwalbe, C., Morgen, K., & Gibson, S., & Violette, N. (2009). Exploring the influence of gender on adolescents’ service needs and service pathways. Children and Youth Services Review, 31, 257-264.

Violette, N. (2008, January). Is tobacco treatment effective for substance use outcomes?: Evidence from a statewide treatment survey. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.

Violette, N. (2007, October). Tobacco use and addiction outcomes: Implications for social work practice and education. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, San Francisco.

White, H.R., Violette, N.M, Metzger, L., Stouthamer-Loeber, M., & Nagin, D. (2007).Adolescent risk factors for late-onset smoking among African American young men. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 9 (1), 153-161.

Krejci, J., Steinberg, M., Violette, N., & Ziedonis, D. (2006). Motivation to quit smoking in substance abusing outpatients: Association with anxiety and depressive symptoms. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2(4), 3-18.

 
Dr. Violette’s dissertation research focused on the relationship between tobacco dependency and smoking cessation methodologies on substance abuse treatment outcomes. Other research interests include addiction in women, and the growing interface between mandated clients and service delivery systems. Dr. Violette has managed several large addiction treatment evaluation studies, which have contributed to clinical, program and policy development. Dr. Violette’s current projects include co-authorship of an evaluation report on specialized addiction treatment programming for women at risk for involvement in New Jersey’s child protection system, and a book chapter examining legal involvement among mothers in addiction treatment.