Assistant Professor
University of Central Florida
Dr. Hsiu-Fen Lin is an Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Central Florida and a member of the UCF’s Violence Against Women Faculty Cluster. She serves on the CSWE Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education (2024-2027). With over 10 years of postgraduate international social work practice, she continues to seek solutions to end domestic violence through research and policy. Her research areas include evaluating economic empowerment for survivors of intimate partner violence, identifying financial risk factors of intimate partner homicide, creating culturally competent prevention measures, and improving screening and assessment for immigrant and non-English speaking populations. Dr. Lin is dedicated to advocating economic justice to reduce the negative impact of gender-based violence. Additionally, she embraces inclusive pedagogy in the social work courses she teaches at both undergraduate and graduate levels. She contributes intellectual diversity to the communities where she serves as a clinical social worker, gender-based violence researcher, higher education teacher, and international community leader. Dr. Lin is committed to promoting gender equity, particularly women, in all her work.
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