Instructional Assistant Professor
The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)
Dr. Cheryl Fergerson, LCSW, ACHP-SW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in pediatric hospice and palliative care, medical social work, and working parents with intellectual and cognitive disabilities, providing adaptive parenting assessments. Dr. Fergerson spent more than 14 years in child welfare practice and leadership in the state of Tennessee. She continues to engage in direct practice, providing competency-based parenting assessment, specifically for parents with disabilities who have children involved with child welfare. Her higher educational journey began at Grambling State University and then with The University of Memphis and Capella University for bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral level coursework. Dr. Fergerson is an Instructional Assistant Professor at The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), and she serves as an adjunct professor with Metropolitan State University of Denver, the University of West Florida, and Freed-Hardeman University.
Dr. Fergerson’s doctoral dissertation is entitled ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and Self‐care: An Examination of Child Protective Services Investigators. She co-authored an anthology published in 2021 entitled “Sistah Hooded: Stories of Strength and Resilience on the Doctoral Journey” to encourage women of color as they consider entering or continuing work to complete higher education degrees. Dr. Fergerson is affiliated with the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) as a Practice Analysis Taskforce member, member of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), Coalition of Black Social Workers (CBSW), National Association of Social Workers (NASW), and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
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