The Importance of Research and Fatherhood w/ Dr. Jeffrey Shears

Jeffery Shears - The Importance of Research and Fatherhood

Chair; Moynihan Institute for Fatherhood Research and Policy

Jeffrey Shears is a Professor in the School of Social Work Departments at UNC Charlotte, where he is also the Director of the Joint Masters Social Work Program (JMSW). Dr. Shears earned his BSW and Masters in Education Administration from North Carolina A&T State University and his PhD in Social Work from the University of Denver. His research interest is men (fathering, multicultural issues, HIV and AIDS) and quantitative research with an emphasis on data sharing among social service agencies. In addition, Dr. Shears has an extensive list of academic publications on fathering featured in national and internationally refereed journals. He is co-author of the acclaimed “What all Dads Should Know” (Createaspace Publishers, 2011).