James W. Drisko, PhD, LICSW is Professor at the Smith College School for Social Work. He is the co-author of Evidence-based Practice in Clinical Social Work and of several articles on social work research methods, practice and practice evaluation. Dr. Drisko was elected to the National Academies of Practice in Social Work in 2008 and was named a Fellow of the Society for Social Work and Research in 2014.
Tina Maschi, PhD, LCSW, ACSW is an associate professor of Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service and founder and president of Be the Evidence International, a research, practice, and advocacy organization. Dr. Maschi has over 25 years of clinical social work and research experience in correctional healthcare and community reentry and program development and evaluation, especially related to aging, health, and the criminal justice system. She is the associate editor of Traumatology: An International Journal and has over 75 publications and local, national and international presentations and workshops, especially related to aging people in prison. Dr. Maschi is also the immediate past president of the National Organization of Forensic Social Work, a United Nations Consultant for International CURE and the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA). To learn more about her work, visit www.betheevidence.org http://www.betheevidence.org