College Directory

Areas of Expertise

• Measurement and statistical analysis
• Military social policy
• Family maltreatment
• Traumatic stress

Highlighted Publications

• Engelhardt, E. C., Bicknell, G., Oliver, M., Flaherty, C., Line, K., & King, E. (2023). Theory of planned behavior and active duty Air Force members’ mental health help-seeking. Military Medicine, 188(7-8), e2217-e2222. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usac326
• McCarthy, R. J., Milner, J. S., Coley, S. L., Ormsby, L., & Oliver, M. (2018). Child maltreatment reoffending in families served by the United States Air Force Family Advocacy Program. Child Abuse & Neglect, 77, 67-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.12.018
• Wojda, A. K., Heyman, R. E., Smith-Slep, A. M., Foran, H. M., Snarr, J. D., & Oliver, M. (2017) Family violence, suicidality, and substance abuse in active duty military families. Military Behavioral Health, 5, 300-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2017.1343698
• McCarthy, R. J., Miron, L. R., Milner, J. S., Coley, S. L., Ormsby, L., & Oliver, M. (2016). When does child maltreatment occur? Daily variations in child maltreatment among families served by the United States Air Force Family Advocacy Program. Military Behavioral Health, 4, 364-372. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2016.1181586
• Smith-Marek, E. N., Cafferky, B., Dominguez, M. M., Spencer, C., Van, K., Stith, S. M., & Oliver, M. A. (2016). Military/civilian risk markers for physical intimate partner violence: a meta-analysis. Violence and Victims, 31, 787-818. https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-15-00032
• Dia, D. A., Simmons, C. A., Oliver, M. A., & Cooper, R. L. (2009). Motivational interviewing for perpetrators of intimate partner violence. In P. Lehmann & C. A. Simmons (Eds.), Strengths-based batterer intervention: A new paradigm in ending family violence (pp. 87-111). Springer Publishing Company.

Current Projects

• Spouse military status and marital problems
• Social problem solving in a military population

Alma Mater

• Virginia Tech – Bachelor of Science in Psychology
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Master of Social Work
• University of Tennessee – Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work