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Lindsay Littrell

Education

Master’s in Social Work, Boston University
Bachelor’s in Social Work, Middle Tennessee State University

lindsaylittrell@uky.edu

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Teaching Interests

  • Social policy
  • Diversity, human rights, and social justice
  • Community practice

Research Interests

  • Critical research methods
  • Direct action activists

Publications

  • Miller, J., Cooley, M., Segress, M., Niu, C., Bowman, K., Fletcher, J., & Littrell, L. (2019). Support, Information seeking, and homophily in a virtual support group for adoptive parents: Impact on perceived empathy. Children and Youth Services Review, 101, 151-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.03.047
  • Miller, J., Cooley, M., Segress, M., Niu, C., Bowman, K., Fletcher, J., & Littrell, L. (2019). Virtual support groups among adoptive parents: Ideal for information seeking? Journal of Technology in Human Services. https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2019.1637320
  • Pope, N.D., Gibson, A., Benner, K., & Littrell, L. (2023). Navigating trauma tourism in social work study abroad. Journal of Social Work Education, 59(2), 453-465. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2022.2050870

Conference Presentations

  • Littrell, L. (2020, November). With, not for: Transnational feminist social work with grassroots activists toward wellbeing and movement sustainability [Paper]. Annual Conference of the National Women’s Studies Association, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Littrell, L., Pope, N., Gibson, A. (2020, November). Witnessing injustice: Photography as a pedagogical tool for education abroad [Poster]. CSWE Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO.
  • Littrell, L. (2019, November). Solidary layers: An autoethnographic investigation of inside/outside solidarity building on a US to Palestine No Bans No Walls delegation [Paper]. 42nd Annual Conference of the National Women’s Studies Association, San Francisco, CA.

Bio

Lindsay Littrell (she/they) is an educator and scholar with roots in the labor movement and macro social work. Mx. Littrell’s transdisciplinary, transnational feminist research interests include the work of solidarity building, supporting the well-being of frontlines direct action activists, and pedagogies and practices that strengthen and sustain social movements. She has written for the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and presented at the National Women’s Studies Association.