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AAMFT Welcomes Lenore M. McWey, PhD, LMFT, as New JMFT Editor-Elect

 

AAMFT is very pleased to announce that Lenore, M. McWey, PhD, LMFT, has been selected as editor-elect of Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. Dr. McWey will officially take over duties of the Journal in January 2024.

Dr. McWey is a professor and director of the Marriage and Family Therapy doctoral program at Florida State University. Her work focuses on underserved children and families, particularly families involved with the child welfare system. Results from her funded program of research has been published widely in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals. She currently serves as a scientific reviewer for the Health, Behavior, and Context subcommittee of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is a leader of the AAMFT Intervention Research in Systemic Family Therapy Network.

Dr. McWey notes, “I look forward to serving as the next editor of JMFT, building upon our journal’s excellent reputation and working to actualize the important goals set forth in our strategic plan.”

Please join us in welcoming Dr. McWey!


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