Viola Vaughan-Eden
Professor @Norfolk State University
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WORK HISTORY
Professor @Norfolk State University
EDUCATION
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Master of Jurisprudence (MJ), Children’s Law and Policy
Virginia Commonwealth University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Social Work
Old Dominion University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Psychology
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Manangement Development Program (MDP), Harvard Institute for Higher Education
Norfolk State University
Master of Social Work (MSW)
ABOUT VIOLA VAUGHAN-EDEN
Viola Vaughan-Eden, PhD, MSW, MJ is a Professor and the PhD Program Director at the Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work at Norfolk State University. She is Founder and Principal of the Vaughan-Eden Collaborative, advancing evidence-informed training, research translation, policy consultation, and systems-level solutions in child maltreatment prevention and family well-being. She also serves as the President and CEO of UP For Champions, a nonprofit partnered with The UP Institute, a think tank dedicated to upstream solutions for child abuse prevention. A forensic and licensed clinical social worker, Dr. Vaughan-Eden has evaluated or consulted on more than child maltreatment cases and has been qualified as an expert witness more than 700 times. She is President Emerita and Fellow of the Association of Professionals Solving the Abuse of Children, as well as President Emerita of the National Plan to End Interpersonal Violence and the Forensic Social Work Alliance. She also serves as a child welfare advisor to the National Family Violence Law Center at George Washington University and sits on the board of the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children. Dr. Vaughan-Eden lectures nationally and internationally to multidisciplinary professional audiences on child welfare and violence prevention, and in May 2025, was the Commencement Speaker for VCU School of Social Work. She contributes to several peer-reviewed journals and is an editor-in-chief of the six-volume NPEIV Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan (2022). She was also editor of the national APSAC Practice Guidelines on Forensic Interviewing of Children in 2012 and 2023. Her accolades include the 2025 NSU Distinguished Alumni Award, 2024 VCU Alumni Stars Award, 2023 Outstanding Individual in Academia Award from the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy, 2020 NOFSW Sol Gothard Lifetime Achievement Award, and 2012 NASW-Virginia Chapter Lifetime Achievement Award. See
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