Erica Shifflet-Chila
Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work Michigan State University
- East Lansing MI
Professor Shifflet-Chila focuses on public policy, homelessness, technology, and social work.
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Biography
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
The University of Michigan - Flint Maize and B lue Distinguished Scholarship Award Nominee
2004
Michigan State University Graduate Office Fellowship Award
2006, 2007 and 2008
The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Social Work Merit Scholarship
2004 and 2005
Education
Michigan State University
Ph. D.
Social Work
2013
Dissertation Title:
Information Technology and the Net Generation: The Impact of Technology and
Adolescent Communication and Interaction
The University of Michigan
M.S.W
Social Work
2005
The University of Michigan-Flint
B.A.S.W.
Education and Human Services
2004
Affiliations
- Council on Social Work Education, (2008 - Present)
- National Association of Social Workers, ( 2002 - Present)
- Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society, President , ( 2003 - 2004 )
- Golden Key In ternational Honor Society, ( 2003 - 2004 )
Journal Articles
Adolescent and family development: Autonomy and identity in the digital age
Children and Youth Services ReviewErica D.Shifflet-Chila PhD, LMSW Rena D.Harold PhD, LMSW Victoria A.Fitton PhD, LMSW, ACSW Brian K.Ahmedani PhD, LMSW
2016
Adolescence is a time when youth are faced with multiple tasks that intersect and influence one another, e.g., increased desire for autonomy, salience of identity issues, peer orientation, self-focus and self-consciousness, and a continuing need for a safe environment in which to explore autonomy and identity. These all occur in a dynamic ecosystemic environment, which in the past would have mostly included family, peers, and school, but today also includes cyberspace as both a system, and a means to interact with many other systems through the use of multiple forms of information technology (IT). This paper uses the voices and experiences of 128 adolescents, captured in qualitative interviews, to look at autonomy and identity in the digital age as they talk about their parents vis à vis their use of IT...
