Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.S.W., Smith College 1986
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 2018 - 2020
  • Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 2014 - 2018
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Social Work, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2008 - 2014
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Social Work, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2006 - 2008
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 2004 - 2006
  • Medical Center Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, part-time, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Social Work, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 1991 - 2004
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Foster Home Care
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Mental Disorders
  • Therapeutic foster care
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Building on the Success of Together Facing The Challenge: Serving the Children of the Carolinas Through Expansion of an Effective Evidence-Based Practice awarded by Duke Endowment 2017 - 2023
  • Together Facing the Challange, a therapeutic foster care model awarded by Duke Endowment 2014 - 2018
  • Therapeutic Foster Care in a System of Care awarded by National Institutes of Health 1998 - 2010
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  External Relationships

  • Family Focused Treatment Association (FFTA)
  • Omni Family of Services, TN
  • Together Facing the Challenge, LLC
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Southerland, D. G., E. M. Z. Farmer, M. E. Murray, L. F. Stambaugh, and R. D. Rosenberg. “Measuring fidelity of empirically-supported treatment foster care: Preliminary psychometrics of the together facing the challenge—fidelity of implementation test (TFTC-FIT).” Child and Family Social Work 23, no. 2 (May 1, 2018): 273–80. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12415.
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    • Farmer, Elizabeth M. Z., Heather Seifert, H Ryan Wagner, Barbara J. Burns, and Maureen Murray. “Does Model Matter? Examining Change Across Time for Youth in Group Homes.” J Emot Behav Disord 25, no. 2 (June 2017): 119–28. https://doi.org/10.1177/1063426616630520.
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    • Farmer, Elizabeth M. Z., H Ryan Wagner, Barbara J. Burns, and Maureen Murray. “Who Goes Where? Exploring Factors Related to Placement Among Group Homes.” J Emot Behav Disord 24, no. 1 (March 2016): 54–63. https://doi.org/10.1177/1063426615585082.
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    • Murray, M., T. Culver, E. Farmer, L. A. Jackson, and B. Rixon. “From Theory to Practice: One Agency's Experience with Implementing an Evidence-Based Model.” Journal of Child and Family Studies 23, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 844–53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-013-9738-x.
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    • Murray, M. M., D. Southerland, E. M. Farmer, and K. Ballentine. “Enhancing and adapting treatment foster care: Lessons learned in trying to change practice.” Journal of Child and Family Studies 19, no. 4 (July 9, 2010): 393–403. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-009-9310-x.
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    • Farmer, Elizabeth M. Z., Barbara J. Burns, H Ryan Wagner, Maureen Murray, and Dannia G. Southerland. “Enhancing "usual practice" treatment foster care: findings from a randomized trial on improving youths' outcomes.” Psychiatr Serv 61, no. 6 (June 2010): 555–61. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.2010.61.6.555.
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    • Southerland, D. G., S. A. Mustillo, E. M. Z. Farmer, L. F. Stambaugh, and M. Murray. “What's the relationship got to do with it? Understanding the therapeutic relationship in therapeutic foster care.” Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 26, no. 1 (February 1, 2009): 49–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-008-0159-4.
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