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Monit Cheung

Dr. Monit Cheung, (張錦芳博士), MA, MSW, PhD, LCSW, is Professor at the Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston. She is Principal Investigator of the Child Welfare Education Project, a state partnership program funded federally by Title IV-E for training child welfare social workers. She has been a social worker for 33 years and is currently a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in play therapy, family counseling, child/adolescent counseling, child protection, sexual and domestic violence, and incest survivor treatment. She has practiced as a volunteer clinician by providing counseling and case consultation at the Asian American Family Services, and served as a consultant trainer for the Hong Kong Social Welfare Department and the Hong Kong Police Force. Using an experiential and practice-oriented approach in teaching, Dr. Cheung has taught at the graduate level for 22 years. She has presented 185 papers in workshops or conferences and written 368 articles, books, book chapters and research reports on child protection and parenting issues in English and Chinese. Her research interests are related to treatment effectiveness in areas of child sexual abuse, creative family therapy, therapeutic touch, and immigrant adjustment. Dr. Cheung currently serves on the Diocesan Review Board for the Protection of Children and Young People at the Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Advisory Board Member of Catholic Charities, and the Board of End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation in Hong Kong. In the past five years, Dr. Cheung received the following awards: Research Associate, the Center for Public Policy; 2006-2009 Honorary Professorship, University of Hong Kong; 2006 Favorite Faculty Award presented by the Graduating Class of 2006 at the GCSW Convocation; 2005 Unsung Hero Award from Channel 39 KHWB-TV; 2004 Golden Harvest Award from the Asian American Family Counseling Center; 2002 YWCA Outstanding Woman Award in Education; 2001 Ervan Chew Award for Community Leadership from the Girl Scout Council; 2000 Outstanding Faculty Award presented by the Graduating Class of 2000 at the GCSW Commencement; and 1999-2001 Honorary Research Fellowship with the School of Social & Administrative Studies at Cardiff University, UK.