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Department
Human and Organizational Development
Office Location
115 Peabody Administration Building
Mailing Address
Peabody # 151
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203-5721
Direct Phone
615-322-8009
Fax Number
615.322.7049
Email Address
Cheri Hoffman
Predoctoral Fellow
B.S., M.M.F.T., Trevecca Nazarene University, 1999
Cheri Hoffman graduated summa cum laude from Syracuse University with a B.S. in Child Development in 1995, and in 1999 received a Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Trevecca Nazarene University. She spent 10 years working with adolescents in a variety of settings, from counseling young women in a residential program to leading support groups for teen moms to running a mentoring program in a teen entertainment/recreation facility.
Cheri chose Vanderbilt's Community Research and Action program to blend her experience with the need she sees for research and evaluation of current efforts in the field. The National Institute of Mental Health's (NIMH) Mental Health Services Research Training Grant currently supports Cheri's research and education.
Her main research and practice interests are in adolescent mental health and issues of transition for youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance as they become independent adults. She is also interested in the issues of foster care youth as they age out of the system and attempt to become independent adults, and of youth leaving various residential treatment programs as they encounter "real world" environments again.
Originally from New York State - and a true Yankee fan - Cheri has made her home in Nashville since 1996 (and gladly adopted the Titans as her team). She is also a professional photographer and freelance writer.
Honors
Academy of Achievement "Golden Plate" Award Winner, 1991
Remembrance Scholar, 1994, Syracuse University
University Scholar, 1995, Syracuse University
National Institute of Mental Health Fellowship, 2004
Areas of Interest
Adolescent mental health
"Transitional" youth - youth ages 16 to 25 with Serious Emotional Disturbance and their transition to independent adulthood
Transition of former foster care youth to independent adulthood
Transition of youth from treatment programs back into "real world" settings