Janene Ryan

Janene is a PhD candidate in the Childhood Studies Department at Rutgers University-Camden. Janene holds a B.A. from Rutgers-Camden in English with a focus on Creative Writing and Pre-Modern-Day Era Literature and an M.S. from Cairn University in Christian Counseling with a concentration in trauma therapy.

Janene’s research interests include Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in urban communities related to homicide and terminal illness of a parent, childhood trauma related to systematic and racialized conditioning surrounding white vigilantism and police brutality, and discourses within child welfare/foster care structures.

Since 2012 Janene has been employed with the Division of Children and Families (DCF) as an investigator for child maltreatment. She holds certifications with the State of New Jersey in Disaster Response Crisis Counseling and Hoarding. In her spare time, Janene enjoys time with her family and traveling around the world.