Melissa Jonson-Reid studies child and adolescent outcomes related to services provided in the child welfare and public school systems. She is particularly interested in the interrelationship between child abuse and neglect, exposure to community risk factors, school and child welfare service provision, and later delinquent outcomes. Jonson-Reid also has interests in the impact of cumulative family violence such as child abuse and domestic violence, interagency coordination of services, school social work services, and the integration of theory with research.

Jonson-Reid has practice experience in domestic violence counseling and school social work. As a school social worker, she had over three years of direct and administrative experience in the California public school system. Jonson-Reid continues to be active in the area of policy and professional development in school social work on regional and national levels.

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