Debangshu Roygardner
Senior Researcher
Dr. Debangshu Roygardner is a Senior Researcher at Chapin Hall where his work focuses on implementation science, continuous quality improvement, and program evaluation.
Prior to joining Chapin Hall, Roygardner was Manager of Data and Assessments for DC Government/DC Public Schools, working on program evaluation and data analysis for 0–5 programming in the District. He was also Director of Research and Evaluation at New York Foundling and was Board Director at the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. Furthermore, Roygardner was the grant writer and Lead Evaluator on a 5-year, $2 million SAMHSA grant focused on the implementation of Trauma Systems Therapy in New York City child welfare. He is clinically trained and practiced as a clinical psychotherapist and Assistant Director for Mental Health at New York Foundling. He was also Assistant Director at the Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection at New York Foundling.
Roygardner obtained his PhD in Psychology with a Developmental concentration and an Africana Studies Certificate at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. He obtained his Master’s in Mental Health Counseling at New York University and his BS in Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University, where he was a Posse Scholar.
PhD in Psychology with a Developmental concentration, Graduate Center at City University of New York
Certificate in Africana Studies, Graduate Center at City University of New York
Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling, New York University
Bachelor of Science in Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University
Roygardner, D. (2024, May). Race and trauma: Psychological research and creative solutions. APSAC-NY Webinar Series.
Merritt, D.H. & Roygardner, D. (2022, December). Integrating race, power, privilege and perspective into CPS. APSAC Reading Club.
Roygardner, D. (2022, April). History of child welfare in the United States and cultural issues. APSAC & New York Foundling Comprehensive Online Course for Child Welfare and Child Maltreatment Professionals.
Aguirre, W., Brown, A., Cardeli, E., Hansen, S., Issa, O., Johnson, C., & Roygardner, D. (2021, November). Addressing systemic racism in trauma treatment: Moving beyond platitudes to integrate meaningful change into service delivery. [Panel presentation]. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 37th Annual Meeting. November 5th, 2021.
Roygardner, D., Hughes, K., & Palusci, V. (2021, August). Leveraging family and community strengths to reduce child maltreatment. Presentation to the Sydney Court Clinic Journal Club.
Roygardner, D., & Boncher, M. (2021, June). How child/adolescent victims make sense of abuse. Presentation to the FBI Crimes Against Children Human Trafficking Unit.
Roygardner, D. (2021, April). History of Child Welfare in the United States and Cultural Issues. APSAC & New York Foundling Comprehensive Online Course for Child Welfare and Child Maltreatment Professionals.
Roygardner, D. (2020, November). Hip Hop as Prevention and Intervention for Youth in Child Welfare. APSAC Anti-Racism Certificate Program.
Palusci, V. J., & Roygardner, D. (2020, September). Preventing Abusive Head Trauma. 27th Annual APSAC Colloquium. New Orleans, LA.
Roygardner, D. & Palusci, V. (2020, September). A Structured Review of the Literature on Abusive Head Trauma Prevention. Seventeenth International Conference on Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma. Remote Meeting.
Hughes, K., Roygardner, D., & Palusci VJ. (2021) Leveraging Family and Community Strengths to Reduce Child Maltreatment. University of Wisconsin, Madison: Toward a Better Approach to Preventing, Identifying, and Addressing Child Maltreatment: Authors Conference. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. February 27, 2020.
Roygardner, D. (2020). A Discussion of Cultural Issues and Diversity: How Cultural Factors Impact the Field of Child Welfare and Child Maltreatment. New York Foundling and APSAC Online Course.
Roygardner, D. (2018, November). Trauma Based Treatment: Systems Approaches and Creative Treatments. William Randolph Hearst Lecture Series, New York, NY.
Brown, A., & Roygardner, D. (2018, October). Comparative Implementation of a Trauma Informed Model in Both a Private and Public Child Welfare Setting. Paper Presentation. Charleston Child Trauma Conference, Charleston, SC.
Palusci, V., Roygardner, D., & Hughes, K. (2018, June 15). Diagnosis of Abusive Head Trauma in Infants and Young Children: A Critical Multidisciplinary Review. Paper presentation at the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children 25th Annual Colloquium. New Orleans, LA.
Brown, A., & Roygardner, D. (2018, June 15). Comparative Implementation of a Trauma Informed Treatment Model in both a Private and Public Child Welfare Setting. Paper Presentation at the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children 25th Annual Colloquium. New Orleans, LA.
Baker, A., Roygardner, D., Holden, G., Schneiderman, M. & Rycus, J. (2023). Positive Parenting as defined in the academic literature: Issues and Recommendations. APSAC Child Policy Center Issues in Brief.
Briggs, E., Hanson, R., Klika, J. B., LeBlanc, S., Maddux, J., Merritt, D., Palusci, V., Panlilio, C.C., Roygardner, D., Schelbe, L., Stormer, B., Valentino, K., Vaughan-Eden, V., & Barboza, G. (2023). Addressing systemic racism in the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Publications. Child Maltreatment, 28(4), 550–555.
Hughes K. N., Roygardner, D., & Palusci V. J. (2021) A structured review of the literature on abusive head trauma prevention. Child Abuse Review, 30(5), 385–399.
Roygardner, D., Hughes, K. & Palusci, V. (2020). Prevention zones. In V. Palusci & F. Vandervort (Eds.), Preventing Child Abuse, Critical Roles and Multiple Perspectives. Nova Science: New York.
Roygardner, D., Parrish, R., Palusci, V. J., & Hughes, K. N. (2020) A scoping review of abusive head trauma epidemiology, legal controversies and prevention. In J. Merrick, A. Tenenbaum, H. A. Omar (eds). Building children and youth for the future: Some international aspects. Haupauge, New York: Nova Science, Publishing, Inc.
Roygardner, D., & Palusci, V. J. (2020) Research to Practice Brief. Child Maltreatment, 25(3).
Roygardner, D., Palusci, V.J., Parrish, R., & Hughes, K. (2020) A scoping review of abuse head trauma epidemiology, legal controversies and prevention. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development, 13(4).
Roygardner, D., Hughes, K., Palusci, V. (2020). Leveraging family and community strengths to reduce child maltreatment risk. ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 692, 119–139.
Roygardner, D., Palusci, V. J., & Hughes, K. (2019). Advancing Prevention Zones: Implementing Community Based Strategies to Prevent Child Maltreatment and to Promote Healthy Families. International Journal of Child Maltreatment, 3, 81–91.
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