Dr. Jacqueline T. Dyer is the D.S.W. program director at Simmons University and associate professor of practice. She developed the DEIPAR social justice framework used in the program as a tool for shaping social justice assessments. As a social worker for over 30 years, Dr. Dyer has worked in direct mental health counseling practice, community outreach and advocacy, program development and leadership, and academic leadership. Her research and scholarly interests include clergy compassion fatigue, historical trauma, and intimate partner violence in faith communities, and she has published on these topics. She has served as a clinical supervisor in secular and Christian agencies and a volunteer facilitator for a Christian domestic violence support group. Dr. Dyer presents professionally and in the community at the intersections of mental health and faith and maintains a community-based private practice. She taught at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, where she oversaw the mental health program at the Boston campus. Dr. Dyer tells people that she was born a social worker and loves to teach.