April 3, 2025, 1-3pm CDT on Zoom

• Defining drug, cognitive set, and setting as if relates to parenting behaviors
• Hypothesized nexus between substance use and problematic parenting behaviors, including variation observed across types of psychotropic drugs.
• Understanding trajectories of use and healing
• Influence of social policy and social context on substance-related harms
• Promising interventions

Presenter’s Bio:  Nancy Jo Williams, PhD, LMSW  (formerly Kepple) is an Associate Professor at the University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare and affiliate faculty at the Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment. She earned her MSW and PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Kepple’s research broadly examines the social consequences of the availability, distribution, and use of psychoactive substances. Her research focuses on the interplay between parent substance use, neuropsychological functioning, and the social environment and how these interactions may influence parenting behaviors. Currently, she is exploring how parenting populations navigate recovery experiences after previously experiencing substance-related challenges.