The Lewis Center welcomes two new faculty fellows. Laura Abrams is associate
professor of social welfare in the UCLA Luskin School, and is involved in
several studies concerning juvenile justice and reentry in the Los Angeles
area. Bridget Freisthler, assistant professor of social welfare in the UCLA Luskin
School, focuses on the spatial ecology of problems, particularly child
maltreatment, and the development of environmental interventions to prevent problems.
They are working together on research using spatial analysis and ethnography to
examine community mechanisms for protecting transition-age youth from risk of
re-incarceration, homelessness, and other negative possibilities.