Sylvia Mignon

Ph.D., Sociology, Northeastern University  

Director, MS in Human Services  

Associate Professor, Substance Abuse, Family Violence, and the Death Penalty

Office: W-4-144-12

Phone number: 287-7384

sylvia.mignon@umb.edu

Sylvia Mignon is Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Science in Human Services Program. She has over 30 years of experience in the human services field in settings such as hospitals, substance abuse treatment programs, and correctional facilities. Dr. Mignon's publications and research interests include elderly alcoholism, substance-abusing female defendants, family violence, and the death penalty. She is the Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers Committee Against the Death Penalty. Dr. Mignon's co-authored text, Family Abuse: Consequences, Theories and Responses, was published in 2002 by Allyn and Bacon. She is currently completing Substance Use and Abuse: Exploring Alcohol and Drug Problems to be published by Lynne Rienner Publishers in 2006.