Cassie Dinecola

Assistant Professor of Professional Practice

Office: 2149 Pleasant Hall
Phone: 225-578-7793
E-mail: cdinec2@lsu.edu

Education

PhD, Social Work, Louisiana State University, 2018
MSW, Louisiana State University, 2012
BS, Psychology, Louisiana State University, 2008

Bio

Dr. Dinecola has been working in the social services field for over 12 years. She has experience as a counselor and therapist, program coordinator, nonprofit administrator, and member of an evaluation/research/leadership team for federal grant initiatives. Her areas of practice have included adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder and their families, mental health counseling on a college campus, community organization to promote health and wellness in low-wealth neighborhoods, crisis and suicide intervention, nonprofit administration and leadership, and research and evaluation. Cassie graduated in August 2018 with her PhD in Social Work from Louisiana State University. Her dissertation focused on social work students' self-efficacy for working with persons with ASD and their families.

Selected Publications

Dinecola, C. M., Ball, A., & Maberry, S. (2015). College readiness in Louisiana public schools: Predictors of American College Test scores. School Social Work Journal, 39(2), 11-23

Dinecola, C. M., & Lemieux, C. M. (2015). Practice with persons with autism spectrum disorders: Predictors of self-efficacy among MSW students. Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation, 13, 1-18. doi: 10.1080/1536710X.2015.989559

Lim, Y., Bickham, T., Broussard, J., Dinecola, C. M., Gregory, A., & Weber, B. E. (2014). The role of middle-class status in payday loan borrowing: A multivariate approach. Social Work, 59, 329-337. doi: 10.1093/sw/swu033

Lim, Y., Bickham, T., Dinecola, C. M., Broussard, J., Weber, B., & Picciola, (2014). A. Payday loan use and consumer well-being: What consumers and social workers need to know about payday loans. Journal of Poverty, 18, 379-398. doi: 10.1080/10875549.2014.951906

Selected Presentations

Guan, X., Dinecola, C. M., & Rhodes, J. L. F. (January 18, 2014). A state-wide examination of disaster-exposed children in a school setting: Academic performance and behavioral changes after Hurricane Katrina. Paper presented at the 2014 Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Dinecola, C. M., & Lemieux, C. M. (November 11, 2012). Practice with persons with autism spectrum disorders: Predictors of self-efficacy among students. Paper presented at the 58th Council on Social Work Education