Rebecca Cole
Rebecca Cole
Rebecca.cole@uta.edu
Research Interests:
- Mental health and online dating
- Online romance scams
- Crisis intervention and mental health
- Financial health of social workers
- Social worker development
Teaching Interests:
- clinical social work practice
- social work and criminal justice
Rebecca has worked as a licensed clinical social worker in a community mental health setting. Rebecca desires to pursue a career in research focusing on online romance scams, cyber victimization, and crisis mental health needs. She believes that her research can contribute to systemic changes that benefits online dating users, inform policies, and support interdisciplinary efforts to reduce violence and victimization.
Rebecca has a long pattern of service to the social work profession, the University, and to her community. She has been a field instructor for Baylor University’s Master of Social Work program supervising students since August 2020. Rebecca was a volunteer with the UTA’s SSW Ph.D. Student Association as their social media manager from fall 2020 – Spring 2021. Rebecca is a Democratic precinct chair for her neighborhood.