Jill McLeigh, PhD

Dr. McLeigh is a research assistant professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Symposia Editor for the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. She was involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of a mentoring program for children of prisoners in South Carolina and served on the S.C. Adult and Juvenile Female Offender Task Force. Her principal research interest has been in the development and evaluation of preventive interventions that are intended to strengthen communities’ capacity for family support, participation, and mutual assistance.