Melissa Wells, M.S.W Ph.D., is Professor of Social Work at the University of New Hampshire. Her research examines child welfare workforce retention and juvenile victimization within families and online. She teaches courses in statistics, program evaluation, child maltreatment, and school social work. Her externally funded work has included training grants with the New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth, and Families, and the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute. She received her MSW from the University of Minnesota Duluth and her BA and Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire.
