Emily Loveland

Dr. Emily K. Loveland is an Assistant Professor at California State University San Bernardino School of Social Work, located on the Palm Desert Campus. She completed both her Masters in Social Work and PhD in Social Work at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. Prior to receiving her doctorate in Social Work, Dr. Loveland worked at the Connecticut Department of Social Services for 12 years, first as an eligibility worker and then a policy consultant and staff trainer. As a policy consultant, Dr. Loveland successfully led a project to implement a federal waiver option that expanded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps access to individuals who are elderly or have a disability. Dr. Loveland's research uses both macro policy and community-based approaches to examine social welfare policies and policy implementation factors. Specifically, Dr. Loveland focuses their research on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps and called "CalFresh" in CA. Dr. Loveland is interested in barriers to SNAP program access and the role that policies, state and county administrative processes, and direct interactions between state/county staff and caseworkers affect low-income people's decisions to access or use SNAP/CalFresh benefits.