FPG People
Melissa Van Dyke, M.S.W.
Investigator
melissa.vandyke@unc.edu
PH: 919.966.7297
Mailing Address:
Campus Box 8040
The University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8040
Melissa Van Dyke, LCSW, MSW, is the Director of Technical Assistance Services at the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) located at the FPG Child Development Institute. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Oregon and a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan, with a focus on Interpersonal Practice and Policy.
Before joining the NIRN team, Van Dyke worked for twelve years in state government in New Mexico, with families and youth in both the child welfare and the juvenile justice systems. Along with her years in direct service, she worked in the areas of staff development (training) and administration (as Deputy Superintendent of a large juvenile correctional facility).
Van Dyke’s current research interests include organizational change and system transformation, systems coaching, and complexity sciences. Recent efforts include working with state and federal initiatives related to scaling up evidence-based practices in K-12 education, evidence-based early childhood programs, and leadership development in Child Welfare. She has also worked with community and state initiatives to transform mental health service systems.
View Currently Funded Projects of Melissa Van Dyke
(click on Project names to see project details)- State Implementation and Scaling up Evidence-based Practices (SISEP) Center
- The Duke Endowment Catawba County Project
